CIAO, the Rome-based production company founded by Game Of Thrones co-executive producer Vince Gerardis last year, is developing Provvidenza, an adaptation of an upcoming prequel to the classic Italian novel Promessi Sposi (aka The Betrothed).

Gerardis, who specialises in packaging and selling large-scale TV and film project based on literary properties, has partnered with Italian publisher Rizzoli, which in October will publish Francesco Musesti’s Promessi Sposi sequel Lodovico, which CIAO (Creatività Italiana Americana Organizzata) will adapt as Provvidenza.