Over June 10-14, Madrid is welcoming 300-plus industry delegates for the inaugural Ecam Forum, which is shaping up as the next go-to market for Spanish projects and co-productions, considering the stellar list of projects and attendees lined up.
Hosting the event is not a private company nor the industry arm of an A-list festival, but a film and audiovisual school-Madrid’s prestigious Ecam.
Founded in 1994, the school, which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses to more than 300 students a year, is Spain’s leading breeding ground for some of the country’s biggest names in film, television and advertising such as filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen and regular writing partner Isabel Peña or cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe.
The reasons for Ecam being so industry-facing comes down to the school’s status and founding principles, as explained by Rafa Alberola, head of Ecam Industria (formerly known as ‘The Screen’), the umbrella regrouping the school’s...
Hosting the event is not a private company nor the industry arm of an A-list festival, but a film and audiovisual school-Madrid’s prestigious Ecam.
Founded in 1994, the school, which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses to more than 300 students a year, is Spain’s leading breeding ground for some of the country’s biggest names in film, television and advertising such as filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen and regular writing partner Isabel Peña or cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe.
The reasons for Ecam being so industry-facing comes down to the school’s status and founding principles, as explained by Rafa Alberola, head of Ecam Industria (formerly known as ‘The Screen’), the umbrella regrouping the school’s...
- 6/11/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
After failing to gain popularity in its home country, the Spanish series Money Heist was released on Netflix. There it became an international sensation, the most popular non-English project on the platform and a rare series these days worthy of the word "cult."
Netflix decided that Money Heist was too good to end with season five. In 2023, Berlin was released – a full-fledged prequel series about what happened before the events of the main plot. Berlin assembles a team to commit one of the most daring robberies in history and get jewelry worth 44 million euros.
However, even before the world got acquainted with the Money Heist phenomenon, a British crime series was released in 2012 that did not receive the attention it deserved from viewers – Inside Men.
What is Inside Men About?
One day, criminals break into the company's vault, and make off with a large sum of money. But it soon...
Netflix decided that Money Heist was too good to end with season five. In 2023, Berlin was released – a full-fledged prequel series about what happened before the events of the main plot. Berlin assembles a team to commit one of the most daring robberies in history and get jewelry worth 44 million euros.
However, even before the world got acquainted with the Money Heist phenomenon, a British crime series was released in 2012 that did not receive the attention it deserved from viewers – Inside Men.
What is Inside Men About?
One day, criminals break into the company's vault, and make off with a large sum of money. But it soon...
- 6/8/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
There is no shortage of crime dramas on television these days. With some focusing more on the criminals and others on the law enforcement heroes who catch them, there are plenty of shows to watch if you love the genre. Every now and then, however, a new show comes along that stands out from the rest.
Coming to Netflix in February, Baby Bandito is the show from Chile that snuck into the streamer's top 5 worldwide and quickly made a name for itself. What is the show about and should you watch it? Here's everything you need to know about Baby Bandito.
Is Baby Bandito Good?
Inspired by the 2014 Santiago airport robbery, Baby Bandito focuses on the journey that led Kevin Tapia, the show's protagonist, who struggled with a lack of money and no way to pay for his education, to become 'Il Baby Bandito,' as he is known in Europe.
Coming to Netflix in February, Baby Bandito is the show from Chile that snuck into the streamer's top 5 worldwide and quickly made a name for itself. What is the show about and should you watch it? Here's everything you need to know about Baby Bandito.
Is Baby Bandito Good?
Inspired by the 2014 Santiago airport robbery, Baby Bandito focuses on the journey that led Kevin Tapia, the show's protagonist, who struggled with a lack of money and no way to pay for his education, to become 'Il Baby Bandito,' as he is known in Europe.
- 6/7/2024
- by virginia-singh@startefacts.com (Virginia Singh)
- STartefacts.com
Spain will be the Country of Honor at 2024’s Mipcom, the biggest TV content market in the world.
Celebrating Spanish creativity, the Country of Honor program will mix events will feature panels and screenings of first-look new content, focusing on opportunities for co-production and relocation to Spain, Lucy Smith, director of Mipcom, announced Thursday at a press conference in Madrid.
The honor recognises “the country’s increased prominence in recent years on the global stage” which is “inescapable and is incredibly impressive,” Smith added. “It really could not be more timely for Spain to take center stage this year at the mother of all entertainment content markets,” she said.
Mipcom will open with a Spanish-themed party, Smith added. The co-production and entertainment content event unspools in Cannes over Oct. 21-24.
News of Spain’s Honor came as María González Veracruz, Spain’s secretary of state for Telecommunications and Digital Structures,...
Celebrating Spanish creativity, the Country of Honor program will mix events will feature panels and screenings of first-look new content, focusing on opportunities for co-production and relocation to Spain, Lucy Smith, director of Mipcom, announced Thursday at a press conference in Madrid.
The honor recognises “the country’s increased prominence in recent years on the global stage” which is “inescapable and is incredibly impressive,” Smith added. “It really could not be more timely for Spain to take center stage this year at the mother of all entertainment content markets,” she said.
Mipcom will open with a Spanish-themed party, Smith added. The co-production and entertainment content event unspools in Cannes over Oct. 21-24.
News of Spain’s Honor came as María González Veracruz, Spain’s secretary of state for Telecommunications and Digital Structures,...
- 6/6/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Back in 2018, the world saw the first season of Netflix’s Élite, a teen show that explored a number of mature themes. These included the struggles of defining one’s sexuality, class inequality, drug use, other illicit activities and, finally sexual misconduct and abuse.
Moreover, Élite proved people’s interest in Spanish original series, and this trend has been continued not only by Money Heist and Cable Girls, but also by the new top-tier show that raises international and socially important issues and does it impeccably.
It starts by introducing us to the trio of high school friends, Alma, Greta and Nata. Their calm life full of juicy gossip and jokes is about to be changed completely, as Alma secretly hangs a banner in their school that says there is a rapist hiding there.
We aren’t quick to learn why she does it, what person and what case she has in mind doing it,...
Moreover, Élite proved people’s interest in Spanish original series, and this trend has been continued not only by Money Heist and Cable Girls, but also by the new top-tier show that raises international and socially important issues and does it impeccably.
It starts by introducing us to the trio of high school friends, Alma, Greta and Nata. Their calm life full of juicy gossip and jokes is about to be changed completely, as Alma secretly hangs a banner in their school that says there is a rapist hiding there.
We aren’t quick to learn why she does it, what person and what case she has in mind doing it,...
- 6/5/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre la nueva película de Cesc Gay. © Filmax
Cesc Gay (“Truman”) ha concluido en Roma el rodaje de su décimo largometraje, “Mi Amiga Eva”, que ha coescrito junto a Eduard Sola (“El Cuerpo en Llamas”).
La película sigue a Eva, una mujer de 50 años, casada desde hace más de veinte y con dos hijos adolescentes. Durante un viaje de negocios en Roma, Eva se da cuenta de que quiere volver a enamorarse antes de que sea demasiado tarde. De vuelta a Barcelona, Eva empieza una nueva vida, soltera y abierta al juego de la seducción y el romance. A lo largo de un año seguimos a esta mujer que ha roto su mundo en busca de un sentimiento. Un imposible, pero quizá el azar pueda rescatarnos.
La historia transcurre entre Barcelona y Roma y está protagonizada por Nora Navas (“Dolor y Gloria”) acompañada de Juan Diego Botto...
Cesc Gay (“Truman”) ha concluido en Roma el rodaje de su décimo largometraje, “Mi Amiga Eva”, que ha coescrito junto a Eduard Sola (“El Cuerpo en Llamas”).
La película sigue a Eva, una mujer de 50 años, casada desde hace más de veinte y con dos hijos adolescentes. Durante un viaje de negocios en Roma, Eva se da cuenta de que quiere volver a enamorarse antes de que sea demasiado tarde. De vuelta a Barcelona, Eva empieza una nueva vida, soltera y abierta al juego de la seducción y el romance. A lo largo de un año seguimos a esta mujer que ha roto su mundo en busca de un sentimiento. Un imposible, pero quizá el azar pueda rescatarnos.
La historia transcurre entre Barcelona y Roma y está protagonizada por Nora Navas (“Dolor y Gloria”) acompañada de Juan Diego Botto...
- 6/3/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
This article contains spoilers for Netflix’s Eric.
While Stranger Things has announced an animated spinoff and is gearing up for a fifth and final season, a new drama set in ‘80s America has hit Netflix. It’s got monsters, it’s got kids in peril, it’s got a bike and no mobile phones, and it couldn’t be more different.
Created and written by Abi Morgan who penned heart wrenching series River, as well as true life dramas The Iron Lady and Suffragette, Eric stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor, a puppeteer on a popular kids’ show whose son Edgar goes missing. He is convinced the way to bring his son home is to create a real life version of the monster Edgar was drawing and get it on the show. And thus Eric is born, both the life-sized suit for an actor to wear, and the darker figment...
