The Prime Minister’s new Italian content show in the scorching heat of Rome has lifted the lid on a series of 15 powerful dramas, films, documentaries and entertainment shows, while revealing a line of comments for coverage of UEFA Champions League.
Among Amazon’s new exclusive Italian content streams is a doc on the late basketball star Kobe Bryant, who grew up in Italy; The translation of the doc on the beloved Italian singer-songwriter Mahmood and the remake of Whose Line Anyway?. There’s also a new film from comedian Maccio Capatonda, more comedy specials, new seasons of LOL and The Supper Club and the premiere of the documentary series Everybody Loves Diamonds — which welcomes Rupert Everett and Malcolm McDowell to the cast his actions – and Bad Guy.
The Champions League will see Napoli legend and 2014 World Cup finalist Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi, two-time European and 2006 World Cup winner Alessandro Nesta, and his former team-mate Massimo Oddo , who also won the European Championship and World Champion. team of journalists and experts for the 2022-23 season of the European Championship.
See the full lineup below.
Kobe – Una Storia Italiana is a writer about the great basketball player Kobe Bryant, who grew up on the Italian basketball court enjoying pasta, country life, and soccer. The people who lived with him during these amazing years will tell the story and show how the young ‘Black Mamba’ conquered Italian basketball and fell in love with the country. Directed by Jesus Garcés Lambert and written by Giovanni Filippetto, it was produced by Alessandro Lostia for Indigo Stories and will be launched this year.
“The document will show the life of Kobe Bryant in Italian and will be good for the Italian audience and the international audience,” said the head of Amazon Italy Nicole Morganti on the last day as she explained that the stream has acquired the exclusive Italian rights to the doc from Indigo Stories.
Meanwhile, Prova Prova Sa Sa is an improvisational drama based on Dan Patterson’s and Mark Leveson’s Whose Line?
The Italian version is in the hands of Frank Matano, who will be joined by comedians Maria Di Biase, Edoardo Ferrario, Aurora Leone and Maccio Capatonda, who were also announced today to present an Amazon movie from the Lotus Company owned by the Leone Film group. and his association with Medusa. Endemol Shine Italy is producing Prova Prova Sa Sa, with guests including Francesco Mandelli, Corrado Nuzzo, Valeria Angione, and comedian I Soldi Spicci.
The series will try to emulate the success of Amazon Italy’s home version of Banijay’s Celebrity Hunted series and the Japanese series LOL, which is getting a Christmas special, produced by Endemol Shine Italy. The first look at the action-packed season three of the hunt aired today, with Gomora stars Salvatore Esposito and Marco D’Amore appearing.
“We tried to improve and do more in-house with the content acquisition department, so we decided to start making simple agreements with production companies,” said Morganti. “Before we had to have the plans or start first with the original ideas but this deal allows our original team to focus on the design and the purchasing team to make the deal. Now we can enter the show at different levels and let’s not be strict in the interaction process.
“Prova Prova Sa Sa’a is an extension of that. LOL has launched and re-launched many artists and Frank Matano deserves his show, and that’s why we want to give him this opportunity.”
Morganti was keen to point out that unscripted content has always matched the number of original scripted series coming through Amazon Italy but admitted in the past that they took a back seat to major dramas and dramas – not so this year. She pointed to LOL, Dinner Club and Celebrity Hunted returning, saying: “We have a lot of unscripted shows coming back now, which shows that they’re successful. Customers really want this type of content, which in Italy usually comes from cable TV and is not new on streaming services. “
Also, on Unscripted, there is a doc from director Giorgio Testi and producer Red Carpet that follows singer-songwriter Mahmood throughout his European tour, called Mahmood – Ja ti la Crediasa Crash. The film explores his strong relationship with his family, friends and colleagues. It is billed as: “An inner journey that has music as its backbone and where love and loss find their way to live together.” It was written by Virginia W. Ricci and will be launched soon.
“Today, we present a series of amazing projects that show the strength of our commitment to the Italian audience, offering the largest and best selection of content they can find,” said Marco Azzani, Country Director, Italy, The Prime Minister. “These exciting announcements about original, exclusive, and live sports shows the growth and continuous commitment to the Italian audiovisual industry, and our ambition to be the center of entertainment for Italian customers, giving and a range of content that not only reaches all of us. customers and meets their interests, but also attracts new stakeholders, who see in the streaming service an opportunity to grow.”
“We are very excited about our slate of originals in Italy,” said Georgia Brown, Head of European Originals, Amazon Studios. “Our Italian team, led by Nicole Morganti, continues to work to offer our customers the shows and movies they want, and by partnering with some of the local emerging companies and outstanding creators, we believe we’ll do just that. We can’t wait for customers to see what’s to come, and we’re excited to be working with some of the most talented and talented people on the board.”
‘Different Product Positions’
Looking ahead, Morganti, whose team has grown in less than three years from just one to 12, said: “The service has grown tremendously and the company is not slowing down, so if they see something that works, they send it to us. let’s do it. more and more raised. This is what we are planning for the coming years.
“We want to keep making local hits – some of our shows have international appeal but our main focus is to make great content for the Italian audience. We did some research and we see that young people are not only coming for the shows you expect but are also interested in great shows. We continue to create on IP with Italian formats like Dinner Club and drama and on the script side we are playing mafia but with a funny touch.
“We’re trying to invest more – we’re trying to expand beyond acquisitions and local originals. We’re trying to expand and take more local content at different stages of development. We’re going to do the same amount of local originals, which we are there from the first idea, but there are many good shows that have different types of production and we want to get them quickly, so we will work closely with the acquisition department on ways to can have them. We have a lot in the team more than one and we are always looking for what can be the next step.”
Morganti also explained that the heads of the various Amazon European regions are in weekly discussions about projects that can go international or benefit from internal partners. “I’m sure people will be watching to see if the LOL Christmas special is good and they’re making their own when it is,” she said, adding the variety of dinner plans are in progress in unnamed countries.
The Full Prime Video Italy Presents… 2022/23 Content Line-Up, via Amazon’s news release
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