First Trailer for Joe Wright's Italian-Language Miniseries "M - Son of the Century"
Watch the trailer for Sky Original series M. SON OF THE CENTURY, which will have its World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 5-7 and then land on Sky & Now in 2025! 😍 #Venezia81 #MSonOfTheCentury #MIlFiglioDelSecolo #LucaMarinelli #FilmX pic.twitter.com/0TMO6NNjGc
- Loud and Clear Reviews (@LoudAndClearRvs) August 2, 2024
- The miniseries follows the rise of Benito Mussolini from the 1919 founding of Fasci Italiani to Mussolini's famous speech following the murder of socialist MP Giacomo Matteotti in 1925, based on the award-winning book of the same name by Antonio Scurati.
- Directed by Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice, Darkest Hour, among many others)
- With a rumored budget of around $50 million, this is one of the most expensive European miniseries in recent history.
- Stars Luca Marinelli (The Old Guard, Martin Eden) as Benito Mussolini, Barbara Chiciarelli (Bad Tales), and an extended cast of Italian actors.
- Premieres at the Venice Film Festival in September, then will be released on Sky in the UK and Italy in 2025; no US distribution announced.
- Includes a techno soundtrack by Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers.
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Interesting combo of British director tackling Italian history with an Italian-language miniseries. And surprisingly, no, I did not get informed of this from my google alert for The Old Guard news LMAO.