Spain’s The Mediapro Studio brought out the big guns at this year’s Mipcom to promote its first-ever English-language slate, which includes projects featuring John Turturro, Melissa Leo, “24” showrunner Evan Katz and Oscar winner Juan José Campanella, among others.
Though the ambitious pipeline was The Mediapro Studio’s big Mipcom head-turner, the company also closed noteworthy deals for a handful of its highest-profile shows of the last several years.
Disney+ Spain has acquired The Mediapro Studio and 3Cat’s thriller series “Quiet” (“El mal invisible”), which recently screened at Catalonia’s prestigious genre-focused Sitges International Film Festival. The show will debut on Catalan public television channel TV3 and the 3Cat platform soon, although a specific date hasn’t been announced.
Set in lock-down era Barcelona, “Quite” follows a police investigation to track down a serial killer who targets the homeless. David Verdaguer (“Saben Aquell”), Ángela Cervantes (“La Maternal”), and Alex Brendemühl (“Creatura”) headline the thriller, which is directed by Marta Pahissa (“Rapa,” “Ser o no Ser”).
The Mediapro Studio’s South Pole-set thriller “The Head,” created by “Homeland’s” Ran Tellem, will return to Max for its third season in the U.S., Spain, Latin America and Portugal. Canal+ and Filmbox brands picked up the series for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hot for Israel and Pickbox for the Balkan Peninsula.
Directed by Jorge Dorado, “The Head” is set in an Antarctic research station, the whodunit thriller stars John Lynch (“Blue Lights”), Katharine O’Donnelly (“Mary, Queen of Scots”) and Olivia Morris (“Hotel Portofino”), among other series regulars.
Canal+ and Filmbox Brands struck deals with The Mediapro Studio for Lionsgate’s first Spanish-language series, “Express,” in the Netherlands and “Chromosome 21” to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Netherlands.
Other notable sales made during Mipcom include several titles from Johnson Production Group – whose rights are part of The Mediapro Studio Distribution’s portfolio – to operators in France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and the Balkan Peninsula.
The Mediapro Studio has had a long relationship with American filmmaker Woody Allen and has closed deals with several Asian companies for titles from the director’s catalog. “Midnight in Paris” was acquired by Longride for broadcast in Japan and Korea’s NK Content and “Rifkin’s Festival” and “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” are heading to Sita Digital in China.
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