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27-04-2025
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Wild Bunch TV Boards Spanish Crime Thriller Series ‘The Clan Olimpia' Starring ‘Carmen y Lola' Breakout as Housewife-Turned-Ringleader (EXCLUSIVE)
Wild Bunch TV, the television sales and acquisition division of the pan-European banner, has boarded two new shows, 'The Clan Olimpia' and 'Single Bells,' in the run-up to Canneseries 'The Clan Olimpia' is a six-part Spanish crime drama starring Zaira Romero, the Goya-nominated rising star of 'Carmen y Lola.' Set in Spain in 2003, the prestige series sees Romero playing Olimpia, a quiet housewife whose life is turned upside down when her husband is diagnosed with cancer. Now in charge of providing for her family, Olimpia turns to a lucrative but dangerous activity: drug trafficking. More from Variety 'Escort Boys' Producer on Taking the Raunchy French Comedy to 'Darker' Ground in Season 2 and Developing Projects with Amanda Sthers, Olivier Abbou (EXCLUSIVE) 'Industry' Producer Jane Tranter on How Late James Gandolfini Friendship Changed Her Career: 'First Time I Had Someone Who Was on My Side' 'Skam' Producer and NRK Drama Boss Unveils 2025-26 Lineup, With Canneseries' 'A Better Man' Among Stories That Matter (EXCLUSIVE) The cast is completed by other Spanish up-and-coming talent, including Fran Berenguer ('Mia Culpa'). Producers are the Oscar-winning Tornasol Media ('The Secret in Their Eyes'), Loreto y Olimpia AIE, Par Producciones and Pablo Bossi's Gloriamundi Producciones. Also joining Wild Bunch TV's international sales roster is 'Single Bells,' a romantic Christmas comedy produced by De Mensen, the Studio TF1-owned Dutch company behind 'The Underground.' The banner has nabbed Season 1 which was a huge hit in Belgium on VTM, as well as in the Netherlands and Germany, as well as Season 2 which will come out before the end of the year. Created by Charlotte Vanhecke, Tyche Beyens, Joyce Beullens, Wim Keppens and Geerard Van de Walle, the show follows Mina (Julie Van den Steen) as an eternal single whose family is on a mission to find her a date in the build-up to Christmas. Wild Bunch TV, spearheaded by industry veteran Diana Bartha, is at Canneseries with Season 2 of 'Escort Boys' world premiering out of competition. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in May 2025 The Best Celebrity Memoirs to Read This Year: From Chelsea Handler to Anthony Hopkins
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26-04-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Escort Boys' Producer on Taking the Raunchy French Comedy to ‘Darker' Ground in Season 2 and Developing Projects with Amanda Sthers, Olivier Abbou (EXCLUSIVE)
After tackling gender power dynamics in the post #MeToo era, Prime Video's raunchy comedy series 'Escort Boys' is returning for a second season that's several shades darker and is world premiering today at Canneseries. Adapted from the Israeli show 'Johnny and the Knights of Galilee' ('Milk and Honey') and directed by Ruben Alves, the half-hour comedy series portrays four young men who become escorts to make ends meet and save their family business in a picturesque town in Southern France. More from Variety 'Industry' Producer Jane Tranter on How Late James Gandolfini Friendship Changed Her Career: 'First Time I Had Someone Who Was on My Side' 'Skam' Producer and NRK Drama Boss Unveils 2025-26 Lineup, With Canneseries' 'A Better Man' Among Stories That Matter (EXCLUSIVE) APOS 2025 Draws Top Media Execs to Bali for 15th Edition Boldly addressing timely themes such as romantic love, female sexuality and toxic masculinity, Season 1 was a hit, even luring Wild Bunch TV which acquired international sales (to seasons 1 and 2), and France's leading commercial channel TF1 which bought second-window rights. Myriam Gharbi-de Vasselot at Mediawan-owned Oberkampf Productions '('Les Papillons Noirs') who produced the series with Charlotte Toledano-Detaille and RTL TVI, said Season 2 is taking a departure from the original format. 'It's a true creation,' she says, and one that reteams Alves with Yaël Lebrati ('Dear You'), joined by Louis Pénicaut ('Le Bureau des Legendes'). Season 2 picks up six months after the end of Season 1 which saw the main characters deciding to stop escorting to start a hotel venture. 'They're forced back into it due to a failed hotel venture which turned into a fiasco: they were ripped off and faced subsequent debt, leading them to lose their domain,' says de Vasselot, who also previously produced a documentary about male escorts which Wild Bunch TV picked up alongside the first two seasons of 'Escort Boys.' 'We're going to look at the consequences and limitations of prostitution, since it's a subject that can't be taken lightly and that we're treating as realistically as possible,' she says, adding that the plot will deal with the 'sex addiction of one of its main characters, Ludo, who is the father figure,' as well as introduces 'a woman who has been beaten by her husband and attempts to overcome her trauma and reconnect with her body with the help of an escort.' 'That's Ruben Alves's signature style, always oscillating between drama and laughter,' she says. While the show will be definitely more dramatic in its second season, she says it will nevertheless boast 'moments of comedy, sometimes burlesque, sometimes funny and touching, with a diverse range of clients, always played by exceptional guest stars.' These include Josiane Balasko, Marisa Berenson ('Barry Lyndon'), Thibault De Montalembert ('Call My Agent!'), Margot Bancilhon ('Machine'), Cristiana Reali ('Camping 3') and Afida Turner ('LOL'), who will star alongside the key cast of Guillaume Labbé, Thibaut Evrard, Simon Ehrlacher, Corentin Fila and Marysole Fertard. Prime Video will premiere the series on June 13 in France, followed by Italy, Spain, Germany and the U.K. De Vasselot is also developing a raft of internationally driven projects with different partners and talent, including Olivier Abbou with whom she previously collaborated on the Netflix serial killer thriller 'Les Papillons Noirs.' She's teamed up with Nathalie Perus at Atlantique Productions, another Mediawan label, to acquired rights to a bestselling U.S. book whose adaptation is being penned by Abbou and Laura Fontaine ('Research Unit'). She's also working with 'Vortex' co-creator Sarah Farkas and Marjorie Bosch ('Sam') on a female-led series project in advanced development at a streamer, and 'Holy Lands' filmmaker-screenwriter Amanda Sthers' first series which will be based on an original story revolving around two journalists hired to create fake news. Best of Variety All the Godzilla Movies Ranked Final Oscar Predictions: International Feature – United Kingdom to Win Its First Statuette With 'The Zone of Interest' 'Game of Thrones' Filming Locations in Northern Ireland to Open as Tourist Attractions
