Spain Announces $1.9 Billion Audiovisual Hub Plan to Power Up Spanish Film, TV Production

Anna Marie de la Fuente Spain’s Black Panther Films and Chile’s Invercine Prods.

Netflix has set June 18 for the worldwide release of Season 4 of its popular Spanish YA drama series Elite.

One of Netflix‘s hottest shows, Elite, finally has a premiere date for the series’ fourth season!

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentDisney Plus has acquired Latin American broadcast rights to animated musical “Turu and the Wackies,” a 26-episode CGI spin-off series from the hit 2019 toon movie “Turu, the Wacky Hen,” a Spanish Academy best animated feature winner that Filmax has sold to 75 countries.In further deals, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has taken broadcast rights in Spain and A’Punt those to Spain’s Valencia region.An ode to diversity, “Turu, the Wacky Hen” turns on

immigration” with three of them also being investigated for homicide, Spain’s national police said in a statement released Friday.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentGermany’s Beta Film has picked up world sales on two tales of Spanish power women: Movistar Plus’ originals “Supernormal” and “Thou Shall Not Lie,” the latter created and directed by “The Red Band Society” helmer Pau Freixas.Written by Olatz Arroyo and Marta Sánchez, head writers on Atresmedia hit “Down There,” “Supernormal” is directed by Emilio Martínez Lazaro, whose credits take in “Spanish Affair,” the highest grossing Spanish film of all time

Jamie Lang Spanish broadcaster RTVE and production companies Tornasol and DeAPlaneta have teamed with German production-sales company ZDF Enterprises on “ANA. all in,” a legal thriller starring Maribel Verdú based on Spanish author Roberto Santiago’s best-seller “Ana.” Representing the series internationally, ZDFE will be presenting the series at MipT.

Sofia Reyes is bringing the flavor. The 25-year-old Monterrey, Nuevo native has teamed up with legendary Mexican brewery Estrella Jalisco to introduce the brand’s Tropical Chamoy Michelada.

MADRID -- Spanish authorities have slapped an export ban on a painting a day before it was due to be auctioned with a starting price tag of 1,500 euros ($1,780), saying it could be a lost work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.The oil-on-canvas work apparently depicts the Biblical passage of the Ecce Homo, in which Jesus Christ is presented to the crowds before being crucified.

Amazon Prime is getting into the baking game in Spain by adapting Love Productions’ hit television show The Great British Bake Off.

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holidaymakers may have to wear face coverings on Spanish beaches when international travel eventually resumes later this year. The Spanish Government yesterday published law that makes the wearing of masks mandatory in all outdoor public spaces - including swimming pools and beaches.Previously, the law allowed for Spaniards to keep their mask off if there was a ‘safe distance’ of 1.5 metres between others.

Gemma Atkinson has shared an adorable video of daughter Mia speaking Spanish with dad Gorka Marquez.Taking to Instagram Stories, Gemma, 36, filmed the one year old sitting in her high chair as she tucked into dinner, while Spanish dancer Gorka, 30, chatted to her. Little Mia was heard repeating “hola” to dad Gorka as proud mum Gemma captured the sweet moment.

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The Spanish government has unveiled plans to invest $1.9 billion to grow the country's film and TV production sector by 30 percent by 2025. The plans, unveiled by prime minister Pedro Sanchez, will see the bolstering of the country's audio-visual sector, including film, TV series, short films, advertising, video games and animation, and the creation of a production hub aligned with Spanish culture and tourism post-pandemic.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentStarring “House of Flowers’” Paco Leon, produced by “Patria” showrunner Aitor Gabilondo for network Mediaset España, and written by “Elite” creator Darío Madrona, Disney Plus’ first Spanish original bows Friday in Spain on Star.Billed as “a kind of ‘Love Actually’ in times of pandemic,” “Besos al Aire” weighs in as a two-part miniseries, crisscrossing eight stories of lockdown love sparked by Spain’s first – and worst – March 14-May 2 confinement.