The Paramount+ streaming service launched in Italy on Thursday with more than 8,000 hours of entertainment.
Paramount Global rolled out the blue carpet on September 14, hosting a star-studded event at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome to celebrate the launch.
Following the event, the service revealed its content slate with myriad stars on hand to showcase the Italian stars Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni, Elodie, Greta Scarano, and Carlo Verdone mingled among Hollywood stars Harrison Ford, Jessica Chastain, Helen Mirren, Sylvester Stallone, and Miles Teller, among others.
At launch, Paramount+ will offer a broad slate for the whole family, spanning new and exclusive Paramount+ originals, TV shows, and movies across every genre, including Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, Showtime, and the Smithsonian Channel.
As per the company’s press release, global series that will become available on the platform in Italy include ‘The Offer’, based on Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy’s experiences of making ‘The Godfather’; ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’, which follows a new alien character who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution; and ‘Tulsa King’ with Sylvester Stallone playing the role of Dwight ‘The General’ Manfredi just after he is released from a 25-year prison sentence and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla.
Paramount+ Italy will be the home of a selection of new films following their theatrical and home entertainment releases, including ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, which will arrive in the service in Italy later this year
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