Next year promises to be a good time for national and international fiction if we look at the large number of shootings that have begun in recent months. The last to be announced has been by Amazon Prime Video and it is the filming of his next production Amazon Exclusive Operation Oil Spill which will start this Wednesday, July 7.
The protagonist of this new Amazon Prime Video series will be NI walk to which the well-known actor Álex González will give life (3 paths, Toy Boy) and which is inspired by the true story of the first narco-submarine intercepted in Europe.
A very original story
The Serie Operation Oil Spill is set in November 2019 at the time when a semi-submersible of artisan construction managed to cross the Atlantic Ocean with three tons of cocaine inside. Inside this complex boat, three strong and very different men will have to survive terrible storms, currents, breakdowns, hunger or fights, among many other problems.
Furthermore, the three members of the crew they will be subjected to constant harassment by the police who suspect the illegality of their shipment. The protagonist and the person who has to put himself at the controls of the boat is Nando, a young Galician champion of Spain in amateur boxing and an expert sailor who lacks economic resources. For this reason, you will have to find other means to earn a living and this adventure will become an opportunity to change your future.
A European blockbuster
Operation Oil Spill will have four 50-minute episodes that will be produced by Ficción Producciones responsable de 3 paths O Live without permission. The executive producers are Mamen Quintas and Julio Casal together with FORTA led by TVG co-producing in Spain. In Portugal, the RTP through Ukbar Filmes will be the co-producers, responsible for The man who killed Don Quixote or Soldier Milhões.
This ambitious thriller is going to be directed nothing more and nothing less than by Daniel Calparsoro, Oskar Santos (The favorites of Midas, Hierro, Zipi and Zape and the marble club) and the Portuguese Joao Maia (Cases gives life, One-way ticket, Variações). In addition, the script has been written by Patxi Amezcua (Without Limits, Seventh) together with Natxo López (Lost, Charon, Vivir without permission
It will also have an international cast that will include, in addition to Álex González, with actors like Nerea Barros (The Minimum Island), Nuno Lopes (White Lines), Miquel Insua (Unit), Luis Zahera (The kingdom), Xosé Barato (Alba), Carles Francino (Cable girls), Manuel Manquiña (Before burning), Lucia Moniz (Love Actually), Luís Esparteiro (Super Dad), David Trejos (Lost), Leandro Firmino (City of God) and Bruno Galiasso (marighella).
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