The creator of “The Ministry Of Time” Javier Olivares Helming Series Adaptation of the Spanish novel of the videogame empire by Blackbox Multimedia & EO Media

Exclusive: London-based Blackbox Media and Latin American company EO Media have created a drama series based on the novel about the origins of the famous Spanish video game company Dinamic Software.

The couple chose Jesús Martínez del Vasi The history of dynamics Scenic Rights Agency of Madrid and signed by Javier Olivares, best known for having created the comedy series Time Travel on TVE and Netflix. Send an email to the minister of time (Ministry of Time) as a showman.

Del Vass wrote a novel with the Ruis brothers who, as teenagers, created a video game empire from their parents’ home in the early 1980s, when Spanish tech companies started an international boom before going bankrupt. Del Vass spent ten years researching his book and interviewing attendees to create Dinamic.

Known as the “golden age of Spanish software” in the 1980s, the rise of Dinamic coincided with the Spanish countercultural movement “Movida Madrileña” which began after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.

The series, described by Blackbox and EO as “mostly fiction”, shows how the Ruiz brothers opened the doors to the era of video games and software innovations in the country. It explores brotherhood and rivalry, love and betrayal and is known as “the union we crashed he realizes Wolf of Wall Street he realizes Silicon Valley Meet the family melodrama Luis Miguel the series,According to the manufacturers.

Olivares will work closely with co-authors Pablo Lara and Bruno Teixidor (Astronaut: transmedia experience) For the development of the show. Lara worked as a writer The Ministry of TimeWhile co-producers Blackbox and EO had previously worked together to develop a Luis Sepúlveda novel Diary of a sentimental killer in the series

Ezekiel Olzanski, CEO of EO Media, said: “We found a story that looks like something out of a movie, Hollywood or Silicon Valley, but it’s not. It’s true and it happened right here in Spain in the 1980s, the madness “arrived in the middle of Madrid”.

Argentine Olzanski, a former Gaumont and Endemol executive in Latin America, told Deadline that the writers and producers were working with three Ruiz brothers to plot the series’ plot, adding that the story could continue for multiple seasons, in several. stages of life. brother

Javier Olivares, showman and executive producer, said: “Dynamics is about Spain in the 80s when I was young. When many of us refused to accept that Madrid was a black and white city, London and New York were purely technical colors. It is a demonstration of creativity that has spoken and continues to speak Spanish all over the world. Without complexes and with pride “.

Giuliano Papadia, CEO and Creative Director of BlackBox, said: “We didn’t want anyone other than Javier, Pablo and Bruno to bring to life a story that we know will fascinate generations of viewers and players alike. We are sure it will be a national and global success.