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Prime Video ha lanzado las primeras imágenes de Punto Nemo, su nueva serie original, dirigida por Denis Rovira (La influencia) y escrita por Daniel Martín Sáez de Parayuelo (Matadero) y Daniel Benmayor (Awareness).

En Punto Nemo, los miembros de una expedición oceanográfica compuesta por científicos y la Armada Española se embarcan en el buque Pentonkontors para investigar y concienciar al mundo de los problemas de la isla de plástico localizada en el Pacífico Sur. Sin embargo, una fuerte tormenta arrastra a los miembros de la expedición hasta una isla situada en los confines del planeta. Se trata de un lugar anteriormente habitado por militares rusos, que pondrá a prueba todas sus habilidades e instinto de supervivencia para intentar salir del punto más aislado del planeta Tierra: el Punto Nemo. Un lugar lleno de misterios y peligros al acecho.

The best Chris Evans movies and TV shows have almost been overshadowed by his work in comic book films. Evans' career has mostly been defined by his role as Steve Rogers, as he took on the character of Captain America for the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2011 and carried that role until his final appearance in Avengers: Endgame in 2019, where he passed on the mantle to another hero in the MCU, Anthony Mackies Sam Wilson. Evans has said he plans to slow down his acting, but has not done so yet.

While most people know him from the flagship MCU role, he has a much wider and more diverse filmography than some fans might believe. He has played another superhero in the past as The Human Torch in the Fox Marvel movies, as well as in adaptations of comic books, Tmnt, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Snowpiercer. He has also...

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon wrapped its second season on AMC over the weekend, and viewers have now been given their first look at season three of The Walking Dead spin-off series. A short teaser trailer was released showing the continued adventures of Daryl and Carol as they try to find their way back home. Filming for season three has already begun.

New series regulars Eduardo Noriega, Óscar Jaenada, and Alexandra Masangkay will join Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride for season three as the pair travels through Spain. Candela Saitta, Hugo Arbués, Greta Fernández, Gonzalo Bouza, Hada Nieto, Yassmine Othman, Cuco Usín, and Stephen Merchant also appear in the season.

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AMC’s teasing Twd fans with a 30-second promo for the upcoming third season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Season two wrapped up on November 3, 2024, and season three is expected to premiere in 2025.

“Season three will follow Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier as they continue their journey to somehow return home and to the ones they love,” reads AMC’s synopsis. “As they struggle to find their way back, the path takes them farther astray, leading them through distant lands with ever-changing and unfamiliar conditions as they witness the various effects of the Walker apocalypse.”

Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride return to star as Daryl and Carol, with Eduardo Noriega, Óscar Jaenada, and Alexandra Masangkay on board as season three regulars. The ensemble for the upcoming season also includes Candela Saitta, Hugo Arbués, Greta Fernández, Gonzalo Bouza, Hada Nieto, Yassmine Othman, Cuco Usí,n and Stephen Merchant.

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The post-apocalyptic AMC drama series “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” will film its third season across multiple regions in Spain. Production is currently underway for the new season, scheduled to premiere in 2025. This marks a shift from the previous French setting as the show explores different areas coping with the global walker outbreak.

Series lead characters Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier ended season two pursuing their goal to return home. In a post-finale teaser, Norman Reedus expressed Dixon’s exhaustion but determination, saying “I was ready to give up. Thought it was all over.” Melissa McBride’s Carol responded that she felt the same.

Showrunner David Zabel said the characters “should not settle down” and must “keep moving” on their journey. Filming will take place in Spain’s Galicia, Aragón, Catalonia, and Valencia regions to continuing telling their story. Zabel hinted future seasons may explore more global locations depending on the characters’ paths.

[This story contains major spoilers from the season finale of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, “The Book of Carol.”]

After Sunday night’s season finale, Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier are set to continue on a European journey that will eventually have a next stop in Spain. And a new, post-finale teaser shows a brief glimpse at what’s in store when the The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon stars eventually get there.

The teaser (below) debuted during Sunday night’s finale of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, “The Book of Carol,” which left the recently reunited zombie-fighting travelers in a tunnel heading to London. With production on the already renewed third season now underway in Spain, the big question is: How will Daryl and Carol wind up there?

“I was ready to give up. Thought it was all over,” Daryl (Norman Reedus) tells Carol (Melissa McBride) in the teaser. “You and me both,” she replies, with as much of a smile as she can muster.

