Netflix Expands 'Monster of Florence' With Pacciani
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- Netflix has begun production on a new three-part installment of 'The Monster of Florence,' expanding on the initial four-part series produced by Fremantle's Wildside and AlterEgo.
- Stefano Sollima returns to direct the anthology chapter he co-created with Leonardo Fasoli, shifting focus from the Sardinian suspects explored in the first series to the Pacciani case.
- The new installment zeroes in on Pietro Pacciani, a farmer convicted of several of the 'Monster of Florence' murders before his conviction was overturned, and on the 'Snack Buddies' investigative lead.
- Sollima described the show as an anthology by design, with each standalone installment dedicated to a different suspect from the 1968–1985 killings that gripped Tuscany and an investigation that lasted over 30 years.
- Sonia Rovai, Gina Gardini, Sollima, and Lorenzo Mieli are producing the new Monster of Florence chapter, with Sollima noting guilt was 'never proven, but also never completely ruled out' in Pacciani's case.
Why it matters: By framing 'The Monster of Florence' as an anthology — one suspect per season — Netflix and Fremantle convert a single high-profile Italian true-crime case into a multi-season franchise, with the Pacciani chapter representing the most contested and publicly debated thread of the 30-year investigation.
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