04/07/2013 - The production/distribution company presented its line-up during the Giornate di cinema (cinema days) in Riccione. Among upcoming releases, Zalone, Brizzi, Moccia and Genovese’s latest films

“A slim and compact list but great in quality, the lion’s share of which are Italian comedies, but with a touch of international cinema and a few exploring new territories,” were the words chosen by Medusa managing director Giampaolo Letta to describe his company’s list. Presented during the Ciné - Giornate estive di cinema (Ciné summer days of cinema), which is coming to a close in Riccione, the films, announced by Medusa and coming out in the next few months, are almost all laughter inducing: from Checco Zalone’s comeback (a box-office champion with Cado dalle nubi [+see also:
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The first to hit movie theatres on September 26, together with French A Perfect Plan [+see also:
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November 28 will mark the date of comedian Paolo Ruffini’s directing debut with Fuga di cervelli, an easy-going and demented Spanish comedy remake, starring two YouTube idols Frank Matano and Will Woosh. Indovina chi viene a Natale? by Fausto Brizzi will be arriving on time for the holiday season. The multi-cast film will tell the story of what Christmas is like for new boyfriends and girlfriends and extended families. Brizzi has described the film as Disney-like.

Tutta colpa di Freud by Paolo Genovese (Una famiglia perfetta) will be coming out in January 2014. The film tells the story of a psychotherapist father caught up in the romantic lives of his three daughters and a new love and stars Marco Giallini, Claudia Gerini, Anna Foglietta, Alessandro Gassman and Vittoria Puccini. Sapore di te by the Vanzina brothers will also be out in the same period. The film revisits their cult holiday film set in the 1980s but with new characters thrown in the mix (read the news).

Pio and Amedeo’s first film is in writing stages for Medusa. Launched by television show Le Iene, its provisional title is Quasi quasi amici, with new material from Ficarra and Picone, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, and Gennaro Nunziante (L'amico di scorta). Alessandro Genovesi will return to the set for two films: Soap opera, with Fabio De Luigi, Cristiana Capotondi and Diego Abatantuono, ready for the second part of 2014, and La peggiore vacanza della mia vita.

Paolo Sorrentino’s (who with The Great Beauty [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)