The Platform 2 has become a hit on Netflix's global top 10 chart. The Platform 2 is the sequel film to the 2019 film The Platform, which first introduced audiences to a world that as constructed a prison wherein the inmates are fed via a descending platform that starts on the top level and proceeds to the bottom. The Platform 2 picks up with another story about this prison, expanding the first film's lore. This Spanish-language thriller is directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, and features a leading cast including Milena Smit, Hovik Keuchkerian, Natalia Tena, Oscar Jaenada, and Ivan Massague.

Now, The Platform has found success on Netflix's streaming chart. The film was no. 1 on the non-English language chart for the week of September 30 to October 6, amassing 19.4 million views. The Platform also made it onto the global chart for non-English language films, making it to no. 5. Looking at the English-language chart as well,...

Both its release date (March 2020) and subject matter conspired to make Spanish thriller The Platform a pandemic mega-hit for Netflix four years ago. The streaming giant will be hoping that this follow-up — which hurls us back into the nightmarish tower-block prison dubbed ‘The Pit’ — might bank similar record-breaking viewing-figure returns. Sadly, on the strength of the film's quality alone, that seems unlikely.

Before we get to the meat of this confounding sequel-or-is-it-a-prequel (more on that confusion in a moment), a brief recap for those who might have missed the first outing. The Pit — also known by its more PR-friendly title ‘The Vertical Self-Management Centre’ — is a 333-floor jail, featuring two cellmates per floor. Once a day, a floating platform containing a vast, medieval-style banquet descends from the very top to the very bottom, stopping briefly at each floor. Inmates are permitted to gorge themselves on as much grub as they can while it's there,...

Spanish director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s innovative dystopian thriller The Platform was conceptually intriguing enough to spur a series of discussions involving the philosophical and psychological implications of survival in a vertical prison that imitates the social hierarchy. As a cherry on top, the movie also featured a number of interesting characters as prisoners, all burdened with their sins, having their own personal motivation and ideology—which inevitably evolved over the course of their quest for survival. While the number of key characters has been reduced in the sequel, with a noticeable lack of that x factor in the leads, a different approach to the narrative offers characters a much more varied perspective this time around. Additionally, old cast members reappear in this installment as well in various capacities, much to the delight of fans of the first movie.

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After the wild success of the original, The Platform 2 is disappointing for critics and audiences alike. The sequel to the original 2019 movie, it continues to tell the story of convicts in a vertical prison. With food distributed from the top floor and being sent down, the top floors horde everything available, leaving the bottom floors to starve. The original movie was led by Ivn Massagu's Goreng, but The Platform 2's cast is led by Milena Smit's Perempuan. Its sequel was just released on September 27.

While the first movie enjoyed immense success on Rotten Tomatoes, its follow-up is struggling. It currently sits at a 55% Tomatometer score, and audiences have offered a painful 29% Popcornmeter score. By contrast, the original has an 81% Tomatometer score and a 73% Popcornmeter score. After so much success for the first movie, it is struggling to achieve the original's relative acclaim.

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The Platform, one of the most-watched non-English Netflix films of all time, took viewers on a disturbing dystopian odyssey through a brutal prison extending over 200 stories underground. In the just-released follow-up The Platform 2, a new inmate leads a rebellion against the Pit’s oppressive food distribution system as a mysterious leader imposes brutal rules for prisoners to abide by — or else. From The Platform director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, The Platform 2 stars Milena Smit, Hovik Keuchkerian, Natalia Tena, and Óscar Jaenada.

“We started shooting the film full of excitement, eager to expand the universe of The Platform with a plot full of surprises, obstacles, new characters … and old friends,” Gaztelu-Urrutia told Netflix about the sequel. “We want this second installment to be an exciting physical journey that allows us to delve into the darkness, into that place where we are afraid to look.”

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“The Platform 2” is a movie directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia starring Milena Smit, Hovik Keuchkerian, Natalia Tena y Óscar Jaenada.

Dive into the harrowing depths of “The Platform 2,” a nightmarish odyssey exploring themes of struggle, social justice, and religion across 333 torturous levels. This brutal allegory masterfully portrays life, social stratification, indoctrination, societal norms, and humanity’s ceaseless quest to quell an insatiable hunger. As the much-anticipated sequel to the 2019 Netflix hit, “The Platform 2” loses some of the original’s shock value but compensates with superior technical prowess and a well-crafted script, making it a worthy successor in a genre-defying cinematic landscape.

The film stands out at a technical level, showcasing the director’s adept use of cinematic tools to immerse the audience in a surreal, harrowing nightmare reflective of the human condition.

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The story plunges us into an unsettling experiment where prisoners inhabit various levels of a vertical prison.

The allegorical simplicity of Netflix’s The Platform makes it brilliant—a sequel seems antithetical. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform 2 needlessly complicates the original’s food-fighting take on hierarchical class governance. Religious iconography influences heavy-handed zealotry, while callbacks and returning characters feel out of place. Gaztelu-Urrutia’s expansion feels redundant and over-explained,...

