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HBO has picked up another season of Italian drama adaptation My Brilliant Friend. The series, which is co-produced with Italian public broadcaster Rai and Fremantle, is based on Elena Ferrante's novels. The eight-part second season, My Brilliant Friend: The Story Of A New Name, debuted in the U.S. on March 16. The…

HBO has released the first official image from the second season of My Brilliant Friend, featuring Margherita Mazzucco as Elena and Gaia Girace as Lila (see above. Based on Elena Ferrante's second book of her four-part series The Story of a New Name, the second chapter begins where the series left off at the end of…

Escape at Dannemora, On The Spectrum, My Brilliant Friend, The Good Doctor and Lethal Weapon were among the big winners of the prestigious Golden Nymphs Awards at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. Escape at Dannemora, from Showtime, Red Hour Productions, Busyhands, The White Mountain Company, Michael De Luca…

RTL Group, owner of My Brilliant Friend and American Gods producer Fremantle, has touted its "remarkable" relationship with HBO and revealed that it is in talks to supply content to Apple as it sets a revenue target of $565M by 2021. The company revealed the target after announcing its full-year financial results…

My Brilliant Friend is heading to China after digital platform iQIYI struck a deal with distributor Fremantle International. My Brilliant Friend is the tale of Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life. She met Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of primary school in 1950…

HBO and RAI have ordered a second season of the critically praised series My Brilliant Friend. The eight-episode first season is based on Elena Ferrante's bestselling book of the same name, which is the first of her four-part series published in the U.S. by Europa Editions. Season 2 will be based on The Story of a New…

HBO has released the first images from its upcoming My Brilliant Friend, the eight-episode series based on Elena Ferrante's bestselling book. Production is underway in Caserta, Italy, with Saverio Costanzo directing. Take a look at the photos below. The series tells the story of Elena Greco, an elderly woman whose…

Peter Wyngarde, star of British TV series including Department S and the 1980 Flash Gordon film, has died at age 90. Wyngarde, who also had roles in Doctor Who, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and The Saint, died at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital in London. Thomas Bowington, his agent and manager, told the…

HBO has partnered with RAI, Italy’s public broadcasting company, for My Brilliant Friend, an eight-episode original drama series from Saverio Costanzo (Hungry Hearts), based on the bestselling book by Elena Ferrante. In a rare move, the series will be filmed in Italian and will air with English subtitles on HBO in the…