The new feature film production, a grounded sci-fi set in a near future, is written & directed by Maria Martínez Bayona
The Mediapro Studio US & Canada and BBC Film have announced the coproduction of the new feature film ‘The End Of It’ and have revealed its cast including BAFTA award-winning Rebecca Hall (The Listeners, Christine, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Golden Globe award-winning Gael GarcÍa Bernal (Mozart In The Jungle, Old, Y tu mamá también), BAFTA nominated Noomi Rapace (Lamb, Prometheus, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and Golden Globe nominated Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart, Lady Bird, How To Build A Girl). ‘The End Of It’ is the feature directorial debut of Maria Martinez Bayona, who also penned the script. Production began in April 2025 on location in the Canary Islands, Spain.
In a near-future world where ageing can be cured and death is now optional, Claire (Rebecca Hall) a former provocative artist approaching her 250th birthday, decides she’s had enough - she wants to die. Her decision stirs conflicts with her husband (Gael García Bernal), daughter (Noomi Rapace) and AI assistant (Beanie Feldstein), revealing the humorous complexity of their relationships. As Claire uses her impending death to reclaim her role as an artist, she is forced to face what it really means to die, to live, and the messy absurdity of it all.
"This film ask a question: what would it mean to go on living forever? But more importantly - what does it mean to feel alive? A question which is profoundly human, contradictory and also absurd. I’m incredibly excited to embark on this journey with such an amazing cast and crew, and supportive partners alongside us", said Maria Martínez Bayona.
‘The End Of It’ is produced by Emilie Jouffroy and Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl for Elation Pictures (The Damned), Adrià Monés Murlans for Fasten Films (Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell) and Laura Fernández Espeso for THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO. Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and Andrea Ottmar Berentsen co-produce for Eye Eye Pictures (The Worst Person In The World). The film was developed with the support of BBC Film and iFeatures.
Further casting includes Susan Wokoma (Cheaters, Enola Holmes 1 & 2), David Verdaguer (Goya award-winning for Jokes & Cigarettes, and Summer 1993), Pål Sverre Hagen (Kon Tiki, War Sailor) and Kristine Kujath Thorp (Sick of Myself, Ninjababy).
Bankside Films is handling international sales (excluding Latin America which is managed directly by The Mediapro Studio Distribution), while WME Independent is representing North America. Executive producers include JC Acosta and Erika Kennair for THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, Claudia Yusef for BBC Film and Ford Corbet, Nathan Klingher and Apur Parikh for Barreling Wave Pictures.
Key creatives for ‘The End Of It’ include cinematographer Andres Arochi (Longlegs), production designer Lili Lea Abrahams (assistant art director for Poor Things), costume designer Pau Aulí (Afternoons of Solitude), editor Tania Reddin (Hard Truths) and sound designer Gisle Tveito (Worst Person in the World). The casting directors were Ellen Chenoweth and Susanne Scheel (No Country for Old Men, Michael Clayton, Past Lives).
PHOTOS: Rebecca Hall (©Andres Arochi) / Gael Garcia Bernal (©Nino Muñoz) / Noomi Rapace (©Lenita Visan) / Beanie Feldstein (©Heather Hazzan)
Mediapro Events provided production services as well as organizing the commemorative ceremony
Mediapro Events, a GRUP MEDIAPRO company, worked closely with the Cercle d’Economia in the organization of its annual meeting, which this year celebrated its 40th edition from May 5th to the 7th in the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya and which was entitled ‘Europa, wake-up call? How to respond to geo-political disruption’. Mediapro Events has a long track record in the organization of events, such as the Disney Centenary Concert and diverse Latin Grammy galas, among many others.
Mediapro Events was responsible for the development of the audiovisual content, event management and scripting, event production and streaming and stage design. In addition, it also provided sound and lighting equipment and a large LED screen as well as managing the accreditation system and event branding. The development of the event app and the website as well as the social media communication plan was also managed by Mediapro Events.
In addition, the GRUP MEDIAPRO events agency also organized the commemorative ceremony for the 40th edition of the of the Cercle d’Economia (RCE) annual meeting on May 6th in the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, where the documentary was announced. Mediapro Events also prepared an exhibition o commemorate the 40 editions of the Cercle d’Economia, which can be seen in the Exhibition Room at the Palau.
