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Una historia de amistad y resistencia que sucede en el contexto del Patronato de Protección a la Mujer. © Elastica Films

Ha comenzado el rodaje en Vizcaya y Barcelona de Ruega por nosotras, la nueva película dirigida por Daniel Monzón, que coescribe junto a su colaborador habitual Jorge Guerricaechevarría.

Ruega por nosotras se ambienta en el año 1974. Ana tiene 19 años, vive en Barcelona y es –a ojos de su acomodada familia– una chica rebelde. Tras una fuga nocturna, su padre decide ponerla en manos del Patronato de Protección a la Mujer, una institución especializada en «mujeres caídas o en riesgo de caer». Ana es trasladada a Madrid para ser internada en un reformatorio regentado por monjas y sometida a un brutal régimen disciplinario. Allí intentará sobrevivir buscando consuelo y apoyo en la amistad de otras chicas en su misma situación, especialmente Sole, una chica de pueblo con una vitalidad contagiosa que conecta instantáneamente con ella.

It's the first day of a new month, and you know what that means — a bevy of titles have just been added to all the streaming platforms. It's a bit of a small month for Netflix, at least in terms of older films coming to the platform for the first time. While the streamer hopes that a few of their original titles in March will be huge (specifically The Electric State and Adolescence), it's otherwise a pretty mild month of movies. Friday and Next Friday will bring the comedy, along with 50 First Dates and Ted, and Do the Right Thing will bring Spike Lee's masterpiece to the streamer; plus, the final cut of Blade Runner has just been added. They added some high-adrenaline action movies as well — Black Hawk Down, Blood and Bone, and the brilliant Sicario, along with a real delight, Cell 211.

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Netflix's 1992 may be a unique addition to the crime thriller genre, but viewers looking for something similar to watch have a long list of shows to choose from. Created by Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia, 1992 centers on two characters, Richi and Amparo, who form an unlikely alliance to solve a series of interconnected murder mysteries. However, the closer they get to catching the killer, the more they realize there is more to his motives than meets the eye.

1992's title comes from its past timeline, which adopts Seville Expo '92 as the primary trigger event that sets off a series of political and criminal upheavals in the future. Although the show adopts many well-worn tropes of the genre and struggles to etch its unique identity in the genre, it manages to conclude on a well-rounded note, barely leaving any plot threads hanging. Owing to this, many viewers...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Netflix's 1992.

Netflix's 1992 introduces one twist after another to finally reveal the truth behind the central murders and Fernando Victoria's connection to them in its ending moments. Created by Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Netflix's 1992 focuses on a widow, Amparo, and an alcoholic ex-cop, Richi, who form an unlikely alliance to solve the mystery behind a series of murders. Amparo puts her life on the line and sets out to solve the mystery because she believes her husband's death was not accidental.

Richi, on the other hand, hops on the case because he sees it as an opportunity to redeem himself. The original Netflix TV show's revelations portray it as a typical tale of revenge, where a killer sets out to punish his mother's murderers. However, towards the show's ending moments, it becomes evident that there is more to his actions than meets the eye.

Streaming platforms prefer shows and miniseries over movies because it keeps a user engaged for a longer period of time. A viewer might watch a 90-minute film and log off, which means less activity and less revenue. But if a viewer starts a show or a miniseries, especially if it can be binged, then they’ll be logged in for upwards of 200 minutes, which means more activity and more revenue. This greed for engagement (allegedly) motivates producers and OTTs to push storytellers to turn their feature-length scripts into episodic ones. I know that that sounds wild, but if you watch a decent amount of shows and miniseries, you’ll begin to notice which of them were meant to be a movie and were then forcibly expanded into a show or miniseries. Some of them may fly under the radar, but some of them have such paper-thin plots due to all...

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Netflix is ready with an entertainment-packed December this year. We already covered the new movies that are coming to Netflix in December 2024. In this article, we will see what new shows will be coming on the streaming service in the upcoming month, including the return of top-rated original shows like Squid Game and Virgin River and new original shows like Black Doves. Just like every month, Netflix is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 7 new TV shows coming to Netflix in December 2024.

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Black Doves is an upcoming British spy action thriller drama series created by Joe Barton. The Netflix series follows Helen, an undercover agent who begins a passionate affair that threatens her real identity. Still, when her lover is killed...

Netflix is set to premiere Álex de la Iglesia’s latest thriller, ‘1992,’ on December 13th. This marks the streaming giant’s first miniseries collaboration with the acclaimed director, known for his darkly comedic and often unsettling films like ‘The Day of the Beast.’ Co-created with screenwriter Jorge Guerricaechevarría (‘Cell 211’), the series is a twisted tale […]

Álex de la Iglesia’s ‘1992’ to Hit Netflix, Bringing Expo-Era Murders to Streaming...

