{"id":11925,"date":"2020-07-29T22:35:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=11925"},"modified":"2020-07-29T22:35:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:35:24","slug":"new-amc-studios-and-movistar-limited-series-la-fortuna-casts-academy-awardr-nominee-stanley-tucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/new-amc-studios-and-movistar-limited-series-la-fortuna-casts-academy-awardr-nominee-stanley-tucci\/","title":{"rendered":"New AMC Studios and Movistar+ Limited Series “La Fortuna” Casts Academy Award(R)-Nominee Stanley Tucci"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AMC Studios and Movistar+, the pay TV division of Spain’s Telefonica, in collaboration with MOD Pictures, announced today that Academy Award(R)-nominee Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones, Big Night, The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>) has been cast in Alejandro Amen\u00e1bar’s newly titled original limited series “La Fortuna<\/em><\/strong>.” The six-part adventure thriller also stars Spanish actors \u00c1lvaro Mel and Ana Polvorosa. The series will premiere in 2021 on AMC in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean as well as Movistar+ in Spain.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the popular Spanish graphic novel “El Tesoro del Cisne Negro” (“The Treasure of the Black Swan”) by Paco Roca and Guillermo Corral, the six-part limited series stars Stanley Tucci as treasure hunter Frank Wild, \u00c1lvaro Mel, who plays inexperienced diplomat Alex Ventura, and Ana Polvorosa, as Alex’s colleague in work and adventure, Lucia. Additional casting includes Clarke Peters (“The Wire<\/em>“), as attorney Jonas Pierce, and T’Nia Miller (“Years & Years<\/em>“), as attorney Susan McLean. Rounding out the main cast are Karra Elejalde, Manolo Solo, Blanca Portillo and Pedro Casablanc.<\/p>