While Stranger Things has announced an animated spinoff and is gearing up for a fifth and final season, a new drama set in ‘80s America has hit Netflix. It’s got monsters, it’s got kids in peril, it’s got a bike and no mobile phones, and it couldn’t be more different.
Created and written by Abi Morgan who penned heart wrenching series River, as well as true life dramas The Iron Lady and Suffragette, Eric stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor, a puppeteer on a popular kids’ show whose son Edgar goes missing. He is convinced the way to bring his son home is to create a real life version of the monster Edgar was drawing and get it on the show. And thus Eric is born, both the life-sized suit for an actor to wear, and the darker figment...
- 6/1/2024
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
7 years ago, the whole world was amazed by the story about a group of robbers who were implementing a multi-day assault on the Royal Mint of Spain in Madrid. Later Money Heist became the most-watched non-English-language series on Netflix, proving that people’s interest in heist flicks and exploration of criminals’ minds is never-ending.
The platform’s new project goes further in this respect, as instead of depicting fictional robbers it will focus on a real-life bandit, even though his crimes were cinematic and spectacular enough to be developed by Netflix’s screenwriters.
Back in the 1990s, there was a drug dealer who was always striving for more than his business was making for him. After seeing Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves’ Point Break (1991), a crime film that followed the exploits of the bank robbers’ leader, he came up with an idea to make money any other way.
In 1992 he...
The platform’s new project goes further in this respect, as instead of depicting fictional robbers it will focus on a real-life bandit, even though his crimes were cinematic and spectacular enough to be developed by Netflix’s screenwriters.
Back in the 1990s, there was a drug dealer who was always striving for more than his business was making for him. After seeing Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves’ Point Break (1991), a crime film that followed the exploits of the bank robbers’ leader, he came up with an idea to make money any other way.
In 1992 he...
- 5/31/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
Los detalles de la película protagonizada por Luis Zahera aquí. © Sony Pictures
Termina el rodaje del thriller de suspense “Tierra de Nadie”, del director Albert Pintó. El rodaje se llevó a cabo en diferentes localizaciones de la provincia de Cádiz y luego continuó en la Comunidad de Madrid.
La trama sigue la historia de tres amigos: Mateo el Gallego, un heroico – a su pesar – guardia civil, Juan El Antxale, un pescador convertido en narco por la mala suerte y en el paro, y Benito el Yeye, un resignado e inteligente depositario judicial siempre a medio camino entre la ley y la delincuencia. Tres amigos separados por un lugar, Cádiz y un momento, el presente. Los tres están atrapados entre el abandono de las instituciones, el ascenso violento e imparable del narco en la provincia y el peligroso aumento del descontento social. Tres amigos atrapados en un polvorín que pondrá a prueba su amistad.
Termina el rodaje del thriller de suspense “Tierra de Nadie”, del director Albert Pintó. El rodaje se llevó a cabo en diferentes localizaciones de la provincia de Cádiz y luego continuó en la Comunidad de Madrid.
La trama sigue la historia de tres amigos: Mateo el Gallego, un heroico – a su pesar – guardia civil, Juan El Antxale, un pescador convertido en narco por la mala suerte y en el paro, y Benito el Yeye, un resignado e inteligente depositario judicial siempre a medio camino entre la ley y la delincuencia. Tres amigos separados por un lugar, Cádiz y un momento, el presente. Los tres están atrapados entre el abandono de las instituciones, el ascenso violento e imparable del narco en la provincia y el peligroso aumento del descontento social. Tres amigos atrapados en un polvorín que pondrá a prueba su amistad.
- 5/29/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
While, Netflix has made a name for itself by canceling our favorite shows like I Am Not Okay With This and The Order, the streaming service still serves as one of the biggest content machines on the planet. That’s why when a series clicks with the audience Netflix has to renew it so let’s check out the lucky names of the shows that have been given the green light for future seasons in 2024.
Survival of the Thickest Season 2
Survival of the Thickest is a comedy-drama series created by Michelle Buteau and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel. Based on Buteau’s memoir of the same name, the Netflix series follows the story of a recently single plus-sized woman as he tries to rebuild her life while struggling as a stylist. Survival of the Thickest came out with its first on the streamer in July 2023 and nearly seven months later Netflix announced that...
Survival of the Thickest Season 2
Survival of the Thickest is a comedy-drama series created by Michelle Buteau and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel. Based on Buteau’s memoir of the same name, the Netflix series follows the story of a recently single plus-sized woman as he tries to rebuild her life while struggling as a stylist. Survival of the Thickest came out with its first on the streamer in July 2023 and nearly seven months later Netflix announced that...
- 5/27/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The eighth episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show was surprisingly good. No one expected to watch Kapil Sharma and Ed Sheeran together on one show and have it be bearable to the extent that the gags were decent, too. Netflix did well this time and did not leave an international pop icon embarrassed. There was a worry right from the start about how this episode would turn out, but thanks to the writers and the host, a lot of effort was put in to make the setup look welcoming. I hope the show’s creators follow the same template in the next episodes as well.
The ninth episode had the most bizarre people who happened to be good friends as well. Farah Khan and Anil Kapoor are veterans of the industry, and they have done many projects as well. Lately, both have been known for being brutally honest about...
The ninth episode had the most bizarre people who happened to be good friends as well. Farah Khan and Anil Kapoor are veterans of the industry, and they have done many projects as well. Lately, both have been known for being brutally honest about...
- 5/27/2024
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
There is no shortage of criminal characters on television, most of whom we are meant to root against and revile.
However, a select few are so charismatic and good at their jobs that they make us wonder if they are the true heroes of their shows.
These characters are in it for the long haul, living out in the open and evading capture.
They may build a business empire or just maintain the solitary life of a freelance assassin, but whatever they do, it's done with style and a certain "why didn't I think of that" cleverness.
A fair number of these criminals inhabit shows that carry their names, like Dexter, Barry, and Ripley.
But many more operate within larger fictitious worlds that center law-enforcement heroes and recognizable moral codes.
Here are four of our favorite smooth TV criminals. We definitely shouldn't love them as much as we do, but...
However, a select few are so charismatic and good at their jobs that they make us wonder if they are the true heroes of their shows.
These characters are in it for the long haul, living out in the open and evading capture.
They may build a business empire or just maintain the solitary life of a freelance assassin, but whatever they do, it's done with style and a certain "why didn't I think of that" cleverness.
A fair number of these criminals inhabit shows that carry their names, like Dexter, Barry, and Ripley.
But many more operate within larger fictitious worlds that center law-enforcement heroes and recognizable moral codes.
Here are four of our favorite smooth TV criminals. We definitely shouldn't love them as much as we do, but...
- 5/21/2024
- by Paullette Gaudet
- TVfanatic
In 2009, nine production companies were operating in the Canary Islands using Zec preferential tax rates for being established here. Flash forward 15 years, there are now 31 companies doing live action. Below, some of the Canary Islands pacemaker production companies, and titles to track:
Anaga Media Productions
The Canary Islands’ newest kid on the block, founded in June 2023 by two U.S.-raised Venezuelans: Gisberg Bermúdez, director of hit chiller “Whistler: the Origins,” and actress-turned-producer Malena González, now based out of Tenerife’s San Cristobal de La Laguna. There it hit the ground offering production services on “Bruha,” which shot in November, directed and co-written by Bermúdez for Elizabeth Avellán. Currently in post, it stars Clara Rosager McCaul Lombardi, Jeff Fahey and González. Now developing “Black Lotus” which will be Anaga’s first production. Interested in both international co-production and offering production services, say González and Bermúdez.
Buendía Estudios Canarias
The biggest...
Anaga Media Productions
The Canary Islands’ newest kid on the block, founded in June 2023 by two U.S.-raised Venezuelans: Gisberg Bermúdez, director of hit chiller “Whistler: the Origins,” and actress-turned-producer Malena González, now based out of Tenerife’s San Cristobal de La Laguna. There it hit the ground offering production services on “Bruha,” which shot in November, directed and co-written by Bermúdez for Elizabeth Avellán. Currently in post, it stars Clara Rosager McCaul Lombardi, Jeff Fahey and González. Now developing “Black Lotus” which will be Anaga’s first production. Interested in both international co-production and offering production services, say González and Bermúdez.
Buendía Estudios Canarias
The biggest...
- 5/20/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
In a deal sealed at Cannes, Spain’s Film Factory has closed France with Wild Bunch on action film “The Gentleman” as well as crime thriller “Undercover.”
The directorial debut of seasoned Mexican cinematographer Luis Gabriel Beristáin, “The Gentleman” stars Ron Perlman as Theo, an aging former U.S. soldier who pays Olga, a prostitute, to talk with him about who he once was and what he might have been. When Olga is brutally murdered, Theo embarks on bloody revenge.
“The Gentleman” is produced by Spain’s Esto También Pasará (“Ferocious Wolf”). Now shooting, “The Gentleman” will be released by Universal in Spain next year.
