Three-time Italian premier
and billionaire, Silvio Berlusconi, continues to provide ample entertainment
fodder, with the first English-language film about his scandal-filled life now
in the works.
Based on a journalistic expose, “The
Marquise” by Emmy-nominated US producer Steve Jones will focus on a dubious
property deal involving Berlusconi’s mansion on a privately owned island, trade
magazine Variety reported Saturday.
Jones told Variety he would travel to
Italy next month to scout for locations and meet actors and potential
directors.
The project is the latest of several
films on the 81-year-old media mogul who staged a surprise political comeback
in 2017.
It comes as Oscar-winner Paolo
Sorrentino’s lavish biopic “Loro”, about the tycoon’s infamous “bunga bunga”
party era, is about to hit the screens in Italy.
The two-part movie failed to make it into
this year’s Cannes selection.
Back in 2006, Nanni Moretti’s Berlusconi
satire “The Caiman” became one of Italy’s most successful films that year.
AFP
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