Netflix's Gangs of Galicia (Clanes) is a critically acclaimed Spanish-language TV show that has gained popularity among viewers. The show's intense plot blends a forbidden love story and vengeance, and is based on a real-life police operation that occurred in Spain in the early 1990s. The impressive cast, including Clara Lago, Tamar Novas, Xos A. Tourin, Melania Cruz, Miguel de Lira, and Francesc Garrido, has contributed to the show's success in bringing Jorge Guerricaechevarria's story to life.

Netflixs Gangs of Galicia (Clanes) is one of the best Spanish-language TV shows on the streaming platform. Recently, Netflix has invested in several Spanish TV shows, including The Asunta Case and Bandidos, that have not only been popular with viewers but are also critically acclaimed. Gangs of Galicia features an intense plot that perfectly blends a forbidden love story and vengeance.

Gangs of Galicia is a fictionalized portrayal of a real-life...

It wasn’t until her father was murdered that a savvy lawyer found out he was leading a double life. So she infiltrates a drug cartel to find out what happened — and get revenge. In the process, she falls for a man who’s all too close to the truth. In the Spanish thriller Gangs of Galicia, created and written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría (Outlaws) and directed by Roger Gual (Elite), Clara Lago stars as a Madrid attorney who relocates to Galicia, Spain, to settle the score.

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When Ana (Lago) calls her father, Jorge, from work to catch up, she has no idea it’ll be the last time they ever talk. He works on a sailboat, transporting tourists around Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. But soon after the two hang up, one of Jorge’s alleged customers shoots him in his own boat,...

Gangs of Galicia (Clanes) is a Spanish crime drama series directed by Roger Gual from a screenplay by Jorge Guerricaechevarría. The Netflix series is based on true events and it follows the story of Ana, a successful lawyer as he moves to the small town of Cambados in Galicia where she gets involved with Daniel, the son of a dangerous drug trafficker and the leader of the Padín clan. Gangs of Galicia stars Clara Lago and Tamar Novas in the lead roles with Chechu Salgado, Xosé A. Touriñán, Melania Cruz, Francesc Garrido, Miguel de Lira, and Diego Anido starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the crime thriller and family drama aspect of Gangs of Galicia here are similar shows you could watch next.

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Iron Reign is a Spanish crime thriller miniseries directed by Lluis Quiliz from a screenplay by Quilez, Arturo Ruiz Serrano,...

The Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox is home to a variety of unique horror content, from originals and exclusives to cult classics and documentaries. With such a rapidly-growing library, there are many hidden gems waiting to be discovered.

Alongside exclusives like Secret Santa and Night of the Missing and such classics as Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night 2, here are five Christmas horror recommendations you can stream on Screambox right now.

Christmas Evil

Not to be confused with the innumerable Santa slashers, Christmas Evil (also known as You Better Watch Out) is tonally more in line with Taxi Driver than Silent Night, Deadly Night. Writer-director Lewis Jackson clearly had no interest in making a body count flick; instead, he explores the psyche of a mentally unstable man who happens to dress up as Santa and kill people. The low-budget grit adds to the dark atmosphere.

The 1980 film chronicles one man’s...

Horror enthusiasts, gather ’round as we unveil the best horror movies of 2023! This year, the genre has outdone itself, pushing boundaries and redefining the meaning of fear. From haunting ghost stories to relentless slashers, and psychological mind-benders to creature features, every film on our list has made waves in the horror community. So, if you’re looking to update your must-watch list with the latest films that have been dominating the box office and stirring up a buzz online, prepare to arm yourself with these top picks.

Whether you’re a fan of jumpscares or slow-burn terror, these movies promise to deliver the thrills that horror movie fans crave. Let’s dive into the abyss of 2023’s top horror movies!

[Note: These are my (Kimmi’s) picks of the best horror movies of 2023. To listen to this list, check out our Podcast Episode counting down the top horror movies of 2023! You can also read Jon’s picks here.]

Hulu 10. No One Will Save You

Sliding into the number 10 spot is No One Will Save You, a film that blends the quiet unease of isolation with the heart-pounding tension of a home invasion.

This is it. The season two finale of the HBO Original Series “30 Coins” arrives on Monday, December 11, concluding a season long, high stakes battle between our heroes and ruthless enemies led by sycophant billionaire Christian Barbrow (Paul Giamatti).

Expect things to get wild as hell.

Directed and co-written by Álex de la Iglesia, along with co-writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Max’s “30 Coins” takes viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems, and nobody can be trusted. Bloody Disgusting spoke with de la Iglesia about Season 2 last month, where the horror filmmaker touched on his overarching plans for the series as well as casting acclaimed actor Paul Giamatti in the role of this season’s terrifying villain.

