Max Sets First Italian Scripted Series
Max has set Portobello, a sequence by Marco Bellocchio, as its first Italian-scripted unique manufacturing. The present will debut on Max in 2026. Production started in Rome final September and also will shoot in Sardinia, Campania, and Lombardy. The six-episode sequence tells the story of Enzo Tortora, the host of the real-life tv present Portobello – which aired in 1977 for seven seasons – who was accused by justice collaborators of being a part of a prison group concerned in drug trafficking. Tortora was imprisoned and tried for years earlier than being definitively acquitted of all prices. The solid options Fabrizio Gifuni as Enzo Tortora, Lino Musella, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Barbora Bobulova, Alessandro Preziosi, and Fausto Russo Alesi.
WGGB President Warns About AI Changes
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain President Sandi Toksvig has requested the UK authorities to rethink proposals that may enable tech firms to make use of creators’ work with out fee or permission to coach AI. In a press release on the WGGB web site, Toksvig writes that if the plans go ahead, we are going to see a “fundamental change to how copyright works” and one which “gives tech companies an incredible ability to take what they like, when they like, without informing or compensating the writers of the work they use to train their models.” Toksvig ends the assertion calling on “everyone to respond to the Government’s consultation, rejecting their preferred option and encouraging them to introduce proper transparency measures.” You can learn the complete assertion right here.
CoComelon Outfit Launches Dutch Channel
Moonbug Entertainment, finest recognized for its youngsters’s exhibits similar to CoComelon, is launching the Moonbug Channel within the Netherlands. The channel will launch on Ziggo on March 4. The firm beforehand expanded into Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland final yr. All Moonbug exhibits can be featured on the channel, together with CoComelon, Blippi, Little Angel, Gecko’s Garage, Morphle, and Oddbods. As a part of the partnership, the exhibits may even be obtainable on-demand in each English and Dutch languages for Ziggo subscribers within the Netherlands.