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Stories to Stay Awake (2021 TV series)

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Stories to Stay Awake (2021 TV series)
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Stories to Stay Awake (Spanish: Historias para no dormir)[1] is a Spanish horror anthology television series consisting of a reboot of the series of the same name created by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador and broadcast on TVE from 1966 to 1982. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on 5 November 2021 and it is slated to air on RTVE in the future. The four parts are directed by Rodrigo Cortés, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Paco Plaza and Paula Ortiz.

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A second season was released on 22 October 2022, with episodes directed by Salvador Calvo, Jaume Balagueró, Alice Waddington and Nacho Vigalondo.

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Cast

"El doble"
"Freddy"
"El asfalto"
"La broma"
"El trasplante"
"La alarma"
"La pesadilla"
"El televisor"
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Production and release

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Historias para no dormir is based on the series of the same name created and directed by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador, which aired from 1962 to 1968 and in 1982.[10][11] Produced by VIS (a division of ViacomCBS Networks), Prointel and Isla Audiovisual for Amazon Prime Video and RTVE,[12] the series consists of 4 self-contained episodes featuring a running time of around 50 minutes.[12]

"La broma" was directed and written by Rodrigo Cortés; "El doble" was directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and written by Sorogoyen alongside Daniel Remón; "Freddy" was directed by Paco Plaza and written by Plaza alongside Alberto Marini; and "El asfalto" was directed by Paula Ortiz and written by Manuel Jabois alongside Rodrigo Cortés.[4]

On 7 October 2021, Amazon Prime Video released a trailer and set a release date for 5 November 2021.[13]

Distributed by ViacomCBS International Studios in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Latin America, ZDF Enterprises acquired the international distribution rights elsewhere.[1]

The four episodes were presented at the 54th Sitges Film Festival in October 2021.[14]

In February 2022, VIS announced the renovation of the series for a second season, with episodes directed by Jaume Balagueró, Nacho Vigalondo, Salvador Calvo and Alice Waddington.[6] Shooting of the episode "El trasplante", directed by Calvo, co-written by Ignacio del Moral, and starring Javier Gutiérrez, Petra Martínez, Carlos Cuevas and Ramón Barea, was already underway.[6]

Vigalondo's episode "La alarma" was already shooting in March 2022, featuring Roberto Álamo, Javier Gurruchaga, Neus Sanz [es], Carlos Areces, Aníbal Gómez [es], Sofía Oria and Jordi Coll [es].[7] Shooting of Waddington's episode "La pesadilla", co-written by Rocío Martínez Llano and starring Álvaro Morte, Mina El Hammani and Boré Buika [es], wrapped in May 2022.[8] Balagueró's episode "El televisor" (written alongside Beto Marini [es]) shot afterwards, starring Pablo Derqui and Manuela Vellés.[9]

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Episodes

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