This week, Bloody Disgusting caught up with Giamatti to find out how he came to play Christian Barbrow, the inspiration behind the character, and his love of horror.

There were a...

The second season of the HBO Original Series “30 Coins” is underway, plunging some of its central characters into the bowels of one ultra-cool depiction of Hell that could only come from the mind of acclaimed horror filmmaker Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, Witching & Bitching, The Last Circus).

The eight-episode season of the acclaimed horror series kicked off on Max on October 23, 2023, and new episodes arrive every Monday.

Directed and co-written by Álex de la Iglesia, along with co-writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Max’s “30 Coins” takes viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems, and nobody can be trusted. Now, two episodes in, the characters are scattered and scrambling to pick up the pieces from last season. Worse, some of them are desperate to escape Hell itself.

Bloody Disgusting spoke with de la Iglesia about Season 2, particularly its depiction of Hell, and discovered...

Things are getting downright apocalyptic in the second season of HBO Original Series “30 Coins.” Bloody Disgusting has been provided with an exclusive clip from the upcoming episode “Hellish Creatures,” teasing an unholy alliance between Father Vergara (Eduard Fernández), his sworn enemy, and Lucifer (Cosimo Fusco).

Directed and co-written by acclaimed horror master Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, Witching & Bitching, The Last Circus), Max‘s “30 Coins” takes viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems, and nobody can be trusted. De la Iglesia co-writes the series with Jorge Guerricaechevarria.

The second season of “30 Coins” follows the inhabitants of the remote Spanish town of Pedraza as they contend with recent inexplicable, demonic events tied to the biblical pieces of silver. For some, like Father Vergara, that means a trip to Hell.

In this week’s episode three, “Hellish Creatures,” Father Vergara reluctantly reunites with a former foe,...

The Spanish horror film Sister Death, released on Netflix, is not based on a true story but incorporates historical events for dramatic effect. The opening scene of Sister Death, depicting Sister Narcisa as a child with spiritual gifts, was inspired by the real-life Garabandal apparitions in the 1960s. Sister Death serves as a prequel to the true story-inspired horror film Veronica, providing the origin story of Sister Narcisa and explaining her blindness.

The events depicted in Sister Death are terrifying, leading many viewers to wonder if they were inspired by true events. The Spanish supernatural horror film was released a few days before Halloween on Netflix, following its premiere as the opener at the 56th Sitges Film Festival on October 5. The movie revolves around a novice named Sister Narcisa who starts teaching at a covenant in the 1940s after the Spanish Civil War. However, once she arrives at the all-girls school,...

Writer/Director Álex de la Iglesia, co-writing with Jorge Guerricaechevarría, launched a unique biblical horror story in “30 Coins,” unfurling an overarching battle of good versus evil over the powerful set of silver that Judas once received in his betrayal of Jesus. By the inaugural season’s conclusion, the rural town of Pedraza was left devastated, its residents scattered or worse, and our protagonists in dire straits. “30 Coins” Season 2 hits the ground running in the first two episodes screened for critics at Fantastic Fest, plunging viewers into the deep end of Hell as it lays the groundwork for a densely packed season with apocalyptic stakes.

Season 2 picks up immediately where Season 1 ended, with the restored collection of silver scattered once more thanks to the sacrifice of rogue priest Father Vergara (Eduard Fernández). His body gets collected by a black arts practitioner who sets about prepping his body for a resurrection ritual.

Three years ago, we heard that genre regular Álex de la Iglesia – whose credits include creating the HBO horror series 30 Coins – had signed a deal with Amazon Prime Video and Sony Pictures International Productions to produce a series of feature-length horror films under the banner of The Fear Collection. It was said that de la Iglesia would be directing part of the collection and the entries not directed by him would still be “made under his creative influence”. The collection has turned out to consist of de la Iglesia’s own Veneciafrenia, Jaume Balaguero’s Venus, and Paco Plaza’s La Abuela – and all three films are now available on VOD, including on Amazon’s Prime Video!

De la Iglesia, who made his feature directorial debut with Accion Mutante in 1993, directed Veneciafrenia (watch it Here) from a screenplay he wrote with Jorge Guerricaechevarría. This one explores the profound connection...

The second season of HBO Original Series “30 Coins” will arrive just in time for Halloween, and the official trailer for the new season is here to drag you straight into bloody Hell.

Paul Giamatti joins the cast for “30 Coins” Season 2. Watch the trailer below.

The eight-episode season of the acclaimed horror series, produced by HBO Europe in Spain, will air on HBO and will be available to stream on Max on October 23, 2023.

Directed and co-written by acclaimed horror master Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, Witching & Bitching, The Last Circus), Max‘s “30 Coins” takes viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems, and nobody can be trusted. De la Iglesia co-writes the series with Jorge Guerricaechevarria.

