Germany’s Beta has licensed Spanish special ops thriller “La Unidad – Kabul,” to Max for the U.S., the third instalment in one of Movistar Plus+’s longest running franchises, “La Unidad,” whose six episodes deliver an engrossing and sometimes shocking take on the 2021 Fall of Kabul.
With the purchase, all 18 episodes of Spanish series “La Unidad” are now available to stream on Max in the U.S.
Beta has previously sold the thriller, spangled by action scenes and haunting in its sudden deaths, to 50 territories including France, Latin America, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Australia.
Produced by Spanish pay TV/VOD service Movistar Plus+, with Buendía Estudios, and first aired in May 2020 in a Movistar Plus+ drive for scale, propulsive action and broader audiences, “La Unidad – Kabul” reprises the characters of spacial ops unit head Carla, the feisty Miriam and agent Marcos (Argentine Michel Noher, star of...
With the purchase, all 18 episodes of Spanish series “La Unidad” are now available to stream on Max in the U.S.
Beta has previously sold the thriller, spangled by action scenes and haunting in its sudden deaths, to 50 territories including France, Latin America, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Australia.
Produced by Spanish pay TV/VOD service Movistar Plus+, with Buendía Estudios, and first aired in May 2020 in a Movistar Plus+ drive for scale, propulsive action and broader audiences, “La Unidad – Kabul” reprises the characters of spacial ops unit head Carla, the feisty Miriam and agent Marcos (Argentine Michel Noher, star of...
- 5/29/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Spanish SVOD platform Movistar+ wowed viewers at the Málaga Film Festival on Tuesday with the first episode of “La Unidad Kabul,” the third season of its special police unit thriller.
The latest instalment is set in Afghanistan, where Spanish agents are on a new mission to meet an infiltrator with information about a possible attack in Europe.
The elite unit is in the war-torn country as the U.S. ends its 20-year occupation, leaving Kabul to be taken by the Taliban. As Spanish authorities begin the evacuation of civilians and collaborators, the agents get caught up in clashes between the Taliban, Mujahideen and Islamic State-Khorasan Province (Isis-k) forces.
Speaking in Málaga, Dani de la Torre, who created the show with Alberto Marini, said it was important for the creative team to focus specifically on Afghanistan this season. “It was not that long ago – in 2021 that the West abandoned Afghanistan and...
The latest instalment is set in Afghanistan, where Spanish agents are on a new mission to meet an infiltrator with information about a possible attack in Europe.
The elite unit is in the war-torn country as the U.S. ends its 20-year occupation, leaving Kabul to be taken by the Taliban. As Spanish authorities begin the evacuation of civilians and collaborators, the agents get caught up in clashes between the Taliban, Mujahideen and Islamic State-Khorasan Province (Isis-k) forces.
Speaking in Málaga, Dani de la Torre, who created the show with Alberto Marini, said it was important for the creative team to focus specifically on Afghanistan this season. “It was not that long ago – in 2021 that the West abandoned Afghanistan and...
- 3/15/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The creators of Movistar+’s La Unidad (The Unit) are considering a spinoff of the Spanish counter-terrorism drama series, and are working on a female-led thriller for Atresmedia Cine.
Details on Dani de la Torre and Beto Marini’s latest projects are scarce, but Deadline understands development is underway on the feature, with the spinoff at an early stage of gestation — dependent on the outcome of the upcoming third season.
La Unidad, from Buendia Estudios, is set to shoot its third season in Galicia, continuing to focus on a Spanish anti-terrorism unit as attempts to stop attacks on Spain. The series stars the likes of Nathalie Poza, Michel Noher and Marian Alvarez.
Following the neutralization of Season 2’s big threat, part of the team led by Carla Torres is in Afghanistan. Their objective is to meet with an infiltrator who has information about a possible attack in Spain, but...
Details on Dani de la Torre and Beto Marini’s latest projects are scarce, but Deadline understands development is underway on the feature, with the spinoff at an early stage of gestation — dependent on the outcome of the upcoming third season.
