The Mediapro Studio, Hulu Japan and HBO Asia shoot the series 'The head' in Tenerife

Directed by Jorge Dorado, it is the first series by Àlex and David Pastor in Spain. The Canary Islands and Iceland are the setting for this production set in a polar station in Antarctica.

The Mediapro Studio, Hulu Japan y HBO Asia they shoot in Tenerife The head, the first fiction series of Alex and David Pastor in Spain. Canary Islands e Iceland are the setting for this survival thriller, directed by Jorge Dorado (The Pier, Mindscape), which takes place in one of the most remote places on the planet: Antarctica, whose filming will last 12 weeks.

The Pastor Brothers have worked alongside Ran Tellem (Homeland), director of international content development at The Mediapro Studio, in the creation of this thriller.

The project gave its first steps in 2017, at the prestigious Series Mania international forum, held in Paris. The head It was presented at a session to select projects that aroused enormous interest among representatives of the audiovisual sector.

Álvaro Morte (The Professor, the mastermind behind the ambitious robbery of The Money Heist, a character with whom he has crossed borders; The pier, The secret of Puente Viejo, Love is forever), Tomohisa Yamashita (Code Blue), Laura Bach (Sprinter Galore, Rita), Monica López (Iron, In the city, The uncertain inhabitant, Accused), Alexandre Willaume (Below the surface, Deep State, Tomb Raider), Katharine O’Donnelly (Mary, Queen of Scots), John Lynch (The Terror) and Amelia Hoy (Below the surface, Killing Eve) appear in the international cast of the series.

According to Javier Mendez, content director at The Mediapro Studio, The head It is an example of where we are heading, with ambitious and complex international projects based on great narratives. The head represents a great step within the studio's strategy to guarantee the best stories to our clients around the world, for which we have great partners such as Hulu Japan and HBO Asia."

Laura Fernandez Espeso, corporate director and TV director of The Mediapro Studio, comments that The head "It is the fruit of many months of work to face a moment in which the demand for content is enormous. Having talent of the caliber of Jorge Dorado and Àlex and David Pastor, who have worked on the project since its inception, along with a large international cast and prominent partners such as Hulu Japan and HBO Asia gives an idea of ​​the magnitude of the project. It is a privilege for The Mediapro Studio to bring this magnificent series to the audiovisual market."

The dark and long Antarctic months, the cold, the wind and the vast expanses of ice along with the feeling of loneliness and claustrophobia are the distinctive elements of this fiction, made up of six 50-minute episodes.

The plot of The head, with dialogues in English and Danish, is located at the Polaris VI international station in Antarctica. A small group of scientists from several countries will be in charge of keeping the base operational during the long polar night. But in the middle of winter the station stops communicating with the outside world.

“After a two and a half year process, at The Mediapro Studio we are proud to bring a unique story to the screen,” explains Ran Tellem. “The head It is a series that deals with good and evil. It begins when a group of people find themselves completely disconnected from the world, in the freezing darkness of the South Pole winter. For the unknown killer in their midst, this is the perfect scenario. For everyone else, knowing right from wrong could be the thing that saves their lives.”

"In The Head I have been able to contribute something to the development, which is quite unusual," explains director Jorge Dorado, "because normally we directors join in at a much later stage. And that is very interesting, because then you can make the story a little your own." The director also highlights the work of The Mediapro Studio: “At the moment, no one is doing projects of this size and with this international ambition in Spain.”

Àlex and David Pastor, who have worked on the scripts for THhe head with Isaac Sastre, define the production as “a claustrophobic thriller with a central mystery.” “The series plays in two stages because it is about discovering who the murderer is, why he did it and what lies beyond the apparent crimes,” they comment.

The Pastor brothers have a brilliant film career with titles such as Carriers y The Last Days, both written and directed by them, and Self/less, written by them, directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) and starring Ben Kingsley and Ryan Reynolds. They entered the television world with the series Incorporated, from the American network Sy Fy, produced by Pearl Street Films, the company of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, whose pilot was written and directed by the Pastors. They recently directed the film for Netflix Home.