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Hotel Costiera

Hotel Costiera is a six-episode English-language action-drama television series starring Jesse Williams as Daniel De Luca, a half-Italian former U.S. Marine who works as a fixer at a luxury hotel in Positano on Italy's Amalfi Coast while searching for the hotel owner's missing daughter¹. It premiered on Prime Video on September 24, 2025, with all episodes released at once², and was not renewed for a second season³.

Key fact	Detail
Format	Six-episode first season, released in full on September 24, 2025²
Lead	Jesse Williams as Daniel De Luca, a half-Italian former U.S. Marine working as a fixer at a luxury Positano hotel¹
Central plot	Daniel searches for Alice, one of the hotel owner's daughters, who disappeared a month before the story begins¹
Directors	Emmy Award winner Adam Bernstein and Giacomo Martelli¹
Production	Co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide, a Fremantle company¹
Reception	89% Tomatometer and 65% Popcornmeter on Rotten Tomatoes; reached number one on Prime Video in the United States⁴^•⁵
Status	Not renewed by Prime Video in December 2025; Fremantle seeking a new co-production partner for a possible second season³

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Premise

The series follows Daniel De Luca, who returns to Italy, the land of his childhood, to work as a fixer at one of the world's most luxurious hotels on the coastline of Positano. While handling the problems of wealthy guests, he searches for Alice, one of the hotel owner's daughters, who disappeared a month earlier. According to the official description, facing those who kidnapped the girl will be more challenging than any problem he has ever faced¹.

The show blends fast-paced action and comedy with its mystery storyline against the backdrop of the Amalfi Coast¹. Episodes are named after individual guests or characters, beginning with "Sheryl," in which Daniel and his team investigate the disappearance of a billionaire while out fishing at sea⁶, and ending with "Alice"⁷. The finale resolves the central mystery: Alice is found alive and returned to her family, while the closing scenes introduce a new thread involving Daniel's past⁸.

Cast and production

Jesse Williams, known for Grey's Anatomy, leads an international ensemble cast that includes Maria Chiara Giannetta, Jordan Alexandra, Antonio Gerardi, Sam Haygarth, Tommaso Ragno, Amanda Campana, Pierpaolo Spollon, Alejandra Onieva, and Jean-Hugues Anglade¹. Ragno plays Augusto, the hotel's owner, and Giannetta plays Adele⁴.

The series was directed by Adam Bernstein, an Emmy Award winner whose credits include Fargo, and Giacomo Martelli¹. It was based on an idea by Luca Bernabei and written by Elena Bucaccio, Matthew Parkhill, and Francesco Arlanch¹. Production was co-financed by Amazon MGM Studios and Lux Vide, the Italian company founded by Ettore Bernabei in 1992 and majority-owned by Fremantle⁹.

Filming location

The production was built around its main location, the Amalfi Coast, which the production notes describe as fascinating but logistically complex. The window for filming in Positano was narrow, and the crew's stay there was concentrated into three weeks of intensive work. After surveying prestigious properties in the area, the production selected Villa Treville, which made the entire property available exclusively for the shoot¹⁰.

The hotel itself, the Villa Costiera, does not exist under that name; it is a fictional property. The real stand-in is Treville Positano, a boutique hotel built into the cliffs overlooking Positano and the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was originally the home of director Franco Zeffirelli, who bought it in 1969, and its 16 suites are spread across six houses over two hectares of terraced gardens¹¹. The hotel's dining terrace, part of the restaurant Maestro's, features prominently in the series¹¹.

Release and reception

All six episodes debuted exclusively on Prime Video on September 24, 2025, in the United States, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Türkiye, Norway, Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand¹. On Rotten Tomatoes the season holds an 89% Tomatometer from 9 reviews and a 65% Popcornmeter score from more than 50 audience ratings⁴. Reviewers characterized the show as light, escapist viewing; Tom's Guide called it "simple, summery escapism" while judging that it did not rank alongside the strongest Prime Video originals¹².

Viewership. After launch, the series reached number one on Prime Video in the United States and remained in the platform's daily Top 10 for several weeks⁵. It did not enter Nielsen's weekly Top 10 for scripted originals but spent three weeks on Luminate's Top 50, peaking at number 13, and ranked in the Top 10 in a number of other countries¹³.

Cancellation and aftermath

In December 2025, Prime Video decided not to renew the series for a second season. Deadline, which broke the news, reported that the performance was respectable but not enough to earn a renewal amid several regime changes at Amazon MGM Studios¹³. Holding the rights, Fremantle has been looking for a fresh co-production partner to fund a potential second season, and has struck distribution agreements covering Asia on a pan-regional basis through Rewind's Hits Now network, India via Star Entertainment, and South Korea through LG U+¹³. No second season had been officially ordered as of September 2026⁸.

The series has also reached Italian broadcast television: Canale 5 began airing it on September 1, 2026, with two episodes per night, concluding on September 3, 2026¹⁴.

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Web-native and streaming-original series › Comedy, drama, and general-genre web series › Premiered 2022 to 2026

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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