Tomorrow marks 30 years since the death of Ayrton Senna, the legendary Brazilian Formula One driver killed in a grisly crash on the track. He’s as close to a god in the country as any man not named Pelé, yet save for the brilliant 2010 documentary “Senna,” his life has never been depicted on screen.
Netflix will be the first to try with its upcoming scripted series “Senna.” With any luck, Senna will not just be an icon in Brazil but the face of Netflix’s enormous expansion into the Latin American market.
“Senna” showrunner Vicente Amorim says his series is one of the biggest productions in Latin American history and uses an almost entirely Brazilian crew, something that demanded a massive investment in the region from Netflix. No one will say how much the “Senna” budget is, but the production values and the re-creation of 13 F1 tracks and models of...
Netflix will be the first to try with its upcoming scripted series “Senna.” With any luck, Senna will not just be an icon in Brazil but the face of Netflix’s enormous expansion into the Latin American market.
“Senna” showrunner Vicente Amorim says his series is one of the biggest productions in Latin American history and uses an almost entirely Brazilian crew, something that demanded a massive investment in the region from Netflix. No one will say how much the “Senna” budget is, but the production values and the re-creation of 13 F1 tracks and models of...
- 4/30/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.”
That’s the opening line of Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez’s best-selling magical realist novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, and it’s echoed in the teaser above, a first look at the series adaptation coming to Netflix. The words are spoken by Colonel Aureliano Buendía (Claudio Cataño), who reads from the mythical diary of Melquiades (Moreno Borja). The clips that follow show breathtaking scenes as José Arcadio Buendía (Marco González) and Úrsula Iguarán’s (Susana Morales) search for happiness.
The story follows cousins José and Úrsula, who get married against their parents’ wishes and leave their village to embark on a long journey in search of a new home. Accompanied by friends and adventurers, their voyage culminates with the founding...
That’s the opening line of Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez’s best-selling magical realist novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, and it’s echoed in the teaser above, a first look at the series adaptation coming to Netflix. The words are spoken by Colonel Aureliano Buendía (Claudio Cataño), who reads from the mythical diary of Melquiades (Moreno Borja). The clips that follow show breathtaking scenes as José Arcadio Buendía (Marco González) and Úrsula Iguarán’s (Susana Morales) search for happiness.
The story follows cousins José and Úrsula, who get married against their parents’ wishes and leave their village to embark on a long journey in search of a new home. Accompanied by friends and adventurers, their voyage culminates with the founding...
- 4/25/2024
- by Christopher Hudspeth
- Tudum - Netflix
Prepárate para adentrarte en el universo de Gabriel García Márquez. © Netflix
Netflix ha publicado el primer teaser tráiler de “Cien Años de Soledad”, la serie de 16 episodios basada en la famosa novela de 1967 de Gabriel García Márquez. Una novela que es considerada una obra maestra de la literatura hispanoamericana y universal con más de 50 millones de ejemplares vendidos y traducciones a más de 40 idiomas.
Casados contra la voluntad de sus padres, los primos José Arcadio Buendía y Úrsula Iguarán abandonan su pueblo y emprenden un largo viaje en busca de un nuevo hogar. Acompañados de amigos y aventureros, su viaje culmina con la fundación de una aldea utópica a orillas de un río de piedras prehistóricas a la que bautizan con el nombre de Macondo. Varias generaciones de la estirpe de los Buendía marcarán el devenir de este mítico pueblo, atormentado por la locura, los amores imposibles, una guerra sangrienta y absurda,...
Netflix ha publicado el primer teaser tráiler de “Cien Años de Soledad”, la serie de 16 episodios basada en la famosa novela de 1967 de Gabriel García Márquez. Una novela que es considerada una obra maestra de la literatura hispanoamericana y universal con más de 50 millones de ejemplares vendidos y traducciones a más de 40 idiomas.
Casados contra la voluntad de sus padres, los primos José Arcadio Buendía y Úrsula Iguarán abandonan su pueblo y emprenden un largo viaje en busca de un nuevo hogar. Acompañados de amigos y aventureros, su viaje culmina con la fundación de una aldea utópica a orillas de un río de piedras prehistóricas a la que bautizan con el nombre de Macondo. Varias generaciones de la estirpe de los Buendía marcarán el devenir de este mítico pueblo, atormentado por la locura, los amores imposibles, una guerra sangrienta y absurda,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
One Hundred Years of Solitude just released its trailer and the classic novel seems to have impressed an entirely new audience with its excellent story. While the hype around the show is fairly new, the book has been regarded as one of the most excellent literary works of all time.
The One Hundred Years of Solitude adaptation by Netflix
Gabriel García Márquez’s magnificent mind is to blame for this classic that withstood the test of time and has maintained its relevance for almost 60 years since its publishing. During this time, the novel has continued to hypnotize people from all walks of life, including those who reside inside the gates of Hollywood.
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The One Hundred Years of Solitude adaptation by Netflix
Gabriel García Márquez’s magnificent mind is to blame for this classic that withstood the test of time and has maintained its relevance for almost 60 years since its publishing. During this time, the novel has continued to hypnotize people from all walks of life, including those who reside inside the gates of Hollywood.
