Starzplay details 'MalaYerba', its first original series in Spanish

Bet, Sony Pictures Television y Dynamo produce Mala Yerba, the first original series in Spanish on the premium streaming service Starzplay.

Mala Yerba, composed by 10 chapters of 45 minutes duration, stars María Elisa Camargo (Late I Met Him, The Baron) like Mariana, Carolina Gaitán (Without Breasts Yes There Is Paradise, The End of Paradise, Narcos) as Lola, Juan Pablo Urrego (Wild District, The End of Paradise, Crime Story: Apiaries) as Ignatius, and Sebastian Slava (Wild District, Narcos, Always a Witch) like Felix.

The series has been created by Natalia Echeverri, executive producer of Dynamo, along with director Andrés Beltrán (Wild District, Bolívar: An Admirable Fight) and the screenwriter Esteban Orozco. Directed by Andrés Beltrán and Salomón Simhon, the series is co-produced by Pantaya, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) y Dynamo. Sony itself is the owner of the global distribution rights.

Mala Yerba, which will be released on October 31 exclusively in Spain and Latin America, will offer new episodes weekly every Sunday. This is its synopsis: “Mala Yerba tells the story of Félix, Mariana and Ignacio, three young, intelligent and ambitious entrepreneurs who are betting on a market that has just been legalized in Colombia: medicinal cannabis. His company, KannaLab, quickly becomes every entrepreneur's dream and the envy of his generation. Its founders are the perfect team: Mariana has the land to farm; Ignacio, the network; and Félix, the perfect and unique seed with which they will dominate the world. However, her lives will be altered when Lola, an ambitious journalist, sets her sights on her company and discovers that there is a dark past behind the famous seed.

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