Buoyed with Paco Plaza’s “Sister Death” riding high in Netflix non-English film global rankings for a second week running, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Madrid-based El Estudio has named seasoned Spanish showrunner Tirso Calero, creator and script co-ordinator on “Servir y Proteger,” “Bandolera” and “L’Alqueria Blanca,” as TV contents director in Spain. He is based out of Madrid. His incorporation coincides with the creation of a TV division at El Estudio, which Calero will head up.
Taking effect from last week, the appointment makes large strategic sense. El Estudio founders and chiefs Enrique López Lavigne and Pablo Cruz are among the top and most cosmopolitan film producers in the Spanish-speaking world, Cruz ranking as Mexico’s best-known arthouse/crossover movie honcho and a driving force behind modern-day Mexican cinema when heading up Canana; and López Lavigne rating as one of Spain’s most innovative producers, seen most recently in...
Taking effect from last week, the appointment makes large strategic sense. El Estudio founders and chiefs Enrique López Lavigne and Pablo Cruz are among the top and most cosmopolitan film producers in the Spanish-speaking world, Cruz ranking as Mexico’s best-known arthouse/crossover movie honcho and a driving force behind modern-day Mexican cinema when heading up Canana; and López Lavigne rating as one of Spain’s most innovative producers, seen most recently in...
- 11/13/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Spain’s Secuoya Group has tapped David Martínez, one of country’s most reputed TV executives, as head of fiction of the Secuoya Studios, its film and TV content production arm.
Considered as one of the architects behind the quality leap in Spanish TV drama production sector, Martínez’s appointment marks a new strengthening of Secuoya Studios’ content production structure, after the naming in April as president of Secuoya Studios of James Costos, former HBO VP of global licensing and retail, who also served as a U.S. ambassador to Spain over 2013-17.
As part of its international expansion plans, Secuoya Studios is also opening a H.Q. In Los Angeles.
Martínez’s appointment allow Sequoia to ring multiple options, bringing U.S shoots to Spain where Secuoya can offer services and its studios; co-production of international series; creation of Spanish series brought onto the market for international co-production or sales,...
Considered as one of the architects behind the quality leap in Spanish TV drama production sector, Martínez’s appointment marks a new strengthening of Secuoya Studios’ content production structure, after the naming in April as president of Secuoya Studios of James Costos, former HBO VP of global licensing and retail, who also served as a U.S. ambassador to Spain over 2013-17.
As part of its international expansion plans, Secuoya Studios is also opening a H.Q. In Los Angeles.
Martínez’s appointment allow Sequoia to ring multiple options, bringing U.S shoots to Spain where Secuoya can offer services and its studios; co-production of international series; creation of Spanish series brought onto the market for international co-production or sales,...
- 5/18/2020
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
In a bid to ramp up its international content, leading online B2B licensing platform RightsTrade has inked a landmark deal with Spain’s Telefonica-owned pay TV/VOD service Movistar+ and public broadcaster Rtve.
By adding 25,000 hours of film and TV programming from these two major Spanish media companies to its content from other Hispanic providers, RightsTrade has cemented its claim as the leading content hub for Spanish-language content.
Programming from Rtve includes its most recent primetime series, such as “El Continental,” “A Different View” (“La Otra Mirada”), “Hounds” (“Sabuesos”), “Vintage” (“Gran Reserva”) and “Treason” (“Traición”). Documentaries shot in 4K include “El Prado, a Passion for Painting” (“La Pasión del Prado”) and “Spanish Cities, World Heritage Sites,” along with feature films and other shows.
“At a time when Spanish audiovisual content is experiencing an increase in global demand, our alliance with RightsTrade represents a unique opportunity to enhance the...
By adding 25,000 hours of film and TV programming from these two major Spanish media companies to its content from other Hispanic providers, RightsTrade has cemented its claim as the leading content hub for Spanish-language content.
Programming from Rtve includes its most recent primetime series, such as “El Continental,” “A Different View” (“La Otra Mirada”), “Hounds” (“Sabuesos”), “Vintage” (“Gran Reserva”) and “Treason” (“Traición”). Documentaries shot in 4K include “El Prado, a Passion for Painting” (“La Pasión del Prado”) and “Spanish Cities, World Heritage Sites,” along with feature films and other shows.
