Italian producer Domenico Procacci, whose Fandango shingle is developing Elena Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults” for Netflix, has several new films in the pipeline, including chiller “Pantafa” toplining Kasia Smutniak (“Devils”) as a strong-willed mother trying to protect her haunted young daughter.
“Pantafa,” which takes its cue from an ancient Italian legend involving an evil spirit that stifles women in their sleep, has just ended principal photography. Pic is directed by Emanuele Scaringi, who has long worked with Fandango in various guises: as writer, creative producer (“Bangla”), and director of graphic novel adaptation “The Armadillo’s Prophecy,” Scaringi’s feature film debut that went to Venice. He also directed TV crime series “L’Alligatore” for Rai.
“Fandango has never made a horror film in 30 years [of our existence] because I’m personally neither a big fan [of this genre] nor an expert,” Procacci tells Variety. But Scarigni “really believed in this project, so I went with it,...
“Pantafa,” which takes its cue from an ancient Italian legend involving an evil spirit that stifles women in their sleep, has just ended principal photography. Pic is directed by Emanuele Scaringi, who has long worked with Fandango in various guises: as writer, creative producer (“Bangla”), and director of graphic novel adaptation “The Armadillo’s Prophecy,” Scaringi’s feature film debut that went to Venice. He also directed TV crime series “L’Alligatore” for Rai.
“Fandango has never made a horror film in 30 years [of our existence] because I’m personally neither a big fan [of this genre] nor an expert,” Procacci tells Variety. But Scarigni “really believed in this project, so I went with it,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Italian producer Carlo Cresto-Dina, who has Alice Rohrwacher’s “Happy as Lazzaro” in the Cannes competition, is venturing into TV production with a series titled “Infinite Summer” about Italy’s 1970’s economic boom and the dreams and entrepreneurial drive that made the country a global style and fashion leader.
Cresto-Dina’s Tempesta Film is developing “Summer,” which clearly has international potential, with Telecom Italia’s growing streaming platform TimVision. For TimVision the show will mark its second original production following an Italian adaptation of hit teen Norwegian drama series “Skam.”
TimVision has exclusive Italian rights to Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and is ramping up its content offer. They also have Italian streaming rights to Rai/HBO’s hotly anticipated Elena Ferrante adaptation “My Genial Friend,” produced by FremantleMedia.
Cresto-Dina (pictured), who has been shepherding Alice Rohrwacher’s works from the outset, stands out among Italian indie producers for...
Cresto-Dina’s Tempesta Film is developing “Summer,” which clearly has international potential, with Telecom Italia’s growing streaming platform TimVision. For TimVision the show will mark its second original production following an Italian adaptation of hit teen Norwegian drama series “Skam.”
TimVision has exclusive Italian rights to Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and is ramping up its content offer. They also have Italian streaming rights to Rai/HBO’s hotly anticipated Elena Ferrante adaptation “My Genial Friend,” produced by FremantleMedia.
Cresto-Dina (pictured), who has been shepherding Alice Rohrwacher’s works from the outset, stands out among Italian indie producers for...
- 5/15/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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