It's difficult to ascertain where the quote came from, but someone wiser than myself once said that civilization is only nine meals away from anarchy. That is: if the citizens are starved, en masse, for three full days, governmental systems will collapse. One may be a moral, upstanding citizen, but if starved for three days, food theft becomes an attractive, natural option. Another old saying: If you see someone stealing food at the grocery store, no you didn't.

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia's "The Platform 2," arriving on Netflix without fanfare on October 4, details the above adage in knuckle crunching detail. This new sequel has the same premise and setting as the first "The Platform," which was consumed voraciously by Netflix subscribers in 2020 right at the start of Covid-related lockdowns. Who would have guessed a bleak, sci-fi story about being trapped inside with limited food would resonate at such a time? "The Platform 2...

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Netflix is ready with an entertainment-packed October this year. The upcoming month will see the return of one of Netflix’s best original films The Platform and also new brilliant movies like Don’t Move and Woman of the Hour. Just like every month, Netflix is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 movies coming to Netflix in October 2024.

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The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist is an upcoming animated Halloween heist comedy special directed by Kevin Peaty. Based on the 2022 film titled The Bad Guys written by Etan Cohen and the children’s graphic novel by Aaron Blabley, the upcoming Netflix special follows the Bad Guys after they steal from a haunted mansion but when Wolf is haunted by the owner of the mansion they have to return the loot.

"People die if the Law is not upheld." Netflix has revealed the official trailer for the sequel to the hit Spanish lo-fi sci-fi film The Platform from 2019 (it landed on Netflix in 2020) called simply The Platform 2. The first film is one of the best capitalism-is-terrible films of modern times. This continuation is again directed by the same Spanish filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia who made the original film (he has been making this in secret for years). As a mysterious leader imposes their rule in the Platform, another resident becomes embroiled in the battle against this controversial method to help fight the brutal feeding system. But when eating from the wrong plate becomes a death sentence, how far would you be willing to go to save your life? Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian star in the second installment of the dystopian sci-fi horror movie, with Óscar Jaenada, Natalia Tena, Bastien Ughetto,...

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If you love thrilling stories and a lot of heart in your television shows then you should check out Apple TV+’s new medical melodrama series Midnight Family. Inspired by the award-winning 2019 documentary of the same name written and directed by Luke Lorentzen, the Apple TV+ series has some of the most gut-wrenching and exciting moments in any of the shows this year.

Midnight Family follows the story of Marigaby Tamayo, an ambitious and brilliant medical student who spends her night in a bootleg ambulance with her family to save lives throughout a bustling Mexico so that they can earn some money. While, Marigaby’s life is hard she is supported by her father and siblings in her quest to become a doctor.

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Back in 2020, Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia made his feature directorial debut (after a couple decades of making short films) with the thriller The Platform, which was released through the Netflix streaming service. You can read my very positive review of that film at This Link, but the gist of it is that I was very impressed and was left eager to see what Gaztelu-Urrutia would make next. He was assembling a film called Rich Flu before the strikes last year, but it turns out that the next movie we’ll see from him is a sequel to his debut, The Platform 2. This one will also be heading out into the world courtesy of Netflix – and the streamer will be releasing the film on October 4th, helping kick off the Halloween season. With that date just a couple of weeks away, Netflix has shared a clip from the film, and that can...

Peacock is entering new territory with two SNL stars.

The streamer has released a teaser for Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark, Peacock’s first live comedy special, which debuts Thursday, Sept. 12 at 9 pm Et and features the Weekend Update anchors’ favorite NYC club comics.

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AMC Networks has added several Spanish actors to the cast of “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” as the show prepares to film its third season in Spain. The spinoff, which previously took place in France, will now feature Eduardo Noriega, Oscar Jaenada, Alexandra Masangkay, Candela Saitta and Hugo Arbues in lead and recurring roles.

Noriega, Jaenada and Masangkay are established talents in Spanish cinema. Noriega is known for movies such as “Thesis” and “Open Your Eyes.” Jaenada starred in films about legendary flamenco singer Camarón and the Disney pirate movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.” Masangkay made her debut in the historical film “1898: The Last of the Philippines.”

The addition of these Spanish actors comes as the show moves production to Madrid and other Spanish locations. This shift offers new backdrops and challenges as Norman Reedus returns as Daryl Dixon. Reedus and co-star Carol Peletier, played by Melissa McBride,...

AMC Networks has named its first Spanish cast for the third season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, currently shooting in Spain.

