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Netflix Goes Global on Italy’s ‘The Sea Beyond’ With Multi-Season Deal That Includes Movie Prequel (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix is giving global visibility to Italy's hit prison drama 'The Sea Beyond' with a multi-season deal that includes the show's movie prequel.
The young adult show set in a youth detention center overlooking the bay of Naples where male and female inmates contend with being incarcerated, as they explore love and dream of a better life, is a major pop culture phenomenon in Italy where it’s been playing on state broadcaster RAI’s linear and streaming outlets and, subsequently, also on Netflix Italia. The deal comprises the series’ four existing seasons plus its next two instalments and also an upcoming “Sea Beyond” prequel feature film titled “Io Sono Rosa Ricci” for which an Italian theatrical release is planned later this year. Sessa, who called the Netflix deal the “the crowning achievement of an extraordinary journey,” said he will back on set in June on the sixth instalment of “Sea Beyond” and is in talks with RAI for seasons seven and eight.
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