Exclusive: The Orphanage producers reveal slate of new projects

Spanish production outfit Rodar y Rodar is developing a feature film titled Dos with Netflix, among others.

Barcelona-based horror specialists Rodar Y Rodar has revealed a number of projects in development to KFTV.com, most of which will shoot in Spain. Other locations to be confirmed.

Two (Dos), will have a similar set up to Saw, about a man, David, and woman, Sara, who wake up naked glued by the abdomen in a mysterious room, unsure how they got there.

The film is being directed by Mar Targarona, producer of the hugely successful horror, The Orphanage, based on a script by Cuca Canals (Diary of a Nymphomaniac). Targarona and Rodar Y Rodar co-founder, Joaquin Padro, are producing.

The project is being developed with the participation of streaming giant Netflix, which recently set up a production hub in Madrid.

“We are currently looking for financing and top quality cast,” Rodar Y Rodar confirmed to KFTV.com. “No shooting dates have been arranged yet.”

Other Rodar Y Rodar projects in development, directed by Targarona, include… 

The Cuckoo (El Cuco) – a film about a couple, Sebas and Ana, who do a house swap with an elderly German couple that they meet online. Despite everything seeming fine at first, they soon discover that Hans and Olga don’t just want to exchange houses, but also lives. The script is being written by Alfred Pérez-Fargas and Roger Danès.

Ali Bey – an adventure TV series, written by Jordi Muntaner, about the 18^th and 19^th century Spanish explorer Ali Bey who posed as an exiled Arab prince and became one of the first Europeans to set foot in Mecca.

The Competition (La Competencia) – another TV series, based on a script by Ignacio Rodó, Alex Bauzá and Daniel Padró, about three families whose daughters go missing at the same time and each receive kidnap notes saying they will have to compete for their daughters’ lives. 

Rodar Y Rodar already have two films currently showing on Netflix, Elisa and Marcela, written and directed by renowned film maker Isabel Coixet, and El Fotografo de Mauthausen, directed by Targarona.

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