Eduardo Noriega, Oscar Jaenada and Alexandra Masangkay will be series regulars, as they join Candela Saitta and Hugo Arbues in recurring roles. Their casting follows the world-weary Georgia zombie apocalypse survivor-turned-Europe backpacker Daryl Dixon, played by Norman Reedus, rambling over to Spain for season three of the successful The Walking Dead spinoff.

That’s a switch from the show’s first and upcoming second seasons, which are set in France. Noriega has had film roles in Thesis, Open Your Eyes, The Wolf, The Devil’s Backbone and Vantage Point.

Jaenada has credits that include Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Masangkay made her film debut with 1898: The Last of the Philippines and The Platform and also appeared in Código Emperador and most recently Valley of Shadows.

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La esperada segunda parte de El hoyo tendrá su premiere mundial en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián, clausurando la sección Culinary Zinema fuera de concurso. Se trata de una de las películas españolas más populares de la historia de Netflix, que ocupa el quinto puesto en la categoría de películas de habla no inglesa con 82.800.000 visualizaciones.

En El hoyo 2, a medida que un líder misterioso impone su ley en el Hoyo, una nueva inquilina se implica en la batalla contra este controvertido método para luchar contra el brutal sistema de alimentación. Pero, cuando alimentarse del plato equivocado se convierte en una sentencia de muerte, ¿hasta dónde estarías dispuesto a llegar para salvar tu vida?

La película está dirigida por Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, director de la película original, y protagonizada por Milena Smit (Madres paralelas), Hovik Keuchkerian (Reina roja...

Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s high-anticipated “The Platform 2,” the Basque director’s follow-up to Netflix mega-hit “The Platform,” will world premiere this September at the San Sebastián film festival, closing its culinary section.

Subject of a high-profile acquisition by Netflix at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, engineered by CAA Media Finance, XYZ Films and Latido Films, “The Platform” has gone on to shoot to the near top of Netflix’s chart of non-English film hits on record, now featuring as No. 5 with 82.8 million views, thanks to its terrorific mix of futurist dystopian sci-f and redolent social allegory wrapped in a brutal survival thriller. That comes from the set-up: a vertical prison, with hundreds of floors, with every day a stone dumbwaiter descending with food left over from tenants above. Higher-level inmates gorge themselves; those below face starvation, suicide or cannibalism.

That structure looks to be retained in “The Platform 2,” set for release on Netflix on Oct.

Inspirado en el galardonado documental del mismo título. © Apple TV+

Apple TV+ ha presentado el primer tráiler de Familia de medianoche, su nuevo drama médico de 10 episodios, inspirado en el galardonado documental del mismo nombre.

Familia de medianoche sigue a Marigaby Tamayo (Vaca), una ambiciosa y talentosa estudiante de medicina de día, que pasa sus noches salvando vidas en una inmensa, fascinante y llena de contrastes Ciudad de México a bordo de la ambulancia privada de su familia. Junto con su padre Ramón (Cosío) y sus hermanos Marcus (Calva) y Julito (Bautista), Marigaby sirve a una población de millones de personas afrontando emergencias médicas extremas para ganarse la vida.

La serie, en la que Natalia Beristáin (Ruido) ejerce de showrunner y directora, cuenta con un reparto encabezado por Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: México), Renata Vaca (Dale gas) y Diego Calva (Babylon). Completan el reparto Sergio Bautista, Óscar Jaenada (Awareness), José María de Tavira...

Today, Apple TV+ debuted the trailer for Midnight Family, the 10-episode Spanish-language medical drama hailing from showrunner and director Natalia Beristáin, and created for television by Julio Rojas and Ariel Award winner Gibrán Portela.

The hour-long series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with two episodes on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through November 20, 2024.

Midnight Family features an entirely Hispanic cast and crew led by Ariel Award winner Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: Mexico), Renata Vaca (Dale Gas), and Diego Calva (Babylon), and introduces Sergio Bautista.

The series also features the special participation of Goya Award winner Óscar Jaenada (Hernán), José María de Tavira (El Candidato), Itzan Escamilla (Élite), Mariana Gómez (The Queen of Flow), Dolores Heredia (Capadocia) and special guest, Academy Award nominee Yalitza Aparicio (Roma).

Inspired by the award-winning documentary of the same name, Midnight Family follows Marigaby Tamayo (Vaca), an ambitious and gifted...

Skynet is making its return: the trailer for the Netflix animated series “Terminator Zero” has been revealed.

The series follows the aftermath of Skynet, an AI being, gaining consciousness and waging its war against humanity in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” It becomes self-aware on Aug. 29, 1997, after which a war rages on for decades.

