Pacific Teaser: First Look at Spanish Sci-Fi Thriller Starring Narcos Actor Manolo Cardona – Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at it Pacific Oceanthe Spanish-language sci-fi thriller starring Colombian actor Manolo Cardona (Who Killed Sara?, Narcos, And The Snitch Cartel).

The film, a Colombian-Argentine co-production, is currently in the works and was made on a budget of around $10 million. FilmSharks has started pre-sales and will be showcasing footage and promotional material at the upcoming Cannes market.

Argentinian filmmaker Gonzalo Gutierrez “GG” directed the film, which follows a group of young travelers stranded on a Pacific island where they struggle to escape an evil presence that has been hidden from humans for centuries. Gutierrez has had an extensive VFX career, working on projects such as Gonzalo Tobal’s 2018 Venice title The defendant and the Colombian sci-fi drama Cubic Ninja. The filmmaker is now also working on the animated film Giants of La Mancha with writer Carlos Kotkin (Rio 2).

The cast of Pacific Ocean is rounded off by Maria Gabriela de Faria (The Exorcism of God), Richard Abarca (Miss Bala), Christopher von Uckermann (How to break up with your douchebag), Claudio Catano (A thousand fangs) and Maria Nela Sinisterra (Corazon de Leon).

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra recorded the music for the film score. The orchestra has a long film history with company musicians who have worked extensively on film scores such as this lord of the rings And hobbit Series. John Neill of Peter Jackson’s Park Road Studio post-production house served as producer and score mixer. The film’s main theme was also shot at Park Road with Kiwi singer-songwriter Caii-Michelle Baker on vocals in collaboration with Argentinian music composer Pablo Borghi.

Pacific Ocean was produced by Mauricio Brunetti’s Patagonia Films with Guido Rud’s FilmSharks. Brunetti’s credits include Corazon de Leon by Marcos Carnevale and Dark blood by Harold Trumpeter with Joe Leguizamo (Carlito’s way). A prolific producer, Rud has more than 30 credits, including Universal’s remake of Alejandro Amenabar’s Golden Globe-nominated 2001 horror film The other and Paramount’s English-language remake of the Paraguayan cult classic mortuary.

Pacific Ocean was partially financed by the Colombian film company Proimagenes and the Argentine film institute INCAA. Production took place on location in the Colombian capital Bogota and the coastal region of Choco, with post-production now based in Buenos Aires.

Announcing the picture, Rud said he and the production team are currently working on the film’s VFX and plan to deliver the picture “by the end of the year”.

“It’s one of those movies that sells out before you even get the material because everyone is behind it now,” he said.

Gutierrez added: “I really believe in it Pacific Ocean is most likely a ‘before’ and ‘after’ in Latin American genre films.”