“At a time when Spanish audiovisual content is experiencing an increase in global demand, our alliance with RightsTrade represents a unique opportunity to enhance the...
- 12/4/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Renewing its long-standing relationship with Spain, Munich-based Beta Film has boarded “El Embarcadero” (The Pier), a Movistar + original series from “La Casa de Papel” creator Alex Pina and its creative team, which is early fruit of the launch of Spain’s Atresmedia Studios.
“The Pier” also co-stars Alvaro Morte, the Professor in “La Casa de Papel,” along with Verónica Sánchez and Irene Arcos, co-star of Pina’s breakthrough series, “Vis a Vis.”
Movistar +, the pay TV arm of giant telco Telefonica, produces with Atresmedia Studios, the TV series production house set up by network Atresmedia, and Vancouver Media, founded by Pina and “La Casa de Papel” co-scribe Esther Martínez Lobato.
Beta Film will handle all international sales rights on “The Pier.”
Going into production in May and shooting through November in Spain’s Mediterranean coastal city of Valencia and its La Albufera National Park, a freshwater lagoon. It turns on a high-profile architect.
“The Pier” also co-stars Alvaro Morte, the Professor in “La Casa de Papel,” along with Verónica Sánchez and Irene Arcos, co-star of Pina’s breakthrough series, “Vis a Vis.”
Movistar +, the pay TV arm of giant telco Telefonica, produces with Atresmedia Studios, the TV series production house set up by network Atresmedia, and Vancouver Media, founded by Pina and “La Casa de Papel” co-scribe Esther Martínez Lobato.
Beta Film will handle all international sales rights on “The Pier.”
Going into production in May and shooting through November in Spain’s Mediterranean coastal city of Valencia and its La Albufera National Park, a freshwater lagoon. It turns on a high-profile architect.
- 7/20/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Morena Films, producer of Cannes Festival opening movie “Everybody Knows,” is teaming with David Martínez, a reputed TV executive who helped catapult Spanish fiction into a modern age, to launch Morena TV.
The new TV company will focus on fiction production. Martínez will serve as its CEO, overseeing the development and production of projects.
Backing movies by Oliver Stone (“Comandante”), Steven Soderbergh (“Che”), Pablo Trapero (“The White Elephant”) and Iciar Bollaín (“Ever the Rain”) as well as box office hits such as “Cell 211” and now “Champions,” the biggest Spanish hit of 2018, Morena Films produced entertainment formats in its early years, linking to Argentina’s Cuatro Cabezas to make “El Rayo” and El Trip” for Atresmedia.
Morena Films producers Juan Gordon and Pedro Uriol are currently producing “Diablero,” the first supernatural Mexican Netflix Original Series, show-run by J.M. Cravioto, which is finalizing production in Mexico.
Partnering with Martínez on Morena TV,...
The new TV company will focus on fiction production. Martínez will serve as its CEO, overseeing the development and production of projects.
Backing movies by Oliver Stone (“Comandante”), Steven Soderbergh (“Che”), Pablo Trapero (“The White Elephant”) and Iciar Bollaín (“Ever the Rain”) as well as box office hits such as “Cell 211” and now “Champions,” the biggest Spanish hit of 2018, Morena Films produced entertainment formats in its early years, linking to Argentina’s Cuatro Cabezas to make “El Rayo” and El Trip” for Atresmedia.
Morena Films producers Juan Gordon and Pedro Uriol are currently producing “Diablero,” the first supernatural Mexican Netflix Original Series, show-run by J.M. Cravioto, which is finalizing production in Mexico.
Partnering with Martínez on Morena TV,...
- 5/1/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has acquired its first original series to be shot and produced in Spain, snagging Velvet and Gran Reserva director Carlos Sedes for a 1920s-era, female-driven drama. The 16-episode as-yet-untitled series is set to start shooting in Madrid later this year, with Bambu Producciones' Ramon Campos and Teresa Fernandez-Valdes executive producing. The drama, running in 50-minute time slots, will debut worldwide in 2017. It tells the story of four women across different social strata who work together as switchboard operators at the state-owned phone company's central headquarters in Madrid. The local commission comes
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- 3/31/2016
- by Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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