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Las cosas en este palacio no van nada despacio. © Netflix

Netflix ha anunciado el inicio de rodaje de Los secretos de la cortesana, una nueva serie de época basada en la exitosa novela homónima de Estefanía Ruiz, publicada por Penguin Random House. La propia autora ha descrito su obra como «una mezcla de género histórico y sensual», y esa será también la esencia de su esperada adaptación televisiva. O lo que es lo mismo: un poco de Bridgerton, pero made in Spain.

En la serie, Julia Ponce (Carla Campra), hija del pintor de la corte, llega al palacio real y queda cautivada por su deslumbrante ambiente. Allí conoce a Gonzalo (Carlos Cuevas), el príncipe heredero, que ha regresado a España, obligado por el rey, para casarse. En torno a la imposible y prohibida relación de Julia y Gonzalo se desatan intrigas, celos y pasión en una corte llena de ambiciones,...

Una comedia con Yolanda Ramos como profesora al borde del colapso en un encierro con 50 adolescentes. © Prime Video

Prime Video ha desvelado el primer tráiler y póster de su nueva película original española Viaje de fin de curso: Mallorca, dirigida por Paco Caballero (Citas Barcelona) y escrita por Eric Navarro (Loco por ella) y Natalia Durán (A muerte).

Viaje de fin de curso: Mallorca se ambienta en el 2021. Tras pasar un año de confinamiento, un grupo de estudiantes de bachillerato y se van de viaje de fin de curso a Mallorca, un planazo que es su última oportunidad para estar juntos, recuperar el tiempo perdido, divertirse como nunca y despedirse de esta loca etapa de sus vidas. Sin embargo, un nuevo brote de coronavirus trunca todos sus planes y les obliga a permanecer encerrados en las habitaciones del hotel. Más de 50 alumnos, 2 profes, un hotel y muchos, muchos minibares… ¿Qué puede salir mal?...

Directed by Paco Caballero, Invisible is a story about a boy who, because of certain disturbing things that happen in his life, thinks that he has superpowers. After the above-mentioned line, the narrative (based on Eloy Moreno’s novel) might sound simple, but believe me, it is much more layered and detailed than anybody could imagine. The way the writer has described what happens inside the mind of a person who is bullied, abused, or who lives in perpetual fear, is beyond exceptional. Invisible is a series that everybody needs to watch, no matter what phase of life you are in. So, let’s find out what exactly happened in Invisible’s ending through a detailed recap of the finale.

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Did Capi have superpowers?

Since the beginning of the series, we saw that Capi had told his therapist that he had certain superpowers, though he very honestly admitted...

Nuevas citas que protagonizan Leonor Watling, Óscar Casas o Anna Castillo, entre otros. © Prime Video

Prime Video ha publicado el tráiler y póster de la segunda temporada de Citas Barcelona. Continuando con la línea de la primera temporada, esta segunda entrega sigue a varios personajes que se encuentran cara a cara después de conocerse por internet, en su búsqueda de amor, sexo o simplemente una compañía que les aleje de la soledad.

Una segunda temporada que constará de seis episodios, cada uno de los cuales narrará las historias de dos citas diferentes. En esta ocasión, nombres destacados como Leonor Watling, Asier Etxeandía, Óscar Casas, Verónica Echegui, Anna Castillo, Yolanda Ramos, Bruna Cusí, Ricardo Gómez, Aitor Luna, Jorge Suquet, Fran Perea, Lola Rodríguez o Asia Ortega, entre otros, protagonizan estas citas.

La dirección correrá a cargo de Nely Reguera, Gemma Ferraté, Paco Caballero, David Selvas y el propio Eric Navarro, que...

La segunda temporada de la serie se estrenará en Prime Video este año. © Filmax

“Citas Barcelona”, adaptación del popular formato Cites, ha comenzado el rodaje de su segunda temporada. Una serie que sigue la estela de la primera temporada, donde los personajes se encuentran cara a cara después de conocerse por internet; buscando amor, sexo o simplemente alguien que les aleje de la soledad.