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Before Netflix released the trailer, the popular culture icon,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
Netflix is arguably the leader in the streaming business but some of its recent big-budget releases have proven to be a major disappointment. From its star-studded films to binge-model shows, Netflix has struggled to deliver a major hit and has promised to shift its focus and deliver more compelling products to its consumers.
A still from Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
The streaming giant recently dropped the first teaser trailer for the live-action adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. The teaser also features one of the most iconic lines from fictional literature and promises to come true on Netflix’s promise for better content. Here is everything you need to know about Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.
One Hundred Years of Solitude Trailer Features the Best Line From Gabriel García Márquez’s Novel
On April 17, 2024, Netflix dropped the...
A still from Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
The streaming giant recently dropped the first teaser trailer for the live-action adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. The teaser also features one of the most iconic lines from fictional literature and promises to come true on Netflix’s promise for better content. Here is everything you need to know about Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.
One Hundred Years of Solitude Trailer Features the Best Line From Gabriel García Márquez’s Novel
On April 17, 2024, Netflix dropped the...
- 4/18/2024
- by Pratik Handore
- FandomWire
There are some novels that were never cut out for the film treatment – tomes so vast or seismic that to attempt to adapt them in the space of mere hours would be folly. But in the age of the big-budget streaming series, those adaptations are finally possible. And so it is that, several decades after being published, Gabriel García Márquez’s legendary masterpiece One Hundred Years Of Solitude is getting its first ever screen version – a 16-episode Netflix series which hopes to do justice to a story beloved around the world. Check out the first teaser here:
It’s a relatively cryptic first look, but for the uninitiated there’s a sense of what’s in store – a lush and vast multi-generational story spanning, well, 100 years. Yes, of solitude. Specifically in the fictional town of Macondo, Colombia in which the Buendía family grapples with its legacy. One Hundred Years Of Solitude...
It’s a relatively cryptic first look, but for the uninitiated there’s a sense of what’s in store – a lush and vast multi-generational story spanning, well, 100 years. Yes, of solitude. Specifically in the fictional town of Macondo, Colombia in which the Buendía family grapples with its legacy. One Hundred Years Of Solitude...
- 4/17/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - TV
"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." –Gabriel García Márquez. Netflix has revealed a first look teaser trailer for their upcoming adaptation of the seminal novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (aka Cien Años de Soledad), first published in 1967. In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past — and their fate. The book by Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez comes to Netflix, telling the story of the Buendía family, tormented by madness, impossible love, war, and the fear of a curse that condemns them to solitude for a 100 years in the mythical town of Macondo. Artists in this teaser: Claudio Cataño (Colonel Aureliano Buendía as adult), Jerónimo Barón (Aureliano Buendía as child), Marco González (Jose Arcadio Buendía...
- 4/17/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Netflix has revealed a first look at One Hundred Years of Solitude, the series based on Gabriel García Márquez’s masterpiece novel.
In this sneak peek, we hear Aureliano Babilonia as he reads from the mythical diary of Melquiades and is transported to Macondo to witness Colonel Aureliano Buendía standing before a firing squad while he remembers that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
What follows are breathtaking scenes of José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán’s journey in search of happiness, fleeing the curse placed upon their lineage.
Directed by Laura Mora and Alex García López, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most ambitious film projects in Latin America to date, brought to life by talented artists from Colombia and Latam. It was filmed entirely in Spanish and shot in Colombia with the support of Gabriel García Márquez’s family.
Married against their parent’s wishes,...
In this sneak peek, we hear Aureliano Babilonia as he reads from the mythical diary of Melquiades and is transported to Macondo to witness Colonel Aureliano Buendía standing before a firing squad while he remembers that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
What follows are breathtaking scenes of José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán’s journey in search of happiness, fleeing the curse placed upon their lineage.
Directed by Laura Mora and Alex García López, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most ambitious film projects in Latin America to date, brought to life by talented artists from Colombia and Latam. It was filmed entirely in Spanish and shot in Colombia with the support of Gabriel García Márquez’s family.
Married against their parent’s wishes,...
- 4/17/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Gabriel García Márquez’s famed novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is finally landing an adaptation courtesy of Netflix.
A sprawling 16-episode series is set to debut later this year, bringing Márquez’s beloved 1967 bestseller to the screen. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is one of the most ambitious film projects in Latin America to date, brought to life by the most talented artists from Colombia and Latam, filmed entirely in Spanish and shot in Colombia with the support of author Márquez’s family.
The series is produced by independent Colombian entertainment company Dynamo, which has been behind more than 47 feature films and 25 television series. Previous Dynamo releases include fellow Netflix series “Wild District,” “Crime Diaries,” and “Green Frontier,” as well as providing location services to “Narcos,” “El Chapo,” and “Gemini Man.”
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” was filmed in the regions of La Guajira, Magdalena, Cesar, Cundinamarca, and Tolima in Colombia.
A sprawling 16-episode series is set to debut later this year, bringing Márquez’s beloved 1967 bestseller to the screen. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is one of the most ambitious film projects in Latin America to date, brought to life by the most talented artists from Colombia and Latam, filmed entirely in Spanish and shot in Colombia with the support of author Márquez’s family.
