The first TV series by Gabriele Muccino, the deeds of Francesco Totti in a fiction that has been much talked about and that finally arrives on the small screen, the travels of Pekin Express in the entertainment offer. These are the main news announced by Sky for the 2020/2021 season in the Upfront event. Back to next is the title chosen for the initiative, to underline the spirit of programming with an eye to the future, in the sign of creativity and innovation. "Innovation is the central element of our strategy - said the CEO of Sky Italia, Maximo Ibarra -. We have a platform, Sky Q, which creates an ecosystem with all the screens in the house. Furthermore, last June we Sky WIFI launched which marks Sky's entry into the world of broadband. Today we are therefore protagonists in the world of triple play, offering customers internet, voice and above all content ".
THE TV SERIES - Another great name of Italian cinema joins the Sky team: Gabriele Muccino will sign his first TV series, reboot of his hit film A tutti tutti bene. It will be a family drama in eight episodes, Muccino will direct the first two episodes and will be artistic supervisor of the project. The series is being written and shooting will begin in the spring of 2021 in Rome .; Instead, the filming of Speravo de mori 'prima, the series on Francesco Totti with Pietro Castellitto in the role of the former captain of Rome have just started. The fiction, based on "A Captain" by Francesco Totti and Paolo Condò, will be a six-episode story about the last two years of the legendary number 10 Giallorossi's career. In the cast Greta Scarano who will be Ilary Blasi, his wife; Monica Guerritore, who will play Francesco Totti's mother, Fiorella; Gianmarco Tognazzi will be Luciano Spalletti, the last coach of his career. These are two innovations that enrich the Sky Original titles coming in the next few months: from Petra with an unpublished Paola Cortellesi to the young protagonists of Luca Guadagnino's We are who we are, from ancient Rome of the epic story by Matteo Rovere with Romulus a Cops - A gang of policemen with Claudio Bisio and many other faces of Italian comedy. Waiting for Anna di Niccolò Ammaniti, Domina with Kasia Smutniak and a great international cast and also the D'Innocenzo brothers at work on their first TV series and Salmo, creative and musical producer and actor of Block 181. ENTERTAINMENT - The exclusive travels of Pekin Express, one of the most successful formats in recent years, created by Banijay Italia. "Few products, like this one, have managed to interpret and tell the reality of the global world and its dynamics - said Nicola Maccanico, Executive Vice President Programming Sky Italia -, managing to entertain families, compacting them in the vision of a show that enhances the value of discovery and travel ". The program, broadcast on Sky Uno, joins the other formats already at home on Sky such as X Factor (with the judges Emma, Hell Raton, Manuel Agnelli and Mika), MasterChef (confirmed the jury with Bruno Barbieri, Antonino Cannavacciuolo and Giorgio Locatelli), 4 Restaurants, Family Food Fight, Italy's Got Talent. In September, for the first time on Sky, also the RTL 102.5 Power Hits Estate Festival.
CINEMA - The protagonist will also be cinema, with the titles of the major international majors on Sky Cinema: Universal, Sony Pictures and from January 2021 also Warner Bros. Great prominence of Italian cinema on first TV, with titles such as those of Vision Distribution, Medusa and Rai Cinema, with the most loved actors and directors of our cinema. To name a few, Checco Zalone, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, Gabriele Muccino, Elio Germano, Matteo Garrone, Roberto Benigni, Pierfrancesco Favino, Gianni Amelio, Gabriele Salvatores, Fausto Brizzi, Christian De Sica, Ficarra and Picone and many others. SPORT - After all the championships have ended (Premier League on 26 July and Serie A on 2 August), European football will resume on Sky with the final stages of the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League season with a new format, due to the long suspension for the coronavirus. All-round narrations broadcast, from the playing field to editorial insights. A schedule that will range from Italian to international football, with Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga, Champions League, Europa League, towards Euro 2020 next June. And then the engines with Formula 1 and MotoGP in the foreground, as well as tennis, NBA and the return of the MLB.
INFORMATION - Not only news, but also surveys, reports, analyzes and interviews on Sky TG24. After broadcasting the first news broadcast entirely from home during the lockdown, in the next season Sky TG24 is preparing to follow two central events for Italy and the world: the Regional and the US Presidential elections. "Vite - The art of the possible" will return in September, the cycle of interviews by the director Giuseppe De Bellis that tells the great Italians who have distinguished themselves in their field; space for music, cinema and entertainment with "Stories", the cycle of interviews with Deputy Director Omar Schillaci. In addition, in the new season, "Idee per l'oggi" will start, a weekly program by the director De Bellis with great international experts to understand the "new normal". (HANDLE).