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Life swings between triumph and failure in the enthralling “El Gran Salto” produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Banijay’s Diagonal TV, the force behind shows such as “Isabel” and “La Catedral del Mar.”

Spanish star Óscar Casas stars as Olympic Gold Medalist gymnast Gervasio Deferr. The series is written by “Bye” scribe José Rodríguez and based on the Olympian’s own book of his struggles.

“Success is like a pendulum; it goes back and forth and is very delicate because if you don’t control it, it can screw up your life,” Deferr’s coach advises in the series opener.

This metaphor sets the tone for a five parter, which chronicles Deferr’s Olympic victories and profound personal struggles. Taking the reins is Catalan Director Roger Gual, “The idea from the beginning was to show the two sides of sports: success and failure. In Gervasio’s case, success came very early,...

Nuevas citas que protagonizan Leonor Watling, Óscar Casas o Anna Castillo, entre otros. © Prime Video

Prime Video ha publicado el tráiler y póster de la segunda temporada de Citas Barcelona. Continuando con la línea de la primera temporada, esta segunda entrega sigue a varios personajes que se encuentran cara a cara después de conocerse por internet, en su búsqueda de amor, sexo o simplemente una compañía que les aleje de la soledad.

Una segunda temporada que constará de seis episodios, cada uno de los cuales narrará las historias de dos citas diferentes. En esta ocasión, nombres destacados como Leonor Watling, Asier Etxeandía, Óscar Casas, Verónica Echegui, Anna Castillo, Yolanda Ramos, Bruna Cusí, Ricardo Gómez, Aitor Luna, Jorge Suquet, Fran Perea, Lola Rodríguez o Asia Ortega, entre otros, protagonizan estas citas.

La dirección correrá a cargo de Nely Reguera, Gemma Ferraté, Paco Caballero, David Selvas y el propio Eric Navarro, que...

La serie se estrenará en la plataforma de streaming este año. © Atresplayer

“El Gran Salto”, la nueva serie original de Atresplayer protagonizada por Óscar Casas como el campeón olímpico Gervasio Deferr, se proyectará en el Festival de San Sebastián en septiembre.

La serie, compuesta por cinco episodios de 50 minutos, narra una de las historias más apasionantes del deporte español: la vida del campeón olímpico Gervasio Deferr, su camino hacia el éxito olímpico y su caída a los infiernos. Deferr ganó dos medallas de oro olímpicas en salto en Sydney 2000 y Atenas 2004, y una de plata en suelo en Pekín 2008. De personalidad muy compleja y autoexigente, no supo gestionar bien el delicado equilibrio éxito-fracaso, lo que le arrastró a una espiral de autodestrucción y desfases, que le distanciaron de su familia y amigos, hasta que finalmente abandonó la competición deportiva. A lo largo de los cinco episodios, veremos la dualidad entre...

La serie se estrenará este año. © Atresplayer

“El Gran Salto”, la nueva serie original de Atresplayer protagonizada por Óscar Casas como el campeón olímpico Gervasio Deferr, ha finalizado su rodaje y hace públicas sus primeras imágenes.

La serie, compuesta por cinco episodios de 50 minutos, narra una de las historias más apasionantes del deporte español: la vida del campeón olímpico Gervasio Deferr, su camino hacia el éxito olímpico y su caída a los infiernos. Deferr ganó dos medallas de oro olímpicas en salto en Sydney 2000 y Atenas 2004, y una de plata en suelo en Pekín 2008. De personalidad muy compleja y autoexigente, no supo gestionar bien el delicado equilibrio éxito-fracaso, lo que le arrastró a una espiral de autodestrucción y desfases, que le distanciaron de su familia y amigos, hasta que finalmente abandonó la competición deportiva. A lo largo de los cinco episodios, veremos la dualidad entre dos momentos vitales de Deferr:...

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“Dating in Barcelona,” (Filmax)

Produced by Filmax’s Arca, Catalan public broadcaster 3Cat and Prime Video in Spain, a first season of “Dating in Barcelona” bowed last year in Spain to big ratings, both on its first-window debut on 3Cat and on Prime Video, where it became one of the streaming service’s most-watched debuts. A modern take on romance and sex in an online age, “Dating in Barcelona” also reflects a swing in TV towards a lighter, more episodic fare, whether in crime thrillers or other categories. Each episode features two dates which, as Variety has observed, play off each other. Powered in creative terms by Pau Freixas, behind iconic series from “Red Band Society” To “I Know Who You Are” And “Todos Mienten,” All Produced By Filmax, “Dating In Barcelona” features a top-tier cast, this time round in Season...

La segunda temporada de la serie se estrenará en Prime Video este año. © Filmax

“Citas Barcelona”, adaptación del popular formato Cites, ha comenzado el rodaje de su segunda temporada. Una serie que sigue la estela de la primera temporada, donde los personajes se encuentran cara a cara después de conocerse por internet; buscando amor, sexo o simplemente alguien que les aleje de la soledad.