The eight-episode first season follows Father Vergara (Eduard Fernández), an exorcist, boxer, and ex-convict who is exiled by the church as the priest of a remote town in Spain.

From the co-director of [Rec], Paco Plaza‘s movie Veronica is getting a prequel with Sister Death (aka Hermana Muerte), and it’s coming to Netflix for Halloween.

Sister Death will premiere on Netflix on October 27, 2023.

While you wait, check out new images and poster art down below.

Prequel Sister Death will center on the character Hermana Muerte, played by Consuelo Trujillo in Veronica.

In Sister Death, “In post-war Spain, Narcisa (Aria Bedmar), a young novice with supernatural powers, arrives at a former convent, now a school for girls, to become a teacher. As the days go by, the strange events and increasingly disturbing situations that torment her will eventually lead her to unravel the terrible skein of secrets that surround the convent and haunt its inhabitants.”

Almudena Amor, Luisa Merelas, Chelo Vivares, and Maru Valdivielso also star.

Netflix’s Veronica was about a young woman who must protect her...

Five years ago, [Rec] franchise co-creator Paco Plaza‘s horror movie Veronica was released through the Netflix streaming service, and Netflix subscribers reportedly found the film to be so terrifying that they would have to stop the movie mid-stream because they couldn’t handle the scariness. With that sort of press, it’s no surprise that Plaza and Netflix have chosen to expand the concept into a franchise with a prequel called Sister Death, or Hermana Muerte. Now the streaming service’s Tudum site has revealed that Sister Death will be released this October! They haven’t revealed the specific release date yet, but it’s nice to know this movie will be a viewing option during Halloween season this year.

The screenplay for Sister Death was written by Jorge Guerricaechevarria, who frequently works with popular genre filmmaker Álex de la Iglesia. The story he crafted has the following synopsis: In post-war Spain,...

From the co-director of [Rec], Paco Plaza‘s movie Veronica is getting a prequel with Sister Death (aka Hermana Muerte), and Netflix teased today that we can expect it to arrive sometime in October.

No specific release date has been revealed as of yet, but look for it to arrive on the streaming platform after Sister Death makes its world premiere at Sitges Film Festival. Sitges is slated to commence on October 5 and run through October 15, 2023, with Sister Death set as the opening feature.

The festival notes that the film was “shot almost entirely in the Royal Monastery of San Jerónimo de Cotalba.”

In Sister Death, “In post-war Spain, Narcisa (Aria Bedmar), a young novice with supernatural powers, arrives at a former convent, now a school for girls, to become a teacher. As the days go by, the strange events and increasingly disturbing situations that torment her will eventually lead...

Season two of the HBO Original drama series “30 Coins” is set to premiere in October. The highly anticipated second season, consisting of eight episodes, will be broadcast on HBO and available for streaming on Max.

In this new season, the story unfolds in Pedraza, a secluded town in Spain plagued by unexplainable and demonic occurrences. Many residents have lost their sanity and are confined to a psychiatric hospital. Elena, played by Megan Montaner, remains in a comatose state in a hospital bed in Madrid, while Paco, portrayed by Miguel Ángel Silvestre, grapples with remorse as he takes care of her. As the horror escalates, our group of heroes must confront a mysterious and sinister new adversary, portrayed by Paul Giamatti, who is so wicked that even the devil fears him.

Joining the cast for season two are Paul Giamatti and Najwa Nimri. The returning cast includes Eduard Fernández, Megan Montaner,...

The second season of HBO Original Series “30 Coins” will arrive just in time for Halloween this year, and the brand new trailer and poster unveiled today invites you to join the second season in Hell.

The eight-episode season of the acclaimed horror series, produced by HBO Europe in Spain, will air on HBO and will be available to stream on Max this October.

Directed and co-written by acclaimed horror master Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, Witching & Bitching, The Last Circus), HBO Max‘s “30 Coins” takes viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems, and nobody can be trusted. De la Iglesia co-writes the series with Jorge Guerricaechevarria.

Check out the new trailer below to get a peek at new demons, bug-like creatures, and characters, including Paul Giamatti’s Christian Barbrow.

The eight-episode first season follows Father Vergara (Eduard Fernández), an exorcist,...

From the co-director of [Rec], Paco Plaza‘s movie Veronica is getting a prequel with Sister Death (aka Hermana Muerte), and Netflix has debuted a teaser to coincide with the announcement that the horror film is slated to open this year’s Sitges Film Festival.

The eerie teaser comes this morning via the the official account Netflix España. The teaser establishes a scary tone, more than reveal any plot details.

In Sister Death, “In post-war Spain, Narcisa (Aria Bedmar), a young novice with supernatural powers, arrives at a former convent, now a school for girls, to become a teacher. As the days go by, the strange events and increasingly disturbing situations that torment her will eventually lead her to unravel the terrible skein of secrets that surround the convent and haunt its inhabitants.”