Esta nueva temporada tendrá 6 episodios y estará protagonizada por actores y actrices del calibre de Joan Solé, Bruna Cusí, Anna Castillo, Ricardo Gómez, Elisabet Casanovas, Asia Ortega, Yolanda Ramos, Betsy Túrnez, Mara Jiménez, Arnau Puig, Emma Arquillué, Alfons Nieto, Aina Clotet, Aitor Luna, Jorge Suquet, Adrián Lastra, Natalia Tena, Tomy Aguilera, Margarida Corceiro, Lola Rodríguez, Óscar Casas, Leonor Watling, Asier Etxeandia, Verónica Echegui y Fran Perea.

La dirección de la segunda temporada de “Citas Barcelona” correrá a cargo de Nely Reguera, Gemma Ferraté, Paco Caballero, David Selvas...

Netflix today unveiled a slate of new Spanish content, including two fiction series and a pair of feature films.

The streamer renewed its popular Spanish YA drama series Elite for a sixth season, well ahead of the series’ Season 5 premiere. Created and written by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona, Elite is one of the streamer’s best performing Spanish originals.

Netflix also confirmed three new holiday-themed installments of the short-form spinoff Elite: Short Stories: Phillipe, Caye, & Felipe, premiering Wednesday, Dec. 15, Samuel & Omar, premiering Monday, Dec. 20 and Patrick, premiering Thursday, Dec. 23.

On the film side, Patxi Amezcua is writing and directing Infiesto (working title). Isak Férriz and Iria del Río star in the pic, which is set on the first day of a national emergency involving a virus and follows two detectives who are called to a small mining town in the Asturian mountains where a young woman who had...

Partners on “The Red Band Society,” “I Know Who You Are” and “Welcome to the Family,” Barcelona-based studio Filmax and writer-director Pau Freixas are set to re-team on “The New Thirties,” a sci-fi laced comedy set on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Formentera.

Penned by Eric Navarro and Natalia Durán, the writing duo behind recent Netflix hit romcom “Crazy for Her,” “The New Thirties” will be showrun by Navarro, supervised by Freixas.

An eight-part half hour, it will be directed by Paco Caballero, who helmed episodes of dysfunctional family saga “Welcome to the Family” on which Navarro served as head writer as Filmax seeks to bring on key members of its creative team to help Freixas lead in creative terms its energetic expansion as a drama series producer.

Billed by Filmax as a comedy about the passing of time and the fear of commitment, “The New Thirties” begins with Alberto,...

Sales agent also sells to HBO Max, Pantaya.

Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has licensed a raft of Spanish-language titles to Disney-owned Star Channel in Latin America and Lionsgate’s Pantaya.

Juan Carlos Carrasco’s Mexican rom-com Love Can’t Wait (El Amor No Puede Esparar) stars comedy lead Adal Ramones and Monica Huarte (My Best Friend’s Wedding) as two people who connect while trapped in a video store. HBO Latino holds US pay-tv and streaming rights.

The Star Channel package includes Maribel Verdu in comedy Empowered (Sin Rodeos) from Santiago Segura (Torrente comedy franchise), Paco Caballero’s comedy Off Course… To...

Netflix and Federation Spain, the Spanish division of Paris and L.A.-based Federation Entertainment, are teaming to produce “Las niñas de cristal,” a psychological drama set against the world of classical ballet that toplines “Money Heist” and “Elite” star Maria Pedraza.

The movie is one highlight in Netflix’s first announcement of a production-distribution slate focused entirely on Spanish original movies. The eight titles it profiles that are moving into production or set for release in 2021 and 2022 are a sign of Netflix ramping up its production of Spanish movies as part of its bet on Spanish scripted TV and movies, with Spain punching above its weight in the number of Netflix originals compared to Spanish subscribers. The Netflix slate highlights:

“Las niñas de cristal”

Alison Parker in “Money Heist” and Guzmán’s fated sister Marina in “Elite,” in “Las niñas de cristal” Pedraza plays Irene, a classical ballet dancer...

