Fremantle and Italian crime/action genre specialist Stefano Sollima’s newly launched company AlterEgo have signed a first-look deal that will see them work in tandem developing a slate of original films and dramas for the international market.
Sollima, who is known for milestone TV series “Gomorrah” and Hollywood movies such as “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” as well as “Without Remorse,” recently officially launched AlterEgo in tandem with ace U.S. showrunner Gina Gardini and longtime collaborator, writer/director Ludovico Purgatori.
The high-powered trio have been associates since “Gomorrah” and, more recently, Sollima’s Rome-set crime drama “Adagio” – which launched from Venice last year – and his upcoming Netflix serial killer series “Il Mostro” – the latter two partly produced by AlterEgo in tandem with Fremantle-owned The Apartment. As reported by Variety, AlterEgo are now widening their scope and will start shepherding film and TV works by other talents and also venturing into different genres.
Sollima, who is known for milestone TV series “Gomorrah” and Hollywood movies such as “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” as well as “Without Remorse,” recently officially launched AlterEgo in tandem with ace U.S. showrunner Gina Gardini and longtime collaborator, writer/director Ludovico Purgatori.
The high-powered trio have been associates since “Gomorrah” and, more recently, Sollima’s Rome-set crime drama “Adagio” – which launched from Venice last year – and his upcoming Netflix serial killer series “Il Mostro” – the latter two partly produced by AlterEgo in tandem with Fremantle-owned The Apartment. As reported by Variety, AlterEgo are now widening their scope and will start shepherding film and TV works by other talents and also venturing into different genres.
- 7/1/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Fremantle’s latest international drama play is a deal with Italian director Stefano Sollima.
The super-indie has struck a deal with AlterEgo, the Italian production house Gomorrah director Sollima founded with Gina Gardini and Ludovico Purgatori.
The first-look agreement will see Fremantle and AlterEgo working together to develop a slate of original films and drama series. It comes soon after Fremantle struck a similar agreement with Kristen Stewart’s Nevermind Pictures.
Fremantle’s Andrea Scrosati, Group COO & CEO, Continental Europe, and Christian Vesper, CEO, Global Drama, will work closely with the AlterEgo team on the slate.
AlterEgo is best known for Sollima’s Venice film Adagio, which was made with Fremantle-owned producer The Apartment. The film, about a trio of ageing gangsters forced to reunite against a team of bent cops, had its world premiere screening in competition at the 80th Venice Film Festival and later received five nominations at the David di Donatello awards,...
The super-indie has struck a deal with AlterEgo, the Italian production house Gomorrah director Sollima founded with Gina Gardini and Ludovico Purgatori.
The first-look agreement will see Fremantle and AlterEgo working together to develop a slate of original films and drama series. It comes soon after Fremantle struck a similar agreement with Kristen Stewart’s Nevermind Pictures.
Fremantle’s Andrea Scrosati, Group COO & CEO, Continental Europe, and Christian Vesper, CEO, Global Drama, will work closely with the AlterEgo team on the slate.
AlterEgo is best known for Sollima’s Venice film Adagio, which was made with Fremantle-owned producer The Apartment. The film, about a trio of ageing gangsters forced to reunite against a team of bent cops, had its world premiere screening in competition at the 80th Venice Film Festival and later received five nominations at the David di Donatello awards,...
- 7/1/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Freeks directed by Martín Deus and Maxi Gutiérrez, in a 6-episode Argentine series, starring Guido Pennelli and Julián Cerati.
Gaspar is forced to leave the band he created after Ludovico, Coco, Juani and Ulises accuse him of stealing money from their concerts. The accusation goes viral and causes a stir in social networks while FreeKs becomes more successful without Gaspar. Gaspar tries to find the person who framed him and observes how the music industry manipulates his former band mates. He will have to prove his innocence to regain his place in the band.
Release date
June 28, 2023
Where to Watch Freeks
Disney+
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Gaspar is forced to leave the band he created after Ludovico, Coco, Juani and Ulises accuse him of stealing money from their concerts. The accusation goes viral and causes a stir in social networks while FreeKs becomes more successful without Gaspar. Gaspar tries to find the person who framed him and observes how the music industry manipulates his former band mates. He will have to prove his innocence to regain his place in the band.
