Almost nine years have passed since then Juan Gomez-Jurado publish Red Queen. The book was published in late 2015, and suddenly his life changed forever. The detective novel tells the story of a talented agent named Anthony Scott and his companion, the decider John Gutierrez. The personalities of both characters are combined into a detective story full of intricacies and told with great grace and ease. The success was deafening. The book was devoured by more than 3 million readers around the world, followed by two more, Black Wolf And White King.
Now, Gomez-Jurado off on another adventure. He made history with Amazon Prime Video Antonia and from John becomes a series. The production has already been released on the streaming platform, which has declared it one of the most important projects of the year internationally. The novel became a phenomenon on a planetary scale. And the series started off very well thanks to positive reviews from critics. The public will have to make a judgment about whether the adaptation is up to par.
Gomez-Juradowho was once a family member Hypertextgreets us now with Maria Jose Rodriguezdirector of Spanish original content at Prime Video, and Adriana Izquierdo, executive producer, Amazon Studios. I’m very glad to come Red Queen to the platform, they reveal to us some of their secrets. They also anticipate what will happen next if the audience likes the series.
“I dreamed about this more than I imagined. Because the writer always says: “Wouldn’t it be great to translate something of what you do into audiovisual,” says the author, who, despite everything, admits. that he didn’t understand what he was talking about Red Queen was about to get ahead. “Given my track record of 17 years of consecutive failures to bring all my previous novels to life, the dream was already a hallucination. And to be here today and tell you this, you can’t imagine what this means to me. “After so many failures, for the first time… Although we still have time,” he jokes. “You didn’t fail, you waited for us to come into your life,” he replies. Rodriguez.
Antonia Scott’s head
Gomez-Jurado explains that in order to bring audiovisual Red Queen, has used media tools that enrich his story. “Adrianawhom I knew before Maria JoseThe first thing he says to me when I arrive is: “Hi, good afternoon, I brought this.” Red Queen‘ goes like this: ‘How are you going to do this in a way that is spectacular, unusual and has never been seen before?'” the novelist recalls.
“What he asked of us Adriana will be represented by Chief Antonia Scott. Something that I didn’t get to do in the novel, or that I did it in the abstract,” he explains below. A very difficult task, which motivated the book to make the transition to images. “This challenge What They launched made us all fall in love. It was hard to see how we could get people to see how Antonia thinks,” he says.
“I thought, ‘What can I give him?’ – he says. Leftwho admits that he has already read Red Queen before Gomez-Jurado I will present you the project. “What can I say, the answer is audiovisual language. And within this audiovisual language, Antonia Scott’s head, if we managed to get it – and I think we did – became the greatest gift for Juan first, and later for romance and thriller fans,” he suggests.
Materialization of the main character’s way of thinking Red Queen gives the series its own personality. Something important to differentiate yourself from other projects with a similar theme. “It’s a very special aspect of the show and we didn’t want it to look Sherlock to nothing. We had some reference points to start with, but also from which we needed to separate ourselves. And it was a very pleasant challenge for the project,” notes the producer.
Two magnetic heroes
One of the points that critics note most Red Queen – this is the choice of its two main characters. Vicky Luengo And Hovik Keichkerian realize the vision of Antonia Scott and John Gutierrez that Gomez-Jurado conveyed in his novels. “We chose them because they were all in our heads,” he says. Rodriguez about the casting process. “When we brought together the entire Prime Video creative team with Juan, Amaya Murusabal and the whole Dopamine and Focus team, and we sat down to offer our suggestions, we all said the same thing. And that made us nervous,” he also admits.
“It made us think, ‘Be careful, if we all have the same idea in our heads, we might be going for the obvious. Maybe we should think a little further.” But no, that thought lasted five minutes until we said it. : ‘It’s just that they Hovik And VictoryThis is them, says the head of the company. “It couldn’t have been any other way; it was obvious as soon as they got together.” It was something like a statement: “But how is this possible!”,” the author adds Red Queen.
“It’s spectacular in front of the cameras and you can see it. But from the outside, you saw them eating together, bowing their heads and trusting each other… And over the course of six months of filming, you saw two people become brothers. It was great to see each other from the outside. They understand each other by a gesture, by a look, by the way they smile, by the way they love each other… It was a privilege for me to be able to see him,” says Gomez-Jurado very proud of my casting choices.
Second season?
The million dollar question about Red Queen the question is whether Amazon Prime Video will greenlight a second season. That is, to the film adaptation of the second novel of the trilogy. Black Wolf. When asked about this, all three laugh, not wanting to be too optimistic. “This is a book… that we love… it’s one of my favorites,” the writer jokes, “we’ll see what happens.”
“But on February 29 Red Queen. The main thing is that people like it,” he says. Rodriguez. Of course, he makes it clear that if all goes well, “there are two more books.” “We look forward to it,” the novelist concludes, hesitant to confirm or deny the future of the series. In any case, everything indicates that the company will bet on continuing the adventures of Antonia Scott and John Gutierrez if the public reacts to this first part.
Series of the year
Arrival from Red Queen Amazon Prime Video is proposing a change in strategy for other Spanish projects. And the platform declared this series one of its greatest projects of the year, not only in Spain, but throughout the world. “All Prime Video originals are released worldwide. They are all capable of achieving global success,” he explains. Rodriguezalthough below he reveals what sets the Red Queen apart from the others.
“It’s true that when you start making a series, because of the type of story, because of the opportunity that we ourselves see, it has to travel abroad, you realize that there is content that is more local and that can work abroad, and that others may be more versatile and have a great ability to travel. No trace like with Faradswhich have also proven themselves very well internationally,” continues the executive director.
“But, of course, with Red Queen We are convinced that this is the series of the year. Here, without a doubt, but also internationally. And it’s true that we are international teams that directly collaborate and share projects. And all the response we get from all the other Prime Video teams is exactly that,” she confidently confirms. “Come on, this came out as part of Prime Video’s international promotional content coming out in 2024,” she illustrates. “It was just that we won an Emmy,” he enthuses. Gomez-Jurado.
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