The series is produced by independent Colombian entertainment company Dynamo, which has been behind more than 47 feature films and 25 television series. Previous Dynamo releases include fellow Netflix series “Wild District,” “Crime Diaries,” and “Green Frontier,” as well as providing location services to “Narcos,” “El Chapo,” and “Gemini Man.”
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” was filmed in the regions of La Guajira, Magdalena, Cesar, Cundinamarca, and Tolima in Colombia.
- 4/17/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Award-winning Colombian director-producer Simon Brand and Miami-based media executive producer Daniel Eilemberg have joined forces with the founders of Emmy-winning Imaginer Films, Julio César and Laura Franco, to launch Clover Studios, a new production services company in Colombia.
The new enterprise is in response to Colombia’s phenomenal growth as a major production center, driven by its competitive production incentives and flourishing creative community.
Led by Netflix’s ambitious series adaptation of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s literary masterpiece “100 Years of Solitude,” which has entailed a full-scale recreation of the mythical village of Macondo and 20,000 extras, a number of high-profile projects have been lured to the country.
Just last year, upcoming sequel “Paddington in Peru” was mostly shot in Colombia instead of the country in its title. This month Netflix announced its first multi-year creative partnership with Colombian talent, the writer-director team Camilo Prince and Pablo González, whose thriller “The Hijacking of Flight 601,...
The new enterprise is in response to Colombia’s phenomenal growth as a major production center, driven by its competitive production incentives and flourishing creative community.
Led by Netflix’s ambitious series adaptation of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s literary masterpiece “100 Years of Solitude,” which has entailed a full-scale recreation of the mythical village of Macondo and 20,000 extras, a number of high-profile projects have been lured to the country.
Just last year, upcoming sequel “Paddington in Peru” was mostly shot in Colombia instead of the country in its title. This month Netflix announced its first multi-year creative partnership with Colombian talent, the writer-director team Camilo Prince and Pablo González, whose thriller “The Hijacking of Flight 601,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
José Donoso’s The Obscene Bird of Night is a monument of vulgarity and erudition, perfused by an eerie air of alluring, unsettling ambiguity. An intensely oneiric work, it was originally published in 1970 and is now being released in a new unabridged translation by Megan McDowell for New Directions that constitutes a major literary event.
Donoso’s novel attempts to give decisive language to the ineffable. It’s the progeny of Borges, its language as technically adroit and stunning as Gabriel García Márquez’s. But instead of lovely, tragic lyricism, Donoso spins wicked sentences, suggesting a corruption of Marquez’s romanticism.
The Obscene Bird of Night is defined by its unexpected swoops into surrealism and litany of exciting developments and imagery. The ridiculous isn’t rendered believable, as Donoso’s prose is governed by the logic of a realm that exists only in the mind of our ever-ruminating, ever-rambling, and quite unreliable narrator,...
Donoso’s novel attempts to give decisive language to the ineffable. It’s the progeny of Borges, its language as technically adroit and stunning as Gabriel García Márquez’s. But instead of lovely, tragic lyricism, Donoso spins wicked sentences, suggesting a corruption of Marquez’s romanticism.
The Obscene Bird of Night is defined by its unexpected swoops into surrealism and litany of exciting developments and imagery. The ridiculous isn’t rendered believable, as Donoso’s prose is governed by the logic of a realm that exists only in the mind of our ever-ruminating, ever-rambling, and quite unreliable narrator,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Greg Cwik
- Slant Magazine
Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria was a mix of confident and casual on Jan. 31 as she led a very network TV-like presentation to explain why Netflix is nothing like a traditional TV network.
“No entertainment company has tried to program with this ambition — for this many tastes, cultures and languages. Ever,” Bajaria told a few dozen entertainment reporters who gathered Wednesday at the streamer’s Tudum Theater in Hollywood for a TV and film preview event dubbed “Next on Netflix 2024.” She cited the sheer scale of the company’s 260 million worldwide subscriber base as something that can’t be compared to past network TV dynasties.
“We can’t define ourselves narrowly, even though many of you would always like us to. But we can’t. We have to think much more broadly about who’s watching and what they want,” Bajaria said. “The biggest mistakes I see creative...
“No entertainment company has tried to program with this ambition — for this many tastes, cultures and languages. Ever,” Bajaria told a few dozen entertainment reporters who gathered Wednesday at the streamer’s Tudum Theater in Hollywood for a TV and film preview event dubbed “Next on Netflix 2024.” She cited the sheer scale of the company’s 260 million worldwide subscriber base as something that can’t be compared to past network TV dynasties.
“We can’t define ourselves narrowly, even though many of you would always like us to. But we can’t. We have to think much more broadly about who’s watching and what they want,” Bajaria said. “The biggest mistakes I see creative...
- 2/1/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
“News of a Kidnapping,” created by Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García, has picked up more recognition at the Rose d’Or Latinos. The dramatic series, which won a Platino Award last April for best dramatic series, added to its collection of prizes at the inaugural event held at Content Americas in Miami on Jan. 23.
