From robbing banks to computer simulations.
According to Deadline, “Money Heist” star Alba Flores has found her next role, leading the upcoming sci-fi thriller series “Ulterior”.
Read More: Netflix’s ‘Money Heist’ Breaks Viewership Records
The series is said to follow a singer and influences who wakes up to find herself in a world where people a virtually connect to simulations of their own lives.
Flores’ Ada will have to play along with the simulation in order to unlock the puzzle of her new reality and find a way back to her real life.
“Money Heist” director Alex Rodrigo co-created the series along with Manuel Burque, and Flores will also serve as an executive producer.
Read More: ‘Money Heist’ Season 4 Trailer Released With Announcement New Season Will Come In 2020
“Manuel Burque and Alex Rodrigo have crafted a visionary and timely thriller and we’re excited to bring their distinct and authentic voices forward,...
According to Deadline, “Money Heist” star Alba Flores has found her next role, leading the upcoming sci-fi thriller series “Ulterior”.
Read More: Netflix’s ‘Money Heist’ Breaks Viewership Records
The series is said to follow a singer and influences who wakes up to find herself in a world where people a virtually connect to simulations of their own lives.
Flores’ Ada will have to play along with the simulation in order to unlock the puzzle of her new reality and find a way back to her real life.
“Money Heist” director Alex Rodrigo co-created the series along with Manuel Burque, and Flores will also serve as an executive producer.
Read More: ‘Money Heist’ Season 4 Trailer Released With Announcement New Season Will Come In 2020
“Manuel Burque and Alex Rodrigo have crafted a visionary and timely thriller and we’re excited to bring their distinct and authentic voices forward,...
- 11/28/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Exclusive: Money Heist star Alba Flores is leading and exec producing a sci-fi thriller from Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier’s Upgrade Productions and Spanish outfit Morena Films.
Ulterior is created by Money Heist director Alex Rodrigo and Vida Perfecta’s Manuel Burque and follows a young singer and influencer who wakes up in a life that she does not recognize in a world where humans are given the opportunity to virtually connect to a simulation of their own lives. Protagonist Ada must play along with the game in order to return to her real life and, with the help of a mysterious stranger, unravel the puzzle of her new existence.
Flores, who is also exec producing alongside Morena’s Pedro Uriol (Disney+’s The Invisible Girl), is best known for playing Nairobi in Netflix Spanish smash hit Money Heist. No broadcaster is attached as of yet.
Brodlie and Kier called Ulterior a “chilling and complex science fiction story,” adding: “Manuel Burque and Alex Rodrigo have crafted a visionary and timely thriller and we’re excited to bring their distinct and authentic voices forward.”...
Ulterior is created by Money Heist director Alex Rodrigo and Vida Perfecta’s Manuel Burque and follows a young singer and influencer who wakes up in a life that she does not recognize in a world where humans are given the opportunity to virtually connect to a simulation of their own lives. Protagonist Ada must play along with the game in order to return to her real life and, with the help of a mysterious stranger, unravel the puzzle of her new existence.
Flores, who is also exec producing alongside Morena’s Pedro Uriol (Disney+’s The Invisible Girl), is best known for playing Nairobi in Netflix Spanish smash hit Money Heist. No broadcaster is attached as of yet.
Brodlie and Kier called Ulterior a “chilling and complex science fiction story,” adding: “Manuel Burque and Alex Rodrigo have crafted a visionary and timely thriller and we’re excited to bring their distinct and authentic voices forward.”...
- 11/28/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Buoyed by the success of last year’s one-to-one networking sessions, Madrid’s 2nd Iberseries & Platino Industria market is launching a new TV forum aimed at fostering co-production and financing pacts between selected producers and potential partners or investors.
“We are functioning as an accelerator in a way as the selected projects have at least 40 of their financing in place and just need that final push to see the light,” said Iberseries director Samuel Castro, who adds that these series have budgets ranging from €5 million-€30 million ( million-30 million) .
The 10 companies, selected out of some 25 submissions, include some heavy hitters led by Spain’s Zebra Prods (Grupo Izen), Gato Grande-MGM, Argentina’s Storylab and El Estudio, founded by former Canana producing partner Pablo Cruz, producer Enrique López Lavigne and former Sony Pictures Intl. Prods. head, Diego Suárez Chialvo.
Projects include animated features, thrillers, romantic comedies and dramas.
Forum coordinator Rodrigo Ros has been playing matchmaker,...
“We are functioning as an accelerator in a way as the selected projects have at least 40 of their financing in place and just need that final push to see the light,” said Iberseries director Samuel Castro, who adds that these series have budgets ranging from €5 million-€30 million ( million-30 million) .
