21/03/2024 - Maribel Verdú, Mariela Garriga, Austin Amelio, Ben Temple and Dani Rovira are currently filming the Max Original series, based on the book of the same name by Sergio Sarria

Actresses Maribel Verdú (© Carlos Delgado) and Mariela Garriga (© LeoIPD) and actors Austin Amelio and Ben Temple

Spanish actors Maribel Verdú (two-time Goya winner for Best Actress, recently seen in Pet Shop Days [+see also:
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Filming began a month ago in Madrid and will continue in Morón de la Frontera (Seville) and in other locations in Andalusia and the Community of Madrid. Abril Montilla, Lucía Jiménez, Numa Paredes, María Alfonsa Rosso, Eloy Azorín, Virginia de Morata, Carlos Beluga, Lorca Prada and Ana María Vivancos complete the cast.

The plot is set during the Easter holidays of 2024 in an inland village in southern Spain, located next to the US Army base area. There, Lucía Gutiérrez (played by Maribel Verdú), a sergeant in the Civil Guard, investigates the unusual suicide of a neighbour and some strange events that occurred during the first Easter procession. Magaly Castillo (played by Mariela Garriga) is a US Army special agent sent to the Morón de la Frontera base to find the whereabouts of a missing American soldier who seems to be connected to the hidden business dealings of Colonel Seamus Hoopen (Ben Temple), the head of the base. A lone military policeman, Sergeant Andrew Taylor (Austin Amelio), accompanies Magaly on her enquiries, and they soon discover that the two investigations are connected, that the case is more complex than they had assumed and that it involves both residents of Morón and American military personnel from the nearby base.

When Nobody Sees Us is produced by Zeta Studios for Warner Bros. Discovery in Spain. Antonio Asensio, Paloma Molina and Salvador Yagüe are the executive producers of Zeta Studios, which has pending premieres and in development the eighth season of Elite, the historical series about the reign of Luis I de Borbón La vida breve, the coming-of-age series Red Flags; the feature film Hamburgo by Lino Escalera (read more) and the series adaptation of the novel by writer and essayist Jordi Amat El hijo del chófer, a thriller about journalism, blackmail and corruption directed by Isaki Lacuesta.

This is the first Spanish-produced series announced for Max, the revamped Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service which combines HBO Max and Discovery+ content on a single platform. Max is currently available in the US, and will come to Spain in spring as well as launching in 22 European countries that currently offer HBO Max.

(Translated from Spanish by Vicky York)