Long Awaited Movistar Plus TV Dramas ‘El Inmortal’ and ‘Rapa’ Join Beta Film’s Line-Up (EXCLUSIVE)
Beta Film has picked up international distribution rights to two anticipated Movistar Plus originals, Canneseries-bound “El Inmortal – Gangs of Madrid” and Galician crime drama “Rapa.” Sneak peeked at Series Mania, “Rapa” screens at the Malaga Festival on March 22. 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 Banijay’s DLO Producciones, “El Inmortal” inspired by true events, marks a deep dive into a figure and gang which reshaped Madrid’s 1990s criminal underworld. There, José Antonio, played by Álex Garcia (“Riot Police,” “If I Were Rich”), rises up the ranks to drug lord, through a combination of burning ambition, innocence, and merciless elimination of rivals.