Spain’s RTVE Joins Netflix, Universal on Félix Viscarret’s ETA Drama ‘Blanco’
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has boarded “Blanco,” a high-profile feature directed by Félix Viscarret (“Patria,” “Under the Stars”) about the 1997...
Key points
- Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has boarded “Blanco,” a high-profile feature directed by Félix Viscarret (“Patria,” “Under the Stars”) about the 1997 kidnapping and murder of Basque politician Miguel Ángel Blanco by terrorist organization ETA.
- The combination of major industry partners, a subject of enduring significance in Spain and an anniversary release date gives “Blanco” the potential of becoming a major theatrical event.
- Popular on Variety Universal will open the film in Spanish cinemas on July 9, 2027, with the release timed around the 30th anniversary of the kidnapping and murder.
- Budgeted at €8 million ($9.2 million), “Blanco” will reconstruct the 48 hours that held Spain in suspense after ETA abducted Blanco, a 29-year-old councillor for the conservative Partido Popular in the Basque town of Ermua, in July 1997.
What happened
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has boarded “Blanco,” a high-profile feature directed by Félix Viscarret (“Patria,” “Under the Stars”) about the 1997 kidnapping and murder of Basque politician Miguel Ángel Blanco by terrorist organization ETA. The combination of major industry partners, a subject of enduring significance in Spain and an anniversary release date gives “Blanco” the potential of becoming a major theatrical event. Popular on Variety Universal will open the film in Spanish cinemas on July 9, 2027, with the release timed around the 30th anniversary of the kidnapping and murder. Budgeted at €8 million ($9.2 million), “Blanco” will reconstruct the 48 hours that held Spain in suspense after ETA abducted Blanco, a 29-year-old councillor for the conservative Partido Popular in the Basque town of Ermua, in July 1997. ETA demanded that the Spanish government transferred the organization’s prisoners to jails in the Basque Country, threatening to kill Blanco unless its conditions were met within two days. RTVE frames “Blanco” as part of its push into ambitious Spanish films tackling major events from the country’s recent history.
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