Starzplay Unveils Casting, Plot Details and a First-Look Image of its First Spanish Original ‘Express’

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEugenio Derbez’s upcoming Apple comedy series “Acapulco” has added four new cast members, with Richard Shepard now onboard to direct the pilot.Enrique Arrizon, Damian Alcázar, Camila Perez, and Raphael Alejandro will all star alongside Derbez in the half-hour series.

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.

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.

A year after beingacquired byan investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, and just a few months after officially closing the deal, Univision’s future is taking shape. The Spanish language TV giant plans to reinvent itself as a multi-platform juggernaut with global aspirations.

Contending with a strong and consistent backlash from top talent and PR powerhouses over its lack of any Black members, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had a bit of a good day for once, at least on the legal front.

Spain will redouble efforts to establish itself as a European production hub for film and TV content, with the government today announcing a €1.6B ($1.9B) package to further attract foreign investment.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Wednesday the launch of a Spain Audiovisual Hub plan to offer a total €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) over 2021-25 to power up Spanish film and TV production, and encourage big foreign players to shoot and set up production centers in Spain.One early beneficiary of the scheme, according to Spanish press reports, will be Disney, which on March 26 bows romantic comedy “Besos Al Aire,“ its first Disney Plus

Starzplay has picked up a bunch of international rights for Peacock’s true-crime limited series Dr. Death, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin, and Christian Slater.

Naman Ramachandran Lionsgate-backed streamer Starzplay has closed a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Global Distribution for upcoming limited series “Dr. Death.”The platform will stream the series exclusively in Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the U.K.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOne of Southern Europe’s fastest growing industry events, Spain’s Malaga Festival is pushing back its industry centerpiece Spanish Screenings from June in order to be able to celebrate an on-site event.“Last year and this, we’ve learnt not to make [longterm] plans.

Remember that story about the Spanish porn star and the psychedelic toad venom ritual gone horribly wrong?

Chung Ha has released a teaser for the upcoming Spanish-language version of her song ‘Demente’.The musician offered a sneak peek of the new version with a snippet of the forthcoming music video, which captures Chung Ha performing the song in a galmorous hotel lobby.

Emiliano Granada “Words for an End of the World,” the third feature by Spain’s Manuel Menchón, continues his exploration of the towering figure of Miguel de Unamuno, also the subject of his prior fiction film, “The Island of Wind.” The documentary, however, covers new ground, embarks on a far more ambitious revisiting of Spain’s still not so distant past with a deep dive into a muddled history that for years has had just one interpretation that has simply been accepted as canon.Unamuno, the

Selena Gomez is ready for a new chapter in her career after releasing her very first Spanish EP. 

Selena Gomez's new music is finally here! Nearly two months after dropping her debut single, «De Una Vez,» the songstress released her first Spanish EP, , on Thursday night.Gomez celebrated the launch with a video posted to her Instagram story, in which she thanked fans for listening and gleefully commemorated the release.«I hope you guys like the album and have so much fun with it, because obviously I've been wanting to do this for so, so long.