Netflix Names Rai Veteran Eleonora Andreatta VP of Italian Originals

Exactly twenty years ago, Italian writer-director Paolo Sorrentino shot his directorial debut “One Man Up” in his hometown of Naples. Just four years later, Sorrentino won the Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film for “The Great Beauty.” In recent years, Sorrentino has had his hand at directing television, with the Jude Law-led “The Young Pope” in 2016 and “The New Pope” in 2019.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterNews this week that Ennio Morricone, the composer of numerous timeless film scores, had died at the age of 91 was met with an outpouring of grief and tribute from the international film community.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterOscar-winning Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino has been set to write and direct The Hand Of God for Netflix.The Youth and The Great Beauty filmmaker most recently helmed HBO series The New Pope and Silvio Berlusconi biopic Loro.His latest pic will be produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company, with Sorrentino.Plot details have not been released yet but it is based on an original idea by the director and the team are promising

Manori Ravindran International EditorPaolo Sorrentino is set to write and direct feature film “The Hand of God” for Netflix.Produced by Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle-backed The Apartment Pictures and Sorrentino, the film will be produced in Naples, Italy. Further details about the project remain sparse.“I’m excited at the idea of filming in Naples again exactly 20 years after my first film.

BARCELONA — Women’s activists are urging Netflix to add specific content warnings to the hit film “365 Days” which they accuse of glamourizing rape and sex trafficking, after the streaming site dismissed calls to remove the film.

ROME — Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer whose haunting scores to Spaghetti Westerns like “A Fistful of Dollars” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” helped define a cinematic era, died on Monday. He was 91.

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Universal Music Group has forged a global distribution partnership with famed Italian music label Sugar Music Group, home to some of the most iconic soundtracks in movie history, including La Dolce Vita and Il Postino. Under the partnership agreement, UMG will distribute all of Sugar’s catalogs from the label’s 88-ye

Olivier Ntcham has ranked his two most iconic goals in the Hoops, as well as naming his most difficult opponent. The Frenchman famously grabbed a last-gasp winner against Lazio last season to hand the Hoops their first-ever win on Italian soil.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTop Italian film outfit RAI Cinema on Wednesday sounded an upbeat post-pandemic note as it unveiled a slate of 20 upcoming titles to exhibitors and press, comprising new works by prominent Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Gianfranco Rosi, and Susanna Nicchiarelli alongside their U.S.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Italian film and TV industry was on a roll when the pandemic hit the country particularly hard.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian movies are taking a sharper turn towards genre storytelling, though classic auteur titles remain a strong component of the country’s cinematic output. Below is a compendium of standout cinema Italiano projects in various stages.“Non Mi Uccidere” (“Don’t Kill Me”) Young director Andrea De Sica, who helmed the bulk of teen series “Baby” for Netflix, is set to shoot a horror film geared towards the same youth demographic as the show.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix CEO has talked up the popularity of international shows like Spain’s “Money Heist,” Italy’s “Summertime” and Germany’s “Unorthodox” during the global lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In an audio essay broadcast on BBC Sounds, Hastings said, “We know that great stories can come from anywhere and be loved everywhere.