Effectively-established Italian producers Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli — who left their Fremantle-owned banners, Wildside and The Condo, respectively, earlier this yr — are returning to the rising TV and movie powerhouse with their new scripted outfit.

The duo — who co-founded “The Younger Pope” and “My Sensible Good friend” manufacturing home Wildside in 2009 earlier than Mieli exited to arrange The Condo, which was behind the current hit “Priscilla” — are but to disclose particulars of their new firm. However the pair have now signed a co-production take care of Fremantle that can see them collaborate on a number of initiatives.

Amongst these in manufacturing and post-production from the 2 producers are Paolo Sorrentino’s newest movie, Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov -The Ballad,” “Queer” by Luca Guadagnino starring Daniel Craig, the brand new movie by Gabriele Mainetti, “Maria” by Pablo Larraín starring Angelina Jolie, plus the TV collection “M. The Son of the Century” by Joe Wright and “Il Mostro” by Stefano Sollima. 

“Working with Fremantle for the final 14 years has been a massively essential, thrilling and nice journey,” mentioned Gianani and Miele in an announcement. “We put all our vitality and fervour to contribute to creating Fremantle a profitable hub of progressive and provocative creativity, and we’re grateful for the assist, freedom and belief Fremantle has given us.”

The pair added: “This new entrepreneurial journey fills our need for brand new challenges and targets, and we’re joyful and proud to announce this deal that can permit us to proceed producing with Fremantle on extraordinary motion pictures and collection as now we have completed through the years. We wish to thank all of the a whole lot of individuals we labored with inside Fremantle. And a particular due to Andrea Scrosati, with out whom lots of our achievements, together with this deal, would have by no means been potential.”

Fremantle, in the meantime, have introduced Gianani and Mieli’s successors at The Condo and Wildside, which can each proceed to have editorial autonomy.

Annamaria Morelli, a longtime movie and TV producer who has labored with Rai, Mediaset and TimVision with credit together with “My Sensible Good friend” and “Killing Eve,” has been named CEO of The Condo. Sonia Rovai, who spent a few years at Sky engaged on reveals resembling “Gomorra,” “The Younger Pope,” “Zero Zero Zero” and “Name My Agent,” has been promoted from managing director of Wildside to CEO.

“Annamaria Morelli and Sonia Rovai have imaginative and prescient, expertise and fervour. I’m so joyful to welcome them to The Condo and Wildside, two labels which have attracted among the finest expertise, each Italian and worldwide,” mentioned Andrea Scrosati, group COO and CEO of continental Europe for Fremantle. “We’re and can proceed to be the place creatives wish to name dwelling. A spot the place you’ll be able to categorical your creativity by experimenting and innovating with freedom and independence, but additionally with the basic assist of a world group resembling Fremantle. A formulation that I’m positive will assure Morelli and Rovai the situations to create new nice successes.”