Netflix’s Veronica was about a young woman who must protect her younger brother and sister after...

The Sitges–International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has revealed the opening film for its 56th edition at Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion: “Hermana Muerte” by Paco Plaza.

Produced by El Estudio for Netflix, it was written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría.

Shot almost entirely in the Valencian monastery of San Jerónimo de Cotalba, Plaza’s seventh feature is “a horror tale with a feminine touch,” it was stated, which will take its viewers all the way back to post-Civil War Spain, when a convent is shaken up by the arrival of Narcisa, a young novice with supernatural powers.

“I have been attending this festival for over 30 years now. Most of my films have been screened there, so it’s like coming home, and sharing it all with my family and my friends,” Plaza told Variety following the announcement.

“Hermana Muerte,” starring Aria Bedmar, Almudena Amor and Maru Valdivielso, is a prequel to his 2017 film “Verónica.

As diverse in style and content as they are, Álex de la Iglesia’s films do share a few notable characteristics: an adrenaline-rush narrative propulsion, a penchant for startling left-hand swerves in their storylines, and an almost gleeful willingness to offend more delicate sensibilities when it comes to depictions of sex, violence, and religion. This holds true from the start of his career. De la Iglesia’s feature debut, the scrappy sci-fi satire Acción Mutante, revels in the chaos of his anarchic sensibilities, even if its critique of religion is mostly limited to a hysterical takedown of the sanctity of marriage.

In a future society dominated by the cult of health and beauty, the disenfranchised have been forced underground, turning to acts of terrorism against the ableist establishment. The most notorious of these bands of brothers is the so-called Mutant Action group, whom we meet in the middle of the...

The second season of HBO Max’s “30 Coins” will arrive this year, and, judging by the brand new Spanish trailer unveiled by HBO Max today, it’s bringing Hell with it.

The trailer comes with the announcement that “30 Coins” season two will arrive in October, and the series creator confirmed via Twitter that it’s Fall debut includes the US.

Directed and co-written by acclaimed horror master Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, Witching & Bitching, The Last Circus), HBO Max‘s “30 Coins” takes viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems, and nobody can be trusted. De la Iglesia co-writes the series with Jorge Guerricaechevarria.

Check out the new trailer below to get a peek at new demons and characters, including Paul Giamatti’s Christian Barbrow.

Christian is described as “an American business and technology billionaire, science fiction writer, science guru,...

If you liked the movie, here comes the series with the same people in charge, Daniel Calparsoro as the director and Jorge Guerricaechevarría handling the script, offering us this intense crime thriller which is full of rhythm that we liked so much, and that, on the same creative lines, also give us this spectacular action series.

Starring Asia Ortega, Luis Tosar y Álvaro Rico.

Enjoy.

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Sky High: The Series offers a little of what everyone expects, and in all the best senses: it knows how to turn a good movie into a highly entertaining series which gives the viewer exactly what he or she is looking for and they won’t end up in the least disappointed.

Eight episodes full of plots at the unique Calparsoro pace, who, without inventing anything, knows how to build this violent thriller full of grit like no one else does,...

It’s long been likely — and in the past year closer to an almost certainty — that Netflix’s true TV strength lies in its international series. Aside from the rare organic word-of-mouth runaway sensation, these shows rarely get the publicity or attention that their star-studded, algorithm-optimized counterparts enjoy. For other streaming services with a similar wealth in their libraries, those international series also tend to be afterthoughts.

Yet, with fall upon us and the annual search for stories that pair well with chillier nights and decor the color of dying leaves, it’s also a perfect time to sample the global TV just right for the season. Particularly when it comes to horror series, these shows have a knack for combining the universal and the specific. They tap into what unsettles us, digging into our subconscious from painfully particular perspectives.

Some are designed to weigh heavy on your soul, while...

Paul Giamatti has joined the cast of 30 Coins, the Spanish mystery horror series that premiered on HBO Max in 2020 and was renewed for a second season in February. The eight-part Season 2 is now in production in Spain, Italy, the U.S., France and the UK, with a 2023 premiere date planned on HBO Max worldwide and on HBO in the U.S.

The series, which hails from Álex de la Iglesia who directs and co-writes with Jorge Guerricaechevarría, centers on Father Vergara, an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict, who is exiled by the church to a remote town in Spain. He becomes linked to a series of mysterious paranormal events in the village, and with Paco, the town’s naive mayor, and Elena, a restless veterinarian, they become caught up in a global conspiracy: a battle for control of the 30 silver coins paid to the apostle Judas Iscariot for the betrayal...

