Jake Kanter International TV EditorWildside, the Italian producer behind The Young Pope and The New Pope, is to make a Sky Italia drama about A.S.
Roma soccer player and World Cup winner Francesco Totti.The Fremantle-backed outfit will work with Capri Entertainment, The New Life Company and Kwaï to adapt Totti and Paolo Condò’s book Un Capitano for the screen, with Pietro Castellitto (Freaks Out) in the lead role.
In doing so, the six-part series will tell the story of the final two years of Totti’s Roma career.The series will be directed by Luca Ribuoli (The Mafia Kills Only In Summer) and was written by Stefano Bises, Michele Astori and Maurizio Careddu.
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