From Goya winner Arantxa Echevarría (“Lola and Carmen”), “Undercover” is inspired by the real-life story of Spain’s only police officer to successfully infiltrate Eta. Carolina Yuste (“Saben aquell”) and Luis Tosar (“Maiaxabel”) headline; Bowfinger Intl. Pictures and Beta Fiction Spain produce, with the latter...
The directorial debut of seasoned Mexican cinematographer Luis Gabriel Beristáin, “The Gentleman” stars Ron Perlman as Theo, an aging former U.S. soldier who pays Olga, a prostitute, to talk with him about who he once was and what he might have been. When Olga is brutally murdered, Theo embarks on bloody revenge.
“The Gentleman” is produced by Spain’s Esto También Pasará (“Ferocious Wolf”). Now shooting, “The Gentleman” will be released by Universal in Spain next year.
From Goya winner Arantxa Echevarría (“Lola and Carmen”), “Undercover” is inspired by the real-life story of Spain’s only police officer to successfully infiltrate Eta. Carolina Yuste (“Saben aquell”) and Luis Tosar (“Maiaxabel”) headline; Bowfinger Intl. Pictures and Beta Fiction Spain produce, with the latter...
- 5/18/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
New films by Julio Medem, Alejandro Amenábar, Alberto Rodríguez, Isaki Lacuesta, Jonas Trueba and Oliver Laxe join a brace of smart thrillers in a rich Cannes lineup from Spain.
“8,” (Julio Medem)
Medem returns towhat he does best: a love story transcending time and space and a poetic critique of recent history, according to sales agent Latido Films. “Fariña’s” Javier Rey and “La Mesías” Ana Rujus star as the lovers. Morena Films produces.
Sales: Latido
“As Neves,” (Sonia Méndez)
After a magic mushroom-fueled party, teens in a snowbound Galician village discover one of them is missing. The film was well-received at the Malaga festival.
Sales: Begin Again Films
“Barren Land,” (Albert Pintó)
From a director on “Money Heist” and “Berlin,” this suspense thriller captures how the drug trade devastates friendships and lives in Andalusía’s Cádiz. Film sports a great cast: Luis Zahera (“The Beasts”), Karra Elejalde (“While at War...
“8,” (Julio Medem)
Medem returns towhat he does best: a love story transcending time and space and a poetic critique of recent history, according to sales agent Latido Films. “Fariña’s” Javier Rey and “La Mesías” Ana Rujus star as the lovers. Morena Films produces.
Sales: Latido
“As Neves,” (Sonia Méndez)
After a magic mushroom-fueled party, teens in a snowbound Galician village discover one of them is missing. The film was well-received at the Malaga festival.
Sales: Begin Again Films
“Barren Land,” (Albert Pintó)
From a director on “Money Heist” and “Berlin,” this suspense thriller captures how the drug trade devastates friendships and lives in Andalusía’s Cádiz. Film sports a great cast: Luis Zahera (“The Beasts”), Karra Elejalde (“While at War...
- 5/15/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Two of Spain's most popular Netflix originals share more than just a country of origin. Money Heist, the tense thriller that just concluded its fifth and final season, and Elite, the soapy teenage murder mystery headed into its own fifth season, have three major cast members in common. Jaime Lorente, Miguel Herrán and María Pedraza all headlined the first season of Elite as students (and siblings of students) at a rich Madrid private school, but the TV teens actually started their Netflix journeys on Money Heist as three people caught up in a massive bank robbery — quite the departure from their school uniforms and teen sex scandals. In case you need a refresher on each of the characters these actors have played in both Spanish-language hits, we have the full lowdown ahead — plus one more place where you can catch Pedraza on Netflix.
Jaime Lorente
On Elite, Lorente...
Jaime Lorente
On Elite, Lorente...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jean Bentley
- Tudum - Netflix
Back in 2018, the world saw Netflix’s Élite series, focusing on three working-class students who enroll at the elite high school in Spain. Its glowing success made the worldwide celebrities of its young actors, who continued to conquer the charts.
In particular, two of the show’s main stars shined in this crime flick, which is now holding the 2nd place in Netflix’s global top after it was added to the platform on May 10. It managed to gain the attention of not only Spanish viewers, but also Netflixers all around the world.
Set in 2002, after Spain entered the Euro, the movie tells a story of the young valet Iván, who finds his town and the opportunities it gives too small for his ambitions. He then becomes a courier for an international organization dedicated to money laundering.
This job becomes life-changing for Iván, who starts to strive for more money and power,...
In particular, two of the show’s main stars shined in this crime flick, which is now holding the 2nd place in Netflix’s global top after it was added to the platform on May 10. It managed to gain the attention of not only Spanish viewers, but also Netflixers all around the world.
Set in 2002, after Spain entered the Euro, the movie tells a story of the young valet Iván, who finds his town and the opportunities it gives too small for his ambitions. He then becomes a courier for an international organization dedicated to money laundering.
This job becomes life-changing for Iván, who starts to strive for more money and power,...
- 5/13/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
Today they can't stand each other, but tomorrow these feelings turn into mutual interest and love. Such a plot is a win-win option for melodramas and romantic comedies.
In this list are shows that prove that from hatred to love is only a step or, well, a kiss.
5. Bridgerton, 2020-...
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
The central plot of Bridgerton's second season is reminiscent of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: he is an arrogant gentleman, she is a witty and independent young lady who is not afraid to speak her mind in society.
Viscount Anthony needs to find a suitable wife, and it is at this moment that he meets Kate Sharma. Their first meeting is full of contempt: each of them tries to put the other in their place. But Anthony and Kate are doomed to admit the strength of feelings that were initially masked by demonstrative antipathy.
4. The Vampire Diaries,...
In this list are shows that prove that from hatred to love is only a step or, well, a kiss.
5. Bridgerton, 2020-...
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
The central plot of Bridgerton's second season is reminiscent of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: he is an arrogant gentleman, she is a witty and independent young lady who is not afraid to speak her mind in society.
Viscount Anthony needs to find a suitable wife, and it is at this moment that he meets Kate Sharma. Their first meeting is full of contempt: each of them tries to put the other in their place. But Anthony and Kate are doomed to admit the strength of feelings that were initially masked by demonstrative antipathy.
4. The Vampire Diaries,...
- 5/12/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Descubre cuándo se estrena la película. © Zeta Studios & Beta Fiction Spain
Berta Castañé y el debutante Jae Woo darán vida a Klara y Kang en la película “Sigue Mi Voz”, adaptación cinematográfica de la novela homónima de Wattpad escrita por Ariana Godoy (“A Través de mi Ventana”), que acumula más de 32 millones de lecturas en la plataforma y ha vendido más de 80.000 ejemplares.
Tras una crisis de salud que la mantiene en casa 76 días seguidos, Klara no hace otra cosa que escuchar su programa de radio favorito, Sigue Mi Voz. Pero un día se pregunta: ¿es posible enamorarse de alguien a quien ha oído en la radio, pero nunca ha conocido? ¿Puede realmente sentir algo por Kang, el presentador del programa de radio cuya voz sólo ha oído una vez, superará sus miedos y saldrá de nuevo al mundo?
Además de Castañé y Woo, completan el reparto Claudia Traisac (“Vivir...
Berta Castañé y el debutante Jae Woo darán vida a Klara y Kang en la película “Sigue Mi Voz”, adaptación cinematográfica de la novela homónima de Wattpad escrita por Ariana Godoy (“A Través de mi Ventana”), que acumula más de 32 millones de lecturas en la plataforma y ha vendido más de 80.000 ejemplares.
Tras una crisis de salud que la mantiene en casa 76 días seguidos, Klara no hace otra cosa que escuchar su programa de radio favorito, Sigue Mi Voz. Pero un día se pregunta: ¿es posible enamorarse de alguien a quien ha oído en la radio, pero nunca ha conocido? ¿Puede realmente sentir algo por Kang, el presentador del programa de radio cuya voz sólo ha oído una vez, superará sus miedos y saldrá de nuevo al mundo?
Además de Castañé y Woo, completan el reparto Claudia Traisac (“Vivir...
- 5/10/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Netflix and “Elite” creator Carlos Montero have reteamed on the new medical drama “Breathless,” and Variety has been given exclusive access to new first images from the show.
“Breathless” is produced by Montero’s El Desorden Crea and executive produced by Montero and Diego Betancor. David Pinillos and Marta Font shared directing duties, working from screenplays by Montero, Carlos Ruano, Guillermo Escribano, and Pablo Saiz.
Alongside today’s photos, Netflix released a new synopsis for the show: “The Joaquín Sorolla is much more than a public hospital in Valencia where lives are saved every day. Doctors and residents work their fingers to the bone in the frenetic pace of the emergency room, where tensions, emotions and even desire accelerate the hearts of a staff that lives increasingly on the edge. The arrival of a distinguished patient highlights the complicated situation of the public health system, lighting the fuse for what...
“Breathless” is produced by Montero’s El Desorden Crea and executive produced by Montero and Diego Betancor. David Pinillos and Marta Font shared directing duties, working from screenplays by Montero, Carlos Ruano, Guillermo Escribano, and Pablo Saiz.
