Boogaloo, Les Films d’Ici Ready ‘Tolyatti Adrift,’ From Spanish Director Laura Sisteró (EXCLUSIVE)

EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films has picked up North American rights to K. Asher Levin’s thriller Dig, starring Thomas Jane, Harlow Jane, Emile Hirsch and Liana Liberato.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAdding further breadth to its sales slate, Madrid-based sales company Latido Films has acquired international rights to “García y García,” a madcap “Trading Places”-style comedy which was the closing film at this year’s Malaga Film Festival.The announcement was made on Wednesday midway through this year’s American Film Market.

Jess Wright will appear in a one off special on ITVBe tonight that documents her wedding day to William Lee-Kemp. The former The Only Way is Essex star tied the knot with her now husband, Will, in a picturesque ceremony in Mallorca, Spain in September.

Jamie Lang Spain’s top independent sales agents are prepped and ready for this year’s online American Film Market, however most are eagerly awaiting the return of in-person events, seen as a more productive platform for selling independent cinema abroad.

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ViacomCBS said its ViacomCBS Networks International has clinched a deal to acquire a majority stake in Spanish language content producer, Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from Disney and the company’s founding family.

EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on Penélope Cruz drama On The Fringe (En Los Márgenes), directed by Juna Diego Botto, and written by Botto and Olga Rodríguez.

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

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s Spanish-language spin-off of its hit movie Bird Box is taking flight, with cast now confirmed for the Barcelona-set film.

Angelina Jolie has been taking in the sights in Rome with her children Maddox, 20, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and 13-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox who she shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt. They also share 17 year old Pax but he seems to have sit this trip out.

Manchester United were "humiliated" by Liverpool on Sunday as Mohamed Salah became the first player in the Premier League to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford in a 5-0 win.

Angelina Jolie is enjoying some sightseeing with family.

Sharon Corr’s ex-husband, barrister Gavin Bonna, has welcomed a baby with Queen Letizia of Spain’s sister.

Prince William impressed fans on Thursday 14 October as he revealed that he could speak Spanish while taking part in a Q&A on the Royal Family Instagram account. Asked if he knew any Spanish, the Duke of Cambridge, 39, responded in the same language: “Yes, a little”.

Emilio Mayorga San Sebastian-based production-distribution outfit Atera Films has taken Spanish distribution rights to Inés María Barrionuevo’s “Camila Comes out Tonight” –sold by Latido Films – and Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s “Clara Sola,” whose international sales are handled by Luxbox.With the two new titles, Atera underscores its aim of discovering and making available to Spanish audiences young Ibero-American directors including those who explore LGTBI+ issues.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHeld online over Oct. 20-22, 2021’s Spanish Screenings-Málaga de Cine mark Spain’s biggest national cinema showcase anywhere in the world, its equivalent of UniFrance’s Paris Rendez-vous.

Emiliano Granada Bowing at June’s Malaga Film Festival in Spain, where it swept three prizes in its edgier Zonacine sidebar – best film, actor (Jorge Motos) and its Audience Award – Spaniard Alex Montoya’s second feature “Lucas” has been picked up by Spain’s Filmin SVOD service, the country’s biggest streaming platform for art pics and upscale TV series.International sale rights on “Lucas” are handled by Begin Again Films.The acquisition continues a close relationship between the Spanish

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent“A Dead Man Cannot Live” begins with Tano, played by the lanky, weathered, deep-voiced Antonio Dechent, one of the finest actors of his around-60 Spanish generation, sitting at a bar rail, and thinking back on better times.Even the Costa de Sol narco business is going to ruin. Tano’s boss, Manuel, is senile, his son and heir, the inappropriately named Angel, totally out of control.