Paolo Sorrentino To Helm ‘The Hand Of God’ For Netflix

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentIn the aftermath of its Endemol Shine takeover, newly formed France-based European content powerhouse Banijay has announced that Pilar Blasco, former CEO of Endemol Shine Iberia, has been appointed CEO of its Spain-headquartered unit Banijay Iberia, while Paolo Bassetti remains in place as CEO of Banijay Italy.The merger led by Marco Bassetti — who is CEO of the combined group — is prompting a complex restructuring process across the board.Banijay

Jake Kanter International TV EditorWildside, the Italian producer behind The Young Pope and The New Pope, is to make a Sky Italia drama about A.S. Roma soccer player and World Cup winner Francesco Totti.The Fremantle-backed outfit will work with Capri Entertainment, The New Life Company and Kwaï to adapt Totti and Paolo Condò’s book Un Capitano for the screen, with Pietro Castellitto (Freaks Out) in the lead role.

Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are married!

stars Ciara Duggan and Paget Berry are “finally” engaged. The couple announced the happy news on social media Thursday.The two shared a slideshow featuring a video of the Italy proposal and photos, including a romantic snap of them sharing a kiss before popping open a celebratory bottle of G.H.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterTurns out the hand of God is a litigious one.

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.

TMZ reports that the chiseled and tattooed Italian actor-musician who played Massimo just made a deal with designer Paul Marciano to star in fine menswear holiday campaigns for Marciano and Guess by Marciano.The new gig is delivering a windfall to the 29-year-old star of the erotic drama that hit the streaming service in June following a February theatrical release in Poland and Britain: Sources told TMZ that Marciano and Guess agreed to a six-figure deal — more than the average male model makes

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.

Justin Kroll Film ReporterAmblin Partners has closed a deal with Niki Caro to direct “Beautiful Ruins,” sources tell Variety.The story is set in an Italian seaside village in 1962, where a charming young man runs a hotel with no guests, until one day an American starlet, fresh from the set of “Cleopatra,” appears and captures his heart.