Sony Photos Worldwide Productions and Italy’s Colorado Movie have teamed up on Italian comedy/highway film “50km per Hour” which has began capturing with multi-hyphenate Fabio De Luigi directing and starring.
The movie is an Italian remake of Sony’s 2018 German field workplace hit “25 Km/h,” written by Oliver Ziegenbalg and directed by Markus Goller about two estranged siblings who reunite at their father’s funeral and make a spur of the second choice to meet their childhood dream of driving throughout the nation on their outdated motorbikes. It has additionally lately been remade in Mexico with the title “A Todas Partes” (“All of the Locations”).
De Luigi, who’s amongst Italy’s most bankable skills, lately starred in “The Worse Week of My Life” and “When Mother is Away,” which was Italy’s high grossing native title throughout pandemic-stricken 2019. De Luigi on this movie is pairing up with one other high native field workplace draw, Stefano Accorsi (“The Goddess of Fortune”). (See First Look picture: Fabio De Luigi, on the left, and Stefano Accorsi, on the precise).
Additionally starring in “50 Km/h” are Alessandro Haber (“The Unknown Girl”): Elisa Di Eusanio (“Doc – In Your Arms”); Alice Palazzi (“Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi”); Simone Baldasseroni (“Three Good Daughters”); Giorgia Area (“Bang Bang Child”); Barbara Abbondanza (“The Italian Recipe”) and Paolo Cevoli (“Soldato Semplice”).
The movie, on which De Luigi can be serving as author moreover director and star, is being shot within the multi-hyphenate’s native Emilia-Romagna area, in addition to a couple of different places in Italy.
Alessandro Usai and Iginio Straffi of Colorado Movie, which is owned by Straffi’s Rainbow Group, function producers on the movie, which is the second of a multi-picture deal between SPIP and Colorado. The primary movie was “The Worth of Household” which debuted at #1 on Netflix Italy in December 2022.
“We’re thrilled to proceed our inventive collaboration with Colorado Movies and for the chance to work with such a prestigious and proficient filmmaker and star like Fabio De Luigi,” mentioned Shebnem Askin, EVP, inventive manufacturing and head of Sony Photos Worldwide Productions in an announcement.
“We’re wanting ahead in bringing this movie to native Italian cinemas – which marks the primary native theatrical launch for Sony Photos Worldwide Productions – and to proceed our dedication to supply content material in Italy,” she added.
“50km per Hour” shall be launched theatrically by Sony Photos Releasing Worldwide in Italy through Eagle Photos which handles Sony titles on the Italian market.
Stated Usai, CEO of Colorado Movie: “We’re very pleased to associate with Fabio De Luigi as a protagonist for the tenth time and as a director for a 3rd movie. After so many successes collectively, we’re assured that this new mission, which can be enriched by the appearing of Stefano Accorsi, shall be appreciated by the Italian audiences within the subsequent season.”
