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‘Veneno,’ ‘La Mesias’ Creators Los Javis Link to ‘Colossal’ Director Nacho Vigalondo for Netflix Series ‘Superestar’
Set up at Los Javis’ Suma Content, ‘Superestar’ plumbs the unlikely breakout to fame of Tamara, a social phenomenon in the early 2000s.
Set up at Los Javis’ Suma Content, their indie Madrid-based label, “Superstar” is written by Vigalondo, María Bastarós, Paco Bezerra y Claudia Costafreda. Oscar-nominated for “7:35 in the Morning,” Vigalondo is best known for sci-fi comedies and thrillers such as, respectively, 2019 Netflix superhero series “The Neighbor” and his feature debut, 2007’s “Timecrimes.” “Superestar,” more in the one of “Veneno,” plumbs the unlikely but explosive breakout to social and sometimes gay icon status of Tamara, a disco pop singer adopted by late night chat show “Crónicas Marcianas.” “The reimagining of Tamarismo from the hearts of its protagonists, a Netflix description runs, “Superestar” captures “a comet crossed the sky of Spain destroying the laws of fame and success, disintegrating the frontier between the popular and underground.
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