Disney+ takes over Javier Fesser’s TV directorial debut “Shared Custody”

Enrique Baró

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is on board Shared custodythe comedy-drama series that Champions Director Javier Fesser’s first directing job in television.

We can reveal that the streamer will start Shared custody in January 2025 with the filmmaker Fesser (Campeonex, Away, The great adventure by Mortadelo and Filemón) is directing the eight-part series, which was announced over two years ago and explores the consequences of parental separation. Fremantle-backed producer The Immigrant is producing the series, which is written and produced by Juanjo Moscardó Rius, who also created the Goya-nominated film. A shitty therapyand Maria Minguez (Two years of life).

In Shared custodyParents Cris and Diego have just separated amicably. They want to become mature, responsible and kind adults for the sake of their five-year-old daughter, but neither of them can afford to live alone and take care of her. Cris’ work takes up a lot of time and Diego doesn’t have a steady salary, so both are forced to move back into their respective parents’ homes. The grandparents are excited to have their children and granddaughter back in their lives, but things quickly take a turn for the worse. What started as an amicable separation soon takes a turn as they are faced with the harsh reality.

Lorena Lopez (The long shadows, The house) and Ricard Farré (Good manners, Poland) play the couple. Also in the cast are Adriana Ozores (The little loves, Invisible), Francesc Orella (Merli, Santa Evita), Aten Soria (Venus), Fernando Sansegundo (Lamentable stories), Lucía de Gracia, Cristina Alcázar (Galgos, Cardo), Clara de Ramon (Barcelona’s most famous sights), Víctor de la Fuente (Kings of the Night, The Nights of Tefía) and Edu Soto (Nacho, Mortadelo and Filemón. Mission: Save the Earth).

Fesser has won seven Goya Awards, including Best Film for Champions (Champions) and for Awaya film for which he also won the awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay, and was also nominated for the Oscar for Best Short Film. Binta and the big ideaand has also won a number of other awards.

Fesser said the characters in Shared custody had attracted him to the television project. “I saw myself perfectly reflected in their greatness and in their misery,” he added. “I was moved by their conflicts and laughed out loud with them all, and the tone of the proposal really attracted me. I didn’t think that such a real drama could end up being so funny. How wonderful to do comedy without jokes.”

Sofía Fábregas, Vice President of Original Production at Disney+ Spain, said: “Fesser has a special ability to extract humor from the most unexpected situations and touch the audience with his humanity and tenderness. In addition, the scripts are brilliant. We really laughed a lot while filming.”

The series is the first outside Spain for The Immigrant, which is behind films such as the Crystal Bear-winning Adolfo and ViX series Ella FireplaceA Sola And Everything I have dones, which we first told you about last year. In total, the Latinx producer is in post-production on three series that will premiere this year and next year.

“We are delighted that our first series in Spain has the vision of a director like Javier, the authenticity of the pen of Juanjo and María and the collaboration of the fantastic team at Disney,” said Camila Jiménez and Silvana Aguirre, founders of The Immigrant and producers of the series, in a statement. “The series reflects what we aspire to as a company: to tell deeply human and universal stories.”