In an unprecedented move, Netflix has struck a multi-year creative partnership with Colombian writer/director team Camilo Prince and Pablo González, best known for their lauded 2020 thriller drama series “The Great Heist” and their 2019 anthology series, “Crime Diaries: Night Out,” both for Netflix.
This is the first creative pact Netflix has made with Colombian talent. Similar partnerships have been made with Venezuela’s Roberto Stopello and Leonardo Padrón as well as Mexico’s Manolo Caro, Carolina Rivera and Chilean writer José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela, creator, showrunner of the hit Netflix series “Who Killed Sara?”
The new alliance coincides with the April 10 Netflix debut of the duo’s latest series, “The Hijacking of Flight 601” (“Secuestrar al Vuelo”), inspired by the longest skyjacking in Latin American history, which happened on May 30, 1973.
“This new deal is an indication of Netflix’s commitment to the Latin American market and to Colombian stories and productions,...
This is the first creative pact Netflix has made with Colombian talent. Similar partnerships have been made with Venezuela’s Roberto Stopello and Leonardo Padrón as well as Mexico’s Manolo Caro, Carolina Rivera and Chilean writer José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela, creator, showrunner of the hit Netflix series “Who Killed Sara?”
The new alliance coincides with the April 10 Netflix debut of the duo’s latest series, “The Hijacking of Flight 601” (“Secuestrar al Vuelo”), inspired by the longest skyjacking in Latin American history, which happened on May 30, 1973.
“This new deal is an indication of Netflix’s commitment to the Latin American market and to Colombian stories and productions,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has promoted Carolina Leconte to the position of senior director of content at its Mexican outpost. She steps into Roberto Stopello’s shoes, who has ankled.
Leconte has been with Netflix since 2021 where she held the position of director, original series, Latin America and spearheaded such hit productions as the second season of Colombian show, “The Marked Heart,” one of the most popular non-English TV series on Netflix in 2022; the racy tale “Fake Profile,” which stayed in the global Top 10 ranking for non-English series for six weeks in 2023 and posted the biggest bow of any non-English series last year; and “Love After Music,” a series based on the career of Argentinian musician Fito Paéz, among many other shows.
She previously worked on such titles as “Luis Miguel- The Series” (Seasons 2 and 3), “42 Days of Darkness” and Season 2 of “Control Z.”
Leconte’s 20-year experience in the biz includes work...
Leconte has been with Netflix since 2021 where she held the position of director, original series, Latin America and spearheaded such hit productions as the second season of Colombian show, “The Marked Heart,” one of the most popular non-English TV series on Netflix in 2022; the racy tale “Fake Profile,” which stayed in the global Top 10 ranking for non-English series for six weeks in 2023 and posted the biggest bow of any non-English series last year; and “Love After Music,” a series based on the career of Argentinian musician Fito Paéz, among many other shows.
She previously worked on such titles as “Luis Miguel- The Series” (Seasons 2 and 3), “42 Days of Darkness” and Season 2 of “Control Z.”
Leconte’s 20-year experience in the biz includes work...
- 1/23/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has promoted Carolina Leconte to replace Roberto Stopello.
She has been named Senior Director of Content at Netflix Latin America, and will oversee series and film in Mexico, while continuing to lead regional licensing and co-productions in Latin America.
This comes after we revealed Stopello was exiting Netflix Latam, where he was VP of Series in Latin America at Netflix. Deadline understands he plans to move back to the U.S. for family reasons.
Leconte has been with Netflix has Director, Original Series in Latin America since 2021. During that time, she has led productions such as the second season of Colombian hit The Marked Heart, which was one of the most popular non-English TV series on the streamer in 2022; and Fake Profile, which stayed in the global Top 10 for non-English series for six weeks last year.
She also worked on Love After Music, a series based on the career of Argentinian musician Fito Paéz,...
She has been named Senior Director of Content at Netflix Latin America, and will oversee series and film in Mexico, while continuing to lead regional licensing and co-productions in Latin America.
This comes after we revealed Stopello was exiting Netflix Latam, where he was VP of Series in Latin America at Netflix. Deadline understands he plans to move back to the U.S. for family reasons.
Leconte has been with Netflix has Director, Original Series in Latin America since 2021. During that time, she has led productions such as the second season of Colombian hit The Marked Heart, which was one of the most popular non-English TV series on the streamer in 2022; and Fake Profile, which stayed in the global Top 10 for non-English series for six weeks last year.
She also worked on Love After Music, a series based on the career of Argentinian musician Fito Paéz,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Jesse Whittock and Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix drama exec Roberto Stopello has exited his Mexico City-based role with the company, but will continue to collaborate with the streamer on scripted fare, Deadline has learned.
Stopello was VP of Series in Latin America at Netflix. He has now left and Deadline understands he plans to move back to the U.S. for family reasons.
Prior to joining Netflix in 2018, Stopello served a long stint at Telemundo, occupying various writing and development roles across a 15-year career at the NBCUniversal-owned Spanish language broadcaster.
He was one of the creators of smash-hit telenovela Reina Del Sur and has numerous writing credits.
Stopello had been putting a Netflix stamp on the novella genre, working closely with writers and creators and looking to blend elements of classic telenovelas with drama series to create shows that resonated both on home turf and around the world.
Pálpito (aka The Marked Heart...
Stopello was VP of Series in Latin America at Netflix. He has now left and Deadline understands he plans to move back to the U.S. for family reasons.
Prior to joining Netflix in 2018, Stopello served a long stint at Telemundo, occupying various writing and development roles across a 15-year career at the NBCUniversal-owned Spanish language broadcaster.
