{"id":128853,"date":"2025-02-11T16:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/?p=128853"},"modified":"2025-02-11T16:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:05:27","slug":"the-monster-of-florence-stefano-sollimas-netflix-series-filmed-in-tuscany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/the-monster-of-florence-stefano-sollimas-netflix-series-filmed-in-tuscany\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monster of Florence: Stefano Sollima\u2019s Netflix series filmed in Tuscany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Filming took place in November 2023 in the City and Province of Florence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first chilling teaser of Netflix&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt29457135\/\">The Monster of Florence<\/a><\/em>, by Italian genre specialist Stefano Sollima, has been revealed. The highly anticipated serial killer series chronicles a series of sexually motivated murders that occurred outside Florence between the late 1960s and mid-1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Monster of Florence | Official Teaser | Netflix\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YRj5KasNLkI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sollima, known for the gritty TV hit \u201cGomorrah\u201d and movies \u201cSicario: Day of the Soldado\u201d and \u201cWithout Remorse,\u201d spent more than a year researching the still unsolved case of \u201cThe Monster\u201d (\u201cIl Mostro,\u201d in Italian), the moniker given to the alleged serial killer who committed eight double murders, preying on couples parked in cars in secluded places around Florence. \u201cThe Monster\u201d always used the same weapon, a 22 caliber Beretta. The cold case marks one of the longest investigations into the most brutal serial killings in Italian history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Locations<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four-episode series was shot in the city of Florence and in the surrounding area in November 2023 for about 10 days. Among the locations involved in the set there are: <strong>Firenze<\/strong> (piazza San Firenze, ex Corte d\u2019Appello in via San Gallo, Cimitero di Trespiano), <strong>Signa<\/strong>, <strong>Mercatale Val Di Pesa<\/strong>, <strong>San Casciano in Val di Pesa<\/strong>, <strong>Campi Bisenzio<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/San-Firenze6-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-BC1n8BAe\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/San-Firenze6-1-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128867\" style=\"width:716px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/San-Firenze6-1-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/San-Firenze6-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/San-Firenze6-1-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/San-Firenze6-1-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/San-Firenze6-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(<em>Backstage in Florence<\/em> <em>\u00a9 TFC<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix has set a fall 2025 release date for the series created by writer <strong>Leonardo Fasoli<\/strong> and Sollima, produced by <strong>Fremantle<\/strong>-owned <strong>The Apartment<\/strong> and Sollima&#8217;s <strong>AlterEgo<\/strong>. The show&#8217;s producers are <strong>Lorenzo Mieli<\/strong>, Sollima and <strong>Gina Gardini<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Via-San-Gallo-3-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-BC1n8BAe\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Via-San-Gallo-3-1-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128868\" style=\"width:721px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Via-San-Gallo-3-1-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Via-San-Gallo-3-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Via-San-Gallo-3-1-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Via-San-Gallo-3-1-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Via-San-Gallo-3-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(<em>Backstage in Florence<\/em> <em>\u00a9 TFC<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The four-episode series was shot in the city of Florence and in the surrounding area in November 2023 for about 10 days. Netflix has set a fall 2025 release date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":128869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128853"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128871,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128853\/revisions\/128871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toscanafilmcommission.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}