Skins Español Version: Brend new or remake?

After the failure of Skins U.S, to plagiarized ideas from the British blockbuster apparently is not over. Now is the turn of Spain, which has plans to build "from scratch" a series based on the ideas and themes of the famous british teen drama. Will at least this "hispanic version" not flop like the U.S one?

Series will be directed by Luìs Santamaria, and scripted by Jaime Vaca, Carlos Ruano and Marìa Lopèz who have also been writers of another spanish teen-drama (look at Physics or Chemistry series)

Meanwhile have been revealed the names of two of the main characters:

Eliah should be the spanish Cook/Chris but the producers keen to point out that the characters will be original and not copied from those of the UK version. Alice,instead, will be a freak new original character. Alice had a neglected childhood because both of her parents were abusive alcoholics. At the first sight she is an agressive person , but deeply is smart and sweet.

Series will debut on MTV Spain this Autumn. Probably before its release will be revealed the names and characteristics of some new characters. Stay tuned!