Antena 3 broadcasts this Thursday the end of the series The artists: first shots, a fiction with Maxi Iglesias and Ximena Romowhich marks the debut in the world of television of the writer María Dueñas, creator of great successes such as The time between the seams, Mission of Oblivion either The Captain’s Daughters. All were literary successes, but the author now dares to take the step of series creator in a fiction which It has already been released on three platforms, but in Spain you can see it thanks to atresplayer. As it is a co-production, many Spanish and Latin actors share scenes throughout the episodes.
This is the first time that the writer María Dueñas writes with television in mind, which happened after several of her works were adapted due to their great commercial success. The story of Yago and Cata was openly premiered on July 25, the day that Antena 3 aired its first episode to promote its arrival at atresplayer. A month later, the channel did the same to promote the end of the story, already wrapped up on the content platform for subscribers.
This is not the first time that the group has had this strategy to attract viewers to new content on its platform, something that has already happened with series like Poison, Christ and King either Turkish Passion. Although they could be seen openly in weekly episodes and with advertising, it is possible that many viewers decided to register on the platform to see them without waiting.
The artists: first shots It includes ten chapters now available to subscribers. and in which they tell the story of a young antique dealer, played by Maxi Iglesias, who has to close his establishment. By chance, he meets Cata, a young Mexican woman who works in a restaurant, but with whom he decides to partner to sell fake works of art in order to get out of his financial problems.
Maxi Iglesias and Ximena Romo are the two protagonists of this seriesBut these are not the only two leading actors in the cast. Viewers will also be able to recognize faces like those of Natalia Verbeke, Manolo Caro, Francesc Garrido, Ana María Vidal, Regina Pavón, Abel Folk and Lucía de la Fuente. It is a mix of great Spanish and Mexican talents who have achieved great results.
It was recorded between Spain and the United States because it is a production of VIX, the content platform of Televisa Univisión. In Spain it was seen for the first time thanks to Prime Video, but Antena 3 bought the rights to incorporate it into its series cataloguethus reinforcing its commitment to compete with the big players streaming like Netflix and Amazon itself.
