Veneno (TV series)

Veneno
Also known asVeneno: Vida y muerte de un icono
Genre
Created by
Based on¡Digo! Ni puta ni santa. Las memorias de La Veneno
by Valeria Vegas
Directed by
Starring
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time44–65 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAtresplayer Premium
Release29 March (2020-03-29) –
25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)
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Veneno (previously Veneno: Vida y Muerte de un Icono) is a Spanish biographical television limited series, created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo that aired on Atresplayer Premium in Spain from 29 March to 25 October 2020. The series, which tells the life and death of Spanish transgender singer and television personality Cristina Ortiz Rodríguez, better known by the nickname "La Veneno", is based on the biography ¡Digo! Ni puta ni santa. Las memorias de La Veneno by Valeria Vegas.[1][2]

The full season was scheduled to be released on 29 March 2020 on subscription streaming platform Atresplayer Premium but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production and post-production could not be completed. Thus, only the first of eight episodes aired on that date.[3] The second episode aired on 28 June 2020.[4] The third episode aired on 20 September 2020, and the rest of the episodes were released on a weekly basis.[5] The series' soundtrack including cover versions by Amaia, Álex de Lucas and Jedet as well as the original song "Nunca Debiste Cruzar el Mississippi" by Leiva, was released on digital platforms on 29 October.[6]

Veneno premiered internationally on HBO Max starting 19 November 2020.[7]

A sequel series, Vestidas de azul, premiered in December 2023.[8]

  1. ^ Beatriz Martínez (29 March 2020). "'Veneno': ¿Quién es quién en la nueva serie de Javier Calvo y Javier Ambrossi?". Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ^ Where We Are on TV: 2020-2021 (PDF) (Report). GLAAD. 2021. pp. 39, 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Atresmedia solo podrá estrenar el primer capítulo de 'Veneno' ante la crisis del coronavirus". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 19 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. ^ "'Veneno' ya tiene fecha para lanzar su segundo capítulo en Atresplayer Premium". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Atresplayer Premium pone fecha de estreno al tercer capítulo de 'Veneno'". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Playlist de 'Veneno': Así es la banda sonora de la serie, con Leiva, Pet Shop Boys, Dover, Amaia, Cupido..." EuropaFM (in Spanish). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  7. ^ vertele.eldiario.es (3 November 2020). "Así presenta HBO Max a 'Veneno', que ya tiene fecha de estreno internacional". vertele (in European Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. ^ López Martín, Sergio (24 October 2023). "Atresmedia triunfa en el MIPCOM: cierra nuevas ventas de 'Vestidas de Azul', 'La Edad de la Ira' y 'El Desafío". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.