Miami– Gaumont USA, producer of “Narcos,” is powering up new series from both Oscar-winning “Birdman” co-writer Armando Bó and also Spain’s Manuel Martin Cuenca, director of Toronto winner “The Motive,” as well as multiple other talents. It is also readying it first movie slate.
Gaumont USA already co-produced the Bó showrun Amazon Original “El Presidente,” with Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula and Argentine powerhouse Kapow, both partners on “La Jauría.”
News of new series projects comes as Gaumont USA is advancing on Lucía Puenzo’s near future android family saga “Futuro Desierto” (“Desolate Future”), part of a 2020 multi-project development pact with the Argentine writer-director.
Gaumont USA is currently developing titles with Jimena Montemayor (“Wind Traces”), Pedro Amorim (“The Dognapper”), Sebastian and Emiliano Zurita (“How to Survive Being Single”), Katina Medina Mora, Belen Macias (“Verano en Rojo”), among other top-level filmmakers. Other projects are from screenwriters Ruth García...
Gaumont USA already co-produced the Bó showrun Amazon Original “El Presidente,” with Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula and Argentine powerhouse Kapow, both partners on “La Jauría.”
News of new series projects comes as Gaumont USA is advancing on Lucía Puenzo’s near future android family saga “Futuro Desierto” (“Desolate Future”), part of a 2020 multi-project development pact with the Argentine writer-director.
Gaumont USA is currently developing titles with Jimena Montemayor (“Wind Traces”), Pedro Amorim (“The Dognapper”), Sebastian and Emiliano Zurita (“How to Survive Being Single”), Katina Medina Mora, Belen Macias (“Verano en Rojo”), among other top-level filmmakers. Other projects are from screenwriters Ruth García...
- 1/24/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Miami — Buoyed by a near celebratory inaugural edition last year – the first time many execs attending had seen one another post-Pandemic – the 2nd Content Americas neared its final bend to lift-off on Tuesday, with a bullish attendance and a market still reacting to the Netflix Corrective of 2022 when it began to measure the cost of its dramatic expansion worldwide.
Delegates, as of Monday, were approaching 2,000, nearly 25% up on 2023’s 1,600. That includes 150 exhibition companies and a significant increase on buyers – 950, doubled from last year.
Driving the spike in attendance is a sense of thanks and recognition of a generally happy experience last year.
“Content Americas saved the day, staging and covering the cost of the only Miami market in 2023, did very well last year, and immediately confirmed the date for a 2024 event before anyone else. Also, most experienced executives are part of the Board of Content Americas. I don’t know...
Delegates, as of Monday, were approaching 2,000, nearly 25% up on 2023’s 1,600. That includes 150 exhibition companies and a significant increase on buyers – 950, doubled from last year.
Driving the spike in attendance is a sense of thanks and recognition of a generally happy experience last year.
“Content Americas saved the day, staging and covering the cost of the only Miami market in 2023, did very well last year, and immediately confirmed the date for a 2024 event before anyone else. Also, most experienced executives are part of the Board of Content Americas. I don’t know...
- 1/23/2024
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
After Madrid’s Iberseries and Mipcom in Cannes, who on earth would want to make another long trek to a third TV forum in less than two months?
Well, rather a lot of people. Two weeks out from 2022’s MipCancun, which runs Nov. 13-16, its organization confirmed an over 800 delegate attendance, which marks a return to pre-pandemic levels. Why is another matter. 10 takes on this year’s edition:
MipCancun’s Boom
Reasons for the attendance rebound cut several ways. “Europe and Latin America are no longer aligned. While Europe’s outlook is quite gloomy when it comes to developing scripted series with platforms, the boom in Latin America is still going on,” said Caroline Servy, The Wit managing director who will present at MipCancun overviews of both scripted and non-scripted trends across Spanish-speaking markets. “Our business is still thriving, especially in Brazil and Mexico, which are huge markets,” added Manuel Marti,...
Well, rather a lot of people. Two weeks out from 2022’s MipCancun, which runs Nov. 13-16, its organization confirmed an over 800 delegate attendance, which marks a return to pre-pandemic levels. Why is another matter. 10 takes on this year’s edition:
MipCancun’s Boom
Reasons for the attendance rebound cut several ways. “Europe and Latin America are no longer aligned. While Europe’s outlook is quite gloomy when it comes to developing scripted series with platforms, the boom in Latin America is still going on,” said Caroline Servy, The Wit managing director who will present at MipCancun overviews of both scripted and non-scripted trends across Spanish-speaking markets. “Our business is still thriving, especially in Brazil and Mexico, which are huge markets,” added Manuel Marti,...
