Spanish Industry Vet Fernando Jerez Sets Up Fremantle-Backed Factual Indie

Liverpool great Mark Lawrenson believes Ralf Rangnick will guide Manchester United to Champions League qualification during his time as interim manager.

Wayne Rooney has backed Michael Carrick over his decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo for Manchester United’s clash with Chelsea.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLegendary Croatian-born NBA player Dražen Petrović will be portrayed in Danilo Šerbedžija’s upcoming biopic film “Higher Force – The Drazen Petrovic Story” (working title).The film was penned by Ivan Turkovic Krnjak (“Lovebox”) and is being produced by Ljubo Zdjelarević and Ivor Šiber at Zagreb-based Kinoteka. The film will shoot next year in Croatia, Germany, and in the U.S.

Javier Bardem is all smiles as he arrives at the 2022 Goya Awards Candidates Lecture event held at the Cinema Academy on Monday (November 29) in Madrid, Spain.

Liza Foreman Helping a selection of five European films to connect to Latin American distributors, the EFP’s Film Sales Support (FSS) program has awarded grants to three sales agencies to step up their digital campaigns for this year’s hybrid market.Latin America’s leading content market, Ventana Sur runs from Nov. 29 to Dec.

Nominations have been unveiled for Spain’s primary film awards, the Goyas, with the Javier Bardem-starring comedy-drama The Good Boss racking up an all-time record of 20 nominations across 17 categories.

Arctic Monkeys have been confirmed for a headline slot, with other names including Kraftwerk, Hot Chip, Chet Faker and Blossoms.Cala Mijas will also showcase some of Spain’s most exciting new talent, such as electro-punk band El Columpio Asesino, indie group Love of Lesbian and Sen Senra.

Jamie Lang Already selected as this year’s Spanish Best International Feature Film submission for the Oscars, Fernando León de Aranoa’s dark workplace comedy “The Good Boss,” starring Javier Bardem, has set a new record for most Spanish Academy Goya Award nominations with 20, ahead of Icíar Bollaín’s standout Basque drama “Maixabel” with 14 and Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers,” which secured eight.The 20 nominations include: Best picture, director, original screenplay, original music, lead

Former Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger believes the impending arrival of Ralf Rangnick as interim manager at Old Trafford will help the Reds plug the gap on Chelsea.

Rod Stewart has blasted Brexit and said he backs a second Scottish independence referendum.

Nine global indies have joined together to form a Fremantle-backed alliance to create high-end drama series and films.

Marking their third collaboration in 20 years, filmmaker Fernando León de Aranoa and Oscar winner Javier Bardem reteamed for The Good Boss, which is representing Spain in this year’s International Feature Oscar race. The duo joined Deadline’s Contenders Film: International awards-season event to discuss the movie and their enduring relationship.

A Scots daughter is desparate for answers after her mum's body was found next to a Spanish motorway.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Kanal D Drama, the first independent streaming service dedicated exclusively to Turkish dramas in Spanish, will board the Roku platform for key Latin American markets in the next few days.The service is already available on Amazon Fire and will soon be also available on the Samsung Smart TV platform in the region.The streaming service launched in Latin America, the U.S.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFremantle Spain has tapped seasoned Spanish TV exec Fernando Jerez to oversee a new production arm En Cero Coma Producciones, dedicated to factual and documentary program production.The creation of the new label forms just part of Fremantle’s wider global strategy to grow its footprint in the high-end factual space, the company said Thursday.

Jamie Lang Leading Italian sales agent and production company The Open Reel has dropped the trailer for up-and-coming Spanish director Jordi Núñez’s debut fiction feature “What We Know,” produced by Valencia’s Pegatum Transmedia, a coming-of-age tale which unravels on the brightly lit beaches of Southern Spain.“What We Know” follows Carla, a cute young waitress who works at a beach-side restaurant and takes care of her sick mother.

Jamie Lang One of the largest corporate presences at this year’s MipCancun, Spain’s Mediapro, for decades now a sports broker, services provider and producer of auteur films, from Woody Allen and Roman Polanski to Spain’s Isabel Coixet and Fernando León de Aranoa, has made a pair of high-profile executive moves within its flagship The Mediapro Studio production unit, naming Eugeni Sallent as the company’s new head of Latin America and Carolina Bilbao as VP of content and business development

Cristiano Ronaldo & Co. will again have to take the hard route to a World Cup after Portugal were stunned by Serbia in Sunday's qualifier.