The 10 companies, selected out of some 25 submissions, include some heavy hitters led by Spain’s Zebra Prods (Grupo Izen), Gato Grande-MGM, Argentina’s Storylab and El Estudio, founded by former Canana producing partner Pablo Cruz, producer Enrique López Lavigne and former Sony Pictures Intl. Prods. head, Diego Suárez Chialvo.
Projects include animated features, thrillers, romantic comedies and dramas.
Forum coordinator Rodrigo Ros has been playing matchmaker,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
“Money Heist” star Alvaro Morte is attached to star in “Talkies,” from “Luis Miguel” producer Gato Grande, which will be presented at the Iberseries inaugural Co-Production & Financing Forum on Sept. 28.
“Talkies” covers the period between 1930 and 1934, an unusual time when foreign-language versions were shot on the same sets where the original English-language films were shot before dubbing or sub-titling technology existed.
Helmed by “Money Heist” director Alex Rodrigo and co-developed with Catalonia’s Veranda (“Merli”), the 8 x 45” series centers on the making of Spanish-language ‘talkies’ some of which, like the Spanish version of Bela Lugosi’s “Dracula,” were considered far superior. Morte will play the actor Carlos Villarias, who took on the Dracula role in the Spanish version.
“We’ve got 40 covered and are seeking partners from the U.S., Spain and/or Latin America to complete the financing,” said Maximiliano “Tate” Sanguine, VP of development & creative production at Gato Grande/MGM.
“Talkies” covers the period between 1930 and 1934, an unusual time when foreign-language versions were shot on the same sets where the original English-language films were shot before dubbing or sub-titling technology existed.
Helmed by “Money Heist” director Alex Rodrigo and co-developed with Catalonia’s Veranda (“Merli”), the 8 x 45” series centers on the making of Spanish-language ‘talkies’ some of which, like the Spanish version of Bela Lugosi’s “Dracula,” were considered far superior. Morte will play the actor Carlos Villarias, who took on the Dracula role in the Spanish version.
“We’ve got 40 covered and are seeking partners from the U.S., Spain and/or Latin America to complete the financing,” said Maximiliano “Tate” Sanguine, VP of development & creative production at Gato Grande/MGM.
- 9/28/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Alex Rodrigo, a director on the acclaimed Netflix drama series “Money Heist,” is making his feature film directorial debut with “The Last Shot,” one of 16 film projects being pitched to prospective buyers this week during Rome’s Mia market.
“The Last Shot” is a biopic about the late Spanish photographer and humanitarian Luis Valtueña (pictured), who was killed in Rwanda in 1997. Recreating the Spaniard’s final days amid a rapidly unraveling humanitarian crisis in the East African nation, it centers on the mysterious final photo that Valtueña took before he was killed alongside two other aid workers.
The film is produced by Miguel Menéndez de Zubillaga of Mono Films and Acid Media’s José Barrio, a close friend of the late photographer, who shares writing credits with Luis Murillo.
Rodrigo said he was drawn to the magnetic character of Valtueña, who he called “idealistic, a little naïve, bold, authentic,” though...
“The Last Shot” is a biopic about the late Spanish photographer and humanitarian Luis Valtueña (pictured), who was killed in Rwanda in 1997. Recreating the Spaniard’s final days amid a rapidly unraveling humanitarian crisis in the East African nation, it centers on the mysterious final photo that Valtueña took before he was killed alongside two other aid workers.
The film is produced by Miguel Menéndez de Zubillaga of Mono Films and Acid Media’s José Barrio, a close friend of the late photographer, who shares writing credits with Luis Murillo.
Rodrigo said he was drawn to the magnetic character of Valtueña, who he called “idealistic, a little naïve, bold, authentic,” though...
- 10/16/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Rome’s Mia market, the growing showcase for international TV series, feature films and documentaries, has announced a first batch of projects being pitched to prospective buyers during its sixth edition on track to take place both physically and online Oct.14-18 in the Italian capital.
They include “Lafayette,” a costume drama set during the the American Revolution written by David Franzoni, who won a best picture Oscar for producing “Gladiator.” “Lafayette” is being produced by France’s Nicolas Deprost via his Wild Horses shingle.
Other standout Mia Drama Pitching Forum projects comprise “Thank You for Playing,” a thriller from France’s Black Sheep Films and It’s Alive Films in which five professional online gamers are sent to a training camp in Lapland to try and beat artificial intelligence software. And from Italy’s Redstring and Minerva Pictures “Miss Fallaci Takes America,” about the 1958 journey to the U.S. of groundbreaking journalist Oriana Fallaci.
They include “Lafayette,” a costume drama set during the the American Revolution written by David Franzoni, who won a best picture Oscar for producing “Gladiator.” “Lafayette” is being produced by France’s Nicolas Deprost via his Wild Horses shingle.
