If you were looking for a reason to have a ‘chill’ kind of day by the T.V. then look no further. Amazon Prime Video has announced three new Spain Original Series (Yay!).
“El Cid,” (one of three series) stars popular Spanish actor Jaime Lorente, a lead player in Netflix’s two biggest Spanish hits thus far “Money Heist” and “Elite,”.
Jaime Lorente will play Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar en una series inspired by the legendary medieval war hero, whose deeds inspiro uno de los medieval Spanish epic poems, “El Cantar de Mio Cid.”
La serie se estrenará en exclusiva en Amazon Prime Video el 18 de diciembre in more than 240 países y territorios de todo el mundo.
Amazon and Zebra Producciones are teaming on the show, one of the most ambitious original Amazon productions to date in all of Europe and the largest historical series ever shot in Castilian Spanish.
El set tiene más de 43,000 square feet, natural settings, hundreds of extras, special effects and a team of more than 200 professionals will bring esta producción to life.
La serie is being produced by Sara Fernández-Velasco and creator José Velasco, with Luis Arranz responsible for the eight-person screenwriting staff. Adolfo Martínez will direct and two-time Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Babel”) is signed on to handle original music.
Además de Jaime, you’ll recognize a lot of actores y actrizes españoles muy conocidas por todo el mundo, tales como José Luis García-Pérez, como el Rey Fernando I ‘El Grande’; Elia Galera, como la Reina Sancha ‘la Bella’; Carlos Bardem como el Conde de León; Juan Echanove, en el papel delobispo; Alicia Sanz,como la Infanta Urraca, entre muchos otros.