Anna Marie de la Fuente Disney+ Spain has unveiled what it touts as the first original daily melodrama series produced by a premium streaming platform in Europe, “Return to Las Sabinas” (“Regreso a Las Sabinas”).
The announcement was the first order of the day at the Madrid confab, Iberseries & Platino Industria, which kicked off on Oct.1.
Like the traditional telenovela, it will be stripped daily but unlike the popular genre, will run for only 70 45-minute episodes instead of the 100-plus episodes typical of the original format that originated in Latin America.
Shot in and around Barcelona, the story follows sisters Gracia and Paloma who return to their childhood home in Las Sabinas to care for their father.
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