Sources close to the deal have revealed rumors about a possible Disney acquisition of some FOX’s international assets, a deal that would enourmously change the global audiovisual landscape. The acquisition would be part of Disney’s strategy to reach a prevalent role...
After the full-acquisition by StoryFirst in September, Pinewood Television rebrands as Twelve Town and pens a deal with producing company Riff Raff, led by actor Jude Law and producer Ben Jackson. Twelve Town, which mantains Helen Gregory (speaker at MIA Market 2017’s...
From November 7, Fox will broadcast Israeli drama False Flag created by Maria Feldman, who was a guest of MIA 2017 during IDM Südtirol: RACCONTI # 6 as a mentor for the selected projects together with Harold Valentin (author of the series Call My Agent). The title,...
The Board of Management of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund has chosen thirty projects (22 fiction, 7 documentaries and one animation film) which will receive a financial support for a total amount of 5.598.535 euros. Among the selected projects, there are...
“Sirene” (“Mermaids”): the fascinating mythological creatures become the protagonists of a TV series. The fantasy drama, written by Ivan Cotroneo, comprising six episodes set in contemporary Naples, experiments with a whole new genre and succeeds, even on...
IDM Alto Adige Film Fund & Commission announced nine winning projects of the third and last call of 2017. This films will obtain a funding in their production and pre-production phase, for a total investment of 1.3 mln euros. Film Commission will fund five Italian...
The press conference of the 35th edition of the Torino Film Festival, which will take place on Turin on 24 Nov-2 Dec, was held on Tuesday, November 14. The focus of TFFdoc will be The Journey and it will be represented by tho films, both at their italian premiere....
The second edition of What’s Next Italy, held at MIA Market 2017, was fruitful for True Colours: Catia Rossi’s company concluded several international agreements for the distribution of the new film by Paolo Genovese, fresh from the worldwide success of Perfect...
The Girl in the Fog, a novel written by Donato Carrisi, is now a movie directed by the same Carrisi at his cinematographic debut. The movie, starring Toni Servillo, Alessio Boni and Jean Reno, presented as a project at MIA | Cinema Co-production Market & Pitching...
The TV Upfronts event organised by the MIA Market in Rome saw the most important production companies in the Italian TV landscape share details of their upcoming projects. In the audience were showrunners Chris Brancato (Narcos) and Evan Katz (24), producer Kate...
By Nick Vivarelli – Variety.com “Game of Thrones” star Charles Dance, Dutch actress Lotte Verbeek, and rising Swedish actor Sverrir Gudnason (“Borg/McEnroe”) will topline “The Book of Vision,” an English-language fantasy/mystery directed by Italy’s Carlo...
The award ceremony for the third edition of MIA, International Audio-visual Market, took place yesterday evening in Rome, at Barberini District. The director of MIA, Lucia Milazzotto, the president of ANICA, Francesco Rutelli and the president of APT, Giancarlo Leone...