2 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Lucaville Global, nan nascent outfit tally by erstwhile Anonymous Content world leader David Davoli, has launched a JV pinch Italian indie Titanus Production and is processing 4 projects including 1 pinch Lawrence Bender.
The woody involves nan JV company, Lucaville Italy, taking a number equity liking successful Titanus and vice versa. The brace will now create projects together utilizing IP from 120-year-old Titanus’ immense library. Titanus will connection up accumulation and financing infrastructure and Lucaville Global will root projects and talent from nan U.S. and crossed nan world marketplace, while besides providing packaging, financing, strategy and distribution expertise.
On nan improvement docket is simply a reimagining of Dino Risi’s cult classical The Treasure of San Gennaro, a high-octane heist drama group successful Naples, produced by Pulp Fiction’s Bender, an 8 clip Oscar winner, pinch Kevin Brown (Trumbo). Lucaville Italy is besides processing a psychological thriller based connected Dario Argento’s directorial debut The Bird pinch nan Crystal Plumage and a serialized reboot of Palermo Milan, a cross-European action play pursuing a information item escorting a cardinal ‘Ndrangheta informant.
Meanwhile, Lucaville Global is bringing its adjustment of Norwegian coming-of-age play bid Kids successful Crime to nan JV, which is being remade arsenic an Italian characteristic film.
The woody was signed by Titanus Co-CEOs Massimo Veneziano and Maria Grazia Saccà pinch Davoli.
Davoli near Anonymous Content past twelvemonth and unveiled Lucaville Global soon after. Based successful New York, Lucaville Global’s purpose is to activity pinch filmmakers, creators and independents to build world projects pinch nan extremity of “moving beyond accepted accumulation models.” Lucaville Global said nan Titanus woody is nan commencement of a “broader instruction to build equity-based imaginative partnerships crossed aggregate territories.” At Anonymous, Davoli, a erstwhile Bron executive and intermezo lawyer, built up operations extracurricular nan U.S. including The Hack producer AC Chapter One successful nan UK, a JV pinch France’s Federation and Anonymous Content Brazil.
Davoli said: “Titanus is 1 of nan oldest and astir prestigious studios successful Italy, pinch a catalogue of classical Italian cinema that is genuinely extraordinary. The opportunity to activity pinch Massimo, Maria Grazia, and nan Lombardo family to unlock that catalogue and create it into premium contented for world audiences is 1 of nan astir meaningful of my career, and 1 I americium profoundly honored to beryllium portion of. To beryllium moving successful Italy, tapping into 1 of nan richest cinematic cultures successful nan world, makes this each nan much significant. It is precisely nan benignant of business Lucaville Global was founded to builld.”
Veneziano and Saccà added: “David brings an bonzer breadth of world expertise, relationships, and strategical reasoning to nan table. Together we will create contented that is authentically Italian and designed to travel.”
News of nan woody comes connected nan first time of nan Series Mania forum successful Lille.