- 11/11/2022
- by John Hopewell and Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
To be released worldwide Nov. 4 on Prime Video, Amazon Original “El Presidente: The Corruption Game,” from Academy Award winner Armando Bo, is a Latin American series about how a Brazilian, João Havelange, wrestled control from Europe of the biggest sport on earth.
In a neat historical echo, backed by Bo’s About Entertainment, “Narcos” producer Gaumont TV, Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula (“La Jauría”) and Argentine powerhouse Kapow (“La Jauría”), the second season in the “El Presidente” series saga of soccer business high jinks and low morals now looks set to become one of the biggest soccer titles released in the countdown to the greatest show on earth, the FIFA World Cup.
Whether FIFA will be entirely comfortable with it is another matter, if a trailer, shared in exclusivity with Variety, is anything to go by.
One of Iberseries’ biggest market premieres, “El Presidente: The Corruption Game...
In a neat historical echo, backed by Bo’s About Entertainment, “Narcos” producer Gaumont TV, Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula (“La Jauría”) and Argentine powerhouse Kapow (“La Jauría”), the second season in the “El Presidente” series saga of soccer business high jinks and low morals now looks set to become one of the biggest soccer titles released in the countdown to the greatest show on earth, the FIFA World Cup.
Whether FIFA will be entirely comfortable with it is another matter, if a trailer, shared in exclusivity with Variety, is anything to go by.
One of Iberseries’ biggest market premieres, “El Presidente: The Corruption Game...
- 10/14/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
One of Reed Midem’s most successful TV events, the fast growing MipCancun has stood out for its efficient one-to-one meeting coordination, a carefully curated conference program and the bigger picture of an exploding premium series production sector in Latin America, offering as sense of real commercial opportunity and larger artistic ambition.
As MipCancun director Bénédicte Touchard de Morant reminded delegates on Tuesday night at this year’s inauguration, MipCancun remains in essence a mass networking event. Its very setting, at just one part of a monumental all inclusive hotel on the shores of the Caribbean, in itself encourages ad hoc encounters, as do its drinks events and parties. So delegates will benefit immensely from an on-site MipCancun, after last’s year online edition. Compared even to Nov. 2019, the sector’s moved on dramatically, however.
Below, key takes on this year’s MipCancun reunion:
The New Big Picture
Since the...
As MipCancun director Bénédicte Touchard de Morant reminded delegates on Tuesday night at this year’s inauguration, MipCancun remains in essence a mass networking event. Its very setting, at just one part of a monumental all inclusive hotel on the shores of the Caribbean, in itself encourages ad hoc encounters, as do its drinks events and parties. So delegates will benefit immensely from an on-site MipCancun, after last’s year online edition. Compared even to Nov. 2019, the sector’s moved on dramatically, however.
Below, key takes on this year’s MipCancun reunion:
The New Big Picture
Since the...
- 11/17/2021
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Marina de Tavira, star of Netflix’s Roma, is to front Spanish-language crime drama Kolonie.
The project is in development between Narcos producer Gaumont and Redrum, which has worked on series including Narcos: Mexico and Amazon’s international drug thriller Zerozerozero.
Written by Carlos Rincones, who wrote on Netflix’s Mexican drama Tijuana, the series centers around an emotionally complex seasoned special agent, Adriana, played by de Tavira, who is tasked with investigating the brutal murder of a Mennonite boy in rural Chihuaua, Mexico. Once there, she partners with a rookie local policeman who recently abandoned the Mennonite community to join the police force. As they inch closer to solving the crime, they slowly uncover the justice they pursue is mired in a dark web of corruption and mysticism that extends beyond anything they could have ever imagined.
de Tavira played Sofia in Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma and is...
The project is in development between Narcos producer Gaumont and Redrum, which has worked on series including Narcos: Mexico and Amazon’s international drug thriller Zerozerozero.
