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“The Leopard” is the new Italy-produced live-action drama TV series, created by Richard Warlow, adapting the novel “Il Gattopardo’, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, directed by Tom Shankland, Giuseppe Capotondi and Laura Luchetti, starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Benedetta Porcaroli, Deva Cassel, Saul Nanni, Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni, and Greta Esposito, now streaming on Netflix:

“…set against the backdrop of revolution in 1860’s Sicily, ‘Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina’, leads a life surrounded by beauty and privilege.

“As Italy moves towards unification and the old aristocratic order is threatened, he realizes his family's future is in jeopardy. New allegiances must be made, each one a threat to his principles.

“Eventually Fabrizio is faced with an impossible choice. He has the power to engineer a marriage, between the rich & beautiful ‘Angelica’ and his nephew ‘Tancredi’…

“…that could secure his family’s legacy, but doing so he would break his favorite daughter,...

Here’s All You Need To Know About The Italian Counterpart Of Netflix’s The Crown ( Photo Credit – Netflix )

Netflix has had delectable historical fiction dramas from the Western part of the world. The European content, apart from the British dramas, however, often goes undetected by the larger audience unless there is massive virality attached to it. Netflix Italian originals like The Law According to Lidia Poët are some of the underrated gems. While The Crown still has its hold strong, the Ott giant has seemingly released a new historical drama from the lands of Italy. This show is a Netflix Italy original titled The Leopard. It was released on Netflix on March 5, and there is seemingly less chatter for a show of this caliber.

What Is The Story Of Netflix’s The Leopard?

Netflix‘s The Leopard is adapted from a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. The novel...

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Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been getting regular updates as part of Next on Netflix, an opportunity to see what’s coming to Netflix in 2025 from around the world. One of the countries participating in the live event for journalists was Netflix Italy, which previewed its upcoming slate for 2025 for local journalists. The year has already started strong with Public Disorder (or Acab as it’s known in other regions), but what else is coming up? Here’s a rundown of what we unveiled.

In Italy, Tinny Andreatta, the Vice President of Content, expressed her enthusiasm about 2025, stating, “This year is significant for us in Italy because it marks the 10th anniversary of Netflix’s launch in our country. We will provide our audience with a wider and more diverse selection that spans various genres, innovative formats, and languages. We aim to tell authentic stories...

A panel of top Netflix executives touted 10 years of the global streamer in such key European territories as France, Germany and Italy on Tuesday.

At Content London, vp of content Emea Larry Tanz, vp of content France Pauline Dauvin and vp of content Italy Tinny Andreatta spoke during a fireside discussion celebrating big milestones for Netflix, with the 10-year anniversary this year in France and Germany and more dates to mark in 2025 in Italy and Spain.

During the session, Tanz shared that between 2020 and 2023, Netflix invested €6.5 billion ($6.8 billion) in European, non-English series and films, including some of the service’s most popular series and films, such as Society of the Snow (Spain), Troll (Norway), Borgen (Denmark), Under Paris (France), High Water (Poland), and The Hand Of God (Italy).

“That’s great for our members from films and series they get, but also for the industry,” Tanz said. “That has resulted in 60,000 jobs just in Europe.

“The Leopard” is the new Italian-produced live-action TV series, created by Richard Warlow, adapting the novel “Il Gattopardo’, by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, directed by Tom Shankland, Giuseppe Capotondi and Laura Luchetti, starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Benedetta Porcaroli, Deva Cassel, Saul Nanni, Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni, and Greta Esposito. streaming in 2025 on Netflix:

“…set against the backdrop of revolution in 1860’s Sicily, ‘Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina’, leads a life surrounded by beauty and privilege.

“As Italy moves towards unification and the old aristocratic order is threatened, he realizes his family's future is in jeopardy. New allegiances must be made, each one a threat to his principles.

“Eventually Fabrizio is faced with an impossible choice. He has the power to engineer a marriage, between the rich & beautiful ‘Angelica’ and his nephew ‘Tancredi’…

“…that could secure his family’s legacy, but doing so he would break his favorite daughter,...