Alex de la Iglesia’s latest production, feature “Four’s a Crowd,” is being brought onto the Cannes Film Market by Filmax, which has acquired international sales rights.

Described by Filmax as a “wild romantic comedy,” “Four’s a Crowd” turns on Julian, a 50-year-old divorced man who starts to use an app to share his car with strangers and most especially Lorena, a young woman with whom Julian would like to share much more.

He’s about to open up to Lorena when he’s lumbered unexpectedly with a fourth passenger, possibly the most annoying person on the planet, who sparks a radical change in the course of events.

“Four’s a Crowd” is “a very personal reflection on human joy and misery, where nothing is as it seems,” Filmax said in a statement.

Written with De La Iglesia’s career-long co-scribe Jorge Guerricaechevarría, “Four’s a Crowd” is produced by Pokeepsie Films,...

Banijay Iberia is getting into Spanish horror drama after striking a partnership deal with Álex de la Iglesia and Carolina Bang’s scripted producer Pokeepsie Films. Deadline understands Banijay has made an equity investment in the Madrid-based company, which is behind HBO Max mystery horror drama 30 Coins.

Producer/director de la Iglesia and actress/producer Bang created Pokeepsie in 2009 and focus on youth-facing content, primarily in the fantasy, thriller and horror genres. Their deal with Banijay will give Pokeepsie stronger distribution capacilities.

“Today sees Banijay Iberia and Pokeepsie Films carve a common path with the purpose of building an ambitious slate of original fiction led by Álex and Carolina,” said Banijay Iberia CEO Pilar Blasco. “In adding this brilliant duo to our creative network in Spain and Portugal, we further boost our offering in the region and cement our position as a home where talent can be creatively free and subsequently,...

Launched in 1998, the Malaga Film Festival first grabbed attention as a Spanish movie showcase and birthplace of a Spanish star system, TV actors walking a red carpet to acclaim from milling throngs.

Under Juan Antonio Vigar, director from 2013, it has consolidated as a platform for a new generation of Spanish filmmakers while adding ever increasing industry heft – co-pro forums, WIPs, a Hack digital forum initiative – and also opening up to TV.

In 2021, however, Malaga Festival and Spanish Screenings have exploded in scale, impact and attendance. The narrative of this year’s event is largely one of that growth. Eight takes on this and other Malaga highlights:

Malaga Lifts Off

Little wonder Malaga forms part of what’s now the Spanish Screenings Xxl. In its first full edition since 2019 with festival and industry onsite and aligned, Malaga has truly taken off. It received almost 2,000 film and TV submissions, says Vigar. Attendance has skyrocketed to over 1,100 delegates,...

The Good Boss, Fernando León de Aranoa’s comedy-drama starring Javier Bardem, dominated Spain’s top film prizes this year, The Goyas, collecting six awards including Best Picture.

The film also nabbed Best Director and Best Screenplay for Aranoa, Best Actor for Javier Bardem, Best Original Score (Zeltia Montes) and Best Editing (Vanessa L. Marimbert). It had previously received a record-setting 20 nominations.

The ceremony saw Bardem continue his streak at the awards, collecting his sixth Goya in total, while filmmaker Aranoa is now up to seven across his career.

The Good Boss stars Bardem as a factory owner who deviously schemes his way to solving all of the problems within his business and his personal life, including his infidelities. It was produced by companies including The MediaPro Studio and MK2 Films. Cohen Media Group will handle the U.S. release.

Deadline sat down with Bardem and Aranoa at last year...

Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ went home empty-handed.

The Good Boss, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem, scored big at the 36th edition of the Goyas, the Spanish Academy Awards held on Saturday in Valencia. With a record 20 nominations, it won six wards including best film, best director and screenplay for León de Aranoa and best actor for Javier Bardem.

Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, nominated for eight awards, left empty handed.

Produced by The Mediapro Studio and Reposado PC, The Good Boss premiered in competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival and went on to...

Shortlisted for the Academy Awards in the international feature film category, Fernando León de Aranoa’s “The Good Boss” capped a record 20 Spanish Academy Goya nominations by scoring best picture and actor for Javier Bardem at Saturday’s Goya prize ceremony.

The prizes marked both Leon and Bardem’s seventh Goya wins. Produced by El Reposado and The Mediapro Studio, and a workplace dramedy skewering the abuse of power practised by a seemingly benign factory owner, “The Good Boss” also won best director and original screenplay for León, as well as best score and editing.

Blanca Portillo beat out “Parallel Mothers’” Oscar-nominated Penélope Cruz, thanks to Portillo’s powerful performance as Maixabel Lasa, the real life widow of former Basque Country governor Juan Mari Jauregui who agreed in 2011 to meet one of his Eta killers. Her forgiveness, and Portillo’s portrait, has touched a large nerve in Spain.