Esta nueva temporada tendrá 6 episodios y estará protagonizada por actores y actrices del calibre de Joan Solé, Bruna Cusí, Anna Castillo, Ricardo Gómez, Elisabet Casanovas, Asia Ortega, Yolanda Ramos, Betsy Túrnez, Mara Jiménez, Arnau Puig, Emma Arquillué, Alfons Nieto, Aina Clotet, Aitor Luna, Jorge Suquet, Adrián Lastra, Natalia Tena, Tomy Aguilera, Margarida Corceiro, Lola Rodríguez, Óscar Casas, Leonor Watling, Asier Etxeandia, Verónica Echegui y Fran Perea.

La dirección de la segunda temporada de “Citas Barcelona” correrá a cargo de Nely Reguera, Gemma Ferraté, Paco Caballero, David Selvas...

Warner Bros Discovery left Spain out of its clampdown on European original programs for HBO Max, and has now doubled down on the country by ordering a soccer comedy there.

Production is underway in Madrid on Playing Dirty (Monos con Pistola) The seven-part series comes from Jorge Valdano Sáenz and Pablo Tébar and is based on an idea from Carolina Bang and Álex de la Iglesia, whose drama 30 Coins is one HBO Max Europe’s most high-profile originals. The series is produced by Bang and de la Iglesia’s Pokeepsie Films, which is part of Banijay Iberia.

Playing Dirty follows the life of soccer agent Alberto Martín Ruiz, otherwise known as ‘Beto,’ as he leaves the comfortable life of working at a large soccer agency to go it alone and start his own venture. Navigating between his daily delirious struggle with soccer players and his stressful family life, his only solace is his girlfriend,...

"You said he was dead. Now he wants revenge." Netflix has dropped the full trailer for the Barcelona-set revenge action thriller titled Xtreme, also known as Xtremo in Spanish. Running away is not an option. Revenge is his only plan. This one starts streaming June 4th on Netflix. Two years after the murder of his son and his father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother. This is directed by Barcelona-born filmmaker Daniel Benmayor, who states: "Just as signature Spanish horror was created in the past, with Xtremo we have the opportunity to create a Spanish standard of action films." The film stars Teo García, Óscar Jaenada, Óscar Casas, Andrea Duro, Luis Zahera, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Juan Diego, and Nao Albet. This looks so badass! Fast-paced, stylish, hard-hitting action. I'm in! Very curious to see how this turned out and if...

"There's only one plan. I'm going to kill them all." Netflix has unveiled an official teaser trailer for revenge action thriller titled Xtreme, also known as Xtremo in Spanish. Launching on Netflix this June. Two years after the murder of his son and his father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother. Directed by Barcelona-born filmmaker Daniel Benmayor, he explains the concept: "Xtremo brings to Barcelona a genre of film rarely exploited in Spanish-speaking films. It will be a relentless action film with a spectacular cast that brings together renowned international actors with new talents and a technical team of the highest level that brings a new style to our cinema. Just as signature Spanish horror was created in the past, with Xtremo we have the opportunity to create a Spanish standard of action films." The film stars Teo García,...

Miami — Breaking barriers, Netflix is preparing to unleash “Xtremo,” billed as one of Spain’s first full-on action thriller movies, starring Oscar Jaenada and action specialist Teo García.

A Netflix Original Film directed by Daniel Benmayor, “Xtremo” also marks the first production of Showrunner Films, the new production company set up by Spanish sales agent Vicente Canales and partner Julieta Videla.

“’Xtremo’ was born as a play to create action cinema made here in Spain. A film designed for the global market but with the character and originality of Spanish cinema,” Canales said in a press release.

For Netflix it’s certainly a gamble in bringing a new genre to a territory, but the bet is a calculated one as action thriller films have performed well for the service internationally. In 2019, the Michael Bay, Ryan Reynolds vehicle “6 Underground” was a massive success around the world.

Although the film only premiered on Dec.

Hope, Emily Dickinson told us, is the thing with feathers. Despair, according to Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm’s savagely convincing, brilliantly performed “Until We Fall,” is a thing with fangs and fists.

Dropping us into the lives of Danish couple Adam (Dar Salim) and Louise (Lisa Carlehed) as they return to the place from where their son Lucas went missing some time before — a seaside town in the Canary Islands where they have a holiday apartment handed down by Louise’s grandparents — Sahlstrøm’s frighteningly mature, gripping second feature is an uncompromising portrait of the pitiless derangement of grief. How it slowly dislocates you from everyone around and most dramatically, from yourself, from the person you used to be, and the way you usually behaved. As Louise says snappishly when Adam remarks on some little change to her routine: “There is no ‘usually’ anymore.”

Insights like these punctuate Sahlstrøm’s economical,...