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Italian director and screenwriter Saverio Costanzo has just wrapped his upcoming film Finalemente L'Alba, starring newcomer Rebecca Antonaci alongside international cast Lily James, Joe Keery, Willem Dafoe and Rachel Sennott. Set in the golden age of Rome's historic Cinecittà in the 1950s, the…

Mario Gianani, CEO of Fremantle's Rome-based The Young Pope and My Brilliant Friend production powerhouse Wildside, is enjoying a high-profile time on the international film festival circuit this year. The producer, whose earlier feature film credits include Marco Bellocchio's Vincere (2009) and Bernardo Bertolucci's I…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+’s new international streaming service Star has commissioned a mafia series, penned by The Last Kingdom and Baghdad Central scribe Stephen Butchard and co-produced by two high-profile outfits in the UK and Italy. Exclusively revealed by Deadline today, The Good Mothers forms part Disney+ and Star’s…

Amazon has ordered a series of Italian original Everybody Loves Diamonds from Fremantle-owned outfit Wildside, which has credits including The New Pope. The heist series with a comedic twist is inspired by the 2003 'Antwerp Diamond Heist'. It will follow a a team of small-time Italian thieves who manage to deceive…

Sky Italia has ordered prison drama Il Re (The King), which will star Italian actor Luca Zingaretti, well known locally for the Inspector Montalbano series.  The Italian-language series will be set in the prison of San Michele where Bruno Testori (Zingaretti), the director, applies his own personal idea of justice…

Topic, the soon-to-launch streaming service from First Look Media, has acquired 10 international titles from Fremantle, including The Miracle made by The Young Pope producer Wildside. Wildside, an Italian outfit owned by Fremantle, produced The Miracle (Il Miracolo) for Sky Italia and it aired in the UK on Sky…

Beta Film, Italy's Wildside, German production outlet Zeitsprung and Isreali writer/creator trio Nadav Schirman, Ron Leshem and Amit Cohen are joining forces on NASA space mission drama German Moon. The Italian-German co-production, currently in development, is inspired by true but untold stories of German families…

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…

FremantleMedia announced today that it has acquired Italian production company Wildside. Under the deal, FremantleMedia will have a 62.5% holding with the opportunity to acquire the remaining shareholding in the future. Wildside is currently producing Jude Law-starrer The Young Pope, a Sky-HBO-Canal + co-production…