More than a year ending recording of Captain Alatriste, the small screen version of the novels created by Arturo Perez-Reverte on the charismatic swordsman in the Golden Age. Nearly four years have passed since José Manuel Lorenzo, the creator of the project that he confessed weighed 10 kilos more than when you started the seriousness acquired the rights from literary saga and started working on adapting his company, DLO Productions, together with Mediaset and Germany’s Beta Film. But finally announced the CEO of contents Mediaset Spain, Manuel Villanueva, in presenting the expected number of Telecinco Thursday, Alatriste be released “around Christmas”.
The reasons explaining such a long journey are several, but Lorenzo said that the publication of two different versions, one for the native market and another for international due to the different standards of life, is the only reason behind this long year of waiting.
“In Spain will be 13 episodes of 70 minutes duration and internationally are 18 chapters in 50 minutes,” said Lorenzo. In fact pointed out that the Franco-German channel ARTE will be the first to debut the series outside Spain in both territories next April and then present it at Cannes. “We finished assembling the two versions month and a half. It emits almost immediately after completion. Telecinco have not saved anything in the fridge. I read things in certain ways and say, but if I’m in the editing room! “he added, responding to rumors of rifts during filming and post-production equipment and chain.
And the size of Captain Alatriste , the number of people involved and the fact that he shot abroad are the other reasons for production, on one side, it has expanded over time, and the other, has earned the prefix super thanks to their numbers.
An international blockbuster shot in Hungary
Filmed over six Korda months in studies in Hungary, home of international blockbusters era as The Pillars of the Earth or The Borgias , production recreates the Madrid swashbuckling seventeenth century . The interior scenes were shot in a covered set of 6,000 square meters where the palaces of Guadalmedina and Alquézar, the Real Alcázar, the Taberna del Turco or house Quevedo among other places in the capital were recreated; while for outdoor shooting a set of 8,000 meters where the old wall of Madrid rose was used, the entrance to the headquarters of the Inquisition or the Liars San Felipe. In addition to other sets to play Paris and the Vatican.
More than 40 actors, 2,500 extras and 50 specialists from around the world have given life to fictional and historical characters like King Felipe IV, the count Duke of Olivares, Velazquez or Quevedo. Even the paintings featuring these characters in the series look the faces of the actors who embody brushes by Olga Andrino, who spent six months on the job.
In addition, each chapter has specific music of Mario de Benito. And the management team was led by filmmaker Enrique Urbizu ( Box 507 , No Rest for the Wicked ). All with the blessing of Pérez Reverte, who attended the event through a letter read by Lorenzo.
Pérez-Reverte revised scripts and applauded the choice of protagonist
“I’ve seen 13 chapters and I assure you the ultimate father of the child my satisfaction is almost complete, “says her writer, whose only requirements for the adaptation of his novels were that production would match and have veto on the choice of protagonist, the latter more than satisfied condition seen your comments.
“Aitor Luna is so worthy Alatriste, even in the physical resemblance, that I, the author, it would be hard for me to imagine the character with other traits and attitudes,” the letter continues, ending predicting success Secure the series. And with so much praise actor The leakage or Gran reserva says, “I take for winning the rest, have a little truth.”.
He says knowing that viewers will be much harder than the author, who was actively involved in reviewing the scripts adaptation of the series. “I asumidísimo that will give me pa’l hair . There are seven novels that are in the minds of many people. Meeting so many people is very complicated,” says the actor, who stresses that the intention It has not been that the series was exactly like novels.
The series thus present new characters, plots and interesting developments. As the prominence will love triangle starring veteran thirds of Flanders with Caridad, La Lebrijana, played by Lucía Jiménez ( April 14. The Republic , The Lady ) and the most famous actress of the villa, Maria de Castro, who gives life to the Ukrainian Natasha Yarovenko ( Inocentes , Rooms in Rome ). “I was very surprised when I was offered the role of a Spanish, but the test went well so I decided to talk with Arturo to see how they could justify,” says the actress.
Now the future of the series and the possibility of renewal for a second season depend, in the words of Villanueva “that the public wants to see”, adding:. “International sales are an accessory addition, will depend on the availability of technical and artistic team. “
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