Hints of ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘Narcos’: A Look at Literary Works Being Pitched for Screen Adaptations at Iberseries & Platino Industria

If you need any proof of the potential for literary works from the Spanish-speaking world to be adapted for the screen, you need to look no further than YA bestseller author Mercedes Ron’s success with Prime Video and Banijay’s Pokeepsie Films production banner with the likes of the Fault trilogy and the recently launched Drawn…

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Mike Leigh’s ‘Tender Loving Care’ Sweeps San Sebastian Awards as ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘NAZA’ Earn Audience Nods

Mike Leigh’s dramatic comedy Tender Loving Care took home three top awards at Saturday night’s closing ceremony of the 74th annual edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, which ran Sept. 18-26, including the Golden Shell for best film and Silver Shell for Kate O’Flynn’s lead performance. O’Flynn shared the award with Asta Kamma…

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Kane Parsons Recalls ‘Backrooms’ Trailer “Activated a Desire to See: How Did Hollywood Mess This Up?”

Twenty-one-year-old Kane Parsons is reflecting on a whirlwind summer in which the box office was undoubtedly bolstered by the release of his feature debut, Backrooms. Speaking with some of the industry’s top executives at the Zurich Film Festival Summit on Saturday afternoon, the young director spoke about the health of the 2026 box office, which…

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Calls From the Dead, a Madrid Dystopia and Kids Swap Among Writers’ Show Pitches as Iberseries

Iberseries & Platino Industria’s sixth edition takes place in Madrid this week, and its jam-packed schedule includes the Thursday, Oct. 1 presentation of six series projects developed by seven screenwriters as part of a collaboration with Fundación SGAE, Spain’s primary collective management organization for intellectual property rights. The series will be in focus during one of the pitching events that will…

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King Charles Makes Rare Statement Over Bombshell Memoir Claim He Told Diana’s Brother: “We’ll Forget Her Soon Enough”

King Charles has, as the British press put it, been dragged into a “war of words” this week with Charles Spencer, the younger brother of the late Princess Diana. Ahead of the release of Earl Spencer’s bombshell memoir about his sibling next week, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, one particular claim from the book…

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