“Terminator Zero” is set in 2022 and follows a soldier, Eiko (Rosario Dawson), who is sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She journeys back to 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee (André Holland), who is working on another AI system, Kokono (Sonoya Mizuno) to compete with Skynet. Although it exists in the Terminator universe, it centers entirely around new characters.

The trailer sees Lee attempting to save the Earth from Skynet, while being hunted down by an assassin from the future.

Timothy Olyphant and Ann Dowd round out the voice cast. David Ellison,...

Inspirado en el galardonado documental del mismo título. © Apple TV+

Apple TV+ ha anunciado hoy la fecha de estreno y ha publicado las primeras imágenes de Familia de medianoche, su nuevo drama médico de 10 episodios, inspirado en el galardonado documental del mismo nombre.

Familia de medianoche sigue a Marigaby Tamayo (Vaca), una ambiciosa y talentosa estudiante de medicina de día, que pasa sus noches salvando vidas en una inmensa, fascinante y llena de contrastes Ciudad de México a bordo de la ambulancia privada de su familia. Junto con su padre Ramón (Cosío) y sus hermanos Marcus (Calva) y Julito (Bautista), Marigaby sirve a una población de millones de personas afrontando emergencias médicas extremas para ganarse la vida.

La serie, en la que Natalia Beristáin (Ruido) ejerce de showrunner y directora, cuenta con un reparto encabezado por Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: México), Renata Vaca (Dale gas) y Diego Calva (Babylon). Completan el reparto Sergio Bautista,...

Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look and the global premiere date for Midnight Family, the 10-episode medical drama series hailing from showrunner and director Natalia Beristáin and created for television by Julio Rojas and Ariel Award winner Gibrán Portela. It is produced by Juan de Dios Larraín and Pablo Larraín.

The hourlong medical drama will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with two episodes on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through November 20, 2024.

Midnight Family features an entirely Hispanic cast and crew led by Ariel Award winner Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: Mexico), Renata Vaca (Dale Gas), and Diego Calva (Babylon), and introduces Sergio Bautista.

The series also features the special participation of Goya Award winner Óscar Jaenada (Hernán), José María de Tavira (El Candidato), Itzan Escamilla (Élite), Mariana Gómez (The Queen of Flow), Dolores Heredia (Capadocia) and special guest, Academy Award nominee Yalitza Aparicio (Roma).

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Apple TV+ has set the two-episode premiere date for the Spanish-language medical drama Midnight Family for Wednesday, September 25. New individual episodes will follow weekly on Wednesdays until November 20.

Inspired by the award-winning documentary of the same name, Midnight Family follows Marigaby Tamayo (Renata Vaca), an ambitious and gifted medical student by day, who spends her nights saving lives throughout a sprawling, contrasted and fascinating Mexico City aboard her family’s privately owned ambulance. Along with her father Ramón (Joaquín Cosío) and her siblings Marcus (Diego Calva) and Julito (Sergio Bautista), Marigaby serves a population of millions by tackling extreme medical emergencies to make a living.

The 10-episode series also stars Óscar Jaenada, José María de Tavira, Itzan Escamilla, Mariana Gómez, Dolores Heredia and special guest Yalitza Aparicio. Cosío is perhaps best known by audiences for his roles in Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico, The Suicide Squad and FX’s The Strain.

“The Platform 2” is a new live-action, Spanish-produced, satirical science fiction feature, directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, starring Milena Smit, Hovik Keuchkerian, Natalia Tena and Óscar Jaenada, streaming October 4, 2024 on Netflix:

“…return to the world of ‘The Platform’, a large, tower-style ‘Vertical Self-Management Center’ prison that houses various criminals.

“The dozens of floors house two occupants per floor and a free-floating platform delivers food to them on a daily schedule…”

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2019’s successful Spanish dystopian film The Platform is getting a follow-up, with a trailer and a release date for The Platform 2.

Back in 2019, The Platform became one of those buzzy Netflix hits that became a sensation. The film became one of Netflix’s most-watched non-English language films ever, thanks in part to the fact that we were all in lockdown and strangely enough seemed to want to watch a film about people who were in a similar position.

The original film was a sci-fi horror movie ‘where residents are confined to a large, tall building or “Vertical Self-Management Centre.” The high-concept idea proved to be an engaging one, with close to 60 million households viewing the film within its first few weeks of release.

A follow-up duly went into production and is coming this October. It is directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, the helmer of the 2019 original. The Platform 2 stars Milena Smit...

The Platform was first released in 2019 and became a surprising hit. This Spanish social science fiction horror film directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia was originally released as El Hoyo, which translates as “The Hole.” It starred Iván Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Zorion Eguileor, Emilio Buale Coka, and Alexandra Masangkay, receiving the People’s Choice Award for Midnight Madness in Toronto, and a series of positive reviews.

