Venga Juan

Venga Juan
Genre	Political satire
Created by	Diego San José
Directed by	Víctor García León Tom Fernández Pilar Palomero Javier Cámara
Starring	Javier Cámara
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Guillermo Farré José Skaf Miguel Salvat Diego San José Alejandro Flórez Javier Méndez
Running time	30 min.
Production company	100 Balas
Original release
Network	HBO Max
Release	28 November 2021 (2021-11-28)
Related
Vamos Juan

Venga Juan is a Spanish comedy television series created by Diego San José for HBO Max which stars Javier Cámara. It consists of a continuation of Vota Juan and Vamos Juan. It premiered on 28 November 2021.[1]

Premise

After his spell as minister and his return to local politics, Juan Carrasco (now with transplanted hair) has established himself as a board member of a big company.[2] But his past comes to haunt him in the form of legal prosecution due to a corruption case he got involved with back when he was serving as Mayor of Logroño.[2][3]

Cast

• Javier Cámara as Juan Carrasco[3]
• María Pujalte as Macarena, Carrasco's former director of communications.[3]
• Adam Jezierski as Carrasco's former aide.[3]
• Joaquín Climent as Vallejo[3]
• Cristóbal Suárez [es] as Recalde[3]
• Yaël Belicha as Paula, Carrasco's wife.[3]
• Esty Quesada as Eva, Carrasco's daughter.[3]
• Óscar Martínez[3]
• Manolo Solo[3]
• Ramón Barea[3]

Production

Created by Diego San José [es],[4] Venga Juan is the third part of the series formed by Vota Juan and Vamos Juan, both released on TNT in Spain in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Guillermo Farré, José Skaf and Miguel Salvat were credited as executive producers on behalf of WarnerMedia whereas Diego San José, Alejandro Flórez and Javier Méndez were credited as executive producers on behalf of 100 Balas (The Mediapro Studio).[5] The writing team was formed by Diego San José (showrunner) together with Víctor García León, Daniel Castro, Pablo Remón, Diego Soto and Pilar Palomero, whereas the direction of the episodes was carried out by Víctor García León, Tom Fernández, Pilar Palomero and Javier Cámara.[4] Shooting began in June 2021.[6][7] In September 2021, the series was showcased together with other HBO Max originals (Todo lo otro, Sin novedad and ¡García!) at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival.[8] It consists of 7 episodes.[8]

References

1. Valenzuela, Fernando S. (21 October 2021). "'Venga Juan' se estrena el 28 de noviembre en HBO Max". FormulaTV.
2. "HBO Max desvela el tráiler de 'Venga Juan', con un Juan Carrasco renovado e imputado por corrupción". Serielistas. La Sexta. 20 September 2021.
3. "Juan Carrasco vuelve con diez kilos menos y con pelo en "Venga Juan"". La Voz de Galicia. 14 June 2021.
4. "'Venga Juan': Primeras imágenes de la serie con Javier Cámara". Fotogramas. 26 July 2021.
5. "'Venga Juan', tercera temporada de la comedia con Javier Cámara, ha comenzado su grabación para HBO Max". Audiovisual451. 11 June 2021.
6. "Comienzan a rodar la secuela "Venga Juan", de nuevo con Javier Cámara". EFE. 11 June 2021.
7. "HBO Max inicia el rodaje de 'Venga Juan', tercera temporada de la comedia política de Javier Cámara". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 11 June 2021.
8. Aller, María (19 September 2021). "HBO Max presenta sus series originales en el Festival de San Sebastián". Fotogramas.