HBO Max Greenlights New Spanish-Language Series

The Spanish-language drama series How to Screw It All Up has been greenlit by HBO Max and is slated to premiere this summer.

Created by Jaime Olías and Pablo Sanhermelando, the six-episode series sees a group of friends take a three-week road trip with no destination in mind, with a few rules: no posting on social media, always keep moving and no going back.

The cast is led by Naira Lleó (Mamá o Papá), Malva Vela (El reino), Gabriel Guevara (Skam), Óscar Ortuño (30 Coins), Nadia Al Saidi (La caza. Tramuntana) and Sergi Méndez (Sky Rojo).

How to Screw It All Up is produced by Boomerang TV. Executive producers are Sanhermelando and Valentina Francelet for Boomerang TV and Miguel Salvat and Patricia Nieto for HBO Max. Co-creator Olías also writes and directs.

“For us, this series delves into that feeling of a lack of freedom in youth,” Olías and Sanhermelando said. “A feeling that we all have (to a greater or lesser extent) and that we experience in each of the phases of life in a different way. The viewer can expect a truthful, faithful and naturalistic portrait of a group of young people.”

Salvat added, “In this series, everything is meticulously planned so as to give the impression that it is not. It is above all a story about freedom, but not only the freedom that Alba and the rest of the characters yearn for and enjoy. It is also the freedom that Jaime Olías has used with good judgment to tell the story—the style, the music, the format itself and all the elements that give this series a touch of reality and truth that is unique in TV drama.”