The Cercle d’Economia Meeting (RCE) is the meeting point for the business and economic community. The meeting coincides with a change in the world order with emphasis placed on how Europe will respond to international uncertainty.
High-profile European leaders and distinguished business leaders from around the world attended the event in Barcelona over three days at an event focused on networking and socio-political, geo-political and economic debate, among many other topics of interest. Attendees included Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish prime minister; Salvador Illa, the head of the Catalan; Carlos Cuerpo, the business minister; Jaume Collboni, the mayor of Barcelona; and Alberto Nuñez Feijóo, the leader of the Partido Popular, among many others.
GRUP MEDIAPRO has a 10.000 m2 production center in Florida
Mediapro US recently played host and provided production services together with The-playground for the SPORTBIZ Miami, a congress which brings together the leading players in the sports industry in Latin America and Europe. Part of the event, which took place from April 30th to May 2nd, was hosted in the GRUP MEDIAPRO facilities in Miami. The audiovisual leader in Europe has a production center in Florida with more than10.000 m2 and 7 sets at its disposal, which are used to film TV series, adverts and corporate events.
The production project saw a 20-strong team take part with LED screens, video and audio equipment for the congress which also included visits to the Wayfair Arena and the Kaseya Center, the home of the Miami Heat.
The objective of the congress, hosted by GRUP MEDIAPRO, is to connect clubs, federations, brands, the media and sports sector professionals to exchange ideas, trends, and business opportunities. The event saw more than 200 organisations such as the CONCACAF, LALIGA, NBA and NFL, among others, taking part. The event included more than 30 conferences on topics such as innovation and AI applied to sport, broadcast rights and digital content.
Despite the loss of electricity, its corporate offices were able to function normally
GRUP MEDIAPRO were up to the challenge of the power outage of the century in Spain on April 28th. The General Services planning and protocols for emergency situations allowed the corporate work centres to continue to function normally and keep up and running their production centers, TV channels and the provision of services to clients. The emergency systems and power supply back-ups, with 13 additional power generation systems, 475 electrical circuits and 60 SAIs, guaranteed both the critical and non-critical systems which provided security to the buildings for more than 10 hours. These systems are checked on a daily basis and the fuel tanks are filled to guarantee the continuity of all the internal and external services.
Overon was able to provide services to clients with 6 SNGs, one of which was a multi-camera deployment. Another SNG provided services from its Madrid center to various TV networks including the BBC, ARD Germany, TV3 and ETB, among others. In addition, more than 10 camera operators with backpack broadcast systems provided services from different locations around Spain for clients such as Mediaset, A3media, Canal Sur and France TV. Other highlights from the day included the live satellite broadcast provided by Overon of the live appearances of the Spanish prime minister from the Moncloa.
The deployment across the day saw teams of camera operators, satellite operators, technical directors and technicians in place all coordinated from the Overon control center in Madrid.
Technologies and Information Security (TSI)
From the work center, it was possible to have access to all the systems, even the Teams communication and collaboration system, which was able to continue to function normally for the people in the GRUP MEDIAPRO buildings and wherever they were, if they were in countries other than Spain or Portugal. TSI provided support for both the Business and the Corporate Areas.
Production center at 22@ in Barcelona
The production center in Barcelona, where a lot of the services are centralized was able to continue to provide services thanks to its Tier design and was able to continue working both when the power cut took place and when the power supply returned without any break in service.
TV channels and LALIGA services
All the 22@ channels were able to function normally thanks to the SAI back-up systems and the emergency power generators, allowing the connection to the rest of the network and technical services to be maintained. The LALIGA match due to be played that Monday could have been produced and broadcast if it had gone ahead.
The technical were able to produce two of the programs scheduled for the day. The LaLiga TV International News show went ahead as planned and the content for the 'El tercer tiempo’ (M+) was adapted slightly but went out as usual.
Staff travel
As regards staff travel as the power systems came back on line over Monday night all the GDS systems were re-established to be able to carry out bookings, changes, and ticket cancellations. The Travel Area, and fleets and mobility departments worked together with providers to guarantee the possible solutions for the travel incidents caused the day before in train, hotel reservations, and vehicle hire affected by the power outage and guaranteeing the operations and provision of services for both clients and group staff.
