Movistar Plus Stakes Future on Big-Budget ‘La Fortuna’

Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn and Spanish dancer Gorka Márquez, who performed a Jive to Good 4 U by Olivia Rodrigo. Judge Anton Du Beke told Katie that she's "a fine actress" but it "wasn't your best" while Craig bluntly said he didn't enjoy the dance and described it as "stompy".

It has been a long time coming, but this week, one of the most hotly awaited films of the pandemic era is finally hitting cinemas after several Covid-induced date changes. MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time to Die begins rollout at the international box office starting Wednesday (September 29) in Korea and adds such majors as the UK, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain through Friday, October 1.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Season two of Leticia Dolera’s award-winning dramedy series “Perfect Life” (“Vida Perfecta”) will stream on Movistar Plus by November 19, said Movistar exec Susana Herreras who recited a list of European territories where the series would be available.“Perfect Life” was among the three new series that kicked off the Iberseries Platino Industria showcase in Madrid.“Our partner HBO Max will be streaming it simultaneously in the U.S.

Wizards of the Coast, is working on a big-budget G.I. Joe game according to job listings originally spotted by PCGamer.The studio simply referred to as “New Raleigh-Durham Studio” will be making a G.I.

Liza Foreman Paco Plaza, director of the Spanish horror film “La Abuela” (“The Grandmother”), remembers distinctly how Coco Chanel’s favorite model, Vera Valdez, who co-stars in his latest film, responded before boarding a plane to Paris to sit out the pandemic when their production shut down early last year: “I will stay alive.” Although they did not know, at that time, if they would be able to shoot again, Valdez’s promise gave him hope that the film would continue.Born in 1936, the Brazilian

Nick Holdsworth COVID has played havoc with production schedules across the globe, and for the first major Russian movie to shoot on location in Europe since the pandemic struck last year, it’s been a case study in compromise and adaptation.Restrictions on crew movements, the director’s COVID infection and a delay by local authorities in granting permission to shoot on location in Germany have combined to push the schedule of the €10 million ($11.8 million) historical drama “Nuremberg” back by

EXCLUSIVE: Guido Rud’s Argentina and Spain-based sales outfit FilmSharks has scored a pair of deals on its slate with Korea buyers.

Liza Foreman Spanish producer Piluca Baquero (“Lo que sé de Lola”) is teaming with former BTF Media executive Miguel Bueno to launch Ramen Story & Content Studio, a new – and ambitious – TV-film production venture.Also on board areMiguel Arnas, José Antonio Bosch and Jesus Gómez, Baquero will serve as an executive producer on titles, Bueno, who worked making commercials for much of his career, is director of content at Ramen.Ramen is focusing on two projects to begin with but “we are not

Jamie Lang A week after taking the Volpi Cup best actress award at the Venice Film Festival, Penelope Cruz and her “Official Competition” co-stars Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez were in San Sebastian on Friday evening for the film’s Spanish premiere, where the trio hosted a press conference joined on stage by producer Jaume Roures, CEO at Mediapro, and via a video stream by the film’s writing-directing duo Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn.While discussing her admiration for Duprat and Cohn’s

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s flagship film event, the San Sebastian Film Festival, gets underway tonight. Ahead of the fest, Deadline sat down with Netflix’s two top content executives in Spain to hear about the streamer’s strategy in the key European market, which has the unique advantage of also being a content bridge into the company’s Latin American activities.

Marta Balaga Finland’s Tekele Productions, composed of Julia Elomäki, Miia Haavisto, Marja Pihlaja and Tia Talli, will present three new projects at the Finnish Film Affair this year. “Bad Women” will be shown in the Fiction in Progress section, Variety has learned, while Ulla Heikkilä’s “Viva la Vida” – about a Finnish expat family living in southern Spain – and “The Beast Friend” will make their way to Fiction in Development.

Dua Lipa has announced details of a 2022 ‘Future Nostalgia’ US tour, featuring support acts including Megan Thee Stallion and Caroline Polachek.The dates, on the back of Dua’s hugely successful second album from 2020, begin in early February before running through until the start of April.Megan Thee Stallion will support the singer at dates in Denver, Tulsa and Phoenix in mid-March, while Polachek will support on every date and Lolo Zouaï will play most of the dates.“I’m so thrilled to tour

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn late July, Movistar Plus parent Telefonica announced its half-year results. Chairman José Maria Álvarez-Pallete spent three-quarters of his introduction talking about a return to growth, and one-quarter about how Telefonica, which was nominated for Europe’s Climate Leader prize by the Financial Times, is aligned with U.N.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSince 2017, when it released its first original production, “Velvet Collection,” Movistar Plus has produced and aired 45 original or returning series in Spain.Now it’s looking to raise the ante, investing more in original production than ever before, says Movistar Plus president Sergio Oslé.“Original production is a brutal anti-churn driver.

Refresh for latest…: Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings handily crossed the $250M mark globally this weekend, seeing a very good 34% drop at the international box office and maintaining No. 1s in such key markets as Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Korea, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain and the UK.