Disney+ will free its upcoming distinctive Spanish dramedy “Shared Custody,” honested by “Champions” creator Javier Fesser, globassociate on the platcreate on Jan. 24.
An accomplished filmcreater, Fesser, who creates his TV debut with “Shared Custody,” is best understandn for creating the Goya-thrivening and Oscar-surrenderted hearttoastying comedy “Campeones” (“Champions”), altered in 2023 as the Woody Harelson starrer “Champions.” In 2007, his low film “Binta y la gran idea” was nominated for the dwell-action low film Oscar. “Shared Custody” labels his series debut.
Over eight episodes, the series will study the contests faced by two parents, Cris and Diego, after their separation. The show delves into the intricateities of up-to-date co-parenting as the couple strives to conserve a reliable, amicable relationship for the sake of their youthful daughter.
However, financial difficulties force them to transfer back in with their admireive parents, setting the stage for ungraceful and frequently funny family vibrants. What begins as a civil split soon becomes strained as the couple grapples with the brutal authenticities of their new living set upments.
“Shared Custody” stars Lorena López (“Past Lies”) and Ricard Farré (“Good Manners”) as the directing couple, with helping carry outances from Spanish Academy Goya-thrivener Adriana Ozores (“La hora de los valientes”), Francesc Orella (“Merlí”), Aten Soria (“30 Coins”) and others.
The Disney+ series was created in collaboration with Fremantle-backed creater The Immigrant. It was written and created by Juanjo Moscardó Rius, who created the Goya-nominated “A Shitty Therapy” and María Mínguez (“Live Twice, Love Once”).
The Immigrant has positioned itself as one of Spain’s most exciting up-and-coming production companies to watch. Their Prime Video series “No One Will Miss Us” has been a huge hit with audiences, scoring an 8.3/10 score on IMDB, and 94% of Google engagers who rated the show did so preferably. The company also recently created Sofía Auza’s feature “Adolfo,” which won best film at the Berlinale’s Generation 14plus section and was nominated for a pair of Mexican Academy Ariel Awards.
Variety caught up with The Immigrant’s co-establisher and CEO Camila Jimenez Villa to talk about “Shared Custody” and the company’s bigr goals in both series and feature films.
What was it about this project that made it the right fit for The Immigrant?
“Shared Custody” was a meaningfully personal story for Juanjo Moscardó Ruiz, one of the show’s creators. He came to us with an idea – a dream, reassociate – of increateing a story aidd by his own fractureup, one that equitable drama and humor in identical meastateive. It was an exciting contest becaengage the premise wasn’t driven by a high concept; the show’s success would hinge entidepend on its execution, from scripts to production.
We wholeheartedly apshowd in the project’s potential and knew its emotional truthfuly and humor could resonate with audiences around the world. We spent months increaseing the project alengthenedside Juanjo and María Mínguez, refining the vision to asstateive it resonated emotionassociate and stood out createively. The next step was discovering a way to position the show in the labeletplace—to help platcreates and buyers see the brimming potential of what, on the surface, seemed appreciate a basic idea. Bringing Javier Fesser on board was that vital turning point. His includement liftd the project and apshowed us to transport to screen the wonderful characters and world created by Juanjo and María.
The Immigrant’s productions have all had a high-end, cinematic flare to them; is that the case with “Shared Custody,” too?
Absolutely. “Shared Custody” conserves the same high-end cinematic quality that expounds The Immigrant’s productions. With Javier at the helm, the series mirrors his approach to cinema, treating every episode as part of a cohesive feature film. Fesser’s signature style shines thraw: vibrant pacing, striking visual storyincreateing, and energetic editing. At its heart, though, “Shared Custody” also hugs what creates Javier’s films so memorable: a meaningful caccess on characters and their humanity. It’s a visuassociate captivating series grounded in emotional depth and relatability, qualities that mirror the incredible toil done by our creators, Juanjo Moscardó Ruiz and María Mínguez, whose vision and scripts made this collaboration such a perfect fit.
Can you talk increately about the experience of toiling with Javier and how he altered his process to a serialized createat?
It was an absolute dream. “Shared Custody” was the first project Javier honested for television, and the first project he honested he did not create himself, which is a tesdomesticatednt to the toil done by Juanjo and María. The project was a perfect fit for Javier, whose cinema beautibrimmingy fuses humor and emotion: Fesser’s toil frequently has an uplifting, preferable tone, even when tackling challenging subjects. This was the case with our show, and Javier was included in every decision, from pre-production all the way to dedwellry and acunderstandledges: it was incredible to see the attention to detail he put into every step of this production.