Other standout Mia Drama Pitching Forum projects comprise “Thank You for Playing,” a thriller from France’s Black Sheep Films and It’s Alive Films in which five professional online gamers are sent to a training camp in Lapland to try and beat artificial intelligence software. And from Italy’s Redstring and Minerva Pictures “Miss Fallaci Takes America,” about the 1958 journey to the U.S. of groundbreaking journalist Oriana Fallaci.
- 9/29/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Some 50 projects span films, TV series and documentaries.
Rome’s Mia film and TV market has unveiled the first wave of projects for this year’s event, which will go-ahead as a mix of physical and digital elements from October 14-18.
The sixth edition of the Audiovisual International Market (Mia), which runs alongside the Rome Film Festival, will include 50 projects from more than 20 countries in its co-production market and pitching forum. The co-production market will comprise 16 projects, of which half are directed by women.
These include Amor y Dolor by Emanuele Scaringi, marking her second feature after youth comedy La Profezia Dell’Armadillo,...
Rome’s Mia film and TV market has unveiled the first wave of projects for this year’s event, which will go-ahead as a mix of physical and digital elements from October 14-18.
The sixth edition of the Audiovisual International Market (Mia), which runs alongside the Rome Film Festival, will include 50 projects from more than 20 countries in its co-production market and pitching forum. The co-production market will comprise 16 projects, of which half are directed by women.
These include Amor y Dolor by Emanuele Scaringi, marking her second feature after youth comedy La Profezia Dell’Armadillo,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Madrid — Legendary Global, the TV production-financing house launched last December by Chris Albrecht and Anne Thomopoulos, has struck a weighty production alliance with Barcelona’s ESPotlight to develop and produce premium content targeting the global Spanish-speaking market.
Announced Thursday, the deal sees Legendary Global committing to develop and produce with ESPotlight 10-plus productions a year targeting streaming platforms, pay TV and commercial networks.
First up, and currently in production, is “La Treintena,” a feel-good dramedy written and directed by Mireia Noguera and co-written by Marta Vives.
Following the lives of four, late-twenties girlfriends living under Covid confinement in Barcelona, the six-part series stars Mireia Oriol, Paula Malia, Marta Vives and David Solans.
Driving into Spanish-language production, Legendary Global has gone straight to the jugular, striking a production relationship with a budding Spanish producer with established talent relations: Barcelona-based, ESPotlight is the content arm of talent agency Alter Ego Talent House whose clients include Mariano Barroso,...
Announced Thursday, the deal sees Legendary Global committing to develop and produce with ESPotlight 10-plus productions a year targeting streaming platforms, pay TV and commercial networks.
First up, and currently in production, is “La Treintena,” a feel-good dramedy written and directed by Mireia Noguera and co-written by Marta Vives.
Following the lives of four, late-twenties girlfriends living under Covid confinement in Barcelona, the six-part series stars Mireia Oriol, Paula Malia, Marta Vives and David Solans.
Driving into Spanish-language production, Legendary Global has gone straight to the jugular, striking a production relationship with a budding Spanish producer with established talent relations: Barcelona-based, ESPotlight is the content arm of talent agency Alter Ego Talent House whose clients include Mariano Barroso,...
- 4/23/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Legendary Global, former HBO and Starz chief Chris Albrecht’s international TV venture with Legendary, has partnered with Spanish outfit ESPotlight to develop and produce more than 10 premium scripted shows a year.
Their first project together is La Treintena, a six-part comedy-drama about four twentysomething women in Barcelona who are coming to terms with coronavirus confinement. It stars Mireia Oriol, Paula Malia, Marta Vives and David Solans, and is entirely funded by Legendary Global.
Founded by Anxo Rodriguez, ESPotlight is the content arm of agency Alter Ego Talent House, which represents actors, directors and writers in Spain. Its roster includes Alex Rodrigo, a director on Netflix hit Money Heist,...
Their first project together is La Treintena, a six-part comedy-drama about four twentysomething women in Barcelona who are coming to terms with coronavirus confinement. It stars Mireia Oriol, Paula Malia, Marta Vives and David Solans, and is entirely funded by Legendary Global.
Founded by Anxo Rodriguez, ESPotlight is the content arm of agency Alter Ego Talent House, which represents actors, directors and writers in Spain. Its roster includes Alex Rodrigo, a director on Netflix hit Money Heist,...
- 4/23/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Miami — Clinching more deals on one of Mipcom’s highest-profile premieres, Beta Film has closed early major territory sales on Movistar + Original “El Embarcadero” (“The Pier”), Alex Pina and Esther Martínez-Lobato’s follow-up to Netflix phenomenon “La casa de papel” (“Money Heist”), identified by the streaming giant in its first-quarter results last April as its most-watched non English-language series ever.
