“La Bola Negra” writer-director-producers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi are set to exec produce an ambitious, new HBO Max drama series now in development in Spain and created by preeminent Spanish screenwriters Fran Araújo and Eduard Sola.
A co-writer on Alberto Rodriguez’s “The Anatomy of a Moment” nominated for an International Emmy last week, Araújo won a screenplay Goya for “One Year, One Night,” co-wrote Movistar Plus’ crime hits “Hierro” and “Rapa,” and served as an executive producer on most of Movistar Plus’ greatest and most daring drama series, including Calvo and Ambrossi’s own “La Mesías, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The New Years” and Alauda Ruiz de Azua’s “Querer.”
“Tor is so much more than a crime. So much more than 2,300 hectares of forest. Tor is a universe itself, extraordinarily rich in characters and landscapes. A place of passage between two countries, shaped by historical events that have left their mark on the landscape and on the few people who inhabit it. A place imbued with an ancient magic,” Araújo and Sola said.
“As screenwriters, it is a privilege to start from a world so fertile for storytelling, and even more so to do it alongside Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, two of the most stimulating creative minds in this country. We begin this challenge deeply grateful to HBO Max for their trust, and eager to immerse ourselves in a mountain that we know has a way of drawing in everyone who ventures into it.”
“It is incredibly exciting to open this new chapter at Suma Content, and we feel that this series could become one of its flagship productions because of its scale and vision. Working with Fran Araújo and Eduard Sola, two of the great creators and screenwriters in our country, is a privilege,” said Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.
“Inspired by the extraordinary world of Tor, this series has all the elements of a powerful HBO drama, and we are proud to support these creators in bringing it to life,” he went on.
The series is being developed in collaboration with Carles Porta, who wrote a book on the Tor tragedy, “Tor: tretze cases i tres morts.”
