After expanding into Spain, Italy’s ITV-owned Cattleya, the company behind “Gomorrah” and “ZeroZeroZero,” has acquired rights to Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s bestselling spy thriller “El Italiano,” which it plans to adapt into a high-end miniseries.
Inspired by real events, “El Italiano” is a tale combining romance and espionage set at the height of World War II in the Bay of Algeciras, Spain, from where Italian frogmen using explosives wreaked havoc among the Allied forces by sinking several freighters.
The novel, which has been a recent bestseller in Spanish speaking countries, was published in Italy in June.
The “El Italiano” project is headed by Arturo Díaz, the former Netflix executive who last year joined Madrid-based Cattleya Producciones as its chief, and Cattleya founder and president Ricardo Tozzi.
Díaz’s executive producer credits at Netflix, where he had oversight of series from Spain and Latin America, include the smash hit “Las Chicas de Cable,...
Inspired by real events, “El Italiano” is a tale combining romance and espionage set at the height of World War II in the Bay of Algeciras, Spain, from where Italian frogmen using explosives wreaked havoc among the Allied forces by sinking several freighters.
The novel, which has been a recent bestseller in Spanish speaking countries, was published in Italy in June.
The “El Italiano” project is headed by Arturo Díaz, the former Netflix executive who last year joined Madrid-based Cattleya Producciones as its chief, and Cattleya founder and president Ricardo Tozzi.
Díaz’s executive producer credits at Netflix, where he had oversight of series from Spain and Latin America, include the smash hit “Las Chicas de Cable,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Cattleya acquires rights to ‘El Italiano’
ITV Studios-owned Spanish drama house Cattleya Producciones has acquired rights to Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s bestselling novel El Italiano and will adapt it as a miniseries. Inspired by real events, El Italiano is a story of love, spies, and the sea set at the height of World War II in the Bay of Algeciras, where Italian combat divers are causing chaos among the Allied forces. Arturo Díaz, Managing Director and Executive Producer of Cattleya Producciones, and Ricardo Tozzi, founder and President of Cattleya, are leafing the project. Cattleya Producciones is searching for an international cast to bring El Italiano‘s Spanish, Italian and English characters to life. Screenwriter Beto Marini, co-creator of Movistar+ series La Unidad and feature films such as Retribution and Extinction is adapting the story. Pérez-Reverte was trained in underwater activities at Spain’s Centro de Buceo de la Armada (Navy...
ITV Studios-owned Spanish drama house Cattleya Producciones has acquired rights to Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s bestselling novel El Italiano and will adapt it as a miniseries. Inspired by real events, El Italiano is a story of love, spies, and the sea set at the height of World War II in the Bay of Algeciras, where Italian combat divers are causing chaos among the Allied forces. Arturo Díaz, Managing Director and Executive Producer of Cattleya Producciones, and Ricardo Tozzi, founder and President of Cattleya, are leafing the project. Cattleya Producciones is searching for an international cast to bring El Italiano‘s Spanish, Italian and English characters to life. Screenwriter Beto Marini, co-creator of Movistar+ series La Unidad and feature films such as Retribution and Extinction is adapting the story. Pérez-Reverte was trained in underwater activities at Spain’s Centro de Buceo de la Armada (Navy...
- 7/11/2022
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Rome -- Italy's Minister of Culture said he wants to pick the president of the jury at the next Venice Film Festival, arguing that the state's support gave him that right and charging that festival artistic director Marco Mueller's choice of auteur Quentin Tarantino as president of the last jury was "elitist."
In an interview published in Friday's edition of the Italian news weekly Panorama, Minister Sandro Bondi blasted the decision of the jury to award the festival's top prize to Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere." In the wake of the festival, which concluded Sept. 11, the Italian media charged the choice showed favoritism toward Coppola, Tarantino's former girlfriend.