The movie takes place in a huge “Vertical Self-Management Center,” modeled after a skyscraper. Residents are transferred in for a variety of crimes or desires, and they are required to rotate between the tower’s many floors once a month. Food is provided by a platform that starts at the top floor and progressively lowers through the levels, pausing for a set period of time on each, which leads to struggles.

Due to the movie being a major success, a sequel has been announced and Netflix,...

¡Juntos caminamos, juntos festejamos, juntos caemos! © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el primer tráiler y la fecha de estreno de la esperada segunda entrega de “El Hoyo”, una de las películas españolas más populares de la historia de Netflix, que ocupa el quinto puesto en la categoría de películas de habla no inglesa con 82.800.000 visualizaciones.

En “El Hoyo 2”, a medida que un líder misterioso impone su ley en el Hoyo, una nueva inquilina se implica en la batalla contra este controvertido método para luchar contra el brutal sistema de alimentación. Pero, cuando alimentarse del plato equivocado se convierte en una sentencia de muerte, ¿hasta dónde estarías dispuesto a llegar para salvar tu vida?

“El Hoyo 2” está dirigida por Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, director de la película original, y protagonizada por Milena Smit (“Madres Paralelas”), Hovik Keuchkerian (“Reina Roja”), Natalia Tena (“John Wick 4”) y Óscar Jaenada (“Awareness”).

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Back in 2020, Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia made his feature directorial debut (after a couple decades of making short films) with the thriller The Platform, which was released through the Netflix streaming service. You can read my very positive review of that film at This Link, but the gist of it is that I was very impressed and was left eager to see what Gaztelu-Urrutia would make next. He was assembling a film called Rich Flu before the strikes last year, but it turns out that the next movie we’ll see from him is a sequel to his debut, The Platform 2. This one will also be heading out into the world courtesy of Netflix – and the streamer has just revealed that they will be releasing the film on October 4th, helping kick off the Halloween season. Along with the release date comes the unveiling of a trailer for The Platform 2,...

"What are you hungry for?" Surprise! Netflix has been developing a sequel to the hit Spanish lo-fi sci-fi film The Platform from 2019 (it landed on Netflix in 2020). It's one of the best capitalism-is-terrible films of the modern era. Netflix has debuted the first look teaser trailer for The Platform 2, once again directed by the same Spanish filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia who made the original film (he's been working on this in secret for the last 5 years). As a mysterious leader imposes their rule in the Platform, another resident becomes embroiled in the battle against this controversial method to help fight the brutal feeding system. But when eating from the wrong plate becomes a death sentence, how far would you be willing to go to save your life? Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian star in the second installment of the dystopian sci-fi horror movie, with Óscar Jaenada, Natalia Tena, Bastien Ughetto,...

Netflix has revealed an Oct. 4 release date for the anticipated second part of The Platform universe, after the first film was one of the most popular Spanish movies on the streamer.

Ranking fifth in the non-English film top ten category with nearly 83 million views, The Platform was released to huge success in 2019. By July 2020, Netflix said the film had been watched by 56 million households over its first four weeks of release, garnering further popularity over the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

La niña. La panna cotta. 333 niveles. Lo único Obvio es que el 4 de octubre vas a devorar #ElHoyo2...

The highly anticipated sequel to sci-fi horror “The Platform” has set a release date, with the residents of The Pit returning to screens after five years.

The film is set to hit Netflix on Oct. 4, just in time for spooky season.

2019’s “The Platform” is one of the streamer’s most popular Spanish films ever, getting to the fifth spot in the non-English Film Top Ten category with over 82,800,000 views.

The film is set in a multi-storey prison nicknamed “The Pit” which sees its residents get increasingly desperate as they fight for survival.

The tower’s real name is the Vertical Self-Management Center and it works by allocating a handful of prisoners to each floor. When it comes to meals, a platform abundant with food slowly descends, stopping at each floor for a specific amount of time. But inevitably it means those at the top get first pick – while those...

Amazon hosted its annual Prime Video Presents event in Madrid this afternoon, where the streaming giant made a raft of announcements, including new theatrical features, true crime docuseries, returning drama programs and the next season of Spain’s uber-popular singing competition “Operación Triunfo.”