Alongside today’s photos, Netflix released a new synopsis for the show: “The Joaquín Sorolla is much more than a public hospital in Valencia where lives are saved every day. Doctors and residents work their fingers to the bone in the frenetic pace of the emergency room, where tensions, emotions and even desire accelerate the hearts of a staff that lives increasingly on the edge. The arrival of a distinguished patient highlights the complicated situation of the public health system, lighting the fuse for what...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
We still don’t know when Virgin River is returning to Netflix for Season 6, but why wait for new episodes when you can start having your own adventures in the titular locale?
The streamer on Tuesday released the official trailer for an all-new mobile game set in the world of the hit drama series, giving players the ability to create a character and embark on their own small-town journey. Launching May 29, Netflix Stories: Virgin River is a “choose your own adventure”-style game that will be free to play for anyone with a Netflix subscription — no in-app purchases necessary.
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The streamer on Tuesday released the official trailer for an all-new mobile game set in the world of the hit drama series, giving players the ability to create a character and embark on their own small-town journey. Launching May 29, Netflix Stories: Virgin River is a “choose your own adventure”-style game that will be free to play for anyone with a Netflix subscription — no in-app purchases necessary.
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- 5/7/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
The Asunta Case, the brand-new Netflix Spanish Original, is based on the real-life murder of thirteen-year-old teenager Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto. The case went on for several years until the adoptive parents of the young kid were convicted by the jury trial and were sentenced to life in prison. The series chronicles the entire investigation and the back and forth between the prosecution and the defense as they fought tooth and nail to win the case. There are several characters in the show that get to the skin of the real-life people who were at the forefront, facing the police, lawyers, and the media.
Mild Spoilers Ahead
Alfonso Basterra
Alfonso Basterra is the father figure in the show, portrayed by Tristán Ulloa, who was last seen in “Berlin,” the spin-off of yet another cult classic Netflix Original Money Heist. Unlike in Berlin, Tristan in this show de-glamourizes himself and...
Mild Spoilers Ahead
Alfonso Basterra
Alfonso Basterra is the father figure in the show, portrayed by Tristán Ulloa, who was last seen in “Berlin,” the spin-off of yet another cult classic Netflix Original Money Heist. Unlike in Berlin, Tristan in this show de-glamourizes himself and...
- 4/28/2024
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Entérate de todos los detalles de la película protagonizada por Luis Zahera. © Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures ha dado inicio al rodaje del thriller de suspense “Tierra de Nadie”, del director Albert Pintó. El rodaje se está llevando a cabo en diferentes localizaciones de Cádiz, y continuará más tarde en Madrid.
La trama sigue la historia de tres amigos: Mateo el Gallego, un heroico – a su pesar – guardia civil, Juan El Antxale, un pescador convertido en narco por la mala suerte y en el paro, y Benito el Yeye, un resignado e inteligente depositario judicial siempre a medio camino entre la ley y la delincuencia. Tres amigos separados por un lugar, Cádiz y un momento, el presente. Los tres están atrapados entre el abandono de las instituciones, el ascenso violento e imparable del narco en la provincia y el peligroso aumento del descontento social. Tres amigos atrapados en un polvorín que pondrá a prueba su amistad.
Sony Pictures ha dado inicio al rodaje del thriller de suspense “Tierra de Nadie”, del director Albert Pintó. El rodaje se está llevando a cabo en diferentes localizaciones de Cádiz, y continuará más tarde en Madrid.
La trama sigue la historia de tres amigos: Mateo el Gallego, un heroico – a su pesar – guardia civil, Juan El Antxale, un pescador convertido en narco por la mala suerte y en el paro, y Benito el Yeye, un resignado e inteligente depositario judicial siempre a medio camino entre la ley y la delincuencia. Tres amigos separados por un lugar, Cádiz y un momento, el presente. Los tres están atrapados entre el abandono de las instituciones, el ascenso violento e imparable del narco en la provincia y el peligroso aumento del descontento social. Tres amigos atrapados en un polvorín que pondrá a prueba su amistad.
- 4/26/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
“Barren Land,” from Spain’s Albert Pintó, director of Netflix global blockbusters “Money Heist,” “Berlin” and “Nowhere,” have been snapped up by Spain’s Film Factory Entertainment.
From an original idea by producer Alvaro Ariza, “Barren Land” (“Tierra de Nadie”) is penned by Fernando Navarro, one of Spain’s go-to screenwriters whose credits include Netflix hits “Below Zero” and “Veronica.”
Film Factory will launch world sales on “Barren Land,” as it builds a powerful slate of upscale commercial packages. Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia will release the film in Spain next year.
Now with principal photography underway in Cadiz, southern Spain, the suspense thriller captures the devastation of friendships, lives and the whole province by a rampant drug trade, action also expanding to the Straits of Gibraltar.
“An ode to friendship, focusing on three characters whose paths diverge due to the longstanding situation in the Southern part of Spain,” “Barren Land” turns on Mateo “El Gallego,...
From an original idea by producer Alvaro Ariza, “Barren Land” (“Tierra de Nadie”) is penned by Fernando Navarro, one of Spain’s go-to screenwriters whose credits include Netflix hits “Below Zero” and “Veronica.”
Film Factory will launch world sales on “Barren Land,” as it builds a powerful slate of upscale commercial packages. Sony Pictures Entertainment Iberia will release the film in Spain next year.
Now with principal photography underway in Cadiz, southern Spain, the suspense thriller captures the devastation of friendships, lives and the whole province by a rampant drug trade, action also expanding to the Straits of Gibraltar.
“An ode to friendship, focusing on three characters whose paths diverge due to the longstanding situation in the Southern part of Spain,” “Barren Land” turns on Mateo “El Gallego,...
- 4/24/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Mohammed Elshehri belongs to a generation of emerging Saudi talents who first cut their teeth on YouTube and are now making their names in film and TV.
The rising star will be master of ceremonies at the upcoming Saudi Film Festival in the Eastern Province city of Dhahran, which will be celebrating its 10th edition from from May 2 to 9.
Elshehri is just coming off the third season of the hit Mbc Ramadan comedy TV series Road Trip (Sekket Safar).
The show follows the daily adventures and mishaps of three brothers trying to keep the family businesses of an inn, gas station and grocery store afloat, following the death of their father who appears to them as a ghost whenever they make a mistake.
Elshehri’s master of ceremonies role takes him back an earlier time in his career, as a TV and event presenter.
This work grew out of YouTube show Trailer,...
The rising star will be master of ceremonies at the upcoming Saudi Film Festival in the Eastern Province city of Dhahran, which will be celebrating its 10th edition from from May 2 to 9.
Elshehri is just coming off the third season of the hit Mbc Ramadan comedy TV series Road Trip (Sekket Safar).
The show follows the daily adventures and mishaps of three brothers trying to keep the family businesses of an inn, gas station and grocery store afloat, following the death of their father who appears to them as a ghost whenever they make a mistake.
Elshehri’s master of ceremonies role takes him back an earlier time in his career, as a TV and event presenter.
This work grew out of YouTube show Trailer,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Film Factory has picked up rights to Luis Gabriel Beristáin’s revenge action thriller “The Gentleman,” a Spain-Mexico co-production starring an international cast led by Golden Globe-winner Ron Pearlman.
Produced by Spanish company Esto También Pasará and Mexican outfit Sdb Films (“The Deal”), shooting on “The Gentleman” is already underway in San Sebastián, Spain, and will run for six weeks. The film is scheduled to be released by Universal in Spain in 2025.
Uruguay’s Juma Fodde penned the film’s screenplay, which is adapted from Carlos Augusto Casas’ Spanish novel “Ya no quedan junglas adodnde regresar.”
“The Gentleman” turns on an aging former U.S. soldier named Theo (Perlman), who spends his days dreaming about better times that are now years behind him. Each week, Theo meets with Olga, a prostitute he pays to talk with him about who he once was and what he might have been under different circumstances.
Produced by Spanish company Esto También Pasará and Mexican outfit Sdb Films (“The Deal”), shooting on “The Gentleman” is already underway in San Sebastián, Spain, and will run for six weeks. The film is scheduled to be released by Universal in Spain in 2025.
Uruguay’s Juma Fodde penned the film’s screenplay, which is adapted from Carlos Augusto Casas’ Spanish novel “Ya no quedan junglas adodnde regresar.”
“The Gentleman” turns on an aging former U.S. soldier named Theo (Perlman), who spends his days dreaming about better times that are now years behind him. Each week, Theo meets with Olga, a prostitute he pays to talk with him about who he once was and what he might have been under different circumstances.
- 4/19/2024
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: CAA has laid off a number of staff in its global TV division and is centralizing the team to the U.S. and UK.
We understand that staffers based in countries such as Mexico, Africa, Germany and the UK have been made redundant; less than 10 people have been affected.