Tarantino was also criticized for the jury's decision to present Tarantino's mentor, iconic independent filmmaker Monte Hellman, with a career award, and for giving two major awards to Alex de la Iglesia, a long-time friend of the 47-year-old Tarantino.
After the festival,...
In an interview published in Friday's edition of the Italian news weekly Panorama, Minister Sandro Bondi blasted the decision of the jury to award the festival's top prize to Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere." In the wake of the festival, which concluded Sept. 11, the Italian media charged the choice showed favoritism toward Coppola, Tarantino's former girlfriend.
Tarantino was also criticized for the jury's decision to present Tarantino's mentor, iconic independent filmmaker Monte Hellman, with a career award, and for giving two major awards to Alex de la Iglesia, a long-time friend of the 47-year-old Tarantino.
After the festival,...
- 9/17/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rome -- Economic turmoil has been felt across the film world, but the Rome International Film Festival might just be the first to laugh about it.
When the lineup for the fourth edition of the event was unveiled last month, artistic director Piera Detassis boasted about what she called "the comedy of crisis": films that try to find humor amid the trouble.
Heading the list is Jason Reitman's in-competition "Up in the Air," which stars George Clooney as a corporate-downsizing agent. "The Last Station," also screening in competition, is a drama that recounts Leo Tolstoy's struggles to balance fame; that film is directed by Michael Hoffman and stars Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren and James McAvoy. And "A Serious Man," from Joel and Ethan Coen, is a black comedy, screening out of competition, about a college professor whose wife leaves him as he struggles with economic problems.
Detassis...
When the lineup for the fourth edition of the event was unveiled last month, artistic director Piera Detassis boasted about what she called "the comedy of crisis": films that try to find humor amid the trouble.
Heading the list is Jason Reitman's in-competition "Up in the Air," which stars George Clooney as a corporate-downsizing agent. "The Last Station," also screening in competition, is a drama that recounts Leo Tolstoy's struggles to balance fame; that film is directed by Michael Hoffman and stars Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren and James McAvoy. And "A Serious Man," from Joel and Ethan Coen, is a black comedy, screening out of competition, about a college professor whose wife leaves him as he struggles with economic problems.
Detassis...
- 10/12/2009
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ROME -- Italy's David di Donatello awards have pushed back the closing date for nominations, ostensibly to accommodate actor-director Carlo Verdone, who complained about the early deadline because his upcoming film, "Grande Groso e Verdone" (Grand, Big and Verdone), would have been in theaters too late for consideration. It opens in Italy on Feb. 29.
Organizers of the award said Monday that the new deadline for a film's Italian release is March 7, eight days later than the previous deadline. According to the Italian media, at least two other films that could earn Donatello noms are set to open Feb. 29.
Verdone said last week that he would not attend the Donatello ceremony in protest of the early deadline. As of Monday, there was no word whether the change of dates would prompt him to rethink his plans not to participate.
The move sparked a firestorm in the local press, with famed film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis backing the move in Monday's edition of Rome daily Il Messaggero and Ricardo Tozzi, president of the cinema, audiovisual and multimedia association ANICA, saying that the Donatello organizers risked looking "ridiculous."
Gianluca Rondi, president of the Donatello organizing committee, said he was against a change of dates.
Organizers of the award said Monday that the new deadline for a film's Italian release is March 7, eight days later than the previous deadline. According to the Italian media, at least two other films that could earn Donatello noms are set to open Feb. 29.
Verdone said last week that he would not attend the Donatello ceremony in protest of the early deadline. As of Monday, there was no word whether the change of dates would prompt him to rethink his plans not to participate.
The move sparked a firestorm in the local press, with famed film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis backing the move in Monday's edition of Rome daily Il Messaggero and Ricardo Tozzi, president of the cinema, audiovisual and multimedia association ANICA, saying that the Donatello organizers risked looking "ridiculous."
Gianluca Rondi, president of the Donatello organizing committee, said he was against a change of dates.
- 1/22/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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