By Peter White
17.01.2020 - 15:26 / variety.com
MADRID — Spanish film-TV director Salvador Calvo, who made his mark with his debut feature, 2016’s “1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines,” plus a string of admired TV series, is joining Madrid-based Boomerang TV, a bastion of Spanish scripted fiction over the last two decades.
Calvo – whose latest movie, Telvcinco Cinema’s immigration drama “Adu,” bows shortly via Paramount in Spain – already has a strong relations with Boomerang TV where he saw one of his earliest hits, directing suspense
In an intimate conversation before they both take the stage at Super Bowl LIV in Miami on Sunday (Feb. 2), Shakira and Jennifer Lopez both hope their halftime performance will move the needle forward for Latinos in this country in every respect.
In 2010, Cruz and Juan Arnau Lasierra started a colorful series of dance parties called Elrow in their native Spain. The idea was simple: treat adults like children and bring nonsensical joy to the house and techno scene.
MADRID — In news that will move waves in the Spanish-speaking world, international actor, Latin Grammy and Billboard winning recording artist Miguel Bosé looks set to become the subject of a bioseries from Shine Iberia, Elefantec Global and Legacy Rock Entertainment.
Congratulations are in order for Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova! Although they are still to officially confirm the news, ¡HOLA! Spain have published exclusive pictures of the pop star and his partner spending a day on their yacht. In the photos, Anna’s advanced baby bump can be clearly seen. The couple, who have been together for 18 years, will soon be adding to their family, promoting two-year-old twins Nicholas and Lucy to the roles of big brother and big sister.
MADRID — Just minutes after the Berlinale confirmed on Wednesday its selection in main competition, the pedigree producers of Argentine Natalia Meta’s “The Intruder” (“El Prófugo”) have dropped a first teaser-trailer for what has been described as a “pyscho-sexual fantastic thriller.”
Rosalía is a winner!
A lovingly preserved Spanish Colonial-style home sited in prime East Gate Bel Air has popped up for sale, flaunting a hefty $17.45 million asking price. Sited just a short hop above Sunset Boulevard and originally built in 1928, the estate was co-designed by Wallace Neff and John Byers — two of the most acclaimed architects of that era — and sports a notable Hollywood pedigree.
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Los Angeles and Mexico City-based studio Exile Content has teamed up with Spanish journo Ana Pastor’s media company Newtral to produce long-form unscripted premium content in Spanish and English. The joint venture’s first project is a documentary series about the genesis of the first-ever women’s soccer team at Real Madrid, Spain’s most renowned soccer team and winner of the FIFA World Cup a record-breaking four times.
Endeavor Content is upping its local-language game, signing a significant first look deal with Mexico City-based producer Subtrama.
MIAMI — Breaking barriers, Netflix is preparing to unleash “Xtremo,” billed as one of Spain’s first full-on action thriller movies, starring Oscar Jaenada (“Luis Miguel,” “Hernán”) and action specialist Teo García.
The stars of Celebrity Ex On The Beach have revealed their reactions to knowing their exes were about to join them in their Spanish villa. Love Island stars Michael Griffiths, 28, and Ellie Brown, 21, The Only Way Is Essex favourite Joey Essex, 29, Geordie Shore's Sophie Kasaei, 30, and reality TV veteran Calum Best, 38, are just some of the big names who have signed up to star on the first ever celebrity version of the hit MTV show.
MADRID — Adding to a powerful and still growing talent roster, Viacom International Studios (VIS) has clinched a first-look deal with Argentine writer-director Ariel Winograd whose latest movie, “The Heist of the Century,” has just become one of the biggest Argentine openers in history.
MADRID — Gustavo and Tiago Mello’s São Paulo-based Boutique Filmes, producers of early Netflix Original overseas breakout “3%,” is teaming with high-end drama powerhouse The Mediapro Studio (“The New Pope,” “The Head”) to produce “To Kill a Queen.”
The first still of “A Perfect Enemy,” the psychological thriller directed by popular Spanish filmmaker Kike Maíllo and based on Amelie Nothomb’s bestselling novel, has been unveiled by newly-launched sales company Pulsar Content.
MADRID — Ahead of next week’s Natpe market in Miami, Beta, one of the biggest independent TV-film powerhouses in Europe, has confirmed a swathe of sales on its U.S. TV movie productions and high-end spin-off series “Gomorrah: The Immortal.”
MADRID — Mexico’s Manolo Caro, creator-director-writer of Netflix hit “La Casa de las Flores” (“The House of Flowers”), will preside the jury of the first Iberseries, one of the Spanish-speaking world’s first TV festivals to be clearly staged not only for local audiences but the whole of Ibero-America.