Last Friday, Secuoya Studios, Ay Yapim, and Atresmedia jointly announced that filming has started on the new series La Encrucijada / The Crossroads, which will be shown on Antena 3 and atresplayer in Spain. The series, which is the Spanish adaptation of the Turkish drama Brave and Beautiful tells the story of Amanda and César, two young people belonging to rival families marked by wounds of the past.

The deal for the Spanish remake was signed last year at MIPCOM.

Nominated for an International Emmy for Best Telenovela in 2018, the international hit is a romantic, action-packed melodrama that will air in Spain on Atresmedia. Brave and Beautiful is the first project from the Stories area, led by executive producer Eduardo Galdo, a new entrant to the Secuoya Studios team.

Brave and Beautiful (Cesur ve Güzel) premiered on Star TV in 2016 and proved an instant hit in Turkey, where it won several awards, including the TelevisionDisisi.com Awards and accolades from GP magazine and the Sayidaty publication. The series also achieved international success: it aired in almost twenty countries, such as Hungary, Romania, Spain, Albania, Greece, Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Peru, among others.

This long-running series traces the love story between a young fighter from a humble family who is determined to avenge the death of his father, and a beautiful heiress, daughter of the suspected murderer of the hero’s father.

With Brave and Beautiful, Secuoya Studios and Ay Yapim are taking the first step towards building their partnership to develop TV adaptations of the Turkish production company’s international hit for the global market. The Spanish studio, a leading player in the creation, production and distribution of Spanish-language content, and one of Turkey’s largest film and TV production companies are joining forces to co-develop, co-finance and co-produce Spanish-language versions of Turkey’s biggest global hits.