Robert Rodriguez to Take Part in MIPTV Digital-Content Showcase

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MIPTV has lined up an exclusive preview of STXsurreal’s The Limit, a live-action, short-form VR series from filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, and a showcase by viral-video pioneer Jukin Media as part of a focus on cutting-edge digital content.

The Limit stars Michelle Rodriguez and will premiere on STX’s upcoming pay-per-experience VR channel Surreal, launching as an app on VR headsets in mid-2018. Co-written, directed and produced by Robert Rodriguez, The Limit is a first-person POV action series that follows Michelle Rodriguez as she plays a genetically-enhanced weapon of mass destruction hell-bent on destroying the covert agency that created her. The series, co-written by Racer Max, is an original concept built from the ground-up as a native VR experience.

Jukin Media Founder and CEO Jonathan Skogmo is back at MIPTV to unveil a new wave of projects and share his insights on Jukin’s business model. Skogmo will give an inside look at the company’s digital publishing network, which generates 3.2 billion video views per month.

Movistar is taking a further step in its commitment to in-house productions and will be launching Virtual Hero this summer, the first Spanish anime series. Movistar has aligned with El Rubius to turn the original idea of the Virtual Hero comics and the characters created by El Rubius into a TV series.

Domingo Corral, the head of original programming at Movistar+, El Rubius and Alexis Barroso Gascó, the director and screenwriter at Zeppelin TV/Endemol Shine Iberia, will be present in Cannes. They will explain how the idea came about and what the development of the series has been like. The first season of 22 episodes will be available this year on Movistar. The production process has been jointly developed by Motion Pictures studios in Barcelona and Jaruyi studios in South Korea.