Sky has dropped the first teaser for ‘Gomorrah – The Origins’, the long-awaited prequel to the award-winning Sky Original crime saga that redefined Italian television and found a global audience. The six-part series travels back to 1977 Naples, charting the criminal coming-of-age of the young Pietro Savastano, years before he became the fearsome crime lord at the centre of Gomorrah.
The story begins in a city on the brink of transformation. Naples in the late 1970s is poor and raw, its streets alive with cigarette smuggling and black-market deals. Yet beneath the chaos, a new underworld is taking shape, one that will soon trade tobacco for heroin, forging the violent, profitable empire that would define the Camorra for decades to come. Against this backdrop, a restless teenager named Pietro Savastano starts his descent into crime.
Pietro is tough, street-smart, and full of ambition. Growing up in the poorest corners of Secondigliano, he and his friends scrape by on petty thefts and moped getaways, dreaming of power and respect. When he catches the eye of the neighbourhood’s young boss, Angelo “A Sirena”, Pietro finally glimpses the life he craves. But that dream soon curdles into a dangerous reality, drawing him deep into a world of violence, loyalty, and betrayal. Torn between his love for Imma, a gifted musician with hopes far beyond the city — and the pull of the streets, Pietro must decide what kind of man he will become.
The series is directed by Marco D’Amore (Gomorrah), who also serves as co-writer and artistic supervisor, helming the first four episodes. D’Amore, who originally starred in Gomorrah as Ciro Di Marzio, returns here behind the camera, helping shape a new chapter of the saga that first made his name. Francesco Ghiaccio (Dolcissime) directs the final two episodes, ensuring a unified vision of grit and melancholy that fans will recognise from the original series.
Leading the cast is Luca Lubrano as young Pietro Savastano, joined by Francesco Pellegrino (La Santa Piccola) as Angelo “A Sirena”, Flavio Furno (Il Candidato) as ’O Paisano — a convict rallying followers for a new kind of Camorra — Tullia Venezia as the young Imma, and Fabiola Balestriere (Veleno) as Annalisa Magliocca, the woman who will one day become Scianel, here still a young mother trapped in an abusive marriage. Supporting roles include Antonio Buono, Ciro Burzo, Luigi Cardone, Antonio Del Duca, Mattia Francesco Cozzolino, Junior Rancel Rodriguez Arcia, and Antonio Incalza.
Created by Leonardo Fasoli, Maddalena Ravagli, and Roberto Saviano — the journalist and author whose bestselling book Gomorra inspired the original series — ‘Gomorrah – The Origins’ is produced by Sky Studios and Cattleya, part of ITV Studios. International distribution is handled by Beta Film, continuing the franchise’s global reach.
D’Amore and his team have described the prequel as a way to explore the psychological and social roots of the characters who would later dominate the Neapolitan underworld. Where the original Gomorrah captured the decay of an empire, The Origins turns its gaze to the birth of that empire, to the moment when youthful dreams and street survival first gave way to organised crime.
The creative team promises a series steeped in the textures of 1970s Naples: the smoke-filled bars, the screech of mopeds on cobbled streets, the punk energy of a generation about to lose its innocence. This isn’t just a gangster story, but a coming-of-age tragedy, one that connects personal ambition with the brutal mechanics of a city learning how to weaponise desperation.
‘Gomorrah – The Origins’ does not yet have a confirmed premiere date but will air exclusively on Sky and NOW in the UK in early 2026.
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