BBC Studios Acquires ‘Welcome to Eden’ Spanish Producer Brutal Media
variety.comNaman Ramachandran BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the broadcaster, has acquired Spanish producer Brutal Media. Founded in 2009, Brutal Media’s credits include the recently announced original miniseries for Netflix, “Asalto Al Banco Central,” “The Academy” (Sony Pictures Television), “Vintage” (3cat), film “Killer Book Club” (Netflix), series “Welcome to Eden” (Netflix) and “The Hockey Girls” (Netflix, 3Cat), documentaries “The End of the Storm” (Sky TV, Liverpool FC) and “Murder by the Coast” (Netflix) and romantic comedy “I Love You Stupid” (Netflix).
Brutal Media’s portfolio also includes formats “This is Opera” and “This is Art” and it has produced primetime family oriented factual shows “El Paisano” and “El Foraster.” Under the agreement, Brutal Media will continue to develop and market its slate of original IP in Spain as well as producing local adaptations of the unscripted and scripted formats in the BBC Studios catalogue.
BBC Studios will distribute and produce Brutal Media formats outside of Spain. Founders Raimon Masllorens and Nèlida Sanchez will continue to lead the local team.
BBC Studios global entertainment production network has bases in the U.K., Australia, France, Germany, India, South Africa, the Nordics and the U.S.
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