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On Rotten Tomatoes, the show has a 79% audience score approval rating. In January 2019, a study, then published by Italian newspaper Corriere della sera, defined the show as the most popular Italian TV series abroad taking into account the number of streams, downloads and social-network interactions.

Season 1
Florence, 1429. Giovanni de' Medici is a rich banker who also represents one of the most important political forces of Florence's Signoria. He has a plan to increase his family power by making an agreement with the Church of Rome. The election of a new Pope is about to take place and Giovanni sends his sons Cosimo and Lorenzo to Rome in order to encourage the election of a Pope close to his family. In Rome, Cosimo, fascinated by the beuty of ancient architectures and art, meets Donatello and one of his models Bianca. Cosimo falls in love with her and he is then forced to leave her and marry Contessina de Bardi, a political marriage agreed by Giovanni and Contessina's father. The Medici's candidate gets elected and this ensures to the bank of the Medici an agreement that turned his family bank into an unparalleled economic power. Twenty years later, Giovanni is mysteriously murdered and Cosimo and Lorenzo try to secretly investigate about his death. Meanwhile the political situation in the government of the city is troubled by plots against the power of Medici's family and their view for the future of Florence (which will then lead to the Renaissance) is in danger. His dream is to complete the Duomo but no architect seems to have a feasible solution due to the particular shape of the base created for the dome. Finally, Filippo Brunelleschi introduced himself to Cosimo and shows him his plans for the construction of the dome. Cosimo decides to trust Brunelleschi and the construction of the dome starts, bringing jobs and people to Florence. Meanwhile, the mystery sourrounding the death of Giovanni thickens and Rinaldo Albizzi, Cosimo main opponent in the Signoria, tries to obstaculate the construction and to bring the people to rise up against the Medicis.

Season 2
Twenty years have passed after the events of the first season, Piero, Cosimo's son, and his wife Lucrezia are now at the head of the family. The power of the Medici has consolidated over time, but an assassination attempt on Piero brings to light his mismanagement of the family bank. Sforza's family is the one with the greatest debt towards the bank and manage to make an agreement with Piero to erase their debts. The solution proposed by Sforza would also bring to the invasion of Florence. Lorenzo, Piero's son, in order to avoid the fall of Florence takes over the role of his father both in the governement of the Signoria and as head of the family avoiding the invasion. Although he has a relationship with a married woman, Lucrezia Donati, Lorenzo eventually accepts the marriage with a rich Roman noblewoman, Clarice Orsini. His brother Giuliano and his dear friend Sandro Botticelli, both meet ad fall in love with Simonetta, although if in different ways. Botticelli's interest is an artistic one (he made her his muse so that he painted her in many of his later works). Pazzi's family, lead by Jacopo Pazzi and his nephew Francesco, try to oppose ,As the new head of the family, he will also have in his hands the destiny of his brother Giuliano and his sister Bianca, while the friendship with Sandro Botticelli will give life to some of the greatest masterpieces of the Renaissance. His dream of a peaceful and culturally alive Florence will be put to the test by the winds of war that will oppose him to the Pope, who will lead to the Pazzi conspiracy.

Season 3
Lorenzo de Medici will find himself battling with a rising discontent among the people of Florence, who find their inspiration in Savonarola.

Marketing
The show’s world premiere took place in Florence at Palazzo Vecchio on the 14 October 2016, ahead of its premiere airing on RAI 1 on October 18.

Production
Filming for the second season started in Rome on 24 August 2017.

On 28 August 2018 filming for the third season started in Formello, outside Rome.

Home media
The second season was also released in Blu-Ray (Region B) on the 24 January 2019. Both Italian editions have the original audio track in English and the Italian-dubbed audio track.

Other media
On the 16 October 2018, a novelisation of the events told in the second season titled I Medici - Lorenzo il Magnifico was published in Italy by Michele Gazo.

= Pinocchio =

Pinocchio is an Italian film written and directed by Matteo Garrone. The film is based on The Adventures of Pinocchio, written by Italian author Carlo Collodi.

Cast

 * Federico Ielapi, as Pinocchio
 * Roberto Benigni, as Mister Geppetto
 * Gigi Proietti, as Mangiafuoco
 * Rocco Papaleo, as the Cat
 * Massimo Ceccherini, as the Fox
 * Marine Vacth, as the Fairy with Turquoise Hair

Production
Filming began on March 18, 2019 for 11 weeks in Tuscany, Lazio and Apulia.

The film will be theatrically released in Italy on 25 of December 2019.

Marketing
On the 29th of March 2019 the first promotional image was released. The first trailer was published online on July 3, 2019.

Plot
The series will focus on different characters: a dethroned prince who wants to regain power, a Vestal representing the relationship with religion and an orphan slave from a village at the edge of the empire that to save his life will eventually play an important role in the foundation of Rome.

Cast

 * Andrea Arcangeli
 * Marianna Fontana
 * Francesco Di Napoli
 * Giovanni Buselli
 * Silvia Calderoni
 * Sergio Romano
 * Demetra Avincola
 * Massimiliano Rossi
 * Ivana Lotito
 * Gabriel Montesi
 * Vanessa Scalera

Production
Filming began in June 2019 in Rome and its surroundings, filming will last for 28 weeks.

International distribution is handled by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.