Italian Crime Drama Gomorrah Comes to SundanceTV

NEW YORK: SundanceTV has acquired the first two seasons of the acclaimed Italian crime drama Gomorrah from The Weinstein Company (TWC).

Gomorrah’s first season of 12 episodes will premiere on SundanceTV in summer 2016. Gomorrah is based on the best-selling book by the journalist Roberto Saviano. The book has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and inspired the film Gomorrah, which won the 2008 Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

“Gomorrah is a hard-hitting drama with a healthy dose of Shakespearean tragedy,” said Joel Stillerman, the president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV. “SundanceTV prides itself on presenting distinctive stories from unique points of view, and Gomorrah’s gritty exploration of the Comorra mob families in Naples is no exception. This drama proved extremely popular in Italy and we’re thrilled that SundanceTV will be its exclusive U.S. home.”

TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein said: “Gina Gardini, who happens to have also run my European production team for eight years at Miramax, supervised the entire Gomorrah series. She and the entire Cattleya team are the preeminent producers behind this series. Roberto Saviano, who wrote the book, became a friend of mine, so I found the entire project irresistible and television audiences will too. And I congratulate the entire team at SundanceTV and AMC for having the acumen to bring this show to U.S. audiences.”