The Latin American extension of Europe’s Rose d’Or Awards, led by jury chairman, Mas Ros Media CEO Marcos Santana, doled out prizes across television, feature films, unscripted content and podcasts.
Prime Video took home the most statuettes at the event, an encouraging sign of its growing cachet with talent across the region. In addition to winning best drama for “News of a Kidnapping,” the platform earned awards for best film, best reality or factual program (“Libre de reír”), and best documentary.
‘El encargado’ (The One in Charge”), created for Star+ by the duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat,...
The Latin American extension of Europe’s Rose d’Or Awards, led by jury chairman, Mas Ros Media CEO Marcos Santana, doled out prizes across television, feature films, unscripted content and podcasts.
Prime Video took home the most statuettes at the event, an encouraging sign of its growing cachet with talent across the region. In addition to winning best drama for “News of a Kidnapping,” the platform earned awards for best film, best reality or factual program (“Libre de reír”), and best documentary.
‘El encargado’ (The One in Charge”), created for Star+ by the duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
The second season of Squid Game will premiere this year.
In a letter to shareholders, Netflix revealed the slate of shows set to hit the streaming service in 2024, including the second season of the Hwang Dong-hyuk-directed series.
“Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024,” the letter, obtained by Variety, read. The new season comes after Netflix released a competition show inspired by the fictional series called Squid Game: The Challenge. Last year, four contestants described...
In a letter to shareholders, Netflix revealed the slate of shows set to hit the streaming service in 2024, including the second season of the Hwang Dong-hyuk-directed series.
“Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024,” the letter, obtained by Variety, read. The new season comes after Netflix released a competition show inspired by the fictional series called Squid Game: The Challenge. Last year, four contestants described...
- 1/23/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix has confirmed some news: some fan favorite hits are returning this year that we previously didn’t realize would be debuting in 2024!
Specifically, Squid Game‘s second season and The Diplomat season 2, and more.
Netflix revealed these details (and some info we already knew previously) in a letter to shareholders.
Keep reading to find out more…
The letter reads, via Variety, “Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024. Audiences will be able to choose from hit returning dramas like The Diplomat S2, Bridgerton S3, Squid Game S2 and Empress S2; unscripted series like Tour de France: Unchained S2, Love is Blind S6, F1: Drive to Survive S6 and Full Swing S2; and brand new shows like 3 Body Problem (based on the best selling novel and from the Game of Thrones showrunners), Griselda, The Gentlemen...
Specifically, Squid Game‘s second season and The Diplomat season 2, and more.
Netflix revealed these details (and some info we already knew previously) in a letter to shareholders.
Keep reading to find out more…
The letter reads, via Variety, “Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024. Audiences will be able to choose from hit returning dramas like The Diplomat S2, Bridgerton S3, Squid Game S2 and Empress S2; unscripted series like Tour de France: Unchained S2, Love is Blind S6, F1: Drive to Survive S6 and Full Swing S2; and brand new shows like 3 Body Problem (based on the best selling novel and from the Game of Thrones showrunners), Griselda, The Gentlemen...
- 1/23/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The hit series “Squid Game” will be returning to Netflix for Season 2, and Netflix notes in a letter to shareholders this week – obtained by Variety – that it’s planned for this year.
Here’s the full letter from Netflix that was shared by Variety this afternoon:
Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024. Audiences will be able to choose from hit returning dramas like The Diplomat S2, Bridgerton S3, Squid Game S2 and Empress S2; unscripted series like Tour de France: Unchained S2, Love is Blind S6, F1: Drive to Survive S6 and Full Swing S2; and brand new shows like 3 Body Problem (based on the best selling novel and from the Game of Thrones showrunners), Griselda, The Gentlemen (from Guy Ritchie), Eric (starring Benedict Cumberbach), Avatar: The Last Airbender, Cien Años de Soledad...
Here’s the full letter from Netflix that was shared by Variety this afternoon:
Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024. Audiences will be able to choose from hit returning dramas like The Diplomat S2, Bridgerton S3, Squid Game S2 and Empress S2; unscripted series like Tour de France: Unchained S2, Love is Blind S6, F1: Drive to Survive S6 and Full Swing S2; and brand new shows like 3 Body Problem (based on the best selling novel and from the Game of Thrones showrunners), Griselda, The Gentlemen (from Guy Ritchie), Eric (starring Benedict Cumberbach), Avatar: The Last Airbender, Cien Años de Soledad...
- 1/23/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The long-awaited “Squid Game” Season 2 is set to premiere later this year.
Netflix announced the second season of the Korean-language survival drama series from creator Hwang Dong-hyuk in a letter to shareholders Tuesday, writing:
“Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024. Audiences will be able to choose from hit returning dramas like ‘The Diplomat’ S2, ‘Bridgerton’ S3, ‘Squid Game’ S2 and ‘Empress’ S2; unscripted series like ‘Tour de France: Unchained’ S2,’ Love is Blind’ S6, ‘F1: Drive to Survive’ S6 and ‘Full Swing’ S2; and brand new shows like ‘3 Body Problem’ (based on the best selling novel and from the ‘Game of Thrones’ showrunners), ‘Griselda’, ‘The Gentlemen’ (from Guy Ritchie), ‘Eric’ (starring Benedict Cumberbach), ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’, ‘Cien Años de Soledad,’ from Colombia based on the novel by Gabriel García Márquez and Senna from Brazil.