A team made up of 165 staff from different areas across the company took part in the production
GRUP MEDIAPRO, via Mediapro Events, was responsible for the design of the opening ceremony at this year’s Copa del Rey final, which took place at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville. Produced in record time in just two weeks, it involved 165 staff from the different areas within the company, logistics, technical and artistic.
In addition to the human deployment, it also featured the use of unprecedented technical equipment in a ceremony for a Copa del Rey final: 21 lasers, both on the ground and in the air located in the stadium roof to carry out the project plan on the pitch below; 250 robot-controlled lights across the pitch as well as at different heights around the stadium; 116 special effects; a special platform set up at the exit to the players’ tunnel and two platforms for first displaying the trophy and then for the final celebrations with the winning team.
The ceremony began with all the stadium lights being turned off and the playing of a video on the electronic scoreboards which showed the transporting of the Copa del Rey from outside the stadium to the inside by air.
Then, the 70,000 spectators inside La Cartuja were left spellbound as they saw a pilot fly in on a spectacular illuminated hoverboard carrying the oldest football trophy in Spanish football. After flying over the pitch and landing in the centre circle, the trophy was handed to a boy wearing the colors of Athletic Club, the 2024 champions of the Copa de S.M. el Rey.
After placing the cup on a platform located in the center of the pitch, a huge silhouette of the trophy lit up the stadium and was the start of a spectacular light show full of colour and sound.
Over the pitch, laser 3D images were projected with images of the city of Seville, the Estadio de La Cartuja, the Copa del Rey and the two finalists FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The show continued with the announcement over the loudspeakers of the 22 players who were going to start the game. The names of the two starting elevens were projected onto the pitch with the players being cheered by the two sets of fans.
The end of the ceremony saw three children dressed in the colors of Athletic Club, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, take the cup from the center of the pitch to the platform which was set up by the players’ tunnel just before the two teams came out onto the pitch for the playing of the Spanish national.
Mediapro Events also designed the prize presentation at the end of the game and the FC Barcelona team celebrations with a spectacular light and special effects show. It was the perfect end to an unforgettable night for the 124th edition of the Copa del Rey made possible by Mediapro Events.
Produced by RTVE in collaboration with El Terrat (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO)
Andreu Buenafuente and his team return with ‘Futuro Imperfecto’ on prime time on La 1 and RTVE Play. A weekly comedy show, produced by RTVE in collaboration with El Terrat (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), in which Andreu, through his constant monologue, will be providing his vision of the issues facing us, and topics of interest to him: an ironic analysis of every day life with his personal touch and the help of his team of writers.
Each 60-minute show, conceived as great event of TV moments and where anything might happen, will be filmed in the LaFACT theatre in Terrassa before an audience of 700 people, who’ll be providing their energy live and will make every show unique as a consequence.
For Andreu Buenafuente, the director and presenter of the program, “Every TV show is a challenge. I’m not discovering anything new here but what I can see in ‘Futuro Imperfecto’ is that I’ve got the chance to apply everything I’ve learnt in the last thirty years. The project, to a degree, is a microcosm of all the programs I’ve done in the past: monologues, working with a team of people, contact with the audience, everything you’ll find here”.
“Doing the show in a theatre isn’t a coincidence, it’s a decision we’ve thought about a lot. We want to leverage the energy of the 700 people in the live audience to convert each show into something unique and make every program special. From a scripting standpoint, we’ll be tackling this crazy world we live in, casting a critical eye over it but also trying to do it in such a way that we make people laugh”.
“The goal is to make ‘Futuro Imperfecto’ an hour of quality comedy television every week”, Buenafuente highlighted.
The show will combine Andreu’s monologue with special guest appearances from other comics, friends and acquaintances, such as the content creator Tamara García Romero, the musician Sergi Estella and the comics Raúl Cimas, Sílvia Abril and Berto Romero who’ll all be helping to explain the world and each adding their own personal touch.
In addition, the show will also feature sketches with some of the most popular actors and actresses in Spain, conversations with a whole range of guests, as well as live music.
Buenafuente, three decades of success
Over his career, Andreu Buenafuente has won six Ondas awards and in 2020 he won the National Television Award, consolidating his position as one of Spain’s most important TV personalties. After 30 years of success he’s finally getting a chance to do a show on RTVE this spring.
PHOTOS ©Andrea Ribes