One of CAA’s most prominent global TV agents, Stockholm-based Pete Stone, is relocating to London. Stone moved to Stockholm nearly four years ago when ICM Partners – prior to its CAA acquisition – took a minority stake in Swedish agency Albatros. In London, CAA rival UTA acquired storied British agency Curtis Brown in 2022.
Details of CAA’s move to centralize global TV to the U.S. and London are still being ironed out and there could be more strategic shifts to come, we understand. A spokesman for CAA, which employees about 3,400 people, declined comment.
CAA had been hiring international TV agents...
We understand that staffers based in countries such as Mexico, Africa, Germany and the UK have been made redundant; less than 10 people have been affected.
One of CAA’s most prominent global TV agents, Stockholm-based Pete Stone, is relocating to London. Stone moved to Stockholm nearly four years ago when ICM Partners – prior to its CAA acquisition – took a minority stake in Swedish agency Albatros. In London, CAA rival UTA acquired storied British agency Curtis Brown in 2022.
Details of CAA’s move to centralize global TV to the U.S. and London are still being ironed out and there could be more strategic shifts to come, we understand. A spokesman for CAA, which employees about 3,400 people, declined comment.
CAA had been hiring international TV agents...
- 4/11/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Sydney Sweeney is an iconic actress who received worldwide fame and acclaim when she starred in the iconic role of Cassie Howard in the 2019 HBO show Euphoria. Having a plethora of movies to her name, Sweeney’s recent mega film was Madame Web.
But before she found herself starring alongside Dakota Johnson, Sweeney had her fair share of nervous encounters with big celebrities. Working in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Sydney Sweeney revealed that she freaked out when she met Leonardo DiCaprio!
Sydney Sweeney & Glen Powell in Anyone But You When Sydney Sweeney Met Leonardo DiCaprio!
Although Sweeney wasn’t so famous at that time, the actress was offered a minor role in Quentin Tarantino’s highly regarded film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and, Margot Robbie in the lead roles, the film was naturally, a successful one.
Sydney Sweeney...
But before she found herself starring alongside Dakota Johnson, Sweeney had her fair share of nervous encounters with big celebrities. Working in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Sydney Sweeney revealed that she freaked out when she met Leonardo DiCaprio!
Sydney Sweeney & Glen Powell in Anyone But You When Sydney Sweeney Met Leonardo DiCaprio!
Although Sweeney wasn’t so famous at that time, the actress was offered a minor role in Quentin Tarantino’s highly regarded film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and, Margot Robbie in the lead roles, the film was naturally, a successful one.
Sydney Sweeney...
- 4/10/2024
- by Visarg Acharya
- FandomWire
The ambitious Begoña Montes is locked in a toxic marriage to a magnate in the thrilling telenovela period drama “Dreams of Freedom” (“Sueños de Libertad”), produced for Antena 3 by Banijay’s Diagonal TV alongside Atresmedia – who produced groundbreaking shows “Money Heist” and “Velvet.”
“Our relationship with Diagonal is, and will continue to be, very good. We worked with them hand-in-hand on many productions, including ‘Amar es para siempre’, the predecessor of ‘Dreams of Freedom,’” Atresmedia fiction director, Montse García, told Variety.
The biggest fiction premiere on free-to-air Spanish television in the past two years, racking up a 14.1% market share and 2.0 million viewers on its linear Feb. 25 bow, the daily series opens with a tense chase through lush forests.
Begoña (Natalia Sánchez), with daughter Julia (Amanda Cárdenas) in tow, runs feverishly through the brush and soil to escape her betrothed, Jesús de la Reina (Alain Hernández), meeting his brother Andrés...
“Our relationship with Diagonal is, and will continue to be, very good. We worked with them hand-in-hand on many productions, including ‘Amar es para siempre’, the predecessor of ‘Dreams of Freedom,’” Atresmedia fiction director, Montse García, told Variety.
The biggest fiction premiere on free-to-air Spanish television in the past two years, racking up a 14.1% market share and 2.0 million viewers on its linear Feb. 25 bow, the daily series opens with a tense chase through lush forests.
Begoña (Natalia Sánchez), with daughter Julia (Amanda Cárdenas) in tow, runs feverishly through the brush and soil to escape her betrothed, Jesús de la Reina (Alain Hernández), meeting his brother Andrés...
- 4/9/2024
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Good crime dramas are supposed to be gripping—ones you cannot take your eyes off even for a minute. Several crime dramas are straightforward and do not take much time to set up the premise. Narcos, Bodyguard, Ozark, Mindhunter, Money Heist, Iron Reign, and Peaky Blinders are some of the original Netflix shows that explored various facets of the crime drama genre and presented great stories through them.
Crooks is a new addition to this genre on the streaming platform that talks about the workings of various criminal gangs around certain countries in Europe and how they are interconnected. Created by Marvin Krey, Crooks is a German Netflix original, released on April 4, 2024.
Crooks is eight episodes long, with each having a runtime of forty minutes to one hour. The show is all about a prized historical coin that was stolen from a museum in Berlin by the Al-Walid crime ring of the city.
Crooks is a new addition to this genre on the streaming platform that talks about the workings of various criminal gangs around certain countries in Europe and how they are interconnected. Created by Marvin Krey, Crooks is a German Netflix original, released on April 4, 2024.
Crooks is eight episodes long, with each having a runtime of forty minutes to one hour. The show is all about a prized historical coin that was stolen from a museum in Berlin by the Al-Walid crime ring of the city.
- 4/5/2024
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Top Spanish Titles brought to market at MipTV:
“Dating in Barcelona,” (Filmax)
Produced by Filmax’s Arca, Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat and Prime Video in Spain, a first season of “Dating in Barcelona” bowed last year in Spain to big ratings, both on its first-window debut on 3Cat and on Prime Video, where it became one of the streaming service’s most-watched debuts. A modern take on romance and sex in an online age, “Dating in Barcelona” also reflects a swing in TV towards a lighter, more episodic fare, whether in crime thrillers or other categories. Each episode features two dates which, as Variety has observed, play off each other. Powered in creative terms by Pau Freixas, behind iconic series from “Red Band Society” To “I Know Who You Are” And “Todos Mienten,” All Produced By Filmax, “Dating In Barcelona” features a top-tier cast, this time round in Season...
“Dating in Barcelona,” (Filmax)
Produced by Filmax’s Arca, Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat and Prime Video in Spain, a first season of “Dating in Barcelona” bowed last year in Spain to big ratings, both on its first-window debut on 3Cat and on Prime Video, where it became one of the streaming service’s most-watched debuts. A modern take on romance and sex in an online age, “Dating in Barcelona” also reflects a swing in TV towards a lighter, more episodic fare, whether in crime thrillers or other categories. Each episode features two dates which, as Variety has observed, play off each other. Powered in creative terms by Pau Freixas, behind iconic series from “Red Band Society” To “I Know Who You Are” And “Todos Mienten,” All Produced By Filmax, “Dating In Barcelona” features a top-tier cast, this time round in Season...
- 4/5/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Spain’s film and TV industries are in their second wave as standout content providers for global streamers. Some of the country’s most intriguing titles will take the international stage this weekend at MipTV in Cannes.
Built on a foundation of hits such as “The Red Band Society,” “Grand Hotel,” “Velvet” and “Locked Up,” a new era of internationally renowned content creation in Spain kicked off in 2018 with Alex Pina’s blockbuster series “Money Heist,” picked up by Netflix.
Since then, Spain has enjoyed a place among the steadiest content suppliers for major players worldwide, taking advantage of its often character-driven dramas, high-quality creators and producers, and a language spoken by more than 600 million people around the globe.
Although the market is continuously evolving, local industry has adapted to different new business models, entering bigger and more ambitious productions, often via co-production. Spanish fiction’s global popularity continues to grow to accommodate audience appetites.
Built on a foundation of hits such as “The Red Band Society,” “Grand Hotel,” “Velvet” and “Locked Up,” a new era of internationally renowned content creation in Spain kicked off in 2018 with Alex Pina’s blockbuster series “Money Heist,” picked up by Netflix.
Since then, Spain has enjoyed a place among the steadiest content suppliers for major players worldwide, taking advantage of its often character-driven dramas, high-quality creators and producers, and a language spoken by more than 600 million people around the globe.
Although the market is continuously evolving, local industry has adapted to different new business models, entering bigger and more ambitious productions, often via co-production. Spanish fiction’s global popularity continues to grow to accommodate audience appetites.
- 4/5/2024
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
The Wages of Fear is a French film directed by Julien Leclercq starring Franck Gastambide and Ana Girardot.
“The Wages of Fear” is a film based on Georges Arnaud’s novel, which, as you may already know, had a previous adaptation in 1953, directed by H.G. Clouzot. This has become a classic of French cinema and one of the best thrillers in film history.
In these current times, Julien Leclercq dares to create a new version of this story, modernizing it entirely and trying to maintain the character tension in this updated plot, although we’re not fully sure if it’s for the better.
It’s always a risk to compare yourself to a classic, but Julien Leclercq has the courage to try it.
Plot
To save a village during an oil extraction, four people must escort a convoy loaded with nitroglycerin in a desolate place, surrounded by armed gangs.
