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Su turbulento pasado acecha a Pablo. © SkyShowtime

SkyShowtime ha anunciado hoy que Arcadia, su nueva serie original española, dirigida por Jorge Saavedra (Zorro) a partir de un guion de Lidia Fraga y Jacobo Díaz (Serramoura), llegará este año a la plataforma de streaming.

Arcadia cuenta la historia de Pablo, que lo tiene todo: una vida tranquila, una comunidad muy unida y un hijo al que adora. Como entrenador de un equipo juvenil de lucha canaria, es conocido por su amabilidad y su actitud tranquila en la apacible ciudad de Arcadia. Nadie conoce la verdad sobre su oscuro y peligroso pasado. Tras vivir al límite en México, escapó de su violenta vida para proteger a su hijo Bruno. Convertirse en padre lo cambió todo para él, pero huir de su antigua vida tuvo un precio. Su mujer, a la que dejó atrás, nunca le ha perdonado. Ahora ella ha vuelto, dispuesta...

Exclusive: William Levy’s new series Arcadia will play on Comcast and Paramount Global-owned streamer SkyShowtime in Europe.

SkyShowtime will launch the Spanish-language series as an Original later this year across its 22-country footprint. The SVOD service gets the best of its owners’ U.S. fare, meaning Arcadia will sit alongside a lineup that includes the juggernaut Yellowstone franchise and the likes of The Day Of The Jackal.

It has been bolstering its slate of original dramas and docs, with Arcadia the latest addition. The six-parter stars Levy (Montecristo) and Paula Echevarría (Velvet).

It tells the story of Pablo (Levy), who seemingly has it all and is living a quiet life in the Canary Islands, in the peaceful town of Arcadia. Pablo, however, has a dark and dangerous past. Once living on the edge in Mexico, he escaped a life of violence after becoming a father. The wife he...

ViX+, the fledgling Spanish-language SVOD from TelevisaUnivision, is dipping into literary classics once more with the modern retelling of Alexandre Dumas’ popular revenge tale, “The Count of Monte Cristo.”

The news follows the Jan. 20 bow of ViX+’s Anna Karenina adaptation, “Volver a Caer” with Kate del Castillo. Last year, ViX+ unveiled an adaptation of Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa’s “Travesuras de la Niña Mala” (“Bad Girl”).

In an exclusive first look, ViX+ unveils footage of the six-part series, simply titled “Montecristo,” with William Levy (“Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”) playing the enigmatic lead.

Produced by Spain’s Secouya Studios, “Montecristo” follows Alejandro Montecristo, a mysterious figure whose past and considerable fortune are unknown. Montecristo is the founder and CEO of a successful new tech company that has sparked the interest and envy of many, including Fernando Alvarez Mondego, a businessman with close ties to the Spanish aristocracy...

Exclusive: William Levy is taking the lead in the newly announced dramatic thriller Montecristo, from Pantaya and Secuoya Studios. The series is set in Havana, Madrid, and Miami.

The series, based on Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, tells the story of Alejandro Montecristo (Levy), an enigmatic figure who bursts into the public eye and raises concerns amongst the world’s elite because of the mysterious origins of his fortune.

He is the founder and CEO of a new technology company that has incited the envy and interest of many, among those is Fernando Alvarez Mondego – a businessman connected to the Spanish aristocracy who wants to acquire the Montecristo startup. What Fernando doesn’t know is that Montecristo is someone he knew decades ago and the reason for his emergence is fueled purely by revenge.

“I’ve been drawn to the story of...