![]() ![]() Nominated five times for the David di Donatello awards – including the nomination that won him the award for They Call Me Jeeg, a film that also saw him win the Nastro d’Argento Award – Marinelli is one of the most respected actors in Italy. Wright will direct all eight episodes of the series and begins filming at Cinecittà Studios over the next few weeks.Īlso announced today at the Rome Film Festival, Luca Marinelli will lead the cast as Benito Mussolini. Son of the Century, the new Sky Original series based on the Premio Strega-winning and international bestselling book by Antonio Scurati, which chronicles the birth of fascism in Italy and the Duce Benito Mussolini’s rise to power. ![]() With the direction of a master like Joe Wright and with the guidance of Scurati’s novel, adapted here by Stefano Bises and Davide Serino, we are ready to launch a project that marks a further step forward in our creative and productive journey’’ There are not many actors like him in Italy or in the world, and we have been courting him for a long time and are now delighted to have him in this new Sky Studios production, which is becoming more and more unique. ‘’For a great project like ‘M.’, and for such a challenging role as Mussolini, we could only think of an extraordinary and eclectic talent like Luca Marinelli. Nils Hartmann, EVP Sky Studios Italia and Deutschland: ![]() The Sky Original series chronicles Mussolini’s rise to power and is based on the Premio Strega-winning and international bestselling book by Antonio Scurati. ![]()
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