Netflix announced the second season of the Korean-language survival drama series from creator Hwang Dong-hyuk in a letter to shareholders Tuesday, writing:
“Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024. Audiences will be able to choose from hit returning dramas like ‘The Diplomat’ S2, ‘Bridgerton’ S3, ‘Squid Game’ S2 and ‘Empress’ S2; unscripted series like ‘Tour de France: Unchained’ S2,’ Love is Blind’ S6, ‘F1: Drive to Survive’ S6 and ‘Full Swing’ S2; and brand new shows like ‘3 Body Problem’ (based on the best selling novel and from the ‘Game of Thrones’ showrunners), ‘Griselda’, ‘The Gentlemen’ (from Guy Ritchie), ‘Eric’ (starring Benedict Cumberbach), ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’, ‘Cien Años de Soledad,’ from Colombia based on the novel by Gabriel García Márquez and Senna from Brazil.
- 1/23/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Salma Hayek Pinault has joined José Tamez and Siobhan Flynn, her partners in Ventanarosa Productions, as an executive producer on Tótem, writer-director Lila Avilés’ follow-up to her international breakthrough The Chambermaid, which has been shortlisted as Mexico’s entry for the Best International Feature Oscar.
Poised for release by Sideshow and Janus Films, the companies behind Eo and Drive My Car, the film is set to open in New York theaters on January 26th. It will unspool in Los Angeles on February 2nd and expand nationwide in the weeks to follow.
Named one of the Top 5 International Films of the Year by the National Board of Review, Tótem is told largely from the perspective of 7-year-old Sol (Naíma Sentíes), as her aunt (Montserrat Marañón) and extended relatives prepare for the birthday party of the girl’s father (Mateo Garcia). As the hours wear on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded,...
Poised for release by Sideshow and Janus Films, the companies behind Eo and Drive My Car, the film is set to open in New York theaters on January 26th. It will unspool in Los Angeles on February 2nd and expand nationwide in the weeks to follow.
Named one of the Top 5 International Films of the Year by the National Board of Review, Tótem is told largely from the perspective of 7-year-old Sol (Naíma Sentíes), as her aunt (Montserrat Marañón) and extended relatives prepare for the birthday party of the girl’s father (Mateo Garcia). As the hours wear on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The first Floodlight Summit will take place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 in Cartagena, Colombia. The event, curated and organized by Philippa Kowarsky and Alesia Weston, is a one-of-a-kind pilot for a long-term alliance that seeks to connect investigative journalists and their reporting with the film and television industry.
The event has been established by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (Occrp) and the Gabo Foundation as part of both institutions’ public interest focus. It will attempt “to nurture a symbiotic relationship between investigative journalism and fiction filmmaking that will result in storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires,” according to a press statement. “Investigative journalists can help adapt their extensive reporting about organized crime and corruption into new formats to reach more audiences while filmmakers can pull from a wealth of content and expertise across subjects to inform their projects.”
Writer-director Rodrigo García, Gabo Foundation board member and son of author Gabriel García Marquez,...
The event has been established by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (Occrp) and the Gabo Foundation as part of both institutions’ public interest focus. It will attempt “to nurture a symbiotic relationship between investigative journalism and fiction filmmaking that will result in storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires,” according to a press statement. “Investigative journalists can help adapt their extensive reporting about organized crime and corruption into new formats to reach more audiences while filmmakers can pull from a wealth of content and expertise across subjects to inform their projects.”
Writer-director Rodrigo García, Gabo Foundation board member and son of author Gabriel García Marquez,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Investigative journalists specializing in crime and corruption reporting will pitch their stories to filmmakers and series at the first Floodlight Summit, which kicks off in Cartagena, Colombia, on Thursday, Nov. 30, and runs through Dec. 3.
Curated and organized by Oscar-nominated producer Philippa Kowarsky (The Gatekeepers, Sweet Mud) and Alesia Weston, the summit is set up as a pilot for a planned long-term alliance aimed at connecting international investigative journalists with the film and television industry.
Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant, The Big Short and Bombshell writer Charles Randolph, Slow Horses and The Americans producer Graham Yost, Toni Erdmann producer Janine Jakowski and No Man’s Land director Danis Tanovic are among the confirmed industry attendees.
The Floodlight summit brings together the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (Occrp) and the Gabo Foundation, set up by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Marquez to promote quality journalism in South America.
“This is the kind...
Curated and organized by Oscar-nominated producer Philippa Kowarsky (The Gatekeepers, Sweet Mud) and Alesia Weston, the summit is set up as a pilot for a planned long-term alliance aimed at connecting international investigative journalists with the film and television industry.
Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant, The Big Short and Bombshell writer Charles Randolph, Slow Horses and The Americans producer Graham Yost, Toni Erdmann producer Janine Jakowski and No Man’s Land director Danis Tanovic are among the confirmed industry attendees.
The Floodlight summit brings together the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (Occrp) and the Gabo Foundation, set up by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Marquez to promote quality journalism in South America.
“This is the kind...
