Adrian (TV series)

Adrian
Also known asAdrian - La serie evento
Genre
Created byAdriano Celentano
Written byAdriano Celentano
Screenplay byAdriano Celentano and Vincenzo Cerami
Story byAdriano Celentano
Directed byAdriano Celentano
Voices of
ComposerNicola Piovani
Country of originItaly
Original languageItalian
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producerClaudia Mori
ProducersClan Celentano
China Beijing New Century Wit Technologies
Green Dreams Investments
SEK Studio (uncredited)
EditorAdriano Celentano
Running time55-70 minutes[1]
Original release
NetworkCanale 5 (Mediaset)
Release21 January (2019-01-21) –
5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)
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Adrian (formerly known as Adrian - La serie evento and briefly as Adriano) is a 2019 Italian animated series created and written by singer Adriano Celentano.

Vincenzo Cerami oversaw the screenplay, comic artist Milo Manara developed the character design[2] and Nicola Piovani wrote the original soundtrack. Along with Celentano, students of Holden School of Alessandro Baricco took part to the series.

It has been produced by Claudia Mori for Clan Celentano and its production lasted more than 10 years:[3] announced in 2009 and initially destined for Sky, Adrian had been delayed several times due to contrasts between Clan Celentano and the production companies chosen for the realization of the cartoon, forcing Sky to reject the contract with Clan in 2012 because of the continuous delays.[4][5] The project was then taken by Mediaset in 2015. The budget was about €28 million,[6][7] and the cartoon was completed for Canale 5 in January 2019.[8][9][10] Animations were made by thousands of animators in three continents (Asia, Africa and Europe) and they included more than 10,000 scenes.[3]

26 episodes lasting about 22 minutes had been produced but then they had been edited in 9 episodes lasting about 55–70 minutes each, to be broadcast on prime time.[11] Each episode had to be preceded by Aspettando Adrian, a live show from Teatro Camploy in Verona, with the presence of Celentano himself along with some famous Italian comedians. The broadcast of the first 4 episodes with that format occurred between 21 January and 4 February 2019; the series was then paused, officially because a sickness of Celentano[12] but some critics argued also that the interruption was provoked by a severe audience flop,[13][14] and it has continued since 7 November 2019 with a different live show.

  1. ^ Only for episodes of Adrian, not all the episodes has the same length
  2. ^ "Milo Manara, un post per 'precisare' il suo coinvolgimento in 'Adrian': "Girano inesattezze"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  3. ^ a b ""Adrian", la serie-evento di Canale 5: Celentano è un eroe del futuro" (in Italian). 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
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  7. ^ "Adriano Celentano abbandona lo show di Canale 5?". TVBlog (in Italian). 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  8. ^ "Adrian: la serie animata firmata da Adriano Celentano arriva su Canale 5. Ecco la trama". Amalfi Notizie (in Italian). 2019-01-15. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  9. ^ "Adrian La Serie Animata Evento In Onda Su Canale 5 Da Gennaio". 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  10. ^ "Ed ecco Adrian! (Anteprima al TG5)". Mediaset Play (in Italian). Mediaset. 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
  11. ^ "Adrian, la prima puntata della serie animata di Adriano Celentano: anticipazioni trama". Tv Zap (in Italian). 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  12. ^ Angeletti, Giulia (2019-02-07). "Mediaset ha sospeso Adrian: il motivo è davvero l'influenza di Celentano?". TPI (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  13. ^ "Adrian sospeso e rimandato a settembre, Mediaset conferma: "Necessario per le condizioni di salute di Celentano"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  14. ^ Franco, Renato (2019-02-26). "Adrianeide, anatomia di un fallimento da 20 milioni". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-18.