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Ángel Gómez Hernández to Direct the Spider Thriller “Arachnid”

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Ángel Gómez Hernández is set to spin a new web…

The 35-year-old Spanish filmmaker will direct the spider thriller Arachnid marking the debut feature from new indie genre label Badlands.

Ángel Gómez HernándezMatilda Lutz, Gregg Sulkin, William Mille and Melina Matthews star in the film, shooting overseas.

Gómez Hernández is directing from a script by Jayson Rothwell.

In Arachnid, a man returns from a trip unwittingly harboring a new breed of arachnid. Subsequently, the people in an apartment block are quarantined and left to fend for themselves against a plague of venomous spiders.

Altitude Film Sales is handling international sales, having introduced the project to buyers at Cannes earlier this summer, with CAA Media Finance handling domestic rights.

Gomez Hernandez’s previous credits include The Boogeyman, Voces and The Last Victim.

MiTu Signs Content Licensing Agreement with AOL

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It’s official… MiTu is expanding its online presence.

The digital network that operates YouTube channels targeting the Latino community has signed a content licensing agreement with AOL.

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The pact, announced Tuesday, will allow MiTu to syndicate its original and partner produced content to AOL’s digital properties – including The Huffington Post, streaming platform AOL On and Hispanic network Voces – in both English and Spanish.

“We believe that this relationship helps to better serve today’s exploding Hispanic audiences who have demonstrated a passionate appetite for MiTu’s English and Spanish language, culturally relevant video content,” said MiTu CEO Roy Burstin in a statement.

Since launching in 2012, MiTu has established a network of YouTube channels with more than 45 million global unique viewers and more than 200 million monthly video views.

The network, which has focused on lifestyle content, recently launched male pop culture channel Macho featuring sketch comedy project El Show with Chuey Martinez.

AOL has made a push to expand its content aimed at multicultural audiences, said Frank Besteiro, head of business development and partnerships for AOL Video, in a statement.

“We see this partnership as an excellent way to supplement our video catalogue with high-quality content across a range of topics for our growing Hispanic audience,” he added.