- 11/27/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Despite owning the dancefloors with her music, Dua Lipa still finds time to dive into a good book.
The Albanian disco-pop sensation, 28, momentarily put the bedazzled microphone down to launch her book club through her editorial platform, Service95.
The “Dance The Night” dazzler spotlights a new book to delve into each month, with the materials chosen to “represent diverse global voices, telling powerful stories spanning fiction, memoir and manifesto,” according to the website’s description.
Amazon Canada offers all of her chosen faves, so you can indulge in fresh reads that will have you “Levitating”.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years of Solitude — Photo: Amazon Canada
This 1967 novel by Colombian author and Novel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez is Lipa’s selection for October.
The Albanian disco-pop sensation, 28, momentarily put the bedazzled microphone down to launch her book club through her editorial platform, Service95.
The “Dance The Night” dazzler spotlights a new book to delve into each month, with the materials chosen to “represent diverse global voices, telling powerful stories spanning fiction, memoir and manifesto,” according to the website’s description.
Amazon Canada offers all of her chosen faves, so you can indulge in fresh reads that will have you “Levitating”.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years of Solitude — Photo: Amazon Canada
This 1967 novel by Colombian author and Novel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez is Lipa’s selection for October.
- 9/19/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Toledo, Spain — Carmen Machi, one of the foremost performers of her generation in Spain, is attached to play legendary Barcelona agent Carmen Balcells, prime architect of the Latin American Boom and a key figure in the break out of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa to worldwide renown.
Chile’s Invercine, producer of “News of a Kidnapping” which swept April’s Platino Awards, is teaming with Spain’s Abacus, Pausoka and Grupo Lavinia to develop and produce “Boom Agency” (“La Agencia del Boom”) which turns on Balcells extraordinary life, achievement and personality. The deal was confirmed to Variety at Conecta Fiction.
The series also turns on Balcells’ worst nightmare, the rupture of the deep friendship between her star writers, Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel García-Marquez, whose rift broke the back of the Boom.
Spain’s Oscar Pedraza, co-director of HBO España’s “Patria,” is attached to direct. Colombians Verónica Triana...
Chile’s Invercine, producer of “News of a Kidnapping” which swept April’s Platino Awards, is teaming with Spain’s Abacus, Pausoka and Grupo Lavinia to develop and produce “Boom Agency” (“La Agencia del Boom”) which turns on Balcells extraordinary life, achievement and personality. The deal was confirmed to Variety at Conecta Fiction.
The series also turns on Balcells’ worst nightmare, the rupture of the deep friendship between her star writers, Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel García-Marquez, whose rift broke the back of the Boom.
Spain’s Oscar Pedraza, co-director of HBO España’s “Patria,” is attached to direct. Colombians Verónica Triana...
- 7/3/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
“Those About to Die,” AGC Television’s upcoming gladiator series from Roland Emmerich, stars Anthony Hopkins and boasts a cast drawn from across Europe and the Middle East. It’s also financially innovative.
Rather than rely on a single, deep-pocketed streamer to write the check for the pricey series, budgeted at $145 million for the first season, AGC adopted a split rights structure: U.S. rights are licensed to Peacock, European rights to Hep, the Herbert Kloiber Sr./Constantin joint venture, and AGC International distributing in the rest of the world.
AGC chairman and CEO Stuart Ford takes pride in proving the naysayers wrong with financing for the project set in ancient Rome and based on Daniel P. Mannix’s book of the same name.
“We’ve assembled the show’s financing through a complex and innovative web of rights deals, banking arrangements and soft money,” Ford says. “We also assembled...
Rather than rely on a single, deep-pocketed streamer to write the check for the pricey series, budgeted at $145 million for the first season, AGC adopted a split rights structure: U.S. rights are licensed to Peacock, European rights to Hep, the Herbert Kloiber Sr./Constantin joint venture, and AGC International distributing in the rest of the world.
AGC chairman and CEO Stuart Ford takes pride in proving the naysayers wrong with financing for the project set in ancient Rome and based on Daniel P. Mannix’s book of the same name.
“We’ve assembled the show’s financing through a complex and innovative web of rights deals, banking arrangements and soft money,” Ford says. “We also assembled...
- 5/9/2023
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Utama wins first awards for a Bolivian film.
In a one-two for Amazon’s original film and TV businesses Santiago Mitre’s courtroom drama Argentina, 1985 took five top honours at the 2023 Platino Awards on Saturday night (April 22), while News Of a Kidnapping from Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García claimed four.
Amazon Studios’ Argentina, 1985 won best Ibero-American fiction film, best actor for Ricardo Darín, best screenplay for co-writers Mitre and Mariano Llinas, best art direction, and film & education in values awards.
Satuday’s triumph here at Madrid’s Ifema Municipal Palace follows Oscar and Bafta nominations and the Goya for best Iberoamerican film.
In a one-two for Amazon’s original film and TV businesses Santiago Mitre’s courtroom drama Argentina, 1985 took five top honours at the 2023 Platino Awards on Saturday night (April 22), while News Of a Kidnapping from Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García claimed four.