Ricardo Carbonero, director of Prime Video in Spain and Portugal, and Maria José Rodríguez, head of Amazon Studios’ Spanish Originals, were in attendance. Joining them were local stars Mario Casas (“Tres metros sobre el cielo”), Elena Anaya (“The Skin I Live In”), Malena Alterio (“Aquí no hay quien viva”), Najwa Nimri (“Money Heist”), Anna Castillo (“Nowhere”) and Maxi Iglesias (“Los artistas: primeros trazos”). Also in attendence were several of the streamer’s current filmakers, including Dani de la Torre (“La sombra de la ley”), Paula Ortiz (“La novia”), Hugo Stuven (“El desafio”) and Ginesta Guindal (“Élite”).

Prime Video Presents, Madrid

According to the streamer, the first half...

Killer shark movies offer a mix of thrills and absurdity, with films like Under Paris blending environmental themes with classic creature feature elements. Standout shark movies like The Shallows use realism and suspense to create intense survival stories, while films like The Meg focus on spectacle and action. Shark movies vary in tone and execution, from the serious and eerie Open Water to the over-the-top and entertaining Sharknado franchise.

Under Paris, Netflix's new shark movie directed by Xavier Gens, combines the classic elements of the creature feature genre with contemporary environmental themes. The thriller follows Sophia, who, after losing her partner and crew to a shark attack, learns that the same shark, Lilith, is terrorizing the Seine River. Since its release, Under Paris has drawn comparisons to Jaws, Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic, becoming one of Netflix's most popular new releases. With its mixed reviews, however, it seems more fitting...

Some movies feature terrifying animals with accurate details, like the patrolling behavior of sharks in The Shallows. The live-action Jungle Book accurately depicts the size of King Louie as an extinct ape species. Nope incorporates real marine animal inspiration into its alien design, creating a plausible creature.

Some movies that feature terrifying animals which are seemingly exaggerated for dramatic effect still include some surprisingly accurate details. With almost any horror or survivalist movie that focuses on characters escaping a bloodthirsty predator, experts will point out that the animals in question rarely attack humans. Theoretically, if there are no other food sources or an animal is provoked, they will attack people – but critics of such horror movies typically stress that it is not likely.

However, impressively accurate aspects about a species make their way into many genres. The team behind the Jurassic Park movies researched the dinosaurs they wanted to depict...

There is gunplay aplenty in this Spanish thriller about a young renegade who can create illusions with his mind – with some neat touches amid the mayhem

Directed by Daniel Benmayor, this Spanish mashup of Inception, Scanners, The Fury and The Matrix follows 18-year-old Ian (Carlos Scholz), whose parents were Perceivers: a species of cold war spy chemically engineered to be able to project illusions with their minds. Most were killed off in a cull known as the Disinfection, which makes Ian, who has inherited his parents’ powers, especially valuable. Strolling into a bank brandishing a scrap of paper, he can wordlessly persuade the teller that it is a cheque ready to be cashed. Pointing his finger, he makes an adversary fall to the ground from a nonexistent bullet wound.

No wonder sinister forces are out to exploit the lad. Swooping to his rescue is Adriana (Lela Loren), an operative from...

Disney+ Releases “Loki” Season 2 Featurette

Disney+ has dropped a brand-new featurette for the highly anticipated second season of Marvel Studios’ “Loki,” led by Tom Hiddleston.

Watch the “Loki” Season 2 featurette below:

Season 2, which debuts Oct. 5 exclusively on the Disney streamer, will pick up as Loki finds himself in a battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority. Along with Mobius, Hunter B-15, and a team of characters old and new, the God of Mischief must navigate “an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous multiverse in search of Sylvie, Judge Renslayer, Miss Minutes, and the truth of what it means to possess free will and glorious purpose.”

Hiddleston stars opposite Sophia Di Martino, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wunmi Mosaku, Eugene Cordero, Rafael Casal, Tara Strong, Kate Dickie, Liz Carr, and Neil Ellice. Season 2 will also feature Ke Huy Quan, Owen Wilson, and more.

The six-episode Season 2 will premiere on Disney+ at 6:00 p.m.

Today, Prime Video released the official trailer for the highly anticipated Spanish Original sci-fi film ‘Awareness’ directed by Daniel Benmayor and starring Carlos Scholz, Pedro Alonso, María Pedraza, Óscar Jaenada and Lela Loren.

Awareness will be screened during the Sitges Film Festival and will premiere on October 11 exclusively on Prime Video

Ian, a rebellious teenager living on the outskirts of society, can manipulate minds with his ability to generate visual illusions. He uses this power to survive running small, indiscreet, scams. When one of his cons goes awry, his abilities publicly spiral out of control and Ian becomes the target of two rival organizations, each seeking to exploit his powers.

Awareness is produced by Federation Spain, led by Juan Solá and Nacho Manubens, with Mark Albela as executive producer and Dbenma Content with Daniel Benmayor as producer and director. Benmayor is also in charge of the script alongside Iván Ledesma.

