The Apartment


Fremantle names CEO’s at The Apartment & Wildside, unveils Gianani & Mieli deal

Fremantle has named new CEO’s at Italian prodcos Wildside and The Apartment following the exits of Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli, who have struck a coproduction pact with their former employers. Annamaria Morelli becomes chief of The Apartment and Sonia Rovai is taking the top job at Wildside, with both companies retaining editorial autonomy. Fremantle […]

Fremantle ups Christian Vesper to new drama role, extending prodco oversight

Fremantle has upped scripted chief Christian Vesper to a newly created role overseeing its global drama output and some of the production companies that produce it. Vesper, who had been president of global drama for Fremantle, is now CEO and reports into Andrea Scrosati, group COO and CEO of continental Europe. He will continue to […]

Netflix orders Italian drama around adult star Rocco Siffredi

Netflix has commissioned Supersex, a new fact-based Italian original series about the life and career of pornographic actor Rocco Siffredi. Co-produced by Fremantle label The Apartment and Banijay firm Groenlandia, the seven-part series has begun shooting in Rome and will debut worldwide on the streamer in 2023. Supersex is inspired by the real life of […]

Fremantle Italy announces docuseries around hijacker who inspired ‘Rambo’

Fremantle Italy is working on a new documentary series based on the book Il Marine by Pierluigi Vercesi and Raffaele Minichiello, whose true story was the inspiration for the 1980s action film Rambo. The Hijacker is set to begin shooting in mid 2021 and is being produced by Fremantle Italy alongside Rai Cinema, with the collaboration […]

HBO Europe, Starzplay and more take coming-of-age drama ‘We Are Who We Are’ global

Broadcasters and platforms across the world have acquired Luca Guadagnino’s eight-part drama We Are Who We Are, following a slew of deals with distributor Fremantle. The series has travelled to 133 territories in total, with agreements struck with M-Net for South Africa, HBO Europe for the Nordics, Spain, Portugal and CEE, HBO for Latin America and the […]

Fremantle’s Apartment & Castlefield to adapt ‘Death At SeaWorld’

Fremantle-owned producers The Apartment and Castlefield have picked up rights to adapt David Kirby’s investigative book Death At SeaWorld into a 10-part drama. The book, which preceded the award-winning documentary Blackfish, follows five characters whose lives intertwine then collide with the 2010 death of a SeaWorld worker by the captive killer whale Tilikum. The Apartment and […]

Sky locks away Italian prison drama, from The Apartment & Wildside

UK-based Sky has commissioned Il Re (The King), a new Italian prison drama from Fremantle-owned production companies The Apartment and Wildside. The eight-part series is being produced by Lorenzo Mieli and directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi, with a screenplay by Stefano Bises, Peppe Fiore, Bernardo Pellegrini and Davide Serino. Shooting is set to begin in Rome, Turin […]

BBC Three snags exclusive UK rights for Sky & HBO’s Luca Guadagnino drama

BBC Three in the UK has picked up first window rights to We Are Who We Are, the widely anticipated Luca Guadagnino drama that is being co-produced by HBO and Sky. The eight-part limited series has been acquired from Fremantle, which sells the show globally and also owns The Apartment and Wildside, the two prodcos […]

Fremantle strikes unprecedented China deal for ‘My Brilliant Friend’

Chinese streaming giants iQiyi, Alibaba-owned Youku and Tencent Video have all bought the second season of Italian-language drama My Brilliant Friend, marking the first time the three operators have acquired a non-English language European drama at the same time. My Brilliant Friend: The Story Of A New Name will launch to an audience of more […]