Spain’s Atresmedia TV, Buendía Estudios Vizcaya to Adapt ‘Angela Black’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent TOLEDO, Spain — Adding to its bullish line-up of primetime dramas, Spain’s Atresmedia TV is set to adapt “Angela Black,” its second ITV drama makeover from “The Missing” creators, Harry and Jack Williams, after the Spanish commercial broadcaster’s reversion of “Liar.” Currently casting and set to go into production this fall in Bizkaia’s Bilbao, “Angela,” as the Spanish redo is known, is produced by Buendía Estudios Vizcaya with the participation of Atresmedia TV.

An original idea of the Williams’ Two Brothers Pictures, “Angela Black’s” international distribution is handled by All3Media International.

Buendía Estudios is behind “Veneno,” “Cardo” and “The Cook of Castamar.” “Angela” is directed by Norberto López Amado, who has helmed episodes on some of the biggest hits on Spanish TV in the last 10 years, such as “The Time in Between” and “El Príncipe” as well as two episodes of “Liar.” In now well-established windowing, “Angela” will air first on Atresplayer Premium, Atresmedia’s high-profile fremium VOD service, before broadcasting on Antena 3, Atresmedia’s flagship free-to-air channel.

Starring “Downton Abbey’s” “Joanne Froggatt, “Angela Black” is a stark tale of domestic abuse wrapped in a thriller format, Its Spanish makeover joins an Atresmedia lineup of productions whose bet on Spanish fiction is one of its defining characteristics.  “We are very happy with this new project because its scripts are very good indeed and we’re putting together a top-notch cast. ‘Angela Black’ was very successful and fits very well the kind of fiction which we’re looking for when we’re ask what foreign series are the most interesting to adapt,” said Montse García, director of fiction