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HBO Max has revealed that principal photography has begun on a second season of its cult Spanish horror series “30 Coins,” from genre maestro Alex de la Iglesia, following an eight-episode commission. Shooting for the globetrotting series will take place in Spain, Italy, the U.S., France and the U.K., with the second season scheduled to launch in 2023.

HBO has also released a grim teaser to mark the occasion, which includes a brief look at Eduard Fernández’s Padre Vergara, looking worse for ware after the events of Season 1.

A hit in its native Spain, the series also found success abroad as its became available on the WarnerMedia-owned streaming platform in more territories. Rumors of a second season have been around since last September, when de la Iglesia and Pokeepsie Films, his production company, tweeted photos of the director in the quaint city square where the action in “30 Coins” kicked off,...

HBO Max has commissioned a second season of Álex de Iglesia and Jorge Guerricaechevarría’s mystery horror 30 Coins.

Principal photography will begin later this month on the eight-parter, which will air next year.

The series will pick up from the end of season one, which dropped on the platform in late 2020. Most of the people of Pedraza have lost their minds, confined to a psychiatric hospital. Elena lies in a Madrid hospital bed in a coma; Paco, shattered by remorse, tries to take care of her. As horror grows around them, the group of heroes must face a new enemy.

“If the first season was the gathering of the storm clouds, the second will be the maelstrom preceding an epic storm,” said de la Iglesia.

30 Coins stars Eduard Fernández, Megan Montaner and Miguel Ángel Silvestre. Executive Producers for HBO Max are Steve Matthews, Miguel Salvat and Antony Root.

‘The Good Boss’ leads Icíar Bollaín’s ‘Maixabel’ and Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’.

The Good Boss, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem, led the Goya nominations from the Spanish Film Academy with 20 nods, an all-time record.

The satire, also Spain’s entry for the Oscars, is ahead of Icíar Bollaín’s Maixabel and Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, on 14 and eight nominations respectively.

The Good Boss is the fifth highest-grossing film in Spain this year with €2.6m. Written and directed by León de Aranoa, it follows the petty boss of an industrial scales factory, played...

Already selected as this year’s Spanish Best International Feature Film submission for the Oscars, Fernando León de Aranoa’s dark workplace comedy “The Good Boss,” starring Javier Bardem, has set a new record for most Spanish Academy Goya Award nominations with 20, ahead of Icíar Bollaín’s standout Basque drama “Maixabel” with 14 and Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers,” which secured eight.

The 20 nominations include: Best picture, director, original screenplay, original music, lead actor, three nominations for supporting actor, supporting actress, two nominations for best new male actor and one for best new female actor, production design, cinematography, editing, art direction, costume design, makeup, sound design and special effects. It’s a total which breaks an almost 30-year-old record held by Imanol Uribe’s “Numbered Days,” which received 19 nominations in 1994.

León’s latest, produced by The Mediapro Studio and Reposado PC, is a return to a fruitful partnership between the director and his leading man.

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No one can accuse Spanish filmmaker and all around maverick Álex de la Iglesia of being lazy. Not even during a pandemic. Somehow, he's getting shit done.    We are all enjoying his series 30 coins and the director recently wrapped up photography of the first instalment of his new brand of horror films he calls The Fear Collection. That first film is a fable about the fear of tourism called Vececiafrenia. All of this was of course written with his writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría.    The pair are at it again with production of a black humored road movie combined with a romantic comedy called El cuarto pasajero (The Fourth Passenger). It will star Ernesto Alterio and Blanca Suárez who have worked with de la...

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In today’s Global Bulletin, Alex de la Iglesia is back on set with “El cuarto pasajero,” Laurine Garaude departs Reed Midem, Chinese video app Kuaishou stuns investors in Hong Kong, Tencent finalizes its Universal Music Group share increase, Mopar Studios hire Jessica Pope as creative director and Pluto TV launches six new networks in Latin America.

Shooting

Spanish genre master Álex de la Iglesia, hot off the heels of his hit HBO horror series “30 Coins,” is back on set to shoot road movie rom-com “El cuarto pasajero” (The Fourth Passenger), a Pokeepsie Films and Telecinco Cinema co-production. The companies will be looking to repeat the joint success they found with the filmmaker’s 2017 Spanish-language remake of “Perfect Strangers,” a top 10 all-time domestic box office hit that pulled a worldwide gross of $33 million in 2017-18.

“El cuarto pasajero” also sees de la Iglesia joined once again by regular co-writer...

Director Álex de la Iglesia is re-teaming with producers Telecinco Cinema and Pokeepsie Films after their smash hit 2017 pic Perfect Strangers (remade from the Italian film of the same name) on El Cuarto Pasajero (The Fourth Passenger), a road movie in the rom-com vein.

