Spanish actors Itziar Ituño (“Money Heist”) and Vito Sanz (“The Other Way Around”) have landed starring roles in “Numana,” a sci-fi drama series created by Argentine-Spanish writer-directors Jesica Arán (“Pájaros Negros”) and Soledad Velasco (“Cross Dreamers”).
The series will be produced by Chilean-Spanish production company Clara Films and Barcelona-based Unbound Hub, a Senior VFX Strategy & Production Consultancy.
“Numana” is set in the near future, where the multinational corporation Numana has seized control of society and has swapped democracy for a surveillance state led by Aurora, an omnipresent AI system that tracks what people buy, feel and desire.
The story follows two genetically identical women who switch identities and consequently expose a hierarchical world based on genetic selection, exploitation and obedience.
“‘Numana’ uses genre to speak directly to the present,” said producer Clara Larraín Zegers. “It is a story about genetic privilege, corporate power, surveillance, social mobility and the lives that systems decide to discard. Jesica and Soledad have built a world that feels very real right now, disturbing and emotionally precise. Having actors of the caliber and emotional complexity of Itziar Ituño and Vito Sanz attached to the project helps us ground this dystopian universe in something deeply human.”