Despite dramatic times, there is room for some encouragement in recent moves by the Spanish film industry. Basque global hit “The Platform” proved the most-watched movie on Netflix in the U.S. The Mediapro Studio is upping film production with high-profile projects such as the Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas drama “Official Competition.” Meanwhile, Mr. Fields and Friends, headed by Bambú founders Ramón Campos and Teresa Fernández-Valdés, debuted with “Malasaña 32,” as well as plans to produce three to five movies every two years. Powerhouse Morena Films is in production with “Historias lamentables,” a drama from the team behind Spanish box office smash “Champions.”

Six days before producers will be allowed to restart production shoots in Spain, Pedro Sánchez’s Psoe socialist government has powered up the tax breaks cap for Hollywood and other foreign shoots as part of a relief package for Spain’s cultural industries.

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A musical competition format, a documentary about Money Heist and a number of new dramas lead Netflix’s latest slate of Spanish originals.

The streamer has found success with its Spanish-language titles including Money Heist and Elite and is doubling down on local originals.

Sing On! is a new musical contest where six contestants will test their abilities singing popular songs. The prize is up to €30,000 that will build up as they prove who is more in tune and beat different phases. A doc about the La Casa de Papel phenomenon, the drama created by Alex Pina, will launch on April 3 to coincide with the release of the fourth season.

On the drama side, Blanca Suárez, who has starred in Netflix’s Cable Girls as well as Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, is to star in Jaguar. The period drama, produced by Bambu Producciones, is set in 1960s Spain,...

Madrid — Netflix announced Thursday in Madrid seven new Spanish Originals: Two series, three features, one documentary and an unscripted title.

The titles confirm a rapid ramp-up in production volume for Netflix in Spain, whose output to date takes in two of the U.S. giant’s standout breakouts in international, not only in Spain but overseas “La Casa de Papel” (Money Heist), “High Seas” and “Elite.”

Netflix’s Spanish production output, which boasts the first Netflix European Production hub soundstage complex at Madrid’s Tres Cantosis already one of the most voluminous in the world with 32 current or upcoming productions, according to a September 2019 report by Ampere Analysis. Only the U.K., Japan, Cnada, Mexico and Brazil bettered that figure.

Among the novelties:

* A currently-untitled show, the first series created by renown Spanish film director Daniel Sanchez Arévalo,, described as “an exciting story of friendship and perseverance” in a netflix statement after the presentation.

FilmSharks Intl. has renewed its close film-by-film working relationship with Atresmedia Cine, one of Spain’s biggest movie producers, acquiring international rights to its latest comedy “Off Course … to China,” a Warner Bros. release in Spain.

The deal was negotiated by FilmSharks’ founder Guido Rud and Atresmedia Cine CEO Mercedes Gamero and executive producer María Contreras.

“Off Course … to China” takes the often hapless young Spanish emigrants of 2015’s “Off Course,” and transfers them from Germany to Hong Kong. They’re still fish out of water.

Released in Spain in February, “Off Course … to China,” directed by Paco Caballero, has grossed $3.3 million at box office, making it the fourth highest-grossing Spanish film of 2019.

In first deals on the title, Wiesner Distribution has acquired rights to Central America and is planning a theatrical release, Rud said. Av Jet has closed Taiwan. Deals in the U.S. , China, Latin America, among other territories,...

Santiago De Compostela, Spain — “Día Cero,” “Malaka” and “Streisand Effect” won Tuesday night development prizes at Conecta Fiction, the co-production and networking forum, whose second edition runs June 18-21 in Galicia’s Santiago de Compostela, at the end of the St. James Way.

The awards were adjudicated by Telefonica’s paybox Movistar + and public broadcaster Rtve, two of the main Conecta Fiction partners, who valued the projects’ in part according to their potential fit with their respective TV fiction programming strategies.

A total 10 international co-production projects competed for the Movistar+ and Rtve awards, plus a further six that developed at the series lab of Spain’s General Society of Spanish Authors’ Foundation (Sgae). All projects were pitched Tuesday June 19 at Conecta Fiction.

The Movistar + award went to “Día Cero,” a high concept comedy project set up at Alejandro Miranda’s Spanish distribution-production house Versus Entertainment, marking the company’s entry into TV fiction production.