Written by Carlos Rincones, who wrote on Netflix’s Mexican drama Tijuana, the series centers around an emotionally complex seasoned special agent, Adriana, played by de Tavira, who is tasked with investigating the brutal murder of a Mennonite boy in rural Chihuaua, Mexico. Once there, she partners with a rookie local policeman who recently abandoned the Mennonite community to join the police force. As they inch closer to solving the crime, they slowly uncover the justice they pursue is mired in a dark web of corruption and mysticism that extends beyond anything they could have ever imagined.
de Tavira played Sofia in Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma and is...
- 12/8/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Argentina’s preeminent writer-director Lucia Puenzo, who has proven her showrunner chops with “La Jauria” for Amazon Prime and eco-thriller series “Cromo,” has partnered with Gaumont, the producers of Netflix mega-hit “Narcos,” in a multi-project development deal.
Among the projects in the pact is “Futuro Desierto,” a near-future, dystopian thriller that turns on a robotics engineer who moves with his family to an isolated town in Patagonia where he is ordered to test the first humanoid robots in secret. Puenzo, whose notable film credits include the Cannes-selected “Xxy” and “The German Doctor,” will co-showrun and direct multiple episodes with her brother, Nicolas Puenzo, co-director of “Cromo” and “La Jauría.”
Another project, tentatively titled “This is Not a Love Song,” follows the extraordinary life of Tina Modotti, the eccentric Italian feminist photographer, model, actress and revolutionary political activist who was among the leading lights of cosmopolitan Mexico City in the early 1920s,...
Among the projects in the pact is “Futuro Desierto,” a near-future, dystopian thriller that turns on a robotics engineer who moves with his family to an isolated town in Patagonia where he is ordered to test the first humanoid robots in secret. Puenzo, whose notable film credits include the Cannes-selected “Xxy” and “The German Doctor,” will co-showrun and direct multiple episodes with her brother, Nicolas Puenzo, co-director of “Cromo” and “La Jauría.”
Another project, tentatively titled “This is Not a Love Song,” follows the extraordinary life of Tina Modotti, the eccentric Italian feminist photographer, model, actress and revolutionary political activist who was among the leading lights of cosmopolitan Mexico City in the early 1920s,...
- 10/22/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Gaumont, the production company behind Netflix’s hit drama Narcos, is lining up its next trip south of the border.
The company, which also produces Amazon original El Presidente, is developing Spanish-language drama series Los Últimos Análogos (w/t). The series comes from Max Zunino and Hari Sama, who were behind Sundance Film Festival feature This Is Not Berlin.
The show, which the pair will co-write chronicles the peak of the Rock en Español movement during the mid 1990s in Mexico City. Sama is attached to direct the series, to be filmed on location in Mexico City.
Los Últimos Análogos follows a foreign record label executive, who arrives in Mexico City to spearhead the A&r Rock division at a record label. What begins as an escape from her past becomes an opportunity to rebuild her life and capitalize on a new musical movement that’s simmering in Mexico City’s underground scene.
The company, which also produces Amazon original El Presidente, is developing Spanish-language drama series Los Últimos Análogos (w/t). The series comes from Max Zunino and Hari Sama, who were behind Sundance Film Festival feature This Is Not Berlin.
The show, which the pair will co-write chronicles the peak of the Rock en Español movement during the mid 1990s in Mexico City. Sama is attached to direct the series, to be filmed on location in Mexico City.
Los Últimos Análogos follows a foreign record label executive, who arrives in Mexico City to spearhead the A&r Rock division at a record label. What begins as an escape from her past becomes an opportunity to rebuild her life and capitalize on a new musical movement that’s simmering in Mexico City’s underground scene.
- 9/24/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Narcos’ producer Gaumont is returning to Colombia. Having shot early seasons of Netflix’s milestone “Narcos” there, the French film-tv studio has signed a multi-title development deal with Colombia’s Fidelio Films, which will kick off with “Somos Monstruos” (“We Are Monsters”), created by Fidelio founder-partner Mauricio Leiva Cock.
The deal marks the second strategic international alliance announced at Conecta Fiction by Fidelio Films, where it will present “Tenebris” in the co-production forum’s main project section.
On Tuesday, the fast-growing Colombian production house unveiled a development and co-production deal with Stories, the burgeoning film-tv arm of Spain-based publishing giant Editorial Planeta. Both partnerships underscore Fidelio’s clear interest in establishing solid bridges with the international drama series community.
A coming of age series set against the background of post-pandemic Colombia, “We Are Monsters” turns on two kids, Jorge, a Venezuelan boy, and Ariel a girl from a deeply religious Colombian family,...