He was one of the creators of smash-hit telenovela Reina Del Sur and has numerous writing credits.
Stopello had been putting a Netflix stamp on the novella genre, working closely with writers and creators and looking to blend elements of classic telenovelas with drama series to create shows that resonated both on home turf and around the world.
Pálpito (aka The Marked Heart...
- 1/5/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix Renews ‘Pálpito’ For Season 2; Sets Creative Partnership With Series Creator Leonardo Padrón
Exclusive: Netflix has renewed Pàlpito (The Marked Heart), the Spanish-language hit from Leonardo Padrón which premiered on April 20. The series has reached 68.04 million hours viewed and has hit the Top 10 in 68 countries within and beyond Latin America.
On the heels of the show’s success, Netflix has signed Padrón to a multi-year exclusive creative partnership for series and films. Pálpito is Padrón’s first original series for the streamer and the show’s sophomore season is his priority under the new deal.
“I feel privileged and honored by the responsibility that Netflix has given me, to continue telling stories that captivate audiences,” the Venezuelan film and television writer, poet, and chronicler tells Deadline in a statement. “Pálpito demonstrates yet again that content made in Latin America can reach all parts of the world. They are projects with their own unique stamp, yet at the same time universal, and are home...
On the heels of the show’s success, Netflix has signed Padrón to a multi-year exclusive creative partnership for series and films. Pálpito is Padrón’s first original series for the streamer and the show’s sophomore season is his priority under the new deal.
“I feel privileged and honored by the responsibility that Netflix has given me, to continue telling stories that captivate audiences,” the Venezuelan film and television writer, poet, and chronicler tells Deadline in a statement. “Pálpito demonstrates yet again that content made in Latin America can reach all parts of the world. They are projects with their own unique stamp, yet at the same time universal, and are home...
- 4/29/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s ties with Latin America and the region’s much-loved telenovela format go back to the company’s first steps in original production outside of the U.S., when the streamer picked, as its first international original, Gary “Gaz” Alazraki’s “Club of Crows,” a soccer-themed soapy drama about a dynastic sports ownership family.
Since then, there have been several further incursions into the world of the novela, including some of the streamer’s most popular ever series such as “Who Killed Sara,” currently filming its third and final season, and “Café con Aroma de Mujer,” “Rebelde” and “The Queen of Flow,” the top three non-English language series on Netflix globally at the time of this article’s publishing, sure to be joined by the second season of “Dark Desire” when it launches on Feb. 2.
“Who Killed Sara” creator and showrunner José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela’s next project “Donde...
Since then, there have been several further incursions into the world of the novela, including some of the streamer’s most popular ever series such as “Who Killed Sara,” currently filming its third and final season, and “Café con Aroma de Mujer,” “Rebelde” and “The Queen of Flow,” the top three non-English language series on Netflix globally at the time of this article’s publishing, sure to be joined by the second season of “Dark Desire” when it launches on Feb. 2.
“Who Killed Sara” creator and showrunner José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela’s next project “Donde...
- 1/18/2022
- by Jamie Lang and Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
In its continued bid to bolster and secure proven talent in Latin America, Netflix has announced a three-year exclusive creative partnership for series and a first look film pact with Chilean writer José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela, creator, showrunner and executive producer of the hit Netflix series “Who Killed Sara?”
Valenzuela is now tooling the third season of “Who Killed Sara?,” co-written with his long-time collaborators Rosario Valenzuela and Jean Pierre Fica, which kicks off production in Mexico on Oct. 18.
According to Netflix, the first season of the series was viewed by more than 55 million households in its first four weeks, landing in the Top 10 of 87 countries, including the U.S., Germany, Israel, Brazil and France. The second season followed shortly, a couple of months after the first.
“I’d like to understand the phenomenon of its success myself and that way, minimize errors in my next shows,” Valenzuela mused. He...
Valenzuela is now tooling the third season of “Who Killed Sara?,” co-written with his long-time collaborators Rosario Valenzuela and Jean Pierre Fica, which kicks off production in Mexico on Oct. 18.
According to Netflix, the first season of the series was viewed by more than 55 million households in its first four weeks, landing in the Top 10 of 87 countries, including the U.S., Germany, Israel, Brazil and France. The second season followed shortly, a couple of months after the first.
“I’d like to understand the phenomenon of its success myself and that way, minimize errors in my next shows,” Valenzuela mused. He...
- 10/11/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
After nearly a decade, Kate Del Castillo will reprise her role as Teresa Mendoza in the return of the Narco drama La Reina del Sur, set to debut in 2019 on Telemundo. The original story, based on the novel of the same by Arturo Perez-Reverte, follows Mendoza’s climb to the top of the male-dominated Narco world that trafficked drugs on a global scale.
Joining Del Castillo in the new season, which shot on location in seven countries, are a mix of returning actors and new multilingual, international talent including Raoul Bova (Under the Tuscan Sun), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Paola Nuñez (The Son), Antonio Gil (Quantum of Solace), and legendary novela actor Humberto Zurita.
The series will pick up eight years after the events of the finale where audiences learned that Mendoza was pregnant and unsure of her future. When La Reina returns, audiences learn she’s disappeared into the U.
Joining Del Castillo in the new season, which shot on location in seven countries, are a mix of returning actors and new multilingual, international talent including Raoul Bova (Under the Tuscan Sun), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Paola Nuñez (The Son), Antonio Gil (Quantum of Solace), and legendary novela actor Humberto Zurita.
The series will pick up eight years after the events of the finale where audiences learned that Mendoza was pregnant and unsure of her future. When La Reina returns, audiences learn she’s disappeared into the U.
- 11/29/2018
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
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