Hulu has acquired the U.S. streaming rights to Legendary’s crime heist drama series “Vanda.” The series comes from Legendary, indie producer SPi and Spain’s La Panda.
“Vanda” is based on the true story of a hair stylist in Lisbon, who, in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis—after finding herself alone, broke, and with two children to raise—embarks on a string of bank heists using a blonde wig and a toy gun. When Vanda was finally caught, she was sentenced to seven years in prison and had stolen a grand total of €17,000.
Gabriela Barros stars as the title character with João Baptista, Pedro Casablanc, Raúl Prieto and Joana de Verona rounding out the cast. The series is created by Patricia Müller (Madre Paula) and written by Muller and Carmen Jimenez (Adiós).
The series was executive produced by José Amaral, Elisa Lleras, Pablo Gómez-Castro and Anne Thomopoulos. Vanda was directed by Simão Cayatte with Bartosz Swiniarsky serving as director of photography and the special collaboration of Spanish director Elia Urquiza (Next).
The eight-episode, one-hour series was supported by the Portuguese Tourism and Cinema Fund and is a Spanish co-production.
“We are thrilled to partner with Hulu to bring Vanda to U.S. audiences. This is an ideal pairing that allows terrific content to be featured on a platform that provides amazing reach,” said Sam Kozhaya of Legendary.
Source: Deadline