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Apple TV+ has given a series order to Acapulco, a Spanish and English-language half-hour comedy executive produced and starring Eugenio Derbez. inspired by hit 2017 feature comedy How to Be A Latin Lover, which was headlined by Derbez, Acapulco hails from Lionsgate Television, studio-based The Tannenbaum Company as well as Derbez and Benjamin Odell’s 3Pas Studios.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEugenio Derbez is set to star in a new comedy series titled “Acapulco” that has been ordered to series at Apple, Variety has learned.The half-hour series, which will be shot in both Spanish and English, is inspired by the film “How to Be a Latin Lover,” in which Derbez starred and produced.In “Acapulco,” a young Mexican man’s dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at the hottest resort in Acapulco.

Ed Meza @edmezavarParis-based Axxon Films has picked up international rights to Imanol Rayo’s thriller “Death Knell” and Mireia Gabilondo’s comedy “The Hive,” two very different titles set in and produced by Spain’s Basque region.The production, distribution and sales-company is presenting the Spanish pics, both distributed in Spain by Bilbao’s Barton Films, as part of its Ventana Sur lineup.Based on Miren Gorrotxategi’s novel “33 campanadas,” and produced by Abra Producciones in association

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSpain-based Onza Distribution will use Singapore’s Asian Television Forum as the launchpad in Asia for a slate of recent series hits and some upcoming shows.The Madrid-based company handles sales of its own content, as well as telenovelas from TVI and fiction series from Movistar Latam.

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentLending some bigger movie heft to the Malaga market, Latido Films is bringing onto the international sales scene two thrillers – though very different propositions – from Academy Award winning producer Tornasol Media (“The Secret in Their Eyes”).“Thrillers have high export potential, but they’re a highly competitive market and since Spanish movies can’t compete with U.S.

straight to your inbox every day, freeBarcelona and Real Madrid are keen on signing Bruno Fernandes from Manchester United at the end of the season, according to reports.The Portugal midfielder has quickly become a firm favourite at Old Trafford since his arrival last January and has been one of the club's top-performers ever since.Previous links with a move to Spain were continuously mentioned during his time with Sporting Lisbon and, rather unsurprisingly, the rumours have emerged once again.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Rome-based international sales and production company TVCO has scooped up sales rights to Argentine comedy “El Padre de Mis Hijos” (“The Father of My Sons”) which TVCO is presenting along with drama “El Silencio del Cazador” (“The Hunter’s Silence”) at the Malaga Spanish screenings (Nov. 17-20).

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFew figures in the Spanish film industry dress as formerly, or as well, as Malaga Intl. Film Festival director Juan Antonio Vigar.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentLaunched in 1998 to promote Spanish cinema, the Malaga Festival once promised a fantastic shot of Spring sunshine, a competition whose winners were maybe unlucky not to get to Cannes, an annual state of the business pronouncement from Spain’s producer association Fapae, and screaming fans around the red carpet, proving Spain had a new, TV-based star system.That in itself was an achievement.

on Netflix, then chances are your interests currently include festive sweaters, fluffy bangs, and Peter Pan collars. In other words, you're obsessed with Emma Corrin, who plays a young Princess Diana in the show's tea-filled fourth season.And while truly nothing can be as intense as the actual show, apparently BTS was pretty dramatic due to Emma being hospitalized while filming in Spain."I'm asthmatic and I had been ill for a while with a bad cough," she told (via ).

Emma Corrin just revealed that while filming the recent season of The Crown, she was actually put in the hospital!

Ann-Marie Corvin Spanish sales agent Agencia Freak has picked up the international rights to Malaga Film Festival featured documentary “Drowning Letters” (“Cartas Mojadas”), director Paula Palacios’ debut feature on Europe’s half decade-long refugee crisis in the Mediterranean Sea.Produced by Madrid-based Morada Films, and one of 20 titles making their market bow at the Malaga Spanish Screenings, the 81-minute feature aims to set all the news coverage about the crisis into context, using a

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOften a bellwether of talent and market trends in Spain, Filmax, the Barcelona-based production-distribution-sales studio, has acquired international sales rights for two comedies, “When Brooklyn Met Seville” and “Brothers in Law.”Both make passing social comment on Spain’s plight in their portrait of normal folk in desperate fixes, facing eviction or huge debt, and reacting with harebrained scams, which reflect their lack of schooling in real

straight to your inbox every day, freeReal Madrid are once again plotting a move for Manchester United star Paul Pogba and prefer him to wonderkid Eduardo Camavinga, according to reports.Pogba has long been linked with a move to Madrid and fuelled speculation in the previous transfer window by saying it was his 'dream' to play in the Spanish capital.

Mediawan, one of Europe’s most thriving independent production-distribution groups, is looking to expand its leadership further into Europe with the acquisition of Lagardere Studios and a minority stake in Madrid-based banner Weekend Studio.Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, which owns rights to a number of