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Endemol Shine Group today announces that Spanish production company Diagonal are launching a new original TV series for Atresmedia SVOD platform ATRESplayer PREMIUM.

Luimela is a new fiction format is a spin-off series of long running television hit Love is Forever and will launch as six short form episodes, each 8- 10 minutes in length.

Luisita and Amelia are a gay couple in 1977, featured in Love is Forever and this new short form series will tell the story of the same couple but living nowadays. The series will see how the life for the famous couple will differ in 2020, comparing it with their relationship in 1977 as its shown in the long running hit. The series will also have hidden messages for the couple’s fans to discover.

Jordi Frades Creative Producer and Content Director at Diagonal TV says; “Love is Forever is the first and original soap in Spain and the characters have captured the hearts of the audience here. Producing this short form series for Atresmedia’s SVOD platform ATRESplayer PREMIUM allows us to further develop the characters and see how they would have progressed if living in 2020. This spinoff series allows us to not only highlight LGBTQ visibility and feminism but also the way social media effects relationships in this day and age.”

Love is Forever is a daily soap from Diagonal, part of Endemol Shine Iberia and airs Monday to Friday on Antena 3, where it has been the number one afternoon scripted daily series for the past 8 seasons.