"Uncle, if we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change." Netflix has revealed the teaser trailer for The Leopard series, their new adaptation of this classic Italian novel. "A great story is timeless." The Leopard, also known as Il Gattopardo, written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was adapted once before into the acclaimed 1963 film also titled The Leopard starring Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale. The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily. The series will be a modern exploration of timeless themes – power, love, and the cost of progress. The teaser features Kim Rossi Stuart as the Prince of Salina, who is starring along with Benedetta Porcaroli, Deva Cassel, and Saul Nanni alongside Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni, and Greta Esposito. It starkly contrasts the order and...

London, July 16 (Ians) Intensive exercise could slow the course of Parkinson’s disease, suggests a study, which could pave the way for new non-drug approaches.

The study, published in the journal Science Advances, identified a new mechanism responsible for the positive effects of exercise on brain plasticity. It showed that exercise performed in the early stages of the disease induces beneficial effects on movement control that may last over time even after training is suspended, according to Paolo Calabresi, Professor of Neurology at Catholic University, Rome.

“In the future, it would be possible to identify new therapeutic targets and functional markers to be considered for developing non-drug treatments to be adopted in combination with current drug therapies,” he added.

Previous study has shown that intensive physical activity is associated with increased production of a critical growth factor, the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf). This was seen after a four-week treadmill training...

Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer for Marco Bellocchio’s “Kidnapped” (Rapito), which has its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film starts in 1858 in the Jewish quarter of Bologna, when the Pope’s soldiers burst into the home of the Mortara family. By order of the cardinal, they have come to take Edgardo, their seven-year-old son. The child had been secretly baptized by his nurse as a baby and the papal law is unquestionable: he must receive a Catholic education.

Edgardo’s parents, distraught, will do anything to get their son back. Supported by public opinion and the international Jewish community, the Mortaras’ struggle quickly takes a political dimension. But the Church and the Pope will not agree to return the child, to consolidate an increasingly wavering power.

The film stars Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala (as the...

Netflix’s Italian drama The Leopard, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s classic novel, has gone into production and unveiled its cast.

Deva Cassel — daughter of Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci — is among the leads, playing Angelica Sedara. Kim Rossi Stuart will play Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina), while Benedetta Porcaroli is Concetta and Saul Nanni is Tancredi Falconeri. Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni and Greta Esposito are also on board.

First looks images have been released and can be seen above.

Filming will last more than four months, and will take place between Palermo, Syracuse, Catania and Rome.

The six-episode series comes from Italian firm Indiana Production and Moonage Pictures in the UK. It’s produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Marco Cohen and Benedetto Habib for Indiana and Will Gould, Frith Tiplady and Matthew Read for Moonage.

The show inspired by Tomasi di...

Shooting has kicked off in Rome on limited series “The Leopard” based on the classic Sicily-set novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that marks Netflix’s most ambitious Italian original to date.

Production on the lavish period piece will take place in the Sicilian cities of Palermo, Syracuse, Catania as well as the Italian capital over the next four months.

The historical tapestry with elements comparable to “Downton Abbey” or “The Crown,” and potential to make a global mark, is a modern take on the sensual Sicilian saga famously adapted into a film by Luchino Visconti starring Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon and Burt Lancaster. The film, now an Italian cinema classic, won the 1963 Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

The six-episode epic set against the backdrop of social revolution in 1860s Sicily will star top model Deva Cassell – who is Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel’s daughter – as Angelica Sedara,...

Sneak Peek Season 2 of the Italian teen drama series "Baby", based on a true story, following students at an elite high school in Rome who are forced into prostitution, premiering October 18, 2019 on Netflix:

Cast includes Alice Pagani as 'Ludovica', Riccardo Mandolini as 'Damiano Younes, Chabeli Sastre Gonzalez as 'Camilla Govender Rossi', Brando Pacitto as 'Fabio Fedeli', Lorenzo Zurzolo as 'Niccolo Govender Rossi', Galatea Ranzi as 'Elsa', Tommaso Ragno as 'Director Fedeli', Massimo Poggio as 'Arturo Altieri', Mehdì Nebbou as 'Khalid Younes', Giuseppe Maggio as 'Fiore', Mirko Trovato as 'Brando', Federica Lucaferri as 'Virginia', Beatrice Bartoni as 'Vanessa', Marjo Berasategui as 'Camilla's Mom', Isabella Ferrari as 'Simonetta', Claudia Pandolfi as 'Monica' and Paolo Calabresi as 'Saverio'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Baby" - Season 2...