Articles about Lux Vide
Prime Video books stay at Hotel Costiera
TRAILER: Jesse Williams is checking into Hotel Costiera, a six-part English-language action drama produced in Italy for Prime Video and due to debut in September.
High tech on the high seas
DQ travels to Rome to meet stars Can Yaman and Alanah Bloor plus the creative team behind Sandokan and find out how skilled craftmanship and state-of-the-art technology have been merged for this ambitious retelling of Emilio Salgari’s classic pirate saga.
Can Yaman plays pirates in Sandokan
FIRST LOOK: Turkish actor Can Yaman leads the cast of Sandokan, a new adaptation of Emilio Salgari’s historic saga about the adventures of the titular pirate who fights against colonial powers in Southeast Asia.
Green thinking
As television drama goes green on-screen and behind the camera, four executives reveal how they are helping to create sustainable productions and reduce their carbon footprint.
Mamma’s the word
Raoul Bova and Maria Chiara Giannetta discuss their starring roles in Italian family drama Buongiorno, mamma (Good morning, Mum), which returns for a second season with old secrets and new mysteries to explore.
Devils is in the details
As Sky drama Devils returns for a second season, writer and executive producer Frank Spotnitz outlines the challenges in bringing the financial drama to the screen, including a pivotal scene set on the night of the UK’s Brexit referendum.
Hearing Blanca
Lux Vide CEO and producer Luca Bernabei reveals how the use of innovative sound technology was used to bring to life the world of Blanca, the blind central character in the Italian crime drama of the same name.
Understanding Leonardo
A new drama seeks to explore the secrets and complexity of one of the most famous artists in history. Co-creator Frank Spotnitz and producer Luca Bernabei tell DQ about making Leonardo.
Risky Devils
Patrick Dempsey and Alessandro Borghi open up about making stylish financial thriller Devils, about an ambitious banker whose rise to the top is put on ice when he is suspected of murder.
Renaissance man
The cast and crew of Medici: Lorenzo the Magnificent reunited in Florence for the launch of this luxurious historical drama. DQ travelled to Italy to hear more about the series.
Simply Magnificent
Lorenzo the Magnificent takes centre stage in the second chapter of Renaissance drama Medici: Masters of Florence. As filming continues apace in Tuscany, DQ speaks to the star and producers of the Rai series, which has built a worldwide audience on Netflix.
Meet the Medici
Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden are father and son in Medici: Masters of Florence, the story of one family’s rise from simple merchants to power brokers in Renaissance Italy.
European dramas get backing from buyers
European dramas like Medici: Masters of Florence and Trapped are in the news this week. There also seems to be growing trend for the TV business to turn to feature film directors.