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Julián Ortega, actor in the international Spanish-language Netflix drama series “Elite,” died Sunday at 41 years old. The star collapsed after experiencing cardiac arrest while visiting a beach.

“From the Unión de Actores y Actrices, we send our most sincere condolences to the actor’s family and friends,” the Spanish Union of Actors and Actresses wrote in its obituary for Ortega, confirming the news of his death.

Earlier reports seemingly alluded to Ortega dying from drowning, but it was later reported that he collapsed on the shore of Zahora beach in Barbate. Paramedics spent about 30 minutes trying to resuscitate Ortega.

Ortega was born in Madrid, Spain in 1983. He was best known for playing the manager of the “La Cabana” restaurant in six episodes of Netflix’s successful Spanish-language drama, “Elite,” which premiered in 2018. The series was centered on a group of working-class teens who enroll in a private school and end...

Julián Ortega, an actor who starred in Netflix’s Spanish hit Elite, has died after reportedly collapsing on a beach. He was 41.

Spain’s national union of actors and actresses confirmed Ortega’s death in an obituary earlier this week. “From the Unión de Actores y Actrices, we send our most sincere condolences to the actor’s family and friends,” it read.

There are differing accounts of Ortega’s death. Initial reporting suggested Ortega had drowned, but later accounts said he collapsed on the shore of Zahora beach in Barbate on early Sunday evening.

Olive Press Spain, an English-language publication in Spain, reported that Ortega went into cardiac arrest and paramedics spent up to 30 minutes attempting to revive him.

Ortega appeared in six episodes of Elite in 2018. The show is one of Netflix’s most-established Spanish originals and its eighth and final season recently premiered on the platform. His other credits included Caronte,...

Julian Ortega, who appeared on Netflix’s Elite and a variety of other TV shows over the years, has tragically passed away at the age of 41.

He reportedly collapsed while at a beach in Spain over the weekend, TMZ reports. Lifeguards tried their best to revive him, but he tragically passed. Initially, reports suggested he had drowned, but it’s now being revealed that he suffered from cardiac arrest.

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On Elite, Julian portrayed the manager of the restaurant La Cabana for several episodes in 2018. He has also been featured in many other Spanish-language shows like 4 Estrellas, The Countryside, Untameable, Velvet, Nunc et in Hora, Caronte, and more.

Our thoughts are with Julian Ortega‘s friends, family, and loved ones during this difficult time. Rip.

Building its presence in Europe, ViacomCBS International Studios (Vis) has closed a deal with on-the-rise Spanish production company Fasten Films to co-produce “Pastor,” a social-issue drama.

Created and written by Natxo López, the creator of “Stolen Away” and writer for Mediaset España banner series “Caronte,” “Pastor” will be directed by Spanish film-tv helmer Jorge Dorado, acclaimed for his work on “The Head,” but with credits reaching back to “Anna” and “The Department of Time.”

Billed as “a story of anger, pride, revenge but mostly of love, which will bring the viewers to question where the boundaries between good and bad lies,” the 10-hour “Pastor” turns on a socially-committed and controversial priest who, enraged at injustice, ends up crossing the line to protect his parishioners.

“With ‘Pastor,’ I want to create an overwhelming visual experience to disrupt and move the audience’s conscience. I want ‘Pastor’s’ images to be smelled,...

Movie titles produced by top Spanish broadcast network Mediaset España used to spark buzz at the Cannes film market every year, befitting a driving force of the Spanish film industry.

This year, however, like many other top European film production houses, Mediaset España is waiting on the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis to take the next steps in its theatrical release plans.

Films such as Jaume Balaguero’s TF1 Studio-sold “Way Down,” one of the company’s most anticipated titles of the year, is scheduled for a theatrical release this fall; and comedy “Operación Camarón,” handled internationally by Filmax, delayed its Spanish release from March 13 to Sept. 11.

“These are films for which we have strong audience expectations, and we want to protect them until we find the best scenario,” Mediaset España CEO Paolo Vasile said.

Although this year at Cannes virtual market there is no Mediaset España spotlight,...

Spanish production house Babieka Films is teaming with L.A.-based Viewfinder Pictures to co-produce a feature adaptation of Alan Jolis’ book “Speak Sunlight” (“La voz del sol”), the directorial debut of journalist-screenwriter-producer Carol Polakoff.

A coming-of-age story set in Paris and Pamplona during the Franco regime, the Spanish-language “Speak Sunlight” will begin production next spring in Navarre.

Polakoff, winner of two Directors Guild of America awards, has a producer’s credit on Dani Rosemberg’s Cannes Official Selection title “The Death of Cinema and My Father Too,” featuring in Thierry Frémaux’s First Features category.

Top Spanish TV scribe Natxo López, author of recent TV dramas “Perdida,” “Caronte” and “Unauthorized Living,” has adapted “Sunlight’s” Spanish-language version from Polakoff’s English script.

Babieka’s Denise O’Dell and Polakoff at Viewfinder are producing the film, with Orlando and Denis Pedregosa as executive producers, and Marta Ferrer García as associate producer.

London and Tblisi-based Alief has picked up worldwide rights for Ángeles Hernández and David Matamorros’ Spanish relationship drama “Isaac.” Variety has obtained exclusive access to the trailer.

The film is based on the Spanish play “El día que nació Isaac” by Antonio Hernández Centeno, who is also known for his work on such Spanish series as Amazon’s “Caronte” and Netflix’s “Unauthorized Living.”

Described as “a quirky Dogma 95-style story of love and gender fluidity,” “Isaac” focuses on two old friends, Denis and Nacho, who meet again years after having had an intense relationship as teenagers. Now in relationships with their respective partners, the two couples grow close and end up fulfilling each other’s needs.

Hernández and Matamorros co-directed the pic and produced via their Barcelona-based Mr. Miyagi Films.

Toplining the cast are Ivan Sanchez and Pepe Ocio, both of whom currently star in hit Netflix shows “You Cannot Hide” and “High Seas,...