Release date
June 28, 2023
Where to Watch Freeks
Disney+
The post ‘Freeks’ (2023) Youth Series on Disney+ on June 28. appeared first on Martin Cid Magazine.
- 6/16/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
"Freeks" is a new live-action Argentine-produced TV series following the trials and tribulations of a pop band, streaming June 28, 2023 on Disney+:
"...the life of 'Gaspar', a talented musician and leader of the band 'FreeKs', takes an unexpected turn when his friends accuse him of a stealing money. Thes accusation has far-reaching consequences for Gaspar. He is determined to prove his innocence and regain his former life. Gaspar goes in search of the real culprit and does everything in his power to track him down.
"Meanwhile, Gaspar has to watch as his former band grows in popularity day by day. At the same time, he witnesses how remaining band members 'Ulises', 'Ludovico', 'Coco' and 'Juani' deal with the overwhelming success and what the pressure and contrasts of fame do to them. During their journey, everyone goes through a process of evolution in a story of love,...
"...the life of 'Gaspar', a talented musician and leader of the band 'FreeKs', takes an unexpected turn when his friends accuse him of a stealing money. Thes accusation has far-reaching consequences for Gaspar. He is determined to prove his innocence and regain his former life. Gaspar goes in search of the real culprit and does everything in his power to track him down.
"Meanwhile, Gaspar has to watch as his former band grows in popularity day by day. At the same time, he witnesses how remaining band members 'Ulises', 'Ludovico', 'Coco' and 'Juani' deal with the overwhelming success and what the pressure and contrasts of fame do to them. During their journey, everyone goes through a process of evolution in a story of love,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
In his 1962 dystopian satire novel "A Clockwork Orange," writer Anthony Burgess positions a teenager as a perpetrator of extreme violence. This teenager in question, Alex, is a product of a youth subculture that views violent acts such as murder and assault as thrilling pastimes. Although an inevitable product of his society, Alex chooses this specific brand of "ultraviolence" over any functional moral compass, the same way he chooses to blast Beethoven when fantasizing about aggressive acts that culminate in violent rapture. But what happens when this choice to be a morally-vacuous delinquent is forcibly taken away? Burgess addresses this essential conflict between innate choice and free will in his brilliant novel, which Stanley Kubrick brings to life in his vividly profound adaptation of the same name.
Although Kubrick mostly took an auteurist approach to most of his adaptations, he was surprisingly faithful to the essence of Burgess' layered text. However,...
Although Kubrick mostly took an auteurist approach to most of his adaptations, he was surprisingly faithful to the essence of Burgess' layered text. However,...
- 2/12/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Each week Joe Lipsett will highlight a key scene or interaction in S02 of Don Mancini’s Chucky series to consider how the show is engaging with and contributing to queer horror.
With the action cutting back exclusively to the School of Incarnate Lord, this week’s “Chucky” delivers an hour focused solely on the kids. And while the demise of Trevor by Hulk Chucky is sure to be the episode’s biggest talking point, that’s the buzzy cliffhanger, not the meat of “Hail, Mary!”
Most of the episode is dedicated to guilt, penance, and forgiveness. It’s built into Sister Catherine (Andrea Carter)’s art history lesson; it falls from the lips of Devon Sawa’s Father Bryce (numerous times); and it’s a struggle that continues to drive a wedge between not just Jake (Zackary Arthur) and Devon (Björgvin Arnarson), but also Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind), who...
With the action cutting back exclusively to the School of Incarnate Lord, this week’s “Chucky” delivers an hour focused solely on the kids. And while the demise of Trevor by Hulk Chucky is sure to be the episode’s biggest talking point, that’s the buzzy cliffhanger, not the meat of “Hail, Mary!”
Most of the episode is dedicated to guilt, penance, and forgiveness. It’s built into Sister Catherine (Andrea Carter)’s art history lesson; it falls from the lips of Devon Sawa’s Father Bryce (numerous times); and it’s a struggle that continues to drive a wedge between not just Jake (Zackary Arthur) and Devon (Björgvin Arnarson), but also Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind), who...
- 10/20/2022
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
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