The deal marks the second strategic international alliance announced at Conecta Fiction by Fidelio Films, where it will present “Tenebris” in the co-production forum’s main project section.
On Tuesday, the fast-growing Colombian production house unveiled a development and co-production deal with Stories, the burgeoning film-tv arm of Spain-based publishing giant Editorial Planeta. Both partnerships underscore Fidelio’s clear interest in establishing solid bridges with the international drama series community.
A coming of age series set against the background of post-pandemic Colombia, “We Are Monsters” turns on two kids, Jorge, a Venezuelan boy, and Ariel a girl from a deeply religious Colombian family,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Emiliano Granada
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Narcos producer Gaumont is teaming with producer Grupo Ganga on its first Spanish co-production – a dark surf drama starring Élite’s Miguel Bernardeau.
The company is developing the project, which will be shot on location in the Canary Islands, as an eight-part one-hour drama.
The scripted series, which is being spearheaded by Spanish filmmaker Susana Casares, co-exec producer of Netflix’s Luis Miguel, is a Ya drama set in a fishing village on the Spanish island of Lanzarote.
Playa Negra follows newcomer Hugo, played Bernardeau, in his quest to get close to the man he suspects is his father. In the process, he befriends a tight-knit group of teens who dream of making it big in Lanzarote’s competitive surfing scene, and together become unwittingly embroiled in the island’s darkest secrets.
Gaumont’s SVP, Creative Executive, Head of Latin American and Spain Christian Gabela said the show combines...
The company is developing the project, which will be shot on location in the Canary Islands, as an eight-part one-hour drama.
The scripted series, which is being spearheaded by Spanish filmmaker Susana Casares, co-exec producer of Netflix’s Luis Miguel, is a Ya drama set in a fishing village on the Spanish island of Lanzarote.
Playa Negra follows newcomer Hugo, played Bernardeau, in his quest to get close to the man he suspects is his father. In the process, he befriends a tight-knit group of teens who dream of making it big in Lanzarote’s competitive surfing scene, and together become unwittingly embroiled in the island’s darkest secrets.
Gaumont’s SVP, Creative Executive, Head of Latin American and Spain Christian Gabela said the show combines...
- 7/22/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gaumont, the production company behind series including Netflix’s Narcos and Apple TV+’s Stillwater, is shaking up its U.S. division with Nicolas Atlan taking over and Gene Stein exiting.
The French company has handed oversight of its U.S. and Latin American drama divisions to Atlan, who becomes President of Gaumont U.S. He was formerly President of Gaumont Animation and Family and will report to Vice CEO Christophe Riandee. All divisions within the organization: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing will come under his purview.
The former head of U.S. television, Gene Stein, will exit the company to pursue other opportunities. Stein joined the company in 2015 and has exec produced Narcos and Netflix animated series F Is For Family.
Elsewhere, Terry Kalagian has been promoted to EVP, Creative Content, reporting to Atlan and there are a number of promotions in her team including Alexandra Hunter,...
The French company has handed oversight of its U.S. and Latin American drama divisions to Atlan, who becomes President of Gaumont U.S. He was formerly President of Gaumont Animation and Family and will report to Vice CEO Christophe Riandee. All divisions within the organization: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing will come under his purview.
The former head of U.S. television, Gene Stein, will exit the company to pursue other opportunities. Stein joined the company in 2015 and has exec produced Narcos and Netflix animated series F Is For Family.
Elsewhere, Terry Kalagian has been promoted to EVP, Creative Content, reporting to Atlan and there are a number of promotions in her team including Alexandra Hunter,...
- 7/7/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Former head of Us television Gene Stein exiting company.
Gaumont, whose recent productions include Narcos, El Presidente, and F Is For Family, is streamlining its operations in the Us and has named Nicolas Atlan president.
The former president of Gaumont animation and family adds oversight of the Us and Latin American drama divisions to his remit and reports to Gaumont vice CEO Christophe Riandee.
Atlan assumes operational control of all divisions within the organisation: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing.
The former head of Us television Gene Stein is exiting the company to pursue other opportunities.
As part of the reorganisation,...
Gaumont, whose recent productions include Narcos, El Presidente, and F Is For Family, is streamlining its operations in the Us and has named Nicolas Atlan president.
The former president of Gaumont animation and family adds oversight of the Us and Latin American drama divisions to his remit and reports to Gaumont vice CEO Christophe Riandee.
