Fremantle and Italian crime/action genre specialist Stefano Sollima ’s newly launched company AlterEgo have signed a first-look deal that will see them work in tandem developing a slate of original films and dramas for the international market. Sollima, who is known for milestone TV series “ Gomorrah ” and Hollywood movies such as “ Sicario: Day of the Soldado ,” as well as “Without Remorse,” recently officially launched AlterEgo in tandem with ace U.S.
showrunner Gina Gardini and longtime collaborator, writer/director Ludovico Purgatori. The high-powered trio have been associates since “Gomorrah” and, more recently, Sollima’s Rome-set crime drama “Adagio” – which launched from Venice last year – and his upcoming Netflix serial killer series “Il Mostro” – the latter two partly produced by AlterEgo in tandem with Fremantle-owned The Apartment. As reported by Variety , AlterEgo are now widening their scope and will start shepherding film and TV works by other talents and also venturing into different genres.
The pact with Fremantle will give AlterEgo broad shoulders. It also signals a shift from them working on a regular basis with producer Lorenzo Mieli who earlier this year left the Fremantle fold to co-launch a new banner called Our Films. Sollima, Gardini and Purgatori last week told Variety they are open to working with non-Italian writers and directors on projects for AlterEgo, but preferably on narratives that have a cultural connection .
