APC’s GIGANTES Recruits Global Partners for Epic Crime Drama from Telefonica Studios with Season 2 Launching at MIPTV this Year

A Number of Broadcasters are Boarding Epic Crime Drama from Telefonica Studios

Season Two Launching at MIPTV 2019

Recent deals for series one include: Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV (Germany), SBS (Australia), Spike (Russia), CANAL+ (Poland), UPC (Switzerland), Telefonica (Latin America), Elisa Viihde (Finland) and a deal with a major US premium pay network soon to be announced.

Commissioned by Movistar+ in Spain in co-production with LAZONA Producciones, GIGANTES is at its heart a drama about complexities of family with the dark undertones of a mafia show.

GIGANTES has already been commissioned for a second season in Spain which will premiere on Movistar + on March 22nd and will be launched internationally at MIPTV.

APC holds all global finished series and scripted format rights to outside Spain.

Leading independent production and distribution company About Premium Content (APC) has signed a raft of global broadcast deals for Telefonica Studio’s new high-end scripted returning series GIGANTES. Commissioned by Movistar+ in Spain in co-production with LAZONA Producciones, GIGANTES is at its heart a drama about complexities of family with the dark undertones of a mafia show. APC holds all global finished series and scripted format rights to outside Spain.

GIGANTES has already been commissioned for a second season in Spain which will premiere on Movistar + on March 22nd and will be launched internationally at MIPTV. A total of 12 x 52’ episodes are now available (two series of 6 x 52’).

Recent deals for series one include: Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV (Germany), SBS (Australia), Spike (Russia), CANAL+ (Poland), UPC (Switzerland), Telefonica (Latin America), Elisa Viihde (Finland) and a deal with a major US premium pay network soon to be announced.

Laurent Boissel, Joint CEO and Co-Founder at APC, says “The response to GIGANTES since the launch last year has been phenomenal – we are proud to be partnering with leading broadcasters across the world to bring this series to an international audience. We have backed GIGANTES from inception and are delighted to see the series go from strength to strength - taking its place on a global stage and winning a second season commission.”

GIGANTES is a cinematic story of fraternal love and hate featuring a cast of world-class Spanish actors. It is directed by internationally renowned director Enrique Urbizu along with Jorge Dorado and written by Michel Gaztambide, Miguel Barros and Enrique Urbizu. Immersed in Spanish culture, GIGANTES depicts the violent and complicated relationships of a family acting in the criminal underworld in Madrid.

After betraying each other to take the head of the family in season one, the Guerreros brothers now have to put their hatred for each other aside and join forces again to survive. Both the gipsies and the police want them dead, but the greatest threat will come from the women around them: Sol Guerrero is tempted to give up on Tomas to protect their daughter Carmen whereas Angela Marquez is blackmailing Barbara, Daniel’s ex-girlfriend, to help her catch the Guerreros once and for all. Disappointed by her parents, Carmen decides to follow her own path. What if she was the only remaining Guerrero capable of taking the empire back?

About About Premium Content
About Premium Content is headed by experienced principals Emmanuelle Guilbart and Laurent Boissel and is a leading independent production and distribution company that partners with global content creators to develop and finance projects from inception to international distribution. APC has built a curated slate of English-language and local-language fiction from a range of global producers all over the world including hit drama Keeping Faith (BBC/S4C), Gigantes (Telefonica Studios), Alex (Viaplay), stylish series A Very Secret Service (Arte), Valkyrien, Young and Promising (NRK) and crime thriller The Forest (France Televisions). APC also has a quality slate of top-tier factual programmes and has a children’s division APC Kids which houses its own production company Zephyr Animation.