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| Company type | Sociedad Anónima Unipersonal |
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| Founded | 23 September 1996 (1996-09-23) |
| Headquarters | , Spain |
Key people | Ghislain Barrois(CEO) |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Parent | Mediaset España |
| Website | www.telecinco.es/t5cinema |
Telecinco Cinema, S.A.U. is thefilm production division ofMediaset España.[1] It produces bothfeature films andtelevision films.
Telecinco Cinema is a subsidiary film company ofMediaset España. Formerly known as Estudios Picasso,[2] the subsidiary adopted its current brand identity (Telecinco Cinema) in 2007.[3]
While the company continued in the middle of postproduction ofThe Impossible, the new film by directorJ. A. Bayona starringNaomi Watts andEwan McGregor; they were also working on Tadeo Jones, a 3D animation film directed by Enrique Gato.[citation needed]
Some other pictures produced or co-produced by Telecinco Cinema includeAmigos... a comedy by Borja Manso and Marcos Cabotá,Verbo, andDark Impulse,No Rest for the Wicked, ranked fifth among Spanish box office in 2011 and won fiveGoya Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.[citation needed]
Telecinco Cinema has undertaken some of Spain's biggest international hits, includingGuillermo del Toro'sPan's Labyrinth (US$83 million gross at the international box office); andJ. A. Bayona'sThe Orphanage (US$78 million) andThe Impossible (US$198 million).[4] It also produced or co-produced films such asSteven Soderbergh'sChe, which won theBest Actor Award forBenicio del Toro atCannes 2008; or the latestAgora (Alejandro Amenábar) andCell 211 (Daniel Monzón).[citation needed]
Telecinco Cinema produces all genres, as shown by their filmography, with titles likeÁlex de la Iglesia'sThe Oxford Murders,Alatriste by Agustín Díaz Yanes,Brad Anderson'sTranssiberian or the first Spanish spoof filmSpanish Movie.[citation needed]
The studio has also undertaken film remakes such asPerfect Strangers (2017),I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2019),If I Were Rich (2019) andUndercover Wedding Crashers (2021).[5]
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