Amazon Studios’ Argentina, 1985 won best Ibero-American fiction film, best actor for Ricardo Darín, best screenplay for co-writers Mitre and Mariano Llinas, best art direction, and film & education in values awards.
Satuday’s triumph here at Madrid’s Ifema Municipal Palace follows Oscar and Bafta nominations and the Goya for best Iberoamerican film.
- 4/23/2023
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
Utama wins first awards for a Bolivian film.
Santiago Mitre’s courtroom drama Argentina, 1985 from Amazon Studios took five top honours at the 2023 Platino Awards at Madrid’s Ifema Municipal Palace on Saturday night (April 22), while stablemate Prime Video’s News Of a Kidnapping from Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García claimed four.
Oscar- and Bafta-nominated Argentina, 1985 premiered in Competition at Venice last year and added to an awards haul that also earned recognition at the Goya awards, among others.
Mitre’s latest film won best Ibero-American fiction film, best actor for Ricardo Darín, best screenplay co-written by Mitre and Mariano Llinas,...
Santiago Mitre’s courtroom drama Argentina, 1985 from Amazon Studios took five top honours at the 2023 Platino Awards at Madrid’s Ifema Municipal Palace on Saturday night (April 22), while stablemate Prime Video’s News Of a Kidnapping from Andrés Wood and Rodrigo García claimed four.
Oscar- and Bafta-nominated Argentina, 1985 premiered in Competition at Venice last year and added to an awards haul that also earned recognition at the Goya awards, among others.
Mitre’s latest film won best Ibero-American fiction film, best actor for Ricardo Darín, best screenplay co-written by Mitre and Mariano Llinas,...
- 4/23/2023
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
Magical realism is a subgenre that can be interpreted in a very broad manner. After all, its core appeal is in how it depicts fantastical ideas in boringly real settings. However, the subgenre is often synonymous with Latin American art thanks to writers like Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, being brought to the screen by the likes of Guillermo Del Toro and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
While not quite at the esoteric level as those pioneers, comedian and "Los Espookys" co-creator Julio Torres is certainly on his way there. If you thought his genre-bending HBO series was proof of this potential, then his directorial debut, "Problemista," only solidifies this. Alejandro (Torres), an aspiring creator of bizarre toys, is suddenly fired from his job, and he only has one month to find a new sponsor for his U.S. work visa. He believes he has found a potential savior in washed-up art...
While not quite at the esoteric level as those pioneers, comedian and "Los Espookys" co-creator Julio Torres is certainly on his way there. If you thought his genre-bending HBO series was proof of this potential, then his directorial debut, "Problemista," only solidifies this. Alejandro (Torres), an aspiring creator of bizarre toys, is suddenly fired from his job, and he only has one month to find a new sponsor for his U.S. work visa. He believes he has found a potential savior in washed-up art...
- 3/14/2023
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Folk music icon Joan Baez, who’s now 82, came of age just as musicians’ live gigs were often recorded and thereby preserved for the record, virtues that are used to advantage in Joan Baez I Am A Noise. An up-close, intimate and mostly frank account of a career that arched across more than 60 years of musical and political expression while countless trends came and went, this elaborate documentary navigates adroitly through the professional and the personal aspects of a very full life, one marked by far more good fortune than bad. Whether you’ve followed her career for decades or are just now discovering her, the life under scrutiny is undeniably impressive and ceaselessly engaging.
The film, which premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival, is prefaced by a knowing remark from Gabriel Garcia Marquez — “Everyone has three lives: the public, the private, and the secret.” One...
The film, which premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival, is prefaced by a knowing remark from Gabriel Garcia Marquez — “Everyone has three lives: the public, the private, and the secret.” One...
- 2/27/2023
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Crichton’s brilliant mix of science and narrative resulted in north of $10 billion in film and TV revenue and 250 million books sold. Now, the estate of the author who died in 2008 has made another major deal to bring his work back to new audiences.
Blackstone Publishing has made a seven-figure deal with CrichtonSun to acquire the worldwide print, eBook and audiobook rights to Crichton’s first series of novels, which he wrote under the pseudonym John Lange. This was long before Jurassic Park, ER and such, and he wrote the first three titles while matriculating at Harvard Medical School. This side pursuit also came prior to his first breakout novel done under the Crichton name, 1971’s The Andromeda Strain.
The eight books comprise unconnected tales of fiction in numerous genres and will be shopped to studios and streamers for potential film/television adaptations. Perhaps Crichton didn’t want...
Blackstone Publishing has made a seven-figure deal with CrichtonSun to acquire the worldwide print, eBook and audiobook rights to Crichton’s first series of novels, which he wrote under the pseudonym John Lange. This was long before Jurassic Park, ER and such, and he wrote the first three titles while matriculating at Harvard Medical School. This side pursuit also came prior to his first breakout novel done under the Crichton name, 1971’s The Andromeda Strain.
The eight books comprise unconnected tales of fiction in numerous genres and will be shopped to studios and streamers for potential film/television adaptations. Perhaps Crichton didn’t want...