“The Wages of Fear” is a film based on Georges Arnaud’s novel, which, as you may already know, had a previous adaptation in 1953, directed by H.G. Clouzot. This has become a classic of French cinema and one of the best thrillers in film history.
In these current times, Julien Leclercq dares to create a new version of this story, modernizing it entirely and trying to maintain the character tension in this updated plot, although we’re not fully sure if it’s for the better.
It’s always a risk to compare yourself to a classic, but Julien Leclercq has the courage to try it.
Plot
To save a village during an oil extraction, four people must escort a convoy loaded with nitroglycerin in a desolate place, surrounded by armed gangs.
- 3/29/2024
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
When & Where To Watch The Great Indian Kapil Show? (Photo Credit – Instagram)
Kapil Sharma is returning with his family comedy show, and the anticipation is sky-high. What makes it even more remarkable is the return of Sunil Grover in his unmissable avatar of Guthi! The Great Indian Kapil Show will be streaming on Netflix. Below is all you need to know about the cast, guest list, release date, and more!
As most know, Sunil Grover quit The Kapil Sharma Show in 2018. His moving decision occurred after an altercation between the duo during a flight from Australia to India. Many celebrities, including Salman Khan, have tried to resolve their difference but remained unsuccessful. Netflix has now done what we thought was impossible, and fans certainly cannot keep calm about their reunion.
On Saturday, Netflix dropped a new trailer for The Great Indian Kapil Show. It begins with the audience chanting the...
Kapil Sharma is returning with his family comedy show, and the anticipation is sky-high. What makes it even more remarkable is the return of Sunil Grover in his unmissable avatar of Guthi! The Great Indian Kapil Show will be streaming on Netflix. Below is all you need to know about the cast, guest list, release date, and more!
As most know, Sunil Grover quit The Kapil Sharma Show in 2018. His moving decision occurred after an altercation between the duo during a flight from Australia to India. Many celebrities, including Salman Khan, have tried to resolve their difference but remained unsuccessful. Netflix has now done what we thought was impossible, and fans certainly cannot keep calm about their reunion.
On Saturday, Netflix dropped a new trailer for The Great Indian Kapil Show. It begins with the audience chanting the...
- 3/24/2024
- by Jishika Madaan
- KoiMoi
Plot: A young nun (Sydney Sweeney) accepts a position at a secluded convent in Italy. While there, she mysteriously becomes pregnant, despite being a virgin, and soon the convent becomes convinced she’s carrying the resurrection of Christ. However, something much more sinister might be happening.
Review: For most of its running time, Immaculate is a decent throwback to Dario Argento-style Italian horror movies, with it getting a lot of mileage out of its picturesque Italian scenery and cast of old pro actors from the region. It’s a slow-burn and not particularly scary, but it builds up to an incredibly strong final scene, which is good enough that it really makes the entire film worth seeing just for the superb payoff.
Too bad then that the eighty-minute build-up to the dazzling final sequence is such a mixed bag, with it really feeling like the writer, Andrew Lobell, and director,...
Review: For most of its running time, Immaculate is a decent throwback to Dario Argento-style Italian horror movies, with it getting a lot of mileage out of its picturesque Italian scenery and cast of old pro actors from the region. It’s a slow-burn and not particularly scary, but it builds up to an incredibly strong final scene, which is good enough that it really makes the entire film worth seeing just for the superb payoff.
Too bad then that the eighty-minute build-up to the dazzling final sequence is such a mixed bag, with it really feeling like the writer, Andrew Lobell, and director,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive Narcos creator Chris Brancato is developing a Peaky Blinders-style series about Irish gangs in New York.
Brancato has revealed the project in the past few minutes at Series Mania, and it is under working title The Westies. Deadline understands the project is in early development for MGM+.
The showrunner, whose MGM+ show Hotel Cocaine is in competition in Lille, said he is working on the script and the series will be about “fearsome Irish gangs” with a starting point of the late 1970s.
Brancato talked the Series Mania crowd through his upcoming projects and said he is also mulling a couple of shows similar to Beverly Hills, 90210. He wrote on the series earlier in his career.
He is also sketching out a second season of Hotel Cocaine, a Casablance-esque show about a Cuban exile, and general manager of a hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene...
Brancato has revealed the project in the past few minutes at Series Mania, and it is under working title The Westies. Deadline understands the project is in early development for MGM+.
The showrunner, whose MGM+ show Hotel Cocaine is in competition in Lille, said he is working on the script and the series will be about “fearsome Irish gangs” with a starting point of the late 1970s.
Brancato talked the Series Mania crowd through his upcoming projects and said he is also mulling a couple of shows similar to Beverly Hills, 90210. He wrote on the series earlier in his career.
He is also sketching out a second season of Hotel Cocaine, a Casablance-esque show about a Cuban exile, and general manager of a hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene...
- 3/20/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
European TV has not peaked. At least not yet.
While the U.S. TV business has seen a sharp downturn, with a drop in the number of shows commissioned and broadcast and headline-making layoffs across the major studios, European TV production is still on the upswing, according to a new report by think tank the European Audiovisual Observatory (Eao), which presented its findings at a keynote at TV festival Series Mania on Tuesday.
There were 873 fictional series produced for broadcast and streaming platforms in Europe in 2022 — the last year for which the Eao has data — up from 775 in 2021 and a new record, the group found. This compares to a drop, from 600 to 516, in new fictional series produced in the U.S., according to figures from FX.
Europe can thank the streamers. The Eao found spending by global streaming platforms jumped 70 percent year-on-year in 2022 to $5.3 billion (€4.9 billion), accounting for just under...
While the U.S. TV business has seen a sharp downturn, with a drop in the number of shows commissioned and broadcast and headline-making layoffs across the major studios, European TV production is still on the upswing, according to a new report by think tank the European Audiovisual Observatory (Eao), which presented its findings at a keynote at TV festival Series Mania on Tuesday.
There were 873 fictional series produced for broadcast and streaming platforms in Europe in 2022 — the last year for which the Eao has data — up from 775 in 2021 and a new record, the group found. This compares to a drop, from 600 to 516, in new fictional series produced in the U.S., according to figures from FX.
Europe can thank the streamers. The Eao found spending by global streaming platforms jumped 70 percent year-on-year in 2022 to $5.3 billion (€4.9 billion), accounting for just under...
- 3/19/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Five upcoming Spanish TV fiction projects, involving top local production and distribution companies, feature in Coming Next from Spain, a showcase of series unspooling March 19 at Series Mania.
Atresmedia TV’s “Sanctuary,” Movistar+ Plus’ “Fine Arts,” Filmax’s “Dating in Barcelona” Season 2, The Good Mood-Mediawan’s “The Other Life” and Onza Distribution’s “Heartless” will be presented at the event, proving once more that Spanish fiction production is in good health.
Six years after high-end Spanish TV series lifted off on the global market, championed by hit series such as “Money Heist” and “Elite,” Spain has become one of the steadiest suppliers for worldwide platforms.
The successful trend continues as of today, with Mediaset España and Alea Media series “Wrong Side of the Tracks,” whose Seasons 1, 2 and 3 have reached the top 10 of most watched non -English TV fiction shows on Netflix for the period March 4-10, 2024, cumming 41.6 million hours viewed.
Atresmedia TV’s “Sanctuary,” Movistar+ Plus’ “Fine Arts,” Filmax’s “Dating in Barcelona” Season 2, The Good Mood-Mediawan’s “The Other Life” and Onza Distribution’s “Heartless” will be presented at the event, proving once more that Spanish fiction production is in good health.
Six years after high-end Spanish TV series lifted off on the global market, championed by hit series such as “Money Heist” and “Elite,” Spain has become one of the steadiest suppliers for worldwide platforms.
The successful trend continues as of today, with Mediaset España and Alea Media series “Wrong Side of the Tracks,” whose Seasons 1, 2 and 3 have reached the top 10 of most watched non -English TV fiction shows on Netflix for the period March 4-10, 2024, cumming 41.6 million hours viewed.
- 3/19/2024
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Sydney Sweeney (“The White Lotus”, “Euphoria”) stars in Neon’s new psychological horror film Immaculate, which has been generating a whole lot of buzz out of SXSW this week.
The film comes to movie theaters nationwide on March 22, 2024, and Neon has put together a unique piece of promo marketing this week. They got Sydney Sweeney and co-star Simona Tabasco to play “Fuck, Marry, Kill”… and all the choices are horror movie villains!
“Fuck, Marry, Kill: Horror Edition” features icons like Leatherface, Chucky, Hannibal Lecter, Pinhead, and Michael Myers. Who would Sydney Sweeney kill? Ghostface and Pinhead, for starters. Who would she marry? Believe it or not, Leatherface! As for the other one, we’ll let Sweeney explain in her own words: “I’m gonna fuck Mike Myers.” Hey, we don’t judge!
Check out the age-restricted, Nsfw video below…
The upcoming horror film from Neon reunites Sydney Sweeney with director...
