Looking to replicate the success of \u201cGomorrah\u201d and \u201cMy Brilliant Friend,\u201d a clutch of Italian TV producers is making the trek to L.A. to pitch high-end TV series based on local properties steeped in crime and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top outfits such as Fabula Pictures, the makers of Italian Netflix original \u201cBaby,\u201d and Lux Vide, which is behind Frank Spotnitz\u2019s \u201cMedici\u201d series, are set to talk up their projects during an Italian Stories Day at the Mr. C Hotel in Beverly Hill on June 25. Also heading to L.A. are 11 Marzo Film (\u201cThe Name of the Rose\u201d), Picomedia, Compagnia Leone Cinematografica, and Jean Vigo Italia (\u201cLife Is Beautiful\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AMC Networks, Annapurna Pictures, Disney Plus, Filmnation and STX Entertainment are among the U.S. companies scheduled to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Fabula, which just wrapped Season 2 of the racy \u201cBaby\u201d (pictured), is developing Palermo-set \u201cThe Corsaro Bros.,\u201d based on books by Sicilian journalist Salvo Toscano about two brothers with very different personalities investigating crimes in the Sicilian capital. The idea is to establish a comical dynamic between them that company chief Nicola De Angelis described as \u201csort of like Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in the \u2018Lethal Weapon\u2019 franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat we are trying to do is revisit the Italian crime macro-genre that has been working so well\u2026and give it new luster with a bit of a comic twist,\u201d De Angelis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that \u201cwhat makes the show stand out vis-a-vis classic [Italian] crimer is that the protagonists are not cops. One is a journalist; the other is a lawyer.\u201d \u201cCorsaro Bros.\u201d is conceived as an anthology series with top talent in the lead roles, one of which will be \u201cpossibly cast in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Lux is shopping \u201cBlanca,\u201d a Naples-set cop show in which two male police inspectors are crucially aided by a beautiful blind woman in trying to solve their cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Publispei, which recently made local all-female comedy show \u201cExtravergine\u201d for Fox Networks Group Italy, is looking for partners on \u201cThe Catholic School,\u201d a thriller by Edoardo Albinati that Farrar, Straus and Giroux is publishing in the U.S. The true tale of three rich kids who tortured and raped two young women in the 1970s, exposing the dark underbelly of Italy\u2019s Catholic bourgeoisie, won Italy\u2019s top literary prize, the Strega award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Compagnia Leone Cinematografica (not to be mistaken for Leone Film Group) will be talking up a saga on Sicily\u2019s Florio family, who during the 19th century built an economic empire on the island and became known as the merchant princes of Europe. The costume drama is based on local bestseller \u201cThe Lions of Sicily,\u201d by Stefania Auci, to be published in the U.S. next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Italian Stories Day is organized by Italy\u2019s TV producers\u2019 association APA, with support from Italian licensing association SIAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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