HBO Max Joins Movistar Plus on Season 2 of Canneseries Winner ‘Perfect Life’

The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Ritman spoke to Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga, directors of Spanish dramaThe Endless Trench (La Trinchera Infinita)in a THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media. During the conversation, the three filmmakers discussed how key themes in their historical drama had — entirely coincidentally —strong parallels with the experiences of many in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also Read: Zack Snyder 'Has No Plan' to Make More DC Movies After 'Justice League'For our international readers, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” will premiere March 18 on HBO services in Europe across the Nordics (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland), Central Europe (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Poland, Montenegro and Croatia), Spain, and Portugal as well as on the HBO Go service in Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Alex de la Iglesia is back on set with “El cuarto pasajero,” Laurine Garaude departs Reed Midem, Chinese video app Kuaishou stuns investors in Hong Kong, Tencent finalizes its Universal Music Group share increase, Mopar Studios hire Jessica Pope as creative director and Pluto TV launches six new networks in Latin America.Spanish genre master Álex de la Iglesia, hot off the heels of his hit HBO horror series “30 Coins,” is back on set to shoot road movie

Director Álex de la Iglesia is re-teaming with producers Telecinco Cinema and Pokeepsie Films after their smash hit 2017 pic Perfect Strangers (remade from the Italian film of the same name) on El Cuarto Pasajero (The Fourth Passenger), a road movie in the rom-com vein.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, Miguel judges BBC fashion show; representation plummets across U.K. TV; AMC launches channel in Spain; Synchronicity signs first-look deal with All3Media; WFTN produces Sydney Harbour show; ESPN Plus takes West Indies cricket rights; Patrick Irwin joins Ringside; and U.S.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStarz’s global streaming service Starzplay has struck a distribution deal with France’s telco group Canal Plus.Under the pact, Starzplay content will be available on OTT at no extra cost to subscribers of Canal Plus Series and those who have subscribed to Ciné Series, Integrale or Integrale Plus channels or packs starting Feb.

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFew European TV execs have a better sense of the bigger picture than Movistar Plus president Sergio Oslé. Variety caught up with him as HBO Max announced it had acquired “Perfect Life” for the U.S.

If Love Island goes ahead this year we may need to park any thoughts of seeing attractive twenty-somethings cavorting in the Spanish sun.

Jamie Lang Spain’s Movistar Plus, the pay TV arm of Telefonica, and global sports streaming platform DAZN, have closed a deal that will offer extensive live sports and factual sports content to clients of both companies.Through the alliance, Movistar subscribers will be given the option of receiving DAZN content through new linear channels on Movistar Plus, as well as access to DAZN’s streaming platform.

Love Island's Iain Stirling has joked that the new series of the show could be filmed in the UK after the success of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. The comedian and voice of the dating show - who married his girlfriend Laura Whitmore, who presents Love Island - admitted that setting it in Britain would "mix it up" a bot.

The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Pierce Brosnan would play the lead role with his GoldenEye director Martin Campbell at the helm. However the current director is Spanish filmmaker Paula Ortiz and this September it emerged in Deadline that Liev was to play the colonel.

Emilio Mayorga Catalan auteur Carla Simón, a 2017 Berlinale Generation Kplus winner with “Summer 1993,” is preparing her third feature, “Romería,” which has been selected among 17 new feature projects to be offered at Rotterdam Film Festival’s CineMart co-production market, to be held Feb.

HBO Max has acquired Spanish-language original Perfect Life (Vida Perfecta) and has committed to co-producing a second season alongside Telefónica’s local streamer Moviestar+.