La Unidad, from Buendia Estudios, is set to shoot its third season in Galicia, continuing to focus on a Spanish anti-terrorism unit as attempts to stop attacks on Spain. The series stars the likes of Nathalie Poza, Michel Noher and Marian Alvarez.
Following the neutralization of Season 2’s big threat, part of the team led by Carla Torres is in Afghanistan. Their objective is to meet with an infiltrator who has information about a possible attack in Spain, but...
- 6/29/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled its 2015 line-up which includes films representing 54 countries, 23 world premieres and 53 U.S. premieres. The U.S. premiere of Niki Caro’s McFarland USA will close out the 30th fest. Based on the 1987 true story and starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello, the film follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White (Costner), a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. The unlikely band of runners overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring legacy as well.
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
The festival runs from January 27-February 7.
Below is the list of World and U.S. Premiere films followed by the list of titles by sidebar categories.
World Premieres
A Better You, USA
Directed by Matt Walsh
Cast: Brian Huskey,...
- 1/8/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
A self-acknowledged "showcase for Academy Award frontrunners," the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is often overlooked for the actual films that earn it festival status. An amalgamation of international discoveries and ’merica’s circuit highlights, the Sbiff curates a week of best-of-the-best to pair with their star-praising. The 2015 edition offers another expansive selection, bookended by two films that aren’t on any radars just yet. Sbiff will open with "Desert Dancer," producer Richard Raymond’s directorial debut. Starring Reece Ritchie and Frieda Pinto, the drama follows a group of friends who wave off the harsh political climate of Iran’s 2009 presidential election in favor of forming a dance team, picking up moves from Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev thanks to the magic of YouTube. The festival will close with "McFarland, USA," starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello. Telling the 1987 true story of a Latino high school’s underdog cross-country team,...
- 1/8/2015
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
2010 - 91 mins. - Rated R
D: Marcos Efron
C: Amber Heard, Odette Yustman, César Vianco, Karl Urban, Adriana Barraza, Gia Mantegna, Michel Noher, Jorge Booth, Luis Sabatini
Updating of the 1970 classic about two American friends stuck in Argentina. After a dispute they separate. One of them is kidnapped and the other is left to look for her friend in an unknown place on her own after the police don't seem all that interested in helping.
For almost all of the film's running time nothing happens. Nothing unexpected, interestingly acted, excitingly violent or even gratuitously arousing. And Soon The Darkness is a relentlessly lackluster example of the stranded tourists being tortured in a foreign country formula. The formula is always the same. A group of tourists are stranded in a foreign country with no way of leaving. The protagonist get separated somehow or someway. One of them gets kidnapped, tortured and killed.
D: Marcos Efron
C: Amber Heard, Odette Yustman, César Vianco, Karl Urban, Adriana Barraza, Gia Mantegna, Michel Noher, Jorge Booth, Luis Sabatini
Updating of the 1970 classic about two American friends stuck in Argentina. After a dispute they separate. One of them is kidnapped and the other is left to look for her friend in an unknown place on her own after the police don't seem all that interested in helping.
For almost all of the film's running time nothing happens. Nothing unexpected, interestingly acted, excitingly violent or even gratuitously arousing. And Soon The Darkness is a relentlessly lackluster example of the stranded tourists being tortured in a foreign country formula. The formula is always the same. A group of tourists are stranded in a foreign country with no way of leaving. The protagonist get separated somehow or someway. One of them gets kidnapped, tortured and killed.
- 12/28/2010
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
'And Soon the Darkness' has certainly brightened up since this freshly new pic of it's two lead hotties Amber Heard and Odette Yustman was revealed. It gives us a glimpse of the two bikini clad ladies relaxing on a beach getting that all important tan before their trip takes a turn for the worse in Marcos Efron's kidnapping thriller. Based on the Brit flick from 1970, that starred Pamela Franklin and Michele Dotrice, this baby will be hitting both theatres and DVD shelves this month across the Us. Karl Urban, Adriana Barraza ('Drag Me To Hell'), Gia Mantegna and Michel Noher round off the main cast. Now get some Heard and Yustman flesh below!...
- 12/6/2010
- Horror Asylum
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