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Toy Boy (TV series)

Toy Boy
Genre
Created by
  • César Benítez
  • Juan Carlos Cueto
  • Rocío Martínez
Directed by
  • Iñaki Mercero
  • Javier Quintas
  • Laura M. Campos
Starring
Opening theme"Set You Free" by Reyko
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes21
Production
Production locationCosta del Sol
Production company
Atresmedia Televisión
  • Plano a Plano
Original release
NetworkAtresplayer Premium
Release8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) –
21 November 2021 (2021-11-21)

Toy Boy is a Spanish drama produced by Atresmedia and Plano a Plano. The show stars Jesús Mosquera, Cristina Castaño and María Pedraza.[1] It premiered first on FesTVal and Atresplayer Premium in September 2019 before its premiere on Antena 3 on 25 September 2019.[2]

Plot

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The fiction is set in the Costa del Sol.[3] Hugo Beltrán (Jesús Mosquera) is a young, handsome and carefree stripper. One morning he wakes up on a sailboat, after a night of partying and excesses, next to the burned corpse of a man, allegedly the husband of his lover, Macarena Medina (Cristina Castaño), a mature and powerful woman with whom he maintained a steamy high-voltage sexual relationship. Hugo does not remember anything from the night of the crime, but is sure that he is not the murderer, but the victim of a set-up to frame him. After a quick trial, he is sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

Seven years later, he is visited in prison by Triana Marín (María Pedraza), a young lawyer who, representing a major law firm, offers to help him reopen the case and try to prove his innocence in a new trial. Although Hugo distrusts the offer, Triana gets the conviction annulled and Hugo is released from prison, on probation and pending the holding of a new trial in which they will have to be able to prove their innocence.

Triana and Hugo work together to try to unravel a complex plot that took an innocent person to prison. A relationship that will not be easy, since they belong to diametrically opposite worlds; She is a lawyer with a hard-working, responsible and bright future. He, a master of the night, former prisoner and considered a murderer by everyone except himself.

Cast

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Introduced in season 2

Episodes

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Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally releasedRef.
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
1138 September 2019 (2019-09-08)1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)ATRESplayer Premium[6]
2826 September 2021 (2021-09-26)21 November 2021 (2021-11-21)[7]

Season 1 (2019)

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No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release date
11"Piloto"
"Pilot"		8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)
22"De entre los muertos"
"Among the Dead"		15 September 2019 (2019-09-15)
33"El juicio final"
"The Final Judgement"		22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)
44"Casilla de salida"
"Square One"		29 September 2019 (2019-09-29)
55"El pulso del asesino"
"The Murderer's Pulse"		6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)
66"El final del túnel"
"End of the Tunnel"		13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)
77"Juego de máscaras"
"Masquerade"		20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)
88"El último testigo"
"Sole Witness"		27 October 2019 (2019-10-27)
99"Amor de madre"
"Mother's Love"		3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)
1010"Polaroids"
"Polaroids"		10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)
1111"Cachorro"
"Young Pup"		17 November 2019 (2019-11-17)
1212"Redención"
"Redemption"		24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)
1313"Ángeles caídos"
"Fallen Angels"		1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)

Season 2

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No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release date
141"La persona a la que más quieres"
26 September 2021 (2021-09-26)
152"Qué es el sexo para ti?"
3 October 2021 (2021-10-03)
163"El precio de los dioses"
10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)
174"Cielo e infierno"
24 October 2021 (2021-10-24)
185"Templos profanos"
31 October 2021 (2021-10-31)
196"Un gesto de amor"
7 November 2021 (2021-11-07)
207"Por qué me llaman el turco?"
14 November 2021 (2021-11-14)
218"Puertas que se abren"
21 November 2021 (2021-11-21)

Production and release

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Created by César Benítez, Juan Carlos Cueto and Rocío Martínez, Toy Boy was produced by Atresmedia Televisión in collaboration with Plano a Plano.[8] Iñaki Mercero and Javier Quintas directed the episodes of the first season.[3] The first season was shot on natural locations of the Costa del Sol: shooting locations included Málaga, Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Mijas, Marbella and Estepona.[9] Filming was wrapped in May 2019.[9] The series premiered on Atresplayer Premium on 8 September 2019, later starting its free-to-air broadcasting run on Antena 3 on 25 September 2019.[10]

Despite mediocre viewership figures in the domestic run on linear television, the series enjoyed a better international reception in Netflix.[11] Thus, in July 2020, Atresmedia and Netflix decided to bring back the series for a second season.[11] Filming started by March 2021 in Vélez-Málaga.[12] In April 2021 Álex González, Federica Sabatini, Enrique Arce, Paco Marín, Ibrahim Al-Shami, Toni Zenet and Juan Betancourt were announced as additions to the cast,[13] with Javier Quintas and Laura M. Campos as directors.[13] Atresplayer Premium set the season 2 premiere date for 26 September 2021.[7]

Season 2 aired on Netflix on 11 February 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Jesús Mosquera, Cristina Castaño y María Pedraza protagonizan 'Toy Boy', la nueva serie original de Atresmedia Televisión". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 18 September 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Netflix y Telemundo International Studios se suman este año al FesTVal · Festival de la Televisión". FesTVal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Gallardo, Francisco Andrés (25 September 2019). "'Toy Boy', un crimen y un 'stripper' en la Costa del Sol". Diario de Sevilla. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Miriam Díaz-Aroca será la comisaria Luisa Gutiérrez en 'Toy Boy'". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "'Toy Boy' presenta su temporada 2. Fichajes, estreno y primeras imágenes". Diez Minutos. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Toy Boy". TV Time. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b "'Toy Boy' ya tiene fecha de estreno para su temporada 2 en Atresplayer Premium". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 16 September 2021. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Conoce a los strippers de 'Toy boy', la nueva serie de Antena 3". El Confidencial. 10 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  9. ^ a b "La serie 'Toy Boy' finaliza su rodaje". Diario Sur. 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ^ Guerrero, Custodio (25 October 2020). "'Veneno': Cuándo se estrenan los nuevos episodios en Antena 3". Sensacine. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. ^ a b Onieva, Álvaro (28 July 2020). "Atresmedia y Netflix producirán la temporada 2 de 'Toy Boy'". Fuera de Series. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Luces, cámaras, acción: se rueda la segunda temporada de 'Toy Boy' en la costa de Málaga". La Voz del Sur. 2 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  13. ^ a b "'Toy Boy' empieza a rodar su temporada 2 y desvela el reparto completo, con Álex González en cabeza". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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