(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 27 - A bow to the progenitor Harry Potter, a bit of adrenaline like the Hunger Games, a bit of mystery like Stranger things ... you could also find other visual references but they are not enough: the phenomenon of the Winx, it seems an arabaphenice , is there to raise determined girls for almost two decades (the debut of cartoons was on Rai2 in January 2004, with the far-sighted production of Luca Milano of Rai Fiction today in Rai Ragazzi) and to find a success that has long gone beyond our country.
Iginio Straffi, Rainbow's talent from Marche, looks at the data of his new creature, Fate: The Winx Saga, six episodes of the live action series inspired by that cartoon, a Netflix original series created by Archery Pictures Production, in association with Rainbow.
It debuted on January 22 on Netflix and is at the top of the 10 original productions.
And not only in Italy.
The second season is already in the air.
Signed by Brian Young (The Vampire Diaries), shot with blockbuster vehicles in Ireland, in the midst of nature and in locations for interiors that have become sets, the series tells the adventures of five fairies who attend Alfea, the college of magic of Beyond the World and addresses to a Young Adult audience as they say in the jargon, 16-30 years old, who have strong youth stories in which to recognize themselves and travel with fantasy, a central target for the streaming platform.
"The girls, in Italy and in the world, grew up on bread and Winx, through 10 TV series, 3 films, musicals, on ice shows, are curious to see how fairies have grown up with them and today they are in flesh and blood in this series. At the live action I always believed, I knew that Netflix was the right interlocutor and so it was because the production is really impressive: the Winxlo's deserved ", says to ANSA Straffi, convinced that the basic fan that the fairies have always had turned into public tve so it was.
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