Germanyβs Beta Film has picked up international distribution rights to two anticipated Movistar Plus originals, Canneseries-bound βEl Inmortal β Gangs of Madridβ and Galician crime drama βRapa.βΒ
Sneak peeked at Series Mania, βRapaβ screens at the Malaga Festival on March 22.Β
The acquisitions form part of an ongoing multi-year distribution-production alliance unveiled in 2019, giving Beta exclusive international distribution rights to about six Movistar Plus series a year.
A Movistar Plus co-production with Telemundo Streaming Studios in collaboration with Banijayβs DLO Producciones, βEl Inmortalβ inspired by true events, marks a deep dive into a figure and gang which reshaped Madridβs 1990s criminal underworld.
There, JosΓ© Antonio, played by Γlex Garcia (βRiot Police,β βIf I Were Richβ), rises up the ranks to drug lord, through a…