Netflix to Produce Korean Remake of Hit Spanish Series 'Money Heist'

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Netflix, HBO and DAZN all announce new Spanish originals, Disney Plus orders a nature series from Warner Bros.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentStarring “Money Heist” and “Elite” star Jaime Llorente, Amazon’s “El Cid” hit the streaming platform worldwide on Dec.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAndalusia’s La Claqueta and the Basque Country’s Irusoin, producers of Spanish Oscar entry “The Endless Trench,” have re-teamed to buy big screen adaptation rights to Txani Rodríguez’s novel “Los últimos románticos.”The deal builds on one of the most fruitful regional production alliances in Spain, whose co-productions to date take in not only “The Endless Trench,” a big winner at the 2019 San Sebastian Film Festival, but also true-crime series

Controversial South Korean director Kim Ki-duk died in a hospital in Latvia where he was being treated for COVID-19. He was 59.

The documentary Assassins, opening in theaters today, is part legal thriller, part spy thriller, and part true crime story, “on literally the largest geopolitical scale,” as director Ryan White puts it.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAward-winning and deeply divisive South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk has died of COVID-19-related complications while on a visit to Latvia, local media in Latvia has reported. His death has not been confirmed in Korea.Latvian news portal Delfi said Kim arrived in the country a month ago with the intention of buying a house and applying for alien residency status.

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Netflix has revealed some color about its subscribers’ viewing habits during 2020.

Partner Content Last February, “Parasite” surprised the world, winning four Academy Awards: best original screenplay, best international feature film, best director, and the most coveted statuette, best picture.It was a historic moment, as “Parasite” was the first international film to take home the Academy’s top prize — and the first Korean film to win Academy Awards in the country’s 101-year cinematic history.While “Parasite’s” wins are one of the biggest film-industry stories of 2020,

has sold for $17 million.The home, at 64 La Gorce Circle, first went on the market for $22 million last August.The estate, which sits on 0.68 acres in La Gorce’s guarded and gated community, features palm trees and a sprawling, three-story Spanish style villa filled with archways courtyards and fountains that optimize the concept of indoor/outdoor entertaining.The home itself is 11,406 square feet and features six bedrooms, 6½ bathrooms — along with an office, media room, game room, bar and gym.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLarge parts of South Korea’s entertainment industry are reeling as the national government put capital city Seoul on the country’s second highest virus response footing.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinemas in Korea are trying to adapt to new straitened circumstances as the autumn box office recovery peters out.

Netflix is working on a Korean adaptation of one of its biggest international series hits to date, the Spanish-language La Casa De Papel, aka Money Heist.

A Korean version of the hit Netflix series Money Heist is in the works!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix is to create a Korean version of its own Spanish-language fantasy crime series “Money Heist” (“La Casa De Papel”).

Netflix is to start declaring its U.K. revenues — forecast to reach £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) next year, according to analysts —to British tax authorities.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentTwo leading lights on the international Spanish film-TV scene, sales agent Geraldine Gonard, director of Spain’s Conecta Fiction co-production forum, and Luis Collar, a partner and CEO of The Circular Group, a diversified film company, have joined forces to create Feel Content, which makes its public market bow at Ventana Sur.A dedicated sales company, Feel Content, backed by Gonard’s Inside Content and Collar’s Great Waves, aims to exploit new