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ViacomCBS said its ViacomCBS Networks International has clinched a deal to acquire a majority stake in Spanish language content producer, Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from Disney and the company’s founding family.

EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on Penélope Cruz drama On The Fringe (En Los Márgenes), directed by Juna Diego Botto, and written by Botto and Olga Rodríguez.

Netflix today unveiled a slate of new Spanish content, including two fiction series and a pair of feature films.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s Spanish-language spin-off of its hit movie Bird Box is taking flight, with cast now confirmed for the Barcelona-set film.

Angelina Jolie has been taking in the sights in Rome with her children Maddox, 20, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and 13-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox who she shares with ex-husband Brad Pitt. They also share 17 year old Pax but he seems to have sit this trip out.

Manchester United were "humiliated" by Liverpool on Sunday as Mohamed Salah became the first player in the Premier League to score a hat-trick at Old Trafford in a 5-0 win.

Angelina Jolie is enjoying some sightseeing with family.

It was a Jolie family outing! Angelina Jolie was spotted taking in some historic sights with her kids Maddox Chivan, 20, Zahara Marley, 16, Shiloh, 15, and twins Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline, 13 in Rome, Italy on Sunday October 24. The 46-year-old actress seemed glad to be spending time with most of her kids on the European vacay, as they saw the historic Spanish Steps in Rome.

Sharon Corr’s ex-husband, barrister Gavin Bonna, has welcomed a baby with Queen Letizia of Spain’s sister.

Prince William impressed fans on Thursday 14 October as he revealed that he could speak Spanish while taking part in a Q&A on the Royal Family Instagram account. Asked if he knew any Spanish, the Duke of Cambridge, 39, responded in the same language: “Yes, a little”.

Emilio Mayorga San Sebastian-based production-distribution outfit Atera Films has taken Spanish distribution rights to Inés María Barrionuevo’s “Camila Comes out Tonight” –sold by Latido Films – and Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s “Clara Sola,” whose international sales are handled by Luxbox.With the two new titles, Atera underscores its aim of discovering and making available to Spanish audiences young Ibero-American directors including those who explore LGTBI+ issues.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHeld online over Oct. 20-22, 2021’s Spanish Screenings-Málaga de Cine mark Spain’s biggest national cinema showcase anywhere in the world, its equivalent of UniFrance’s Paris Rendez-vous.

Liza Foreman Based on the same-titled Spanish best-selling novel, Benito Zambrano’s ‘Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake’ weighs in as a heartwarming second chance in life tale from the Goya and San Sebastian winning writer-director (“The Sleeping Voice”).

Emiliano Granada Bowing at June’s Malaga Film Festival in Spain, where it swept three prizes in its edgier Zonacine sidebar – best film, actor (Jorge Motos) and its Audience Award – Spaniard Alex Montoya’s second feature “Lucas” has been picked up by Spain’s Filmin SVOD service, the country’s biggest streaming platform for art pics and upscale TV series.International sale rights on “Lucas” are handled by Begin Again Films.The acquisition continues a close relationship between the Spanish

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent“A Dead Man Cannot Live” begins with Tano, played by the lanky, weathered, deep-voiced Antonio Dechent, one of the finest actors of his around-60 Spanish generation, sitting at a bar rail, and thinking back on better times.Even the Costa de Sol narco business is going to ruin. Tano’s boss, Manuel, is senile, his son and heir, the inappropriately named Angel, totally out of control.

JD Linville Director Icíar Bollaín’s “Maixabel” – which world premiered last month in San Sebastian’s main competition and screens at this week’s Spanish Screenings-Malaga de Cine – is a turbulent and emotional look into the repercussions of terrorist violence, both for the victims and the victimizers.

Emilio Mayorga Based out of the U.S. and Spain, 34T Sales has taken international rights to surrealist romcom “The Queen of Lizards,” directed by Nando Martínez and Juan González, who go by the name of Burnin’ Percebes.The feature is produced by Pedro Hernández at Madrid-based Aquí y Allí Films which first caught notice with “Here and There,” the debut feature of Antonio Méndez Esparza, which won Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize in 2012.

Prince William showed off his Spanish-speaking skills in a video uploaded to Instagram Stories on Friday morning.The usually reserved Duke of Cambridge showed off his personality and interests whilst taking part in a Q&A on Instagram, answering questions from followers curious about his life outside of his role as a Royal. "Do you speak Spanish?" one of the questions sent to Prince William read.