Madrid — As the world’s international TV distribution goes virtual, these are a pick of Spanish TV shows – at project stage, in production or completed, and mostly drama series – being brought onto the market, or available for partnering for production or straight acquisition:
24 Land
(Ficción Producciones, Ukbar Filmes)
A Spain-Portugal co-production from Pablo Iraola and Pandora Da Cunha, this WWII mystery drama follows a high-society woman willing to do anything to save her homeland from a foreign invasion. Selected to participate at Canneseries’ in development sidebar, the series will launch April 8 in Portugal.
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(CTV, SPi, Rtp)
A co-production between Galicia’s CTV and Portuguese broadcaster Rtp, this dramedy kicks off when Caetano (45), the CEO of a telecom company, tells his wife and two children’s mother that “it’s over.” In pre-production.
Barcelona Trilogy
(El Estudio)
A propulsive Jihadist terrorist thriller set in Barcelona, written by Xavi Puerta...
24 Land
(Ficción Producciones, Ukbar Filmes)
A Spain-Portugal co-production from Pablo Iraola and Pandora Da Cunha, this WWII mystery drama follows a high-society woman willing to do anything to save her homeland from a foreign invasion. Selected to participate at Canneseries’ in development sidebar, the series will launch April 8 in Portugal.
Back Home
(CTV, SPi, Rtp)
A co-production between Galicia’s CTV and Portuguese broadcaster Rtp, this dramedy kicks off when Caetano (45), the CEO of a telecom company, tells his wife and two children’s mother that “it’s over.” In pre-production.
Barcelona Trilogy
(El Estudio)
A propulsive Jihadist terrorist thriller set in Barcelona, written by Xavi Puerta...
- 3/30/2020
- by Emilio Mayorga, Jamie Lang and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Smithsonian Channel has been promoted from slot 99 to slot 57 on the Freeview television guide in the UK following the ViacomCBS merger. The channel will also launch on Viacom-owned British broadcaster Channel 5’s streaming service My5 in the coming weeks. “We are thrilled to deepen our footprint in the UK as it’s been truly inspiring to see Smithsonian Channel’s programming resonate so strongly with international audiences,” said Tom Hayden, president of Smithsonian Networks.
Italian broadcaster Mediaset Italy has acquired Netflix’s Spanish period drama Cathedral Of The Sea in a deal with Endemol Shine International. The eight-part show is based on the best-selling novel by Ildefonso Falcones and is produced by Diagonal Televisió, part of Endemol Shine Iberia, for Atresmedia Televisión, Televisió de Catalunya and Netflix. “Cathedral Of
The Sea is a powerful historical drama with huge emotions and great characters,” said Mark Lawrence, executive director Emea,...
Italian broadcaster Mediaset Italy has acquired Netflix’s Spanish period drama Cathedral Of The Sea in a deal with Endemol Shine International. The eight-part show is based on the best-selling novel by Ildefonso Falcones and is produced by Diagonal Televisió, part of Endemol Shine Iberia, for Atresmedia Televisión, Televisió de Catalunya and Netflix. “Cathedral Of
The Sea is a powerful historical drama with huge emotions and great characters,” said Mark Lawrence, executive director Emea,...
- 1/7/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The Santa Maria del Mar of Barcelona, Catalonia is a wonder of medieval dedication, its beauty due in no small part to the speed of its construction; erected between 1329 and 1383, the church has a purity of design that distinguishes it from similar buildings of the period. Ildefonso Falcones' Cathedral Of The Sea pays homage to Santa Maria by following its development through the eyes of a man who spends the best parts of his life in its shadow. Originally published in Spanish in 2006 to huge success and acclaim, Cathedral shares its inspiration's singularity of purpose, with a momentum that pushes steadily forward for 600 pages. The novel fails to match Santa Maria's transcendent beauty, but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. When Bernat Estanyol is forced to flee from his ancestral lands, he and his son Arnau find refuge in the city of Barcelona, where...
- 5/29/2008
- by Zack Handlen
- avclub.com
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