Club 57 (TV series)

Club 57
Genre
Created byCatharina Ledoboer
Directed by
  • Gustavo Cotta
  • Otto Rodríguez
Starring
Music byRicardo Montaner
Mau and Ricky Montaner
Country of origin
  • Italy
  • United States
Original languages
  • Spanish
  • Italian
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes120 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Joanne Lee
  • Denise Bracci
  • Mario Anniballi
  • José Scheuren
Producers
Production locations
Cinematography
  • John Tarver
  • Eduardo Davila
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkRai Gulp
Release15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) –
22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)
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Club 57 is a television series developed by Rainbow SpA and Nickelodeon,[1] which were both part of Viacom at the time. It was created by Catharina Ledoboer and produced by Iginio Straffi and Pierluigi Gazzolo. The series premiered on Rai Gulp in Italy on 15 April 2019,[2] followed by its debut on Nickelodeon Latin America on 6 May 2019. The show follows a student from the 21st century named Eva (Evaluna Montaner) who accidentally travels to the year 1957. After Eva falls in love with an Italian greaser named JJ (Riccardo Frascari), she decides to stay in the past.

The show's first season was green-lit after Iginio Straffi held a meeting with other Nickelodeon creatives. Straffi wanted to co-develop another series with Nickelodeon after Winx Club.[3] He watched an unaired pilot episode for Club 57, which was filmed at Viacom's Miami studio in 2016. Straffi took an interest in the concept, and at his direction, the show's male lead (JJ) was written as an Italian immigrant. Series creator Catharina Ledoboer worked closely with the Italian team during all aspects of production in order to suit the program for a European audience.[3] Iginio Straffi brought over many of his former crew members from Winx Club to work on Club 57, including most of the writing staff and design team.[a]

The first sixty episodes were recorded over a period of six months, beginning in the Apulia region of Italy in September 2018 and continuing in Miami, Florida.[4] During filming, the cast members studied films from the 1950s in order to accurately represent the time period. Riccardo Frascari, a native Italian speaker, learned the Spanish language for his role as JJ. The series' music was composed by Evaluna Montaner's father, Ricardo Montaner; her brothers, Mau and Ricky Montaner; and her fiancé, Camilo Echeverry. Club 57 premiered with high ratings, becoming the top-rated program in its time slot on Viacom's Telefe in May 2019.[5]

In October 2019, Rainbow SpA's Andrea Graciotti stated that a second season was in development.[6] Second season premiered in Latin America on Nickelodeon with its first 30 episodes between 14 June and 23 July 2021, last 30 episodes premiered between 13 September and 22 October 2021. There's no air date for season 2 in Italy.

  1. ^ "Viacom, Rainbow and Rai Join Forces for Club 57". TodoTVNews. 21 November 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ "'Club 57', la nuova serie per raccontare ai ragazzi la musica degli anni 50". la Repubblica. 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference straffi-2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference filming-tv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Primera temporada de Club 57 de Nickelodeon lideró en la región". Produ.com (in Spanish). 13 August 2019.
  6. ^ Plohn, Cynthia; Márquez, Miryana (16 October 2019). "Andrea Graciotti de Rainbow: Tendremos la serie Winx live action con Netflix". Produ.com (in Spanish).


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