With comedy overtones and inspired by the 2003 Antwerp Diamond Heist, Everybody Loves Diamonds will follow a team of small-time Italian thieves led by Sicilian mastermind Leonardo Notarbartolo ,who manage to deceive top-level security to steal millions of dollars’ worth of precious stones from the Antwerp Diamond Centre.
This new Amazon show is being produced by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside, which is a Fremantle unit, follows a group of thieves led by Sicilian mastermind Leonardo Notarbartolo, who in 2003 managed to circumvent the advanced security system of the Antwerp Diamond Center and steal precious stones worth more than $100 million. Nicole Morganti, head of Amazon Originals in Italy, and Davide Nardini, head of scripted originals in Italy, unveiled the project during a MIA panel, where they also announced commissioning a second season of the Italian version of Amazon Original’s unscripted series “Celebrity Hunted – Manhunt,” produced by EndemolShine Italy.
Morganti said she was thrilled to be working on “Everybody Loves Diamonds” with “one of the most prestigious creative and production teams in Italy.” The show is written by a team comprising Stefano Bises, who penned hot TV series “Gomorra,” and “ZeroZeroZero,” among other titles, and Michele Astori (“The Mafia Kills Only in Summer”) with Giulio Carrieri and Bernardo Pellegrini. The director of “Everybody Loves Diamonds” has not been announced.
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