,
Tom Hanks at rainy second Bruce Springsteen concert in Barcelona
The Boss ends stop in Catalan capital after gathering over 100,000 spectators and several celebrities
steven spielberg
, ,
Montserrat monastery proposes film to Spielberg about 'Montserrat's Indiana Jones'
Prior explains, during Obama and filmmaker's visit to mountain, history of monk Bonaventura Ubach, who traveled to Middle East
FOX is developing American adaptation of Catalan TV hit ‘The Red Band Society’
The popular drama series by Albert Espinosa, based on his experiences of staying in a children’s hospital, has a pilot episode in development, with scripting by Margaret Nagel (‘Boardwalk Empire’) and supervision from Steven Spielberg. ‘Polseres Vermelles’, known to English-speaking audiences as ‘The Red Band Society’, has received positive feedback from its international distributors. An Italian adaptation, called ‘Braccialetti rossi’, started to be aired by RAI1 on January 26. ‘Polseres Vermelles’ is an original project from Catalonia’s Public Television Broadcaster.
The Red Band Society TV series presents its second season following international recognition
The series, produced by the Catalan Public Television Broadcaster and Filmax, has been exported to several countries and Steven Spielberg and Marta Kauffman are going to shoot a remake for the ABC network. ‘Polseres vermelles’ – which literally means ‘red bracelets’ in Catalan - describes the life of a group of six teenagers who live in a hospital as patients. It is based on the personal experiences of its creator, Albert Espinosa, who had cancer as a child. The first season was aired in 2011 and it became a huge success with audiences. The second season premiered on Thursday and will be broadcast as from Monday on TV3 at prime time.
Spielberg to produce the remake of the Catalan public television series ‘Polseres vermelles’ for American network ABC
Steven Spielberg has bought the rights to adapt a series produced and broadcast by Catalonia’s public TV station. The American name will be ‘The Red Band Society’ and Marta Kauffman, creator of ‘Friends’, might be in charge of the script. The main characters in the series are a group of teenagers with cancer, who develop a friendship and explore their imagination in hospital. ‘Polseres vermelles’ was a huge success on Catalan television and the second season is in production.