Atlan assumes operational control of all divisions within the organisation: creative, production, business affairs, finance, and marketing.
The former head of Us television Gene Stein is exiting the company to pursue other opportunities.
As part of the reorganisation,...
- 7/7/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Finalists to Conecta Fiction Reboot’s four pitching categories were unveiled Monday at the opening virtual session of the 4th Latin America-Europe TV co-production forum in Pamplona, Spain. Forced online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the on-site edition returns to Pamplona’s Baluarte Congress Center over Sept. 2-3.
Conecta Fiction director Géraldine Gonard hosted the opening ceremony at which María Chivite, President of Navarre, sent a video greeting where she reiterated her steadfast support for the industry.
All finalists will be invited to present their projects in person in September. Among the two key international categories, Pitch CoPro Series and Pitch Short-Form Series, are projects from the likes of Madrid-based Morena Films (“The Year of the Rat”), which has made more than 50 features and worked with a host of notable directors, including Oliver Stone, Asghar Farhadi, Icíar Bollaín, Steven Soderbergh, Carlos Saura and Pablo Trapero.
Colombia’s Fidelio Films made the cut with “Tenebris,...
Conecta Fiction director Géraldine Gonard hosted the opening ceremony at which María Chivite, President of Navarre, sent a video greeting where she reiterated her steadfast support for the industry.
All finalists will be invited to present their projects in person in September. Among the two key international categories, Pitch CoPro Series and Pitch Short-Form Series, are projects from the likes of Madrid-based Morena Films (“The Year of the Rat”), which has made more than 50 features and worked with a host of notable directors, including Oliver Stone, Asghar Farhadi, Icíar Bollaín, Steven Soderbergh, Carlos Saura and Pablo Trapero.
Colombia’s Fidelio Films made the cut with “Tenebris,...
- 6/15/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Gaumont has appointed Christian Gabela, the executive producer of “El Chapo,” as vice president of international TV co-productions.
Gabela’s role will be to manage and expand the company’s TV distribution and co-production partnerships in key territories internationally with a focus on Latin America. Gaumont is currently developing the series “El Presidente,” its first Latin American co-production for Amazon Prime.
Gabela will report to Vanessa Shapiro, the president of worldwide TV distribution and co-production. He will work closely with all of the creative executives at Gaumont in Los Angeles, Paris, London and Berlin.
“Christian’s knowledge of TV development and production will bolster our distribution/co-production efforts in the Latin America region where we have ten drama series in development, alongside our in-house Latin American shows,” said Christophe Riandee, the vice CEO of Gaumont.
Riandée said Gabela’s “deep background and success with Spanish-language series will help (Gaumont’s...
Gabela’s role will be to manage and expand the company’s TV distribution and co-production partnerships in key territories internationally with a focus on Latin America. Gaumont is currently developing the series “El Presidente,” its first Latin American co-production for Amazon Prime.
Gabela will report to Vanessa Shapiro, the president of worldwide TV distribution and co-production. He will work closely with all of the creative executives at Gaumont in Los Angeles, Paris, London and Berlin.
“Christian’s knowledge of TV development and production will bolster our distribution/co-production efforts in the Latin America region where we have ten drama series in development, alongside our in-house Latin American shows,” said Christophe Riandee, the vice CEO of Gaumont.
Riandée said Gabela’s “deep background and success with Spanish-language series will help (Gaumont’s...
- 6/24/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Univision’s Christian Gabela appointed as vice president, international TV co-productions from Univision.
Gaumont has hired Christian Gabela to manage and expand the company’s international TV distribution/co-production partnerships, with a focus on Latin America.
Gabela joins the Narcos producer as vice president, international TV co-productions from Us-based Spanish-language network Univision, where he was vice president and general manager of its production division, Story House Entertainment. His previous projects include Netflix originals El Chapo and Tijuana.
He will report to Gaumont’s Vanessa Shapiro, president, worldwide TV distribution and co-production, and work with creative executives in Los Angeles, Paris,...
Gaumont has hired Christian Gabela to manage and expand the company’s international TV distribution/co-production partnerships, with a focus on Latin America.
Gabela joins the Narcos producer as vice president, international TV co-productions from Us-based Spanish-language network Univision, where he was vice president and general manager of its production division, Story House Entertainment. His previous projects include Netflix originals El Chapo and Tijuana.
