The Mediapro Studio Plots Spanish Answer to ‘The Crown’ with ‘Department of Time’ Creator Javier Olivares

Big egos collide in the new teaser for “Official Competition” starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, and Oscar Martinez.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Universal Pictures Int’l Spain has snatched theatrical distribution rights to the Spanish remake of romcom “A Boyfriend for my Wife” (“Un Novio para mi Mujer”), now shooting in Barcelona.The 2008 Argentine original by Juan Taratuto, starring Adrian Suar, lured up to 1.5 million admissions in Argentina and has been remade in a slew of territories, including Mexico, Brazil, Italy, China, France, Chile, Vietnam and, most successfully, in South Korea where it sold five

Pilar Bardem has died at 82. The mother of Carlos, Mónica, and Javier Bardem passed away on July 18, 2021, at the Ruber Hospital in Madrid due to complications from lung disease.Carlos took social media to inform the sad news.

Spanish actress and activist Pilar Bardem—mother of actors Monica, Carlos, and Javier Bardem—died on Saturday at the Ruber Hospital in Madrid because of complications from lung disease not related to Covid-19. She was 82.

Pilar Bardem has sadly passed away at age 82.

Lise Pedersen “Isaac”, the debut feature by Catalan producer-director duo Ángeles Hernández and David Matamoros, has been acquired by France’s top Queer cinema distributor Outplay Films for France, Austria and Switzerland.The deal was put through by the film’s sale agent Alief Films at this year’s Cannes Film Market.Hernández and Matamoros, the co-producers of Netflix horror hit “The Platform (El Hoyo”, 2019), also produced “Isaac” via their Barcelona-based shingle Mr.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHit Korean movie “Miracle in Cell No. 7” is set for a Spanish-language remake following a deal between sales agent Contents Panda and production company Rock and Ruz.The 2013 original film told the fact-based tale of a man with intellectual disabilities who was wrongly jailed on theft charges.

Euros defeat in a Spanish hotel bar was slashed after banter turned nasty. Witnesses told how a furious Englishman violently hit out after his team lost on penalties to Italy.

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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSpain brings a robust crop of developing projects and completed titles to this year’s Cannes Film Market.“Alcarrás” (Carla Simon) Much anticipated after Simon’s “Summer 1993,” “Alcarrás” tracks the final harvest at a multi-generational family farm. Co-produced with Italy.

Nell Tiger Free (Servant), Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl reboot) and Lorenza Izzo (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) will lead the cast on Fall Into Darkness, an English-language remake of Spanish thriller La Cueva.

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hotel in Spain to find it was shut. William Ferguson and wife Marina, both 71, had booked the £1800 sunshine break to Cala d’Or through Teletext Holidays almost two years ago but were forced to delay due to the pandemic.

José Luis Moreno, a heavyweight Spanish television producer, has been arrested in Spain amid allegations of fraud, according to local reports.

Spain’s King Felipe VI, as high-level efforts to allay tensions there gain new momentum.The king was in Barcelona to help mark the opening of a major international wireless trade fair, called Mobile World Congress, which begins Monday.Demonstrations against visits to Catalonia by the monarch, who is a symbol of rule from Madrid and who has criticized separatist movements, are common.But despite the entrenched and confrontational positions, recent developments have raised the possibility that