The new deal sees David Ellison's Skydance unleashing its innate power, here HBO Max, in a two-year pact with the biggest Spanish Pay TV/SVOD player In what looks like a coup for both parties, Skydance and Movistar Plus, the biggest Spanish pay TV/SVOD operator, are expanding their strategic alliance, strengthening Skydance’s deal in distribution on Movistar Plus and taking it to the next level by including co-branded orginal series. The two-year deal continuation of the distribution of HBO Max and Warner Bros. Theatrical features on Movistar Plus, the distribution of former Discovery TV channels now part of Skydance TV.
In a new and exciting element which takes the partnership to a new level, however, the two partners will co-develop and co-produce series under the joint Movistar Plus and HBO Original label. These will be distributed worldwide by HBO Max and Skydance. First up is “Veredicto,” a Movistar Plus and HBO Original series produced in collaboration with Ikiru Films and Luminol Media.
Created by Eduard Sola, Pol Cortecans and Daniel González from an original idea by Carles Porta, it stars Nagore Aranburu, Ernesto Alterio, Alba Flores, Omar Ayuso, Secun de la Rosa, Alfredo Castro, Marc Soler, Júlia Mascort, Cris Blanco and Mamen Duch. Also in the deal is a new Movistar Plus and HBO Original series from Carles Porta and Los Moriarti (“Maspalomas,” “Marco,” “The Endless Trench,” starring Anna Castillo, Pol López and Eduard Fernández. From iconic cinematic universes to original productions with the potential to become global phenomena, we share with Movistar Plus the ambition to deliver outstanding entertainment experiences and support a new generation of creators and storytellers,” said Alessandro Araimo, managing director & executive VP, Southern Europe at Skydance.
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