‘Money Heist’ Creators Alex Pina, Esther Martinez on ‘Sky Rojo,’ Netflix Spain’s Most Ambitious Series to Date

Just days after the season 1 premiere, Netflix has confirmed a season 2 renewal of Spanish mystery drama series Who Killed Sara? It’s slated to premiere May 19 on the streaming service.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Netflix announces July 23 Season 2 release date for “Sky Rojo”; Mexican animated feature “Cranston Academy: Monster Zone” sells in key territories; Tern Television hires David Marshall as head of entertainment; Channel 7’s Australian Ivan Milat docu-series heads abroad; ITV preps for the 100th anniversary of Poirot’s first appearance; and Channel 5 commissions “Wonderful Wales with Michael Ball” from Wildflame Productions.Netflix Spain has announced that

Starzplay has picked up a bunch of international rights for Peacock’s true-crime limited series Dr. Death, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin, and Christian Slater.

Naman Ramachandran Lionsgate-backed streamer Starzplay has closed a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Global Distribution for upcoming limited series “Dr. Death.”The platform will stream the series exclusively in Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the U.K.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCeline Sciamma’s Berlinale competition title “Petite Maman” has been sold by MK2 Films around the world with some bidding wars in multiple territories.The critically acclaimed film, which marks Sciamma’s follow-up to “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” has been sold to Alamode (Germany), Culture (Japan), Challan (South Korea) Sun (Latin America), Avalon (Spain), Madman (Australia/New Zealand), Red Cape (Israel), Cinéart (Benelux), Cineworx (Switzerland), Angel

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has acquired worldwide rights, with some exclusions, for “The Personal History of David Copperfield” star Dev Patel’s directorial debut “Monkey Man.” The streamer is thought to have paid around $30 million for the film.The rights agreement excludes Spain, Latin America, Iceland, Former Yugoslavia, Poland, Russia and Baltic States, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pan-Asian PTV and China, where there are pre-existing deals.In the India-set film, Patel plays an unlikely hero who

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorA Spanish movie spin-off of Netflix 2018 sci-fi horror hit “Bird Box,” which starred Sandra Bullock and was directed by Susanne Bier, is in the works.The as yet to be titled movie will start production toward the end of this year in Spain.Alex and David Pastor, whose credits include “The Occupant,” “The Head,” “Carriers” and “Los Últimos Dias,” will write and direct the project.The producers are Dylan Clark (“Bird Box,” “The Batman”), Chris Morgan

The Bird Box universe is expanding with a Spanish-language spinoff, we can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: LA-based sales firm Film Bridge International has sold shark survival pic The Requin to Reset Collective (Australia/New Zealand), YouPlanet (Spain), Mediawan (France), Monolith (Poland), Purple Plan (SE Asia), Blitz Film Group (Ex-Yugo), and Blue Lantern (Vietnam).

Ay dios mio.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSpanish director and screenwriter Rodrigo Sorogoyen, fresh off large acclaim, prizes and recording-breaking viewership on Movistar Plus for “Riot Police,” is preparing a follow-up series for the Telefonica Spanish pay TV/SVOD service in Spain, which will deliver Sorogoyen’s personal take on the Spanish Civil War.The untitled series will be co-written by Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva, Sorogoyen’s regular co-scribes.

Alec Baldwin said he deactivated his Twitter account following the reaction to a comment about actress Gillian Anderson. The Hollywood actor responded to a post about Anderson – who is American but played Margaret Thatcher in The Crown – “switching accents”.

Alec Baldwin made a joking remark about Gillian Anderson’s accent while trying to make a point about the controversy that’s been dogging his wife.

Months after Hilaria Baldwin came under fire for allegedly faking her Spanish accent and heritage, Alec Baldwin is weighing in on talk about Gillian Anderson‘s accent.

Hilaria Baldwin revealed the name of her and husband Alec Baldwin's sixth child together — a baby girl they've decided to name Lucia.«We are so in love with our daughter, Lucia,» she wrote on Instagram alongside a picture of Lucia sleeping in a bunny print onesie.

Has anyone else’s 2021 been as eventful as Alec and Hilaria Baldwin’s?