Cast will be led by Blanca Suárez (The Skin I Live In), Alberto San Juan (Under The Stars), Ernesto Alterio (The Other Side Of The Road), and Ruben Cortada (Olmos y Robles). Co-written by Álex de la Iglesia and Jorge Guerricaechevarría, the screenplay follows a 50-year-old divorcee with financial problems who begins sharing his car with strangers via an app. After falling romantically for one of his passengers, he decides to tell her on one trip, but the other passengers prove a problem.

Producers are Telecinco Cinema, Pokeepsie Films Sl and Te Has Venido Arriba A.I.E, with the participation of Mediaset España, Movistar + and Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group.

Netflix has acquired the rights to this box-office smash with a view to stretching it out into episodes that it will air worldwide, using the same crew as the movie. Sky High was shot in September 2019 (see the news), enjoyed its premiere during the first weekend of the Málaga Film Festival (in August last year) and was released in Spanish cinemas in December, on the eve of the Christmas festivities, after various delays brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Directed by Daniel Calparsoro and with a screenplay penned by the man who writes (virtually) all action films in Spain, Jorge Guerricaechevarría, the feature starring Miguel Herrán, Carolina Yuste, Asia Ortega and Luis Tosar has so far grossed more than €1.7 million, which makes it a big hit bearing in mind the...

The filmmaker is engrossed in post-production for his seventh feature, an adaptation of the Javier Cercas novel Outlaws, shot last autumn and starring a cast of young actors. After flirting with musical comedy in Yucatán (2018), Daniel Monzón is now trying his hand at a film about small-time delinquents in the guise of Las leyes de la frontera (lit. “The Laws of the Border”), a movie that he shot during the last few months of 2020 in various locations around Catalonia and which is now in post-production. The feature is a big-screen adaptation of the novel Outlaws by Javier Cercas. Set in 1978, the film marks the fourth joint effort between Monzón and Jorge Guerricaechevarría, and tells the action-packed, adrenaline-fuelled story of 17-year-old Nacho Cañas, an introverted student who lives in Girona and who is...

In today’s Global Bulletin, Netflix picks up the rights to Spanish feature “Sky High” for a series adaptation, French crime series “Balthazar” posts record audience numbers for TF1, Mexican filmmaker Juan Ernesto Regalado Morales receives this year’s Guillermo del Toro-backed Jenkins-Del Toro Scholarship, and French journalist Augustin Trapenard announces he’s leaving Canal Plus.

Adaptation

Netflix has acquired global rights to the feature film “Sky High,” the leading Spanish film at the domestic box office over the holiday period, trailing only “The Croods: A New Age” and “Wonder Woman 1984” from abroad, and will develop the IP into a new original series.

Creators Daniel Calparsoro and Jorge Guerricaechevarría will helm the small-screen adaptation, set to pick up where the film drops off. Netflix is teaming once again with the film’s producers, Vaca Films, having previously commissioned the company’s thriller series “The Mess You Leave Behind.

Álex de la Iglesia helms an orgy of dramatic effects and homages to the fantasy genre, with particularly knowing nods to traditional Spanish horror. This journalist would love to be able to conceal himself and spy on the artistic duo made up of director Álex de la Iglesia and his “resident” co-screenwriter, Jorge Guerricaechevarría, every time they cook up a new story. It’s not hard to imagine that when HBO Spain invited them to create a series – with all the freedom in the world (and oodles of economic and technical resources) – Bilbao’s most terrifyingly entertaining pair rubbed their hands with glee, drooled excitedly and started a scriptwriting war, competing with each other to see which of the two could come up with the most ingenious idea, the most warped storyline and the most far-fetched twist. The result – an eight-episode series entitled 30 Coins – can be enjoyed...

“Beautiful Youth’s” Ingrid García-Jonsson and “Instinto’s” Silvia Alonso head the ensemble cast of “Veneciafrenia,” the first feature from The Fear Collection, a horror film anthology backed by Sony Pictures Intl. Prods. (Spip) and Alex de la Iglesia’s Pokeepsie Films, in association with Amazon Prime Video.

Announced in May, The Fear Collection saw De la Iglesia, one of Spain’s most bankable directors whose remake “Perfectos Desconocidos” earned $25.8 million in Spain in 2018, commit to direct or produce The Fear Collection’s titles via his Madrid-based Abel Pokeepsie.

“Veneciafrenia” went into production on Oct. 5, shooting in Venice and Madrid, with De la Iglesia both directing and producing. Its ensemble cast also features Goize Blanco (“El Futuro”), Nicolás Lloro, Alberto Bang (“Spanish Shame”), Cosimo Fusco (“Angels & Demons”), Enrico Lo Verso (“The Falcon and the Dove”), Armando di Razza (Cavan in De La Iglesia’s breakout “The Day of the Beast...