Fandango Sales has taken all international rights to “Galileo,” a new film from Italo-Brit director Roan Johnson (“Rider”), toplining Italian A-list actor Elio Germano as pioneering scientist Galileo Galilei, who famously stood trial before the Roman inquisition. Fandango is introducing the €8 million ($9 million) movie to international buyers during Rome’s MIA Market. The film – on which principal photography started in late September and will run through November – is produced by Bibi Film with RAI Cinema and with the participation of HBO Max.
Fandango will also distribute in Italy. Johnson, who wrote the “Galileo” screenplay, is known for dramedy “So Far So Good” (“Fino a qui tutto bene”), winner of the audience award at the 2014 Rome Film Festival, 2016 teen pregnancy drama “Piuma,” which competed in Venice and 2026’s “Rider,” a star-crossed lovers’ musical set in contemporary Milan that also bowed in Venice. He has directed the long-running Sky series “I delitti del BarLume.” “Galileo’s story transcends borders, exploring the universal struggle to pursue knowledge in the face of established power,” said Raffaella Di Giulio, Fandango’s head of international sales and acquisitions.
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