ROME, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A Disney 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.

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.

Film and TV industry representatives criticised the court

decision to halt the series, with the head of the Italian

producers' association APA Chiara Sbarigia calling it "a serious

violation of the principle of freedom of expression".