Starring Alvaro Morte, “Money Heist’s” Profesor, and produced in association with Atresmedia Studios – one of the first series to see the light of day at the new Spanish studio – and Pina and Martinez Lobato’s Vancouver Media, the romantic thriller has sold to HBO for Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Portugal. Yandex has bought rights to Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and all Cis countries.
A comparably rare production which, despite the large standing of its creators – now signed up by Netflix in an output deal – has not been picked up by a global digital platform,...
Starring Alvaro Morte, “Money Heist’s” Profesor, and produced in association with Atresmedia Studios – one of the first series to see the light of day at the new Spanish studio – and Pina and Martinez Lobato’s Vancouver Media, the romantic thriller has sold to HBO for Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Portugal. Yandex has bought rights to Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and all Cis countries.
A comparably rare production which, despite the large standing of its creators – now signed up by Netflix in an output deal – has not been picked up by a global digital platform,...
- 1/22/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The romantic thriller is the latest production from acclaimed Spanish showrunner-duo Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato.
Beta Film has closed its first major European territory on Spanish Svod player Movistar+’s original series The Pier, striking a deal with French broadcaster TF1 on the eve of the Mipcom in Cannes.
The romantic thriller – set in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia and against spectacular scenery of the surrounding Albufera National Park – is the latest production from acclaimed Spanish showrunner-duo Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, best known for the hit show Money Heist ((Casa de Papel).
“After the excellent...
Beta Film has closed its first major European territory on Spanish Svod player Movistar+’s original series The Pier, striking a deal with French broadcaster TF1 on the eve of the Mipcom in Cannes.
The romantic thriller – set in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia and against spectacular scenery of the surrounding Albufera National Park – is the latest production from acclaimed Spanish showrunner-duo Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, best known for the hit show Money Heist ((Casa de Papel).
“After the excellent...
- 10/15/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Cannes — In one of the biggest deals to go on a major Mipcom title, involving some of Europe’s largest TV players, France’s TF1 has acquired Alex Pina’s Movistar + Original “The Pier,” sold by Beta Film, and produced with Atresmedia Studios.
Numerous additional deals are already in negotiation, Beta Film revealed Saturday.
Also produced by Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato’s Vancouver Media, “The Pier” marks the showrunner duo’s follow-up to “La Casa de Papel” (“Money Heist”), declared by Netflix this April to be its most watched non English-language series ever.
Alvaro Monte, the Professor in “La Casa de Papel” plays the male lead. Capturing a near futuristic Valencia, and the nearby Albufera National Park, an expanse of marshland and rice paddy fields where time seems to move at another race, Pina has commented, the cinematography looks stunning.
In other ways, this is a departure, a sensual...
Numerous additional deals are already in negotiation, Beta Film revealed Saturday.
Also produced by Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato’s Vancouver Media, “The Pier” marks the showrunner duo’s follow-up to “La Casa de Papel” (“Money Heist”), declared by Netflix this April to be its most watched non English-language series ever.
Alvaro Monte, the Professor in “La Casa de Papel” plays the male lead. Capturing a near futuristic Valencia, and the nearby Albufera National Park, an expanse of marshland and rice paddy fields where time seems to move at another race, Pina has commented, the cinematography looks stunning.
In other ways, this is a departure, a sensual...
- 10/14/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Renewing its long-standing relationship with Spain, Munich-based Beta Film has boarded “El Embarcadero” (The Pier), a Movistar + original series from “La Casa de Papel” creator Alex Pina and its creative team, which is early fruit of the launch of Spain’s Atresmedia Studios.
“The Pier” also co-stars Alvaro Morte, the Professor in “La Casa de Papel,” along with Verónica Sánchez and Irene Arcos, co-star of Pina’s breakthrough series, “Vis a Vis.”
Movistar +, the pay TV arm of giant telco Telefonica, produces with Atresmedia Studios, the TV series production house set up by network Atresmedia, and Vancouver Media, founded by Pina and “La Casa de Papel” co-scribe Esther Martínez Lobato.
Beta Film will handle all international sales rights on “The Pier.”
Going into production in May and shooting through November in Spain’s Mediterranean coastal city of Valencia and its La Albufera National Park, a freshwater lagoon. It turns on a high-profile architect.
“The Pier” also co-stars Alvaro Morte, the Professor in “La Casa de Papel,” along with Verónica Sánchez and Irene Arcos, co-star of Pina’s breakthrough series, “Vis a Vis.”
Movistar +, the pay TV arm of giant telco Telefonica, produces with Atresmedia Studios, the TV series production house set up by network Atresmedia, and Vancouver Media, founded by Pina and “La Casa de Papel” co-scribe Esther Martínez Lobato.
Beta Film will handle all international sales rights on “The Pier.”
Going into production in May and shooting through November in Spain’s Mediterranean coastal city of Valencia and its La Albufera National Park, a freshwater lagoon. It turns on a high-profile architect.
- 7/20/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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