Netflix has set an Oct. 22 drop date and launched a brand new teaser/trailer for its hotly anticipated present “The Monster of Florence” from Italian style specialist Stefano Sollima a couple of string of sex-related murders that came about exterior Florence from the late Nineteen Sixties to the mid-Nineteen Eighties.

The four-episode restricted collection, which was shot largely on location, reunites Sollima with author Leonardo Fasoli and ace Italian cinematographer Paolo Carnera, each of whom Sollima labored with on “Gomorrah” and cocaine trafficking drama “ZeroZeroZero.”

Sollima, identified for the gritty TV hit “Gomorrah” and films “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” and “With out Regret,” spent greater than a yr researching the nonetheless unsolved case of “The Monster” (“Il Mostro,” in Italian), the moniker given to the alleged serial killer who dedicated eight double murders, preying on {couples} parked in automobiles in secluded locations round Florence. “The Monster” all the time used the identical weapon, a 22 caliber Beretta.

Sollima was within the Venice competitors in 2023 with gritty crime characteristic “Adagio.” He might be headed again to the Lido with “Monster of Florence.”

The chilly case marks one of many longest investigations into probably the most brutal serial killings in Italian historical past.

Netflix has additionally introduced the present’s Italian forged comprising Marco Bullitta, Valentino Mannias, Francesca Olia, Liliana Bottone, Giacomo Fadda, Antonio Tintis and Giordano Mannu.

“The Monster of Florence,” which was created by Fasoli and Sollima and produced by Fremantle-owned The Residence and Sollima’s AlterEgo shingle. The present’s producers are Lorenzo Mieli, Sollima and Gina Gardini.

Watch the teaser right here: