Amazon Prime Video has presented its new original Italian products, the line-up includes shows starring Carlo Verdone, Tiziano Ferro, and Carlo Cracco.
Here in Italy we’re focused on making great Original shows specifically for our local Prime members and we’re so excited to announce these three new Italian Amazon Original productions,” Georgia Brown, Director of European Amazon Original. “We have lots of more exciting ideas in development with Italian producers, writers, directors and acting talent,” added Brown. “We are working on premium TV productions in Italy and there will be plenty more in the coming months as we continue our commitment to invest in production in Italy.”
“I am very happy and proud to start this new creative adventure with my producers Aurelio and Luigi De Laurentiis and with Amazon, a platform that will allow me to explore a new language,” said Carlo Verdone. Vita da Carlo is a comedy TV series that sees Verdone, one of the most popular Italian actors and directors, star as a fictionalized version of himself alongside cameos from some of Italy’s biggest stars. Set in Rome, produced by Aurelio and Luigi De Laurentiis with their company Filmauro, this 10-episode show will start production in 2020.
Ferro is a documentary about Tiziano Ferro, one of the most famous contemporary Italian musicians. The documentary produced by Banijay Italia will launch exclusively on Prime Video in June 2020. “In addition to a tribute to music, this film will be an open window on my world, on my affections, on my work,” said Tiziano Ferro.
Dinner Club is an unscripted cooking travelogue and sees Michelin starred chef and TV personality Carlo Cracco and six famous Italian actors and comedians travel around the world to Japan, Vietnam, France, Spain, Peru and Mexico to discover exotic cuisine and learn from the world’s best chefs, in order to create a perfect dinner for guests appearing on the show. Dinner Club is produced by Banijay and will launch exclusively for Prime members in 2020. It won’t be a classic cooking show, said Fabrizio Ievolella, Chief Executive Officer, Banijay Italia: “Irony and adventure define the tone-of-voice of the program, halfway between a trip and a classic dinner with friends: a varied and brilliant cast that renews itself every episode, led by the authoritative Chef Cracco. Together they will discover the best of international food, in a lively exchange of ideas and culinary pleasures”.
Celebrity Hunted – Caccia all’uomo will launch on Prime Video in March 2020. It will be the first Italian non-fiction Amazon Original show, produced by EndemolShine Italia, starring Francesco Totti, Fedez, Luis Sal, Claudio Santamaria, Francesca Barra, Diana Del Bufalo, Cristiano Caccamo and Costantino della Gherardesca.
Amazon has announced three new Italian Amazon Original shows at its Prime Video Presents Italy showcase event, hosted at Hotel de la Ville in Rome by Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke, Head of International Originals, James Farrell, Director of European Amazon Originals Georgia Brown and Head of Unscripted Originals series in Italy, Nicole Morganti.
