– “The Art of Joy”: Italian actor and director Valeria Golino (“The Morning Show”) is making her debut as a TV series director with this erotic female empowerment drama.
The series is being penned by Peppe Fiore (“The Young Pope”) and produced by Sky Studios with Italy’s storied Titanus shingle and Fremantle-owned Wildside. “Gomorrah” star Salvatore Esposito will star as the show’s lead. – “Piedone”: A series that mines a 1970s Italian IP titled “Piedone lo Sbirro,” which is a franchise of hit films starring Bud Spencer as a police inspector nicknamed “Bigfoot.” These movies have cult status in Germany. Stefano Sardo, whose credits include the Italian version of “In Treatment” and also Sky’s “1992,” “1993” and “1994,” is the head writer. Banditi a Milano.” It intends to further Sky’s trend of Italian criminal sagas that kicked off with “Romanzo Criminale” (“Crime Novel”) and segued most notably with “Gomorrah,” the milestone show that is Italy’s top TV export. – “La Mala” (working title): This series on the Milanese mob in the ’70s is a spinoff of Sky docuseries “La Mala. See other upcoming Sky Italia originals below.
“With him on board we will be bolstering our European distribution side,” Hartmann said, noting that NBCUniversal, which has been handling global distribution of some Sky Italia content, is U.S.-based. He also announced that former BBC Studios director of commissioning and co-production Tobi de Graaff has been appointed as SVP commercial of Sky Studios. Hartmann also praised Italy’s version of “Call My Agent,” the first season of which featured Paolo Sorrentino among its stars and aired successfully on Sky in January, noting that “it would have been really easy to get it wrong.” Hartmann added that “more than volume, what counts is the continuous growth of our ambition,” noting that “M,” which will air in 2024, takes Sky Italia originals to the next level, both “in terms of creative vision and in terms of production expenditure,” which he declined to reveal. Still, she's putting up 14.9 points, 5.9 boards and 4.9 assists per game while shooting 43.2 percent from three-point range.“We are at the level of eight Sky originals a year, which I think puts us among Italy’s top scripted content producers in terms of volume,” Nils Hartmann, EVP Sky Studios Italy and Germany, told Variety. Thanks to the arrivals of Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot, Ionescu's production has dipped slightly.
The front office assembled a superteam with her firmly in mind, and she played an active role in their recruiting efforts. The Liberty's aggressive approach in the offseason was in part an endorsement of the 5'11" guard. She was named an All-Star and earned an All-WNBA second-team nod. An ankle injury limited her to three games as a rookie, though, and continued to linger into the 2021 season.įinally fully healthy, Ionescu averaged 17.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 6.3 assists in 2022. Ionescu is a change of pace in that she's an emerging talent who hasn't yet attained legendary status within the league.Īs the NCAA's all-time leader in triple-doubles at Oregon, the 25-year-old carried a lot hype into the WNBA when the Liberty selected her first overall in 2020. Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird were given the honor for NBA 2K23. 2K Sports first introduced the "WNBA Edition" for NBA 2K22, with Candace Parker making history as the first women's basketball player on the cover of the popular video game series.
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