‘The Route,’ a Celebration of Spain’s Most Legendary Club Scene, Broken Down by its Creator and Producer

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Mipcom, “Rapa” weighs in as a classic rural murder mystery which then tears up that sub-genre’s rule book. “Offworld,” another Movistar+ original, is a collective series written by some of Spain’s most talented screenwriters, with each episode, set in a world after a massive power outage, helmed by a different director.

Given its pedigree, you’d expect something different from “The Route,” however. Atresplayer Premium, the SVOD service of Atresmedia, premiered “Veneno” and “Cardo.” Partners at Spain’s Caballo Films, behind “La Ruta,” include Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“Riot Police,” “As Bestas”).  “Atresmedia series have all had a great international run.

We are lucky enough to have some of the most successful Spanish series in the world led by ‘Veneno,’ ‘Money Heist,’ The Cook of Castamar,’ ‘Alba’… And with ‘La Ruta’ we have the same goal: that it triumphs in Spain and then in the rest of the world,” said José Antonio Antón, director of content at Atresmedia TV.

In the run up to Mipcom, Variety talked to series co-creator and director Borja Soler and producer Nacho Lavilla, at Caballo Films. Why tell the story backwards? Soler: For me it was the first great discovery of the series and it responds to a very clear reason: the desire that the viewer’s journey, during these twelve years, be from darkness to light.