Lionsgate + leaves Spain, where will we see ‘Nacho’ or the ‘John Wick’ prequel series?

Less than two months after STARZ’s international rebranding, renamed Lionsgate +, the streaming service announces it will be leaving seven territories, including Spain. It will disappear from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Nordic countries and Japan to focus on the American and aglophone market, even if the date of the blackout has not been announced. In the presentation of the results for the third quarter of 2022, the company admitted losses of up to 1,750 million dollars, with revenues of only 875.2 million, 1.4% less than the same period before.

Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lionsgate explained that the goal of this measure was “It leaves us with an optimized international business, positioned to compete in places where we can win, with a strong and scalable presence in the UK, Canada and Latin America “.

Among his original titles not yet released stand out ‘John Wick 4’, ‘The Mercenaries 4’ or the new chapter of ‘The Strangers’, films that, for example, in our country will be distributed by different distributors such as Diamond (in the case of of “John Wick)” and Vertex (in “The Mercenaries”). More complicated is the subject of the original series and domestic production. In Spain Lionsgate produced ‘Nacho’ together with Bambú Producciones, series on the life of porn actor Nacho Vidal which will open next Sunday, 11 December; and ‘Express’ with The Mediapro Studio, whose second season has already been shot. It has not been announced what will happen to them, whether they will fall into limbo or whether they will be sold to other streaming services.

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In the case of “The Continental”, a prequel series to the John Wick franchise, Prime Video was made with exclusive international rights, so Amazon will have it in its catalog all over the world except in the United States, the Middle East and Israel. Of course, they didn’t specify when we can see it. “The Continental” will have a three-episode season told from the perspective of a young Winston Scott, the hotel manager, who will be played by Colin Woodell. He is joined by Mel Gibson, Ayomide Adegun, Ben Robson and Hubert Point-Du Jour.

Other television products that Lionsgate + premiered exclusively in our country are “Dangerous Liaisons”, “The Stand”, “Spartacus”, “Señorita 89”, “The Serpent Queen”, “The Great”, “Normal People”, ” The White Princess “. ‘or’ Dr. Death ‘among others. We will have to wait for new announcements to know where all these series end or if they cease to be permanently available in Spanish territory.