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Un viaje a Lisboa se convierte en un juego de detectives para unos turistas. © Disney Plus+

Disney Plus+ ha anunciado el inicio del rodaje en Lisboa de “Si es Martes, es Asesinato”, una nueva serie original dirigida por Salvador Calvo y Abigail Schaaff (“El Ministerio del Tiempo”).

La serie de comedia cuenta la historia de un grupo de turistas durante un viaje organizado a Lisboa. Un grupo de lo más diverso: jóvenes, parejas, solteros, adultos… y apenas tienen cosas en común. Cuando uno de los turistas aparece muerto la mañana siguiente de su llegada, cuatro de ellos, aficionados a las novelas policíacas y de misterio, comienzan a investigar si uno de ellos podría ser el asesino.

“Si es Martes, es Asesinato” está protagonizada por Álex García (“Antidisturbios”), Inma Cuesta (“La Novia”), Ana Wagener (“Te Estoy Amando Locamente”), Pedro Casablanc (“Extraña Forma de Vida”), y Biel Montoro (“Mano de Hierro”). El...

Leading Barcelona-based indie studio Filmax has unveiled the teaser for its soccer-themed 3D animated feature “Robotia” ahead of its Nov. 29 presentation at Ventana Sur’s Animation! buyers showcase.

In “Robotia,” machines that are interconnected through recycled parts, live, dream, learn and play together. Young Alex and Bibi, unaware of their shared origins, face different situations. Alex has a damaged foot; Bibi, made from the same parts, enjoys a privileged life. Despite parental objections, Bibi secretly plays soccer with Alex and their friends. When discovered, Bibi is forbidden to play, but the gang isn’t keen to lose, not only one of their best players, but also one of their best friends. Alex poses as a gym teacher and finds out that all the girls in her class, not just Bibi, love soccer. Together, they defy expectations, showcasing their abilities and teaching valuable lessons to their naysayers.

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Barcelona-based filmmaker Abigail Schaaff is at the helm of the upcoming The Monster of Many Noses, and Variety brings us a first look at the unique genre title today.

Filmax has come on board the movie, Variety reports this afternoon, which is said to blend together the “fantasy genre and local lore to large social point.”

“Connecting 1960s Spain to its 1930s, the decade of Spain’s Civil War whose atrocities were silenced as the price of transition to democracy in 1970s Spain, The Monster of Many Noses (“L’home dels lassos”) is set in 1968 in a small village in the mountains.

“Three children try to escape the so-called Man of Many Noses, a figure in Catalan lore who hunts down children who have told too many lies on the last day of the year. But the children aren’t the only ones who fear him. Lies from the past can also be smelled.

Filmax has boarded “The Monster of Many Noses,” which marks yet another feature debut of a Barcelona-based female director, Abigail Schaaff, here in a movie which blends fantasy genre and local lore to large social point.

Filmax, which also handles distribution in Spain, will show first images of the film at the American Film Market.

Connecting 1960s Spain to its 1930s, the decade of Spain’s Civil War whose atrocities were silenced as the price of transition to democracy in 1970s Spain, “The Monster of Many Noses” (“L’home dels lassos”) is set in 1968 in a small village in the mountains.

Three children try to escape the so-called Man of Many Noses, a figure in Catalan lore who hunts down children who have told too many lies on the last day of the year. “But the children aren’t the only ones who fear him. Lies from the past can also be smelled,...

Madrid — Rolling off the success of “El Pueblo” on both Spain’s Amazon Prime Video and Telecinco, the main commercial channel of top Spanish broadcast network Mediaset España, the U.S. online giant has clinched pay/TV and Svod rights to four Mediaset España dramas and two docu series.

The deal was sealed between Amazon Prime Video and Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group, the broadcaster’s sales and distribution arm.

Announced Tuesday in Madrid, the agreement takes in the second season of rural relocation comedy series “El Pueblo,” whose Season 1 bowed May 14 last year on Amazon Prime Video, and then on Jan. 15 on Telecinco, to buoyant audience results.

“El Pueblo” turns on a group of urbanites who flee the city for different reasons – existential and economic crisis, need for fresh air, search for peace, inspiration to compose – and the conflict in the way of living between them and their new rural neighbors.