Risk and ambition, in the new wave of Movistar Plus+ originals

The new director of fiction and alliances of Movistar Plus+, Jorge Pezzi, accompanied by a representation of the platform's creative talent, presents three new titles in Madrid promoted by big names in Spanish cinematography and fiction.

Jorge Pezzi has been accompanied by Guillermo Farré, director of the Original Cinema and Spanish Cinema area of ​​Movistar Plus+, Susana Herreras, editorial manager of original series at Movistar Plus+, and Jorge Ortiz de Landázuri, leader of Movistar Plus+ Non-Fiction Originals. The team has broken down the content strategy of the platform and advanced first images of highly anticipated titles.

In the words of the head of fiction and alliances: “We want to continue with the wonder that has been done so far in Movistar Plus+, continue betting on incredible, differential projects, with a lot of risk, that allow us to continue being the spearhead of Spanish audiovisual and that make us grow in clients. We want to continue being the beacon of Spanish talent. This is what we do and what we want to continue doing. We have to continue being the focus of the Spanish industry. The house where talent wants to be.” Next, the platform's three new original fiction series were presented.

kill a bear: an atypical police story

Eduard Fernández, María Rodríguez Soto, Miki Esparbé, Pol López, Nora Navas y Álex Monner star kill a bear, a project created and directed by Jorge and Alberto Sánchez Cabezudo (In the Zone, See you in another life, Crematorium) that will begin filming in the month of August. This 6-episode fiction is written by the creators and screenwriters themselves. Pablo and Daniel Remón (winners of a Goya for Best Adapted Screenplay for Bad weather). Complete part of the team Borja Soler (The Route) directing two of the 6 episodes.

This is the synopsis of the format created by Movistar Plus+ in collaboration with Kubik Films, which has been defined by its creators as an "attractive and atypical police story": "The death of the Cachou bear in the Aran Valley triggers a never-before-seen criminal investigation into the death of an animal. The suspects are the inhabitants of the Valley, which becomes the scene where two worlds collide, the global and the ancestral, and where some good people do the impossible to keep the mountain from catching fire."

Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva (Anti-disturbances) and his new project

Created by Isabel Pena (Anti-disturbances, Blackout) y Eduardo Villanueva (Anti-disturbances), and directed by Elena Martin Gimeno (Creature) y Sandra Romero (Where the silence passes), this new yet untitled series is based on the book The Pimp, of Mabel Lozano. The series, an original production by Movistar Plus+ in collaboration with Horse Films, will combine three points of view (mafia, police and the victims themselves) to transport the viewer to Spain in the late 90s.

This is the synopsis of the series: "Ten pimps are going to change the prostitution business in Spain forever. They have begun to buy and exploit foreign women and are becoming millionaires. The country remains indifferent while the women continue to arrive and collide with a reality very different from what they had been promised. A reviled police unit is the only one that realizes that something is changing, but they will have to transform their way of looking at the problem.

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa reissues his collaboration with Movistar Plus+

After the success of its first series To want, recognized with 3 Forqué awards, 3 Feroz awards, 2 awards from the Union of Actors and Actresses or the Grand Prix of the international Series Mania competition (Lille – France), among other recognitions, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa is preparing his second series for the platform, which he will co-write with Eduard Sola. The new series, still without a definitive title, is a Original Movistar Plus+ in collaboration with Kowalski Films y Feelgood Media.

“With this series we want to explore the universe of OnlyFans-type platforms where many people create their own sexual content and then sell it to third parties, subscribers, fans... It is a phenomenon that is growing exponentially and that challenges the traditional perception of pornography and sexuality online," the author has declared.

More Movistar Plus+ originals on the way

The team of Movistar Plus+ Originals has provided more information about the titles that are in the filming or post-production phase, for which it has had the presence of its creators. In this sense, the status of the adaptation projects of a lot of people have to die of Victoria Martin, a series created in collaboration with Cutting and Confection of Films that will premiere in 2026; For one hundred million of Congratulations Media, a series created and directed by Nacho G. Velilla that revives the kidnapping in 1981 of the soccer player Quini at the hands of three mechanics from Zaragoza, or I always sometimes, the story of an accidentally single mother who has difficulties getting ahead in Barcelona with the seal of Take Content.

In addition, the platform has confirmed that in the last quarter of 2025 the second season of little faith (Buendía Studios), Anatomy of a moment (DLO Productions, ART France), the center (Fonte Films) y Jakarta (100 Bullets – The Mediapro Studio, Buendía Estudios Canarias). As a culmination, those attending the meeting were able to see the first images of two documentary films with the Original Movistar Plus+ seal: Flowers for Antonio, a film that covers the life and work of Antonio Flores with the help of his daughter produced by Flower Power Producciones, LACOproductora, Caballo Films, Boomerang TV and Flores para Antonio AIE, y Until I run out of voice, a documentary film that will offer “the most intimate portrait of Leiva” with the production of Blur and the distribution of Sidereal.