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  Netflix Sets Cast For Spanish ‘Bird Box’ Spin-Off

  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, which goes into production in November. Starring will be: Mario Casas, Georgina Campbell, Diego Calva, Alejandra Howard, Naila Schuberth, Patrick Criado, Celia Freijeiro with Lola Dueñas, Gonzalo de Castro, Michelle Jenner and Leonardo Sbaraglia. […]

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  Netflix Confirms ‘Elite’ Will Return for Season 6, Unveils Cast for ‘Bird Box’ Adaptation

  Netflix’s Spanish adaptation of its hit original movie “Bird Box” is coming together. Cast and a handful of early details were announced for the previously announced project from Àlex and David Pastor. Leading the international cast are Mario Casas, one of Spain’s most bankable leading men who this year won a best actor Spanish Academy […]

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  La Claqueta to Produce Animated Gender Violence Survivor Story ‘Bella’ (EXCLUSIVE)

  Celebrated Andalusian production house La Claqueta, headed by producer Olmo Figueredo, will produce “Bella,” the debut animated feature from Spanish director Manuel H. Martín – with whom the company previously produced the award-winning documentary “30 Years of Darkness” and “El viaje mas largo,” and celebrated VFX supervisor Amparo Martínez Barco (“Marshland,” “The Head”). Martín also […]

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  ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ Korean Comedy Drama Set for Spanish Remake

  Hit 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. While in jail he struggles to […]

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  Netflix's The Innocent Isn't Based on a True Story, but Its Inspiration Is Still a Wild Ride

  It didn't take long for me to get hooked on Netflix's latest series, The Innocent. The eight-episode thriller sees Mateo Vidal (Mario Casas) get swept up in a mystery that could tear his life apart, nine years after he was sent to prison for the accidental killing of a man in a bar fight.

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  Netflix Released a New Trailer for ‘The Innocent’ & It's Full of Murder, Lies and Suspense

  Netflix teases the story, saying, \"An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.\"Basically, the series...

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  Goya Awards: Antonio Banderas-Hosted Ceremony Prizes ‘Schoolgirls’ as Best Picture

  Pilar Palomero’s “Schoolgirls” (“Las Niñas”), a coming-of-age story and generational portrait of Spanish women who would now be in their 40s, swept an extraordinary and admirable 35th edition of Spain’s Goya Awards on Saturday, scooping best picture, new director, original screenplay and cinematography. Salvador Calvo won best director for the three-part, Africa-set drama “Adú,” a […]

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  Antonio Banderas reveals positive COVID-19 test results on his 60th birthday

  Actor Antonio Banderas revealed on Monday, his 60th birthday, that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is feeling "confident" that he'll recover soon.

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  Spanish Showbiz Adapts to New Market Conditions in a Virtual World

  Library deals, remake rights deals, movie production — Spanish film sales agents are diversifying in multiple ways to battle the uncertainty of current times. The coronavirus pandemic has added another wrinkle to an already complex landscape, with sales agents at the crossroads between traditional distribution and streaming platforms. In February, as the shock waves of […]

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  London Theater Review: ‘White Pearl’

  Playwright Anchuli Felicia King dismantles the Asian market in this misfiring satire at London's Royal Court Theatre. “White Pearl” makes a case that those seeking to make inroads into the Far East, perceiving a new El Dorado, are no better that colonial conquistadors of an earlier age -- and entirely unequipped to understand the specifics […]

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