Muccino, Totti, Petra and Romulus: all the new Sky series coming soon

In the coming months numerous Italian series will arrive, entrusted to names like Guadagnino, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Niccolo Ammaniti. Among the international productions Perry Mason, The Undoing and Fargo

(photo: Andrea Miconi) The programming schedules that will characterize Sky's proposals in the new television season starting next autumn were presented on 22 July. In addition to sports events and entertainment programs (the latter see the arrival of a new version of Beijing Expres s in addition to the consolidated X factor and Masterchef), the highlight of this offer is certainly the TV series, many of which are produced internally and also in Italy. Among the surprises announced during the virtual conference there was certainly the news related to Gabriele Muccino, who is working on the serial reboot of his 2018 film A casa tutti bene: at the center of this family drama in eight episodes, whose shooting will begin in spring 2021, there will be a secret that will upset the lives of the Ristuccia, a large family behind a renowned Roman restaurant.

Another ambitious project, the serial was Hoping de died : directed by Luca Ribuoli, the series is from the book A captain will tell in six episodes of the last two years of the career of Francesco Totti; to interpret the sample there will be Pietro Castellitto , while in the cast there will also be Greta Scarano (which will be Ilary Blasi), Monica Guerritore, Gianmarco Tognazzi and many others. Filming starts in these days for a debut expected in 2021. More imminent however the arrival of Petra : from the September 14, Paola Cortellesi will be the protagonist of four thrillers directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi and inspired by the stories of the detective Petra Delicado , the character created by the writer Alicia Giménez - Bartlett. In October will come instead We Are Who We are, the co-production of Sky-Hbo directed by Luca Guadagnino , who wrote the screenplay with Paul Giordano and Francesca Manieri: the stars are two american teenagers who, with their families composed of both military and civilian, living on an american military base in Italy.

also in the autumn, arrives the long-awaited Romulus , created and directed by Matteo Rovere from his film The last king : the epic tale of the birth of Rome is proposed in the ten episodes filmed in protolatino and see at the center the three young protagonists: Iemos, Wiros, and the young vestal Ilia. Soon will debut Cops: A band of policemen , irreverent comedy in two stories that recount a piece of Italian province through the eyes of the police: directed by Luca Miniero, will be among the starring Claudio Bisio, Stefania Rocca, Pietro Sermonti , Francesco Mandelli, Dino Abbrescia, and many others. In addition to two new episodes of " the crimes of The glimmer , we have to wait then in 2021, also other ambitious projects, like Dominates , in which Kasia Smutniak plays a powerful woman of ancient Rome (next to her names such as Isabella Rossellini and Liam Cunningham) and Anna , an adaptation of Niccolò Ammaniti from his novel of the same name. In the project series is also entrusted to the brothers of the Innocent, and the Block 181 created by rapper Psalm .

Confirmed in the next few months will also see the return of many original productions Sky Studios: from the second season of Save Me Too (from 10 August on Sky Atlantic), with Lennie James in a desperate search of his daughter, the third of the Riviera , the drama with Julia Stiles, set on the Côte d'azur, who returns in the autumn; in the winter there will also be the third and last season of the Tin Star , explosive production, starring Tim Roth, as will soon be the time of The Third Day , a co-production between Hbo, starring Jude Law and Naomie Harris in a mystery drama from the events of the parallel, and the second season of the supernatural adventure of Discovery of Witches . To complete the offer even the big international productions to networks like Hbo and Showtime, among the securities provided for The Undoing , the miniseries with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, the new version of Perry Mason , the fourth season of Fargo with Chris Rock and Salvatore Esposito, the ominous, Lovecraft Country, and finally, The Good Lord Bird , with Ethan Hawke in the role of abolitionist John Brown.