Mediawan buys stake in Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli's Banner Our Films – Knowligent
Mediawan buys stake in Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli's Banner Our Films

Mediawan buys stake in Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli's Banner Our Films

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Mediawan, the pan-European parent company of Plan B, has acquired a majority stake in Our Films, the new production and film financing company founded by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli, the award-winning Italian producing duo behind “The Young Pope” and “My Brilliant Friend.”

Our Films, based in Rome, reunites Gianani and Mieli, who left their respective Fremantle-owned banners, Wildside and the Apartment, earlier this year. The pair, whose talent sense has shone through their impressive track record over the years, will continue to collaborate with European, American and international filmmakers and talents across features, documentaries and series.

Gianani and Mieli also have a co-production agreement with Fremantle, under which they will continue to oversee a number of projects they began in Fremantle, some of which are popular titles making their world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, such as Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer,” starring Daniel Craig; Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic “Maria”; and Joe Wright’s eight-part limited series “M. The Son of the Century,” which chronicles Benito Mussolini’s rise to power. More projects are in the pipeline for co-production in the coming years.

In an interview with Variety, Gianani and Mieli say they hope to produce about five to seven films a year at Our Films, including two to three TV series a year. They also want about half of their slate to be non-local projects. Our Films is already fully staffed with about 35 people and will unveil its initial roster in the fall.