Today, Prime Video released the official trailer for the highly anticipated Spanish Original sci-fi film ‘Awareness’ directed by Daniel Benmayor and starring Carlos Scholz, Pedro Alonso, María Pedraza, Óscar Jaenada and Lela Loren.

Awareness will be screened during the Sitges Film Festival and will premiere on October 11 exclusively on Prime Video

Ian, a rebellious teenager living on the outskirts of society, can manipulate minds with his ability to generate visual illusions. He uses this power to survive running small, indiscreet, scams. When one of his cons goes awry, his abilities publicly spiral out of control and Ian becomes the target of two rival organizations, each seeking to exploit his powers.

Awareness is produced by Federation Spain, led by Juan Solá and Nacho Manubens, with Mark Albela as executive producer and Dbenma Content with Daniel Benmayor as producer and director. Benmayor is also in charge of the script alongside Iván Ledesma.

"Awareness" is a new live-action science fiction feature, directed by Daniel Benmayor, starring Carlos Scholz, Pedro Alonso, María Pedraza, Óscar Jaenada and Lela Loren, streaming October 11, 2023 on Amazon Prime Video:

"...'Ian' is a rebellious teenager living on the outskirts of society, who can manipulate minds with his ability to generate visual illusions. He uses this power to survive – running small, indiscreet, scams.

"But when one of his cons goes awry, his abilities publicly spiral out of control and Ian becomes the target of two rival organizations, each seeking to exploit his powers..."

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"You don't have as much control as you think you have!" Amazon's Prime Video has revealed the official trailer for a Spanish mystery fantasy action thriller titled Awareness, a film by Spanish filmmaker Daniel Benmayor. This premiered in Spain earlier this year, and will be available for streaming worldwide in October. A teenager lives with his father on the outskirts of modern society and runs small scams with his ability to generate visual illusions upon unsuspecting victims. Things get complicated when his powers get out of control in public, with a mysterious agency coming after him. As he tries to evade capture, Ian discovers he's not the only person with these powers and that his whole life has been a lie. This sounds like a very similar premise to Freaks (2018). Awareness stars Carlos Scholz, Pedro Alonso, María Pedraza, Óscar Jaenada, and Lela Loren. This one also reminds me of Hypnotic,...

Expend4bles is finally here with all of our favorite action heroes getting back in the fight. Directed by Scott Waugh from a screenplay by Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart, and Max Adams the film sees the return of The Expendables as they are assigned a mission to stop a terrorist organization led by Suarto Rahmat who is smuggling nuclear warheads that could create a conflict between Russia and the U.S. Expend4bles sees the return of Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, and Randy Couture. Some new yet famous faces joining the series are Megan Fox, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Andy Garcia, and many more. So, if you loved the action film here are some similar films you could watch next.

The A-Team Credit – 20th Century Fox

Synopsis: The A-Team follows the exciting and daring exploits of a colorful team of former Special Forces soldiers who were set up for a crime they did not commit.

(Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato. In this edition, Matt takes a swim in "The Shallows.")

Under the sea, life is not better. Do you know what lives down there? Have you seen "The Shallows"? Or "Jaws"? Or countless other aquatic horror films? Disney's "The Little Mermaid" live-action update will lie to another generation of young moviegoers who should be terrified about what lurks under the surface leagues-deep. There's still an overwhelming percentage of ocean depths that humankind has not explored, with so many horrors left to encounter. In honor of "The Little Mermaid," let's highlight just one of those nightmares.

We all can agree "Jaws" is the best fin flick of all time, but what about second place? I'd argue that Jaume Collet-Serra's "The Shallows" is a snout's length ahead of the pack,...

The new Mexico-produced science fiction TV series "Journey to the Center of the Earth", inspired by Jules Verne's classic public domain novel, is now streaming all episodes exclusively on Disney+:

"...the new series follows a group on a voyage through a parallel dimension in which they discover a fascinating world and fight to protect the ecological balance of the planet..."

Cast includes Óscar Jaenada, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Yankel Stevan, Sebastián García and Gabriel Goity.

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Yalitza Aparicio is heading to the small screen thanks to the first all-Spanish-language series on Apple TV+. The Mexican actress, who starred as the beloved Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, takes a lead role in Familia de Medianoche. The series is based on the documentary Midnight Family, according to Variety.

The cast includes Joaquin Cosío (Narcos: México, Gentefied), Óscar Jaenada (Luis Miguel: The Series), and Renata Vaca (Dale Gas). The drama series will follow Marigaby (Vaca) who’s studying medicine during the day but helps her family’s private ambulance business by night.