[LifeStyle] Disney TV crime series changes name after Italian court order

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Disney TV crime series changes name after Italian court order By Reuters October 29, 202412:01 PM GMT+1Updated a day ago An inflatable Disney+ logo is pictured at a press event An inflatable Disney+ logo is pictured at a press event ahead of launching a streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa, at Dubai Opera in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 7, 2022. Picture taken June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Yousef Saba/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Companies Walt Disney Co ROME, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab TV crime series whose release was suspended last week by an Italian court will change its name to overcome judicial obstacles, the global entertainment giant said on Tuesday. "Avetrana - This is not Hollywood", a fictionalised account of the 2010 murder of a 15-year-old girl by her family members and of the media frenzy that surrounded the case, will instead be called "This is not Hollywood", a statement said. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Report this ad It will be available from Wednesday on the Disney+ platform, it added. The mayor of Avetrana, the small town in southern Italy where the crime occurred, took legal action against the series on the grounds its name gave the municipality a bad name. The Italian-language series was due to be launched on Oct. 25, but a court in Taranto accepted the mayor's appeal and provisionally halted it, ahead of a Nov. 5 hearing in which it was due to adjudicate more fully.