‘Marfil’ and ‘Ébano’: the new Spanish originals produced by Prime Video

Prime Video will produce 'Marfil' and 'Ébano', the next original Spanish films based on the successful dilogy 'Enfrentados' ('Marfil' and 'Ébano'). Both films are produced by Pokeepsie Movies (Banijay Iberia) with Álex de la Iglesia and Carolina Bang as producers, Óscar Pedraza as director, and Sofía Cuenca as scriptwriter.

They are starring Ester Exposito (Venus) y Hugo Diego Garcia (The substance), who play the roles of Marfil and Sebastián respectively. Marfil y Ébano have already begun production in Madrid and will be available on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories as part of the Prime subscription.

Marfil Cortés, the daughter of a powerful Spanish businessman, sees her perfect life in New York turn upside down when she is suddenly kidnapped and released without apparent explanation. His father then decides to hire the enigmatic Sebastian Moore as his bodyguard. Forced to spend every minute together and although they initially clash due to her indomitable spirit and his reserved nature, an irremediable attraction will arise between them. Upon returning to Spain, with threats intensifying, they must navigate a world where no one is who they say they are and nothing is what it seems.

“After the incredible success of the Guilty saga, we are delighted to continue expanding the Mercedes Ron universe on Prime Video with the adaptation of the Faced saga,” he says. Maria Contreras, responsible for Movies and Series, Amazon MGM Studios Spain. “Translating these books to the screen by such talented actors as Ester Expósito and Hugo Diego García becomes another exciting milestone in our commitment to projects made in Spain and that connect with audiences around the world.”

“We started filming Faced with great enthusiasm, it is a genre that we love and we hope that it can connect again with the public as much as we already did with the adaptations of Guilty", they say from Pokeepsie Films (Banijay Iberia).

“I am very excited to be able to bring to the screen a saga so loved by fans,” he highlights. Mercedes Ron, author of Faced. "After years of waiting, her time is finally coming and there is nothing better than going hand in hand with Pokeepsie and Prime Video to make it a reality. I can't imagine an Ivory better than Ester or a Sebastián better than Hugo."

The announcement of Ivory y Ebony represents the third stage of collaboration between Prime Video and author Mercedes Ron, after the adaptations of her popular trilogy Guilty and the saga tell me. my fault became the most successful foreign-language film on Prime Video in 2023, and just a year later, in 2024, your fault broke all records to become the most viewed non-English speaking Original in Prime Video history. The final title of the trilogy, Our fault, will be released soon, while Tell me softly It is currently in production.