Amazon Prime Video is doubling down on sports activities, actuality and romance in Italy, including NBA video games and several other new codecs, together with an area model of worldwide competitors hit Traitors, to its Italian lineup, alongside a brand new slate of unique sequence and TV films, most of them centered on amore.
Amazon unveiled its upcoming Italian slate at an occasion in Rome on Thursday, confirming it can broaden its reside sports activities portfolio with the addition of NBA protection in Italy beginning this fall. Beneath a world media rights settlement, Prime Video will stream 87 regular-season NBA video games, alongside postseason fixtures together with the NBA Play-In match, a Convention Finals sequence annually and the NBA Finals in choose years. This expands on its current deal to broadcast the UEFA Champions League in Italy via the 2026-27 season.
The slate of nonscripted programming contains The Traitors Italia, an area adaptation of the hit psychological actuality competitors format, which can debut with six episodes this autumn, hosted by Alessia Marcuzzi. Vacation Crush, produced by Casta Diva and launching in September 2025, follows a gaggle of younger attractive vacationers on a transformative trip, who’re being noticed and commented on by comedy group The Jackal. Different upcoming unscripted titles embody comedic tribute present Roast in Peace, and new seasons of Purple Carpet – Vip al tappeto and LOL: Chi experience è fuori, the latter returning for a sixth season and a Halloween particular.
On the scripted entrance, upcoming titles embody Ministry of Love, a surreal romantic comedy written and directed by Giacomo Ciarrapico and Luca Vendruscolo; and Ancora più Attractive, a sequel to Pensati Attractive (Nonetheless Fabulous), a rom-com a couple of 30-something single who will get courting recommendation from real-life porn star Valentina Nappi. Diana Del Bufalo returns to star within the sequel, which shall be directed by Michela Andreozzi.
The corporate additionally introduced Italian Postcards, a brand new unique sequence created by Lisa Riccardi and Damiano Bruè and directed by Jessica Yu (13 Causes Why). The fish-out-of-water story follows Mia, a younger and spoiled New York heiress despatched by her grandfather to Palermo, with out cash or luxuries, to work as an actual property agent within the household enterprise. Co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios with Gaumont Italia, the sequence will exit on Prime Video worldwide.
Among the many new unique movies showcased have been the romance-themed Non è un paese per single, primarily based on a novel by Felicia Kingsley and set in Tuscany, and Love Me, Love Me – Cuori Magnetici, tailored from a well-liked Wattpad sequence and directed by Roger Kumble; in addition to the vacation movie Mrs. Christmas, starring Alessandro Gassmann and Luisa Ranieri, co-produced with Gaumont Italia.