He will report to Gaumont’s Vanessa Shapiro, president, worldwide TV distribution and co-production, and work with creative executives in Los Angeles, Paris,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Narcos producer Gaumont has hired El Chapo exec producer Christian Gabela as part of a push to bolster international co-productions in Latin America.
This comes as its first Latin American co-production, El Presidente, is currently in production for Amazon Prime.
The company has hired Gabela as VP, International TV Co-Productions. He joins from Spanish-language broadcaster, Univision, where he was Vice President and General Manager of the production division, Story House Entertainment.
At Story House, he exec produced El Chapo, Univision’s first co-production with Netflix, as well as Netflix original Tijuana and also worked on HBO and Fusion TV’s docuseries Outpost and doc Residente, which premiered at SXSW.
Gabela will report to Vanessa Shapiro, President, Worldwide TV Distribution and Co-Production.
“Christian’s knowledge of TV development and production will bolster our distribution/co-production efforts in the Latin America region where we have ten drama series in development, alongside our in-house Latin American shows,...
This comes as its first Latin American co-production, El Presidente, is currently in production for Amazon Prime.
The company has hired Gabela as VP, International TV Co-Productions. He joins from Spanish-language broadcaster, Univision, where he was Vice President and General Manager of the production division, Story House Entertainment.
At Story House, he exec produced El Chapo, Univision’s first co-production with Netflix, as well as Netflix original Tijuana and also worked on HBO and Fusion TV’s docuseries Outpost and doc Residente, which premiered at SXSW.
Gabela will report to Vanessa Shapiro, President, Worldwide TV Distribution and Co-Production.
“Christian’s knowledge of TV development and production will bolster our distribution/co-production efforts in the Latin America region where we have ten drama series in development, alongside our in-house Latin American shows,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
France's Gaumont has brought on former Univision executive Christian Gabela as vp international TV co-productions.
Gabela will focus on partnerships and distribution in Latin America, where the company’s first co-production is in development with El Presidente for Amazon Prime. Oscar winner Armando Bo, who penned 2015's Birdman, is showrunner on the upcoming drama.
At Univision, Gabela oversaw the development and distribution of Netflix's El Chapo and Tijuana. Gaumont is the studio behind Netflix's Narcos.
“Christian’s knowledge of TV development and production will bolster our distribution/co-production efforts in the Latin America region where we have ten drama series ...
Gabela will focus on partnerships and distribution in Latin America, where the company’s first co-production is in development with El Presidente for Amazon Prime. Oscar winner Armando Bo, who penned 2015's Birdman, is showrunner on the upcoming drama.
At Univision, Gabela oversaw the development and distribution of Netflix's El Chapo and Tijuana. Gaumont is the studio behind Netflix's Narcos.
“Christian’s knowledge of TV development and production will bolster our distribution/co-production efforts in the Latin America region where we have ten drama series ...
- 6/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Damián Alcázar and Tamara Vallarta (Paquita la del Barrio) are heading the cast of upcoming original drama Tijuana, a co-production of Netflix and Univision-owned Story House Entertainment.
The show is billed as an unvarnished look at what journalists in Mexico face every day in the pursuit of the truth. As with other series in the companies’ long-term partnership, Tijuana will premiere in the U.S. on Univision later this year, followed by its global rollout on Netflix.
Alcázar plays Antonio Borja, co-founder and director of the renowned newspaper Frente Tijuana, and Vallarta plays Gabriela Cisneros, an idealistic young reporter fighting her way into his newsroom.
When the gubernatorial front-runner is shot in the street, the reporters of Frente Tijuana race to cover the story, but the facts they uncover run much deeper than the assassination—insidious corruption has been allowed to grow in the shadows.
The show is billed as an unvarnished look at what journalists in Mexico face every day in the pursuit of the truth. As with other series in the companies’ long-term partnership, Tijuana will premiere in the U.S. on Univision later this year, followed by its global rollout on Netflix.
Alcázar plays Antonio Borja, co-founder and director of the renowned newspaper Frente Tijuana, and Vallarta plays Gabriela Cisneros, an idealistic young reporter fighting her way into his newsroom.
When the gubernatorial front-runner is shot in the street, the reporters of Frente Tijuana race to cover the story, but the facts they uncover run much deeper than the assassination—insidious corruption has been allowed to grow in the shadows.
- 6/7/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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