The film comes to movie theaters nationwide on March 22, 2024, and Neon has put together a unique piece of promo marketing this week. They got Sydney Sweeney and co-star Simona Tabasco to play “Fuck, Marry, Kill”… and all the choices are horror movie villains!
“Fuck, Marry, Kill: Horror Edition” features icons like Leatherface, Chucky, Hannibal Lecter, Pinhead, and Michael Myers. Who would Sydney Sweeney kill? Ghostface and Pinhead, for starters. Who would she marry? Believe it or not, Leatherface! As for the other one, we’ll let Sweeney explain in her own words: “I’m gonna fuck Mike Myers.” Hey, we don’t judge!
Check out the age-restricted, Nsfw video below…
The upcoming horror film from Neon reunites Sydney Sweeney with director...
- 3/15/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sydney Sweeney is one of the most talented young actors in the world right now. Known for her performances in shows like “Euphoria” and “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Sweeney recently ventured into the realm of horror with “Immaculate”.
Sydney Sweeney || Madame Web
Horror, as a genre, boasts a rich cinematic history. From “Dracula” to “The Conjuring”, the genre has managed to send chills down the spine of generations. However, some believe that the recent horror movies have failed to replicate the magic of the past. This includes Sweeney, who believes horror movies are not cinematic anymore.
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Sydney Sweeney recently attended the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival and sat down for a discussion. There, she attended the premiere of her...
Sydney Sweeney || Madame Web
Horror, as a genre, boasts a rich cinematic history. From “Dracula” to “The Conjuring”, the genre has managed to send chills down the spine of generations. However, some believe that the recent horror movies have failed to replicate the magic of the past. This includes Sweeney, who believes horror movies are not cinematic anymore.
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Sydney Sweeney recently attended the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival and sat down for a discussion. There, she attended the premiere of her...
- 3/15/2024
- by Piyush Yadav
- FandomWire
Sydney Sweeney stars in Neon’s new psychological horror film Immaculate, which comes to movie theaters nationwide on March 22, 2024. But Bloody Disgusting wants You to see the movie a bit earlier than that. That’s why we’re presenting preview screenings of Immaculate in select theaters Tonight, March 13!
There are 12 special sneak screenings across the US, each of them presented by Bloody Disgusting. All screenings start at 7 Pm local. Grab Your Tickets Right Now!
The film reunites Sydney Sweeney with director Michael Mohan (The Voyeurs), who directed from a script by Andrew Lobel. Speaking with Variety this week, Michael Mohan teases a little bit of what we can expect from this one. In two words, it gets “fucking extreme.”
Mohan tells the outlet, “I look at the horror movies that were made during the American New Wave. If you look at Rosemary’s Baby or Don’t Look Now, what...
There are 12 special sneak screenings across the US, each of them presented by Bloody Disgusting. All screenings start at 7 Pm local. Grab Your Tickets Right Now!
The film reunites Sydney Sweeney with director Michael Mohan (The Voyeurs), who directed from a script by Andrew Lobel. Speaking with Variety this week, Michael Mohan teases a little bit of what we can expect from this one. In two words, it gets “fucking extreme.”
Mohan tells the outlet, “I look at the horror movies that were made during the American New Wave. If you look at Rosemary’s Baby or Don’t Look Now, what...
- 3/13/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Fresh off her recent stint hosting “Saturday Night Live,” Sydney Sweeney made her way to Austin and SXSW for the world premiere of her new religious horror film “Immaculate” — and on Tuesday night, she had the crowd screaming (and laughing at their own reactions) at the Paramount Theatre.
The jump scares, in particular, had the entire theater jumping — and then giggling at their own fear. “Immaculate” leans into horror but also has plenty of moments of dark humor.
“I think that you really truly care about the characters and story,” Sweeney said during the on-stage conversation after the screening. “Yes, we wanted you guys all to jump in your seats and be hopefully horrified shitless. But you still care about the story.”
Neon is behind “Immaculate,” while Sweeney also produced the movie with Black Bear and Middle Child Pictures. The film is set to be released on March 22.
Directed by...
The jump scares, in particular, had the entire theater jumping — and then giggling at their own fear. “Immaculate” leans into horror but also has plenty of moments of dark humor.
“I think that you really truly care about the characters and story,” Sweeney said during the on-stage conversation after the screening. “Yes, we wanted you guys all to jump in your seats and be hopefully horrified shitless. But you still care about the story.”
Neon is behind “Immaculate,” while Sweeney also produced the movie with Black Bear and Middle Child Pictures. The film is set to be released on March 22.
Directed by...
- 3/13/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Sydney Sweeney’s career is on an upward trajectory, and she has quickly become a successful actress, establishing herself as someone to keep an eye out for. Sweeney has delivered back-to-back hits across platforms. From the Emmy award-winning show Euphoria to her recent film, Anyone But You, Sweeney has shown remarkable range as an actress. And now, with her new film Immaculate set to release soon, the star might just have another hit on her hands.
Sweeney has built up an impressive portfolio by starring in several popular shows and movies. She kicked off her career by acting in teen dramas such as Pretty Little Liars, but she truly grabbed the audience’s attention as the popular but problematic Cassie in Euphoria.
Sydney Sweeney has not limited her acting talents to just television shows, though. She was the star of Anyone But You, playing the lead alongside Glen Powell, and the movie was well-received.
Sweeney has built up an impressive portfolio by starring in several popular shows and movies. She kicked off her career by acting in teen dramas such as Pretty Little Liars, but she truly grabbed the audience’s attention as the popular but problematic Cassie in Euphoria.
Sydney Sweeney has not limited her acting talents to just television shows, though. She was the star of Anyone But You, playing the lead alongside Glen Powell, and the movie was well-received.
- 3/6/2024
- by Sreshtha Roychowdhury
- FandomWire
David Pérez Sañudo (“Ane is Missing”) and Carlos Vila Sexto (“Motivos Personales”) are ready for a different kind of hero in “Detective Touré.”
A six-episode series, backed by Spanish public broadcaster Rtve, Detective Touré Aie, Tornasol Media, DeAPlaneta and Basque state TV Eitb, the series is based on stories by Jon Arretxe.
The series first caught attention when selected as a project at Series Mania’s 2022 Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. Sneak-peaked at Content Americas in January, it was one of the highlights at its Spain Content Goldmine.
Set in Bilbao’s neighborhood San Francisco, it sees an immigrant from Guinea – with acute skills of deduction – who becomes immersed in a complex investigation, with the Nigerian mafia on his trail.
“We are used to having police officers involved in these kinds of shows, but an illegal immigrant? That’s something we have never seen before, at least in Spain,” says Vila Sexto.
A six-episode series, backed by Spanish public broadcaster Rtve, Detective Touré Aie, Tornasol Media, DeAPlaneta and Basque state TV Eitb, the series is based on stories by Jon Arretxe.
The series first caught attention when selected as a project at Series Mania’s 2022 Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. Sneak-peaked at Content Americas in January, it was one of the highlights at its Spain Content Goldmine.
Set in Bilbao’s neighborhood San Francisco, it sees an immigrant from Guinea – with acute skills of deduction – who becomes immersed in a complex investigation, with the Nigerian mafia on his trail.
“We are used to having police officers involved in these kinds of shows, but an illegal immigrant? That’s something we have never seen before, at least in Spain,” says Vila Sexto.
- 3/6/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney (“The White Lotus”, “Euphoria”) stars in Neon’s psychological horror film Immaculate, which comes to movie theaters on March 22, 2024.
But Bloody Disgusting wants You to see the movie a bit earlier than that. We’re presenting sneak preview screenings of Immaculate in select theaters on Wednesday, March 13!
There are 12 special sneak screenings across the US, each of them presented by Bloody Disgusting. All screenings start at 7 Pm local. Grab Your Tickets Right Now!
Locations include…
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn – NY Plaza Theater – Atlanta AMC River East – Chicago Alamo Drafthouse Lake Highlands – Dallas AMC Metreon – San Francisco Regal Edwards Greenway Grand Palace – Houston Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake 8 – Denver AMC Disney Springs 24 – Orlando Harkins Theatres Tempe Marketplace 16 – Phoenix Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Park North – San Antonio AMC Mission Valley 20 – San Diego AMC Georgetown 14 – Washington, DC
The film reunites Sydney Sweeney with director Michael Mohan (The Voyeurs), who directed from a script by Andrew Lobel.
But Bloody Disgusting wants You to see the movie a bit earlier than that. We’re presenting sneak preview screenings of Immaculate in select theaters on Wednesday, March 13!
There are 12 special sneak screenings across the US, each of them presented by Bloody Disgusting. All screenings start at 7 Pm local. Grab Your Tickets Right Now!
