Mario Gianani


Sky Italia rolls cameras on Wildside’s dystopian thriller ‘Anna’

Sky Italia has signed on for Sicilian dystopian thriller Anna from The Miracle producer Wildside. Created and directed by Niccolò Ammaniti, the series – co-produced with Arte France and Fremantle-backed prodco Kwaï – is based on the author’s eponymous book, which follows a young girl who cares for her brother in a post-apocalyptic Sicily, where […]

FremantleMedia buys Young Pope prodco

FremantleMedia has paid an undisclosed amount for a 62.5% stake in Italian drama house Wildside. The prodco is currently producing the upcoming Sky and HBO drama The Young Pope, the first picture of which was released yesterday (see above). UK-headquartered FremantleMedia has the option to buy the rest of Wildside, which produces television and feature […]

A walk on the Wildside

Italian writers are an increasingly appealing option on the menu of global scripted content. Rome-based Wildside plans to use that notion to super-charge a push into high-end international drama coproduction, its co-founder Mario Gianani tells TBI. Italian drama specialist Wildside is aiming to be the latest name associated with high-end international drama coproduction. That list […]