StarzPlay, Mediapro & Pantaya Align for Express

StarzPlay and The Mediapro Studio have commenced production on the action thriller Express, which will be available via Pantaya in Spain, Latin America and the U.S.

Set in a world in which everything moves at such a speed that people’s ability to understand and react is disrupted, Express tells the story of criminal psychologist Bárbara, who was a victim of an express kidnapping. Working as a negotiator in cases similar to her own, Bárbara is on a mission to understand why this happened to her and uncover the people who threatened her life and her family.

Marking StarzPlay’s first international original series to be filmed and produced in Spain, Express is written by Iván Escobar (Locked Up), Antonio Sánchez Olivas (Aida) and Martín Suárez (Rabia), and created by Escobar, who also serves as the series showrunner. Gabe Ibáñezn (Autómata) and Iñaki Peñafiel (Perdida) are set to direct. Produced by The Mediapro Studio, the eight-episode, one-hour series is scheduled to shoot for 17 weeks on location in and around Madrid. The Mediapro Studio Distribution will manage the series’ international sales.

The principal cast members include: Maggie Civantos (Locked Up, Malaka), Kiti Mánver (El Inconveniente, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Vicente Romero (Malaka, Cell 211) Loreto Mauleón (Patria), Esteban Meloni (Los Internacionales, Vidas robadas), Alba Planas (SKAM), Ana Marzoa (Locked Up, Lifeline), Omar Banana (Veneno, Amor superdotado), Bernardo Flores (Women in Charge), Carmen Daza and Manuela Rojas.