Locations include…
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn – NY Plaza Theater – Atlanta AMC River East – Chicago Alamo Drafthouse Lake Highlands – Dallas AMC Metreon – San Francisco Regal Edwards Greenway Grand Palace – Houston Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake 8 – Denver AMC Disney Springs 24 – Orlando Harkins Theatres Tempe Marketplace 16 – Phoenix Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Park North – San Antonio AMC Mission Valley 20 – San Diego AMC Georgetown 14 – Washington, DC
The film reunites Sydney Sweeney with director Michael Mohan (The Voyeurs), who directed from a script by Andrew Lobel.
- 3/5/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The incontrovertible and immediate effect of muscular tax credits, entering in force in 2023, have powered to a new level the shoot scene in Bilbao and Bizkaia – the Basque city and surrounding province in Northern Spain.
Introduced on Jan. 1, 2023, the new incentives offer an up-to-60% tax deduction for national and international co-productions of film and TV projects.
Enticing studios such as Toboggan and production houses Buendía Estudios and Tornasol to set up in Bizkaia and streaming giant Netflix to invest in original productions, the territory is fast capitalizing on its breaks.
Over 2023, 151 shoots filmed in Bilbao-Bizkaia, 76 from the Basque Country, 47 from Spain and 28 from abroad, according to the Bilbao-Bizkaia 2023 Year Book.
Total shoot spend in 2023 came in at €58.5 million ($63.7 million), 324% up on 2019’s figure of €13.8 million, six times up on €23.5 million ($25.6 million) in 2021. In all, productions shot 1,026 days in Bilbao or in the rest of Bizkaia, 74% more than 2022. The fact that...
Introduced on Jan. 1, 2023, the new incentives offer an up-to-60% tax deduction for national and international co-productions of film and TV projects.
Enticing studios such as Toboggan and production houses Buendía Estudios and Tornasol to set up in Bizkaia and streaming giant Netflix to invest in original productions, the territory is fast capitalizing on its breaks.
Over 2023, 151 shoots filmed in Bilbao-Bizkaia, 76 from the Basque Country, 47 from Spain and 28 from abroad, according to the Bilbao-Bizkaia 2023 Year Book.
Total shoot spend in 2023 came in at €58.5 million ($63.7 million), 324% up on 2019’s figure of €13.8 million, six times up on €23.5 million ($25.6 million) in 2021. In all, productions shot 1,026 days in Bilbao or in the rest of Bizkaia, 74% more than 2022. The fact that...
- 3/5/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
DeAPlaneta ha publicado el primer tráiler del biopic del icónico grupo de electro-pop español de los 80 y 90, protagonizado por Jaime Lorente. © DeAPlaneta
“Disco, Ibiza, Locomía” es la nueva película dirigida por Kike Maíllo (“Toro”), escrita por Marta Libertad (“Oswald. El falsificador”) y el propio Maíllo y producida por Kiko Martínez (“Perfectos Desconocidos”).
La película está protagonizada por Jaime Lorente (“La Casa de Papel”), Alberto Ammann (“Celda 211”), Alejandro Speitzer (“La fortuna”), Ivan Pellicer (“Sagrada Familia”), Pol Granch (“Élite”), Javier Morgade (“Alma”), Albert Baró (“Els “Nens Salvatges”), Gonzalo Ramírez (“Ángel o Demonio”), Eva Llorach (“Quién te Cantará”) y Blanca Suárez (“El Bar”). Una película sobre música, glamour, familia, ambición y traición ambientada en los años 80, donde se abordan los entresijos de la cultura de clubs, la época dorada de las discográficas, la noche de la movida madrileña, el fenómeno fan y la explosión de la música latina en Miami.
Es la...
“Disco, Ibiza, Locomía” es la nueva película dirigida por Kike Maíllo (“Toro”), escrita por Marta Libertad (“Oswald. El falsificador”) y el propio Maíllo y producida por Kiko Martínez (“Perfectos Desconocidos”).
La película está protagonizada por Jaime Lorente (“La Casa de Papel”), Alberto Ammann (“Celda 211”), Alejandro Speitzer (“La fortuna”), Ivan Pellicer (“Sagrada Familia”), Pol Granch (“Élite”), Javier Morgade (“Alma”), Albert Baró (“Els “Nens Salvatges”), Gonzalo Ramírez (“Ángel o Demonio”), Eva Llorach (“Quién te Cantará”) y Blanca Suárez (“El Bar”). Una película sobre música, glamour, familia, ambición y traición ambientada en los años 80, donde se abordan los entresijos de la cultura de clubs, la época dorada de las discográficas, la noche de la movida madrileña, el fenómeno fan y la explosión de la música latina en Miami.
Es la...
- 2/26/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch will be joined by Úrsula Corberó, known for her role as Tokyo in Netflix hit Money Heist, Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The Crown) and Richard Dormer (Fortitude, Game of Thrones) in the upcoming TV adaptation of The Day of the Jackal for Sky and Peacock.
Corberó will play Nuria, “someone at the heart of The Jackal’s personal life, entirely unaware of who he truly is,” while Dance will feature as Timothy Winthrop, and Dormer will play a character called Norman.
Also joining the cast are Chukwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Split) as Osita Halcrow, Lia Williams (The Capture, The Crown) as Isabel Kirby, Khalid Abdalla (The Crown, The Kite Runner) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (The Walking Dead, I Used To Be Famous) as Zina Jansone, Jonjo O’Neill (Andor, Bad Sisters) as Edward Carver, and Sule Rimi (Classified, Andor) as Paul Pullman.
Corberó will play Nuria, “someone at the heart of The Jackal’s personal life, entirely unaware of who he truly is,” while Dance will feature as Timothy Winthrop, and Dormer will play a character called Norman.
Also joining the cast are Chukwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Split) as Osita Halcrow, Lia Williams (The Capture, The Crown) as Isabel Kirby, Khalid Abdalla (The Crown, The Kite Runner) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (The Walking Dead, I Used To Be Famous) as Zina Jansone, Jonjo O’Neill (Andor, Bad Sisters) as Edward Carver, and Sule Rimi (Classified, Andor) as Paul Pullman.
- 2/23/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Money Heist” star Úrsula Corberó is set to join Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch in Sky and Peacock’s reimagining of “The Day of the Jackal,” Variety has learned.
In the series, which will drop later this year, “Cabaret” actor Redmayne will play elusive assassin The Jackal while “No Time to Die” star Lynch takes on the role of tenacious MI6 agent Bianca, who goes on a relentless global pursuit to catch him.
Corberó joins as Nuria, a woman who is familiar with The Jackal in his personal life but has no idea of who he truly is.
Joining her are Charles Dance (”Game of Thrones”) as Timothy Winthrop, Richard Dormer (“Blue Lights”) as Norman and Chukwudi Iwuji (“Guardians of the Galaxy 3”) as Osita Halcrow.
Lia Williams (“The Crown”) as Isabel Kirby rounds out the cast alongside Khalid Abdalla (“The Kite Runner”) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (“The Walking Dead”) as Zina Jansone,...
In the series, which will drop later this year, “Cabaret” actor Redmayne will play elusive assassin The Jackal while “No Time to Die” star Lynch takes on the role of tenacious MI6 agent Bianca, who goes on a relentless global pursuit to catch him.
Corberó joins as Nuria, a woman who is familiar with The Jackal in his personal life but has no idea of who he truly is.
Joining her are Charles Dance (”Game of Thrones”) as Timothy Winthrop, Richard Dormer (“Blue Lights”) as Norman and Chukwudi Iwuji (“Guardians of the Galaxy 3”) as Osita Halcrow.
Lia Williams (“The Crown”) as Isabel Kirby rounds out the cast alongside Khalid Abdalla (“The Kite Runner”) as Ulle Dag Charles, Eleanor Matsuura (“The Walking Dead”) as Zina Jansone,...
- 2/23/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
In a milestone move, Sony Pictures Television has unveiled “La Academia,” its first Spanish-language scripted series filmed in Spain for Prime Video and 3Cat.
“La Academia” is produced for Sony by Brutal Media, commissioned out of Sony Pictures Television’s international production group. Spt is distributing the series worldwide.
A scripted young adult drama series which Spt describes as being set in the high-pressure, high-drama world of elite youth soccer and its rising stars, ‘La Academia’ takes place at the Spanish training centre of the Apolo F.C., one of the best professional soccer clubs in the world.
There boys and girls from different social backgrounds fight for a shared dream which will inevitably create fiction between them: to make the first team and become the world’s next top players.
The young cast is led by new Spanish talent such as Ton Vieira, Marc Soler (“Upa Next”), Mia Sala-Patau...
“La Academia” is produced for Sony by Brutal Media, commissioned out of Sony Pictures Television’s international production group. Spt is distributing the series worldwide.
A scripted young adult drama series which Spt describes as being set in the high-pressure, high-drama world of elite youth soccer and its rising stars, ‘La Academia’ takes place at the Spanish training centre of the Apolo F.C., one of the best professional soccer clubs in the world.
There boys and girls from different social backgrounds fight for a shared dream which will inevitably create fiction between them: to make the first team and become the world’s next top players.
The young cast is led by new Spanish talent such as Ton Vieira, Marc Soler (“Upa Next”), Mia Sala-Patau...
- 2/23/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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