EXCLUSIVE: The anticipated prequel collection to Italian mega-hit Gomorrah is presently being envisaged as spanning three seasons, we perceive from sources near the mission.
The second and third seasons have but to be formally greenlit by Sky however the artistic ambition from these engaged on the mission is for 3 seasons. The primary is because of start manufacturing early subsequent yr.
The presently untitled prequel collection, set in 1970’s Naples, will chart the origin story and rise to energy of crime boss Pietro Savastano and his spouse, Imma Savastano, whose household are the topic of the unique Sky Italia and Cattleya hit. We perceive a lot of the characters from the primary season of the present are prone to seem as their youthful selves and the concept is for the third season to take the story as much as occasions of the unique.
Lots of the present’s key creators are again, together with novelist Roberto Saviano whose e-book the story is predicated on, screenwriters Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli, and director Marco D’Amore, who performed Ciro Di Marzio within the authentic collection and went on to direct a number of episodes.
The expectation is for a barely much less darkish first collection than the unique with contraband and cigarette-dealing initially extra distinguished than the hard-drugs and homicide of the unique. The story will begin out with the characters as youngsters and there shall be extra consideration to the romance between the Savastanos and their lack of innocence.
The leads will essentially be newcomers given the characters’ younger ages. Casting is in course of.
A world gross sales associate has but to be confirmed however we hear it’s prone to as soon as once more be Beta, which dealt with the unique.
Impressed by Saviano’s bestseller, Neapolitan crime-drama Gomorrah grew to become Italy’s best TV export and ran 5 seasons between 2014-21. The present traveled to 190 international locations, together with on HBO Max within the U.S.
Sky can be in growth on origin collection Romanzo Criminale – La Serie which is able to give attention to the years earlier than the rise of the Banda della Magliana crime group, which had been explored within the two seasons of the unique present which ran 2008-10.
