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deadline.comMax Sets First Italian Scripted Series Max has set Portobello, a series by Marco Bellocchio, as its first Italian-scripted original production.
The show will debut on Max in 2026. Production began in Rome last September and will also shoot in Sardinia, Campania, and Lombardy.
The six-episode series tells the story of Enzo Tortora, the host of the real-life television show Portobello – which aired in 1977 for seven seasons – who was accused by justice collaborators of being part of a criminal organization involved in drug trafficking.
Tortora was imprisoned and tried for years before being definitively acquitted of all charges. The cast features Fabrizio Gifuni as Enzo Tortora, Lino Musella, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Barbora Bobulova, Alessandro Preziosi, and Fausto Russo Alesi. WGGB President Warns About AI Changes Writers’ Guild of Great Britain President Sandi Toksvig has asked the UK government to reconsider proposals that will allow tech companies to use creators’ work without payment or permission to train AI.
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