Tenerife, filming destination for the international series 'The Gryphon' and 'Crossfire'

International productions The Gryphon (Amazon Prime Video) y Crossfire (BBC Studios, RTVE) are filming these days in Tenerife.

Both productions have the collaboration of the service company On Film, responsible for large international shoots in the Canary Islands such as The Eternals (Marvel Studios), Wonder Woman (Warner Bros.), Foundation (Apple TV), Jason Bourne (Universal Pictures) o The One (Netflix).

The Gryphon, based on the fantasy genre bestseller of the same title by Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein, is a production for the German company's Amazon Studios W&B in collaboration with DogHaus movie. The creative duo of Erol Yesilkaya and Sebastian Marka, known for titles such as Exit y Crime scene, perform the tasks of showrunners and creators. Filming in Tenerife began in November with an estimated duration of seven weeks, and includes locations in the municipality of San Miguel de Abona, for example. The six-episode series will be available exclusively in around 240 countries and territories where Amazon Prime Video operates.

On the other hand, the filming of Crossfire, a three-episode miniseries that BBC Studios coproduces with RTVE, started in November in a luxurious resort in Tenerife. Leading the international cast is the British actress Keeley Hawes and the Spanish actors Hugo Silva and Alba Brunet. The fiction of the British company Dancing Ledge Productions (Death in Salisbury) is produced by Alex Mercer (Doctor Who) and has distribution of Fremantle Media International and the participation of Buddy Club Productions. Este thriller de supervivencia, creado y escrito por la británica Louise Doughty, arranca en un lujoso hotel de una isla española, donde mientras toma el sol en el balcón de su habitación, Jo (Keeley Hawes) observa cómo un grupo de hombres armados irrumpe violentamente en la piscina donde su marido e hijos se bañan. Jo intentará salvarlos con la ayuda del jefe de seguridad del hotel.

Los rodajes en Tenerife de ambas series internacionales se suman a los de otras producciones europeas de importante tirón comercial que han pasado recientemente por la isla, como la popular serie alemana Balko, que regresa bajo el título Balko Tenerife, producida por Ufa Fiction con producción ejecutiva de Guido Reinhardt para RTL; y Hit Big, producción de la compañía finlandesa Komeetta Film, que ha contado con los servicios de Orange Valley Canarias.