The new global hit Hotel Costiera, produced by Lux Vide – one of Italy’s leading scripted production studios founded in Rome by Ettore Bernabei and now part of the Fremantle Group – together with Amazon MGM Studios, has reached the number one position on Prime Video USA in October 2025, as reported by Variety and IMDb News. This marks a remarkable milestone for an Italian production that merges an Anglo-American television production model, characterized by cinematic aesthetics and serialized storytelling, [...]

Netflix is officially opening its doors to the world of video podcasts, marking one of its boldest moves in recent years. The streaming giant has announced a partnership with Spotify to bring to its catalog a selection of 16 video podcasts produced by Spotify Studios and The Ringer, the network founded by Bill Simmons. The titles will debut on Netflix in the United States in early 2026, before gradually expanding to other markets. The collaboration marks Netflix’s entry into a [...]

Presented during the MIA Market in Rome, the Seventh APA Report on Audiovisual Production (October 2025) confirms the steady expansion of Italy’s audiovisual sector, which has reached a total value of €16.3 billion, marking a 9% increase over the previous year. The report highlights a sustained growth trajectory that has outpaced the national GDP, with an average annual increase of 4.6% since 2018, reaffirming the industry’s strategic relevance within Italy’s creative economy. The analysis shows that television remains the core [...]

Taylor Swift has once again redefined the rules of entertainment with the launch of her twelfth studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” paired with the unconventional cinema event “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” held the weekend of October 3–5 and topping both the U.S. and global box office. A Non-Traditional Event This wasn’t a standard film or concert: Swift’s initiative was a unique 89-minute cinematic listening party, formatted as an exclusive in-theater encounter for fans. The event [...]

The theatrical distribution and exhibition market is undergoing profound transformation. At The Grill 2025 in Los Angeles – the annual conference organized by The Wrap, a leading trade publication in the entertainment industry – three top executives examined the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of cinema: Jeff Goldstein, President of Global Distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures; Andrew Cripps, Head of Theatrical Distribution at The Walt Disney Studios; and Eduardo Acuna, CEO of Regal Cineworld. Globalization and Local Roots Goldstein argued that audience preferences are [...]

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures celebrates the centennial of Carlo Rambaldi (1925–2021) with an extraordinary retrospective tracing his entire artistic and technical career, running from October 30 to November 30, 2025. Universally remembered as the Academy Award–winning artist who created E.T. (1982) for Steven Spielberg, Rambaldi began sculpting three-dimensional works as a child, later refining his craft at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. His first foray into cinema came in Italy with the creation of a dragon [...]