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Cattleya
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ITV Studios backs new Italian prodco from ‘Gomorrah’ firm Cattleya
ITV Studios (ITVS)-backed Italian producer Cattleya is launching a new outfit in partnership with writers…
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Sky Studios & Cattleya developing ‘Romanzo Criminale’ & ‘Gomorrah’ prequels
Sky Studios and ITV Studios-owned scripted label Cattleya are in development on prequels to both…
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Cattleya co-CEO Marco Chimenz moves to Federation Studios
Federation Studios has appointed Cattleya co-CEO Marco Chimenz as co-MD of the European production group….
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Show of the week: Django
This reimagining of the classic 1960s Western stars Matthias Schoenaerts as the eponymous Django, along…
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ITVS’s Cattleya hires Warner Bros. & ‘His Dark Materials’ execs for Spanish arm
ZeroZeroZero and Suburra producer Cattleya has hired veteran producer Denis Pedregosa and Warner Bros. exec…
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How to secure investment in your company, by those who’ve done it
Scripted costs have surged over recent years, with streamers’ demands supercharging the market. Nick Edwards…
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News round-up: Netflix boards ‘Family Feud SA’ S2; ‘Gomorrah’ heads to Hollywood Suite; Discovery+ orders Depp vs Heard doc
Netflix boards ‘Family Feud SA’ S2 Netflix has boarded the second season of Family Feud…
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Acorn TV, ITVS-owned Route 24 explore Italy with ‘Signora Volpe’
AMC Networks-owned streamer Acorn TV has ordered a detective drama starring Silent Witness’s Emilia Fox….
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Drama round-up: Starz brings ‘Death And Nightingales’ to US; Sky renews ‘Romulus’; Amazon boards BBC thriller ‘Chloe’
Starz brings ‘Death And Nightingales’ to US Lionsgate-owned Starz has acquired UK period drama Death…
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Sky, Canal+ order ‘Django’ series adaptation with Cattleya & Atlantique
European pay operator Sky and France’s Canal+ have joined forces for a reimagining of the…
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Drama round-up: ‘Romulus’ expands into new territories; Lookout Point options ‘Big Girl Small Town’; France Télévisions sees ‘Little Coincidences’
‘Romulus’ expands into new territories Broadcasters in Germany, Russia and Greece have acquired historical epic…
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ITV Studios unveils ‘Romulus’ pre-sales, plus US and Oz drama deals
ITV Studios has announced deals for its European scripted slate, including a number pre-sales for…
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Sky explores Rome’s origins in ITVS GE-distributed ‘Romulus’
Sky Italia’s latest original drama, Romulus, will tell the origin story of Rome. Produced by…
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ITV Studios back Piv Bernth drama studio
ITV Studios has bought a minority stake in the new drama production house of former…
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ITV Studios buys majority stake in Gomorrah prodco
ITV Studios (ITVS) has acquired a majority stake in Italian indie producer Cattleya, the company…
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Italian mafia drama goes to M-Net, Tata
Beta Film-sold Italian mafia drama Gomorrah has been shopped into South Africa and India. South…
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New French indie group ‘circles Cattleya’
New France-based TV consolidator Mediawan is reportedly in the market to buy Gomorrah producer Cattleya….
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Sky Italia, local prodcos team for distribution
Sky Italia and producers including FremantleMedia-owned Wildside and Gomorrah producer Cattleya, have joined forces to…
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StudioCanal buys into Cumberbatch indie, Bambu
French production and distribution group Studiocanal has strengthened its TV assets by taking minority shares…
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SundanceTV acquires mafia drama Gomorrah
US cable net SundanceTV has acquired the first two seasons of Italian crime drama Gomorrah….
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Berlin: Edge bags film version of Netflix drama
Scandinavia-based Edge Entertainment has acquired the feature film accompaniment to Netflix’s first Italian drama series….
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Netflix increases prices again
Leading online streaming service Netflix has increased the monthly price of a subscription by a…
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Israeli VOD service lands Romanzo Criminale
New Israeli on-demand platform Cellcom TV has acquired Italian gangster drama Romanze Criminale from Germany-based…
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Discovery’s K2 buys Yu-Gi-Oh! series
Italian kids channel K2 has acquired Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, the latest series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime…
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US drama Parenthood getting Italian remake
Italian pubcaster Rai has ordered a local version of US network comedy Parenthood. The format…
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Sky Atlantic buys Italian-language series Gomorrah
Sky Atlantic has acquired its first foreign-language drama series, Gomorrah. The Italian series is a…
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News brief: Starz making US version of Italian mob series
US cable net Starz has greenlit a local version of Italian mob drama Romanzo Criminale….
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UK, Dutch vendors acquire Beta’s mafia series
Distribution companies in the UK and the Netherlands have acquired local all-rights packages to Gomorrah,…
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Beta Film takes on the Mafia
Italian crime writer Roberto Saviano, whose mafia exposé Gomorrah lead to death threats, tells Jesse…
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Sky Deutschland, HBO buy mafia series Gomorrah
Beta Film has confirmed a deal with HBO Nordic for its Italian crime series Gomorrah….
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