- 2/21/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The Gabriel Garcia Márquez quote that appears at the start of Joan Baez I Am a Noise — “Everyone has three lives: the public, the private and the secret” — is an apt choice for this introspective docu-portrait of the era-defining musician and activist. The veteran folk singer’s seeming self-possession and the crystalline purity of that voice thrust her into the spotlight at 18. But there’s a world of difference between that serene image and the troubled woman who initially wrestled with the privileges of fame and even now, six decades later, still struggles with demons that come and go.
Baez gets remarkably frank about her long history of therapy and her sometimes disturbing excavations of childhood experience, which makes this intimate film by Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle and Karen O’Connor feel more thorough as a personal reflection than a career summation. But anyone with an interest in the key artists...
Baez gets remarkably frank about her long history of therapy and her sometimes disturbing excavations of childhood experience, which makes this intimate film by Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle and Karen O’Connor feel more thorough as a personal reflection than a career summation. But anyone with an interest in the key artists...
- 2/17/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For Laura Mora, whose visceral and poetic drama “The Kings of the World” represents Colombia at the Oscars, shooting in the region of Bajo de Cauca was an act of defiance.
“I was warned not to shoot there, that it was the most dangerous part of Colombia,” she recalls, adding: “Instead we only came across people who were open, generous and kind.”
“Making a fictional film protected us too as they probably would not have been so welcoming of documentary filmmakers or journalists,” she muses. The production took care to involve communities wherever they stopped, like a gypsy caravan, through villages and towns.
Winning the top awards at San Sebastian and Zurich in the space of just a few days and Mora’s second pic after her breakout hit “Killing Jesus,” “The Kings of the World” follows five homeless teens as they traverse the region to reclaim a plot of...
“I was warned not to shoot there, that it was the most dangerous part of Colombia,” she recalls, adding: “Instead we only came across people who were open, generous and kind.”
“Making a fictional film protected us too as they probably would not have been so welcoming of documentary filmmakers or journalists,” she muses. The production took care to involve communities wherever they stopped, like a gypsy caravan, through villages and towns.
Winning the top awards at San Sebastian and Zurich in the space of just a few days and Mora’s second pic after her breakout hit “Killing Jesus,” “The Kings of the World” follows five homeless teens as they traverse the region to reclaim a plot of...
- 12/12/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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Alejandro Gonzalez
In Netflix’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Daniel Giménez Cacho stars as Silverio Gama, a renowned documentarian who is set to receive a prestigious award for his career as a journalist upon his return to his native Mexico after living with his family in Los Angeles for decades. The epic black comedy, which is Mexico’s official Oscar submission for best international feature, is an extremely personal project from four-time Oscar-winning writer-director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who likens his latest film to the Mexican soup called pozole — “a mix of an enormous amount of things” — that speaks to the shared loneliness of the immigrant experience, particularly for those who feel without a homeland. The film sees Gama weaving throughout his own memories and the present day as well as interacting with figures central to Mexico’s complex history and culture.
Alejandro Gonzalez
In Netflix’s Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Daniel Giménez Cacho stars as Silverio Gama, a renowned documentarian who is set to receive a prestigious award for his career as a journalist upon his return to his native Mexico after living with his family in Los Angeles for decades. The epic black comedy, which is Mexico’s official Oscar submission for best international feature, is an extremely personal project from four-time Oscar-winning writer-director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who likens his latest film to the Mexican soup called pozole — “a mix of an enormous amount of things” — that speaks to the shared loneliness of the immigrant experience, particularly for those who feel without a homeland. The film sees Gama weaving throughout his own memories and the present day as well as interacting with figures central to Mexico’s complex history and culture.
- 11/16/2022
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” tells a bittersweet tale of a longtime friendship turned sour, using the Irish Civil War both as a backdrop and a metaphor for its main theme of fading amities. It’s an allegory that supplied versatile costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh the perfect context to create a distinctive look, one that seamlessly marries accurate period details with the subtle liberties taken by Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh’s designs.
“It’s a small story set on an island off the coast of another island,” Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh told IndieWire. “That really gives you an opportunity.” The intimate nature of the film — centered on the psyche of the two dueling friends, naïve and decent Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and hard-nosed and pained Colm (Brendan Gleeson) — was her starting point, alongside McDonagh’s overarching vision. “Martin wanted it to be cinematic,” she said of the director’s wishes for the costumes.
“It’s a small story set on an island off the coast of another island,” Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh told IndieWire. “That really gives you an opportunity.” The intimate nature of the film — centered on the psyche of the two dueling friends, naïve and decent Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and hard-nosed and pained Colm (Brendan Gleeson) — was her starting point, alongside McDonagh’s overarching vision. “Martin wanted it to be cinematic,” she said of the director’s wishes for the costumes.
- 10/25/2022
- by Tomris Laffly
- Indiewire
Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece "Pan's Labyrinth" is an elegant descent into a nightmarish fairy kingdom. It is one of the finest examples of the style of magical realism in modern cinema, for the way it twists the fairy tale narrative to examine violent political change through the eyes of its young protagonist, Ofelia. "Pan's Labyrinth" is set in Spain under Franco's fascist rule during World War II. Ofelia's stepfather, the ruthless Captain Vidal, hunts republican rebels with sadistic glee. His character "stands not just for fascism but for any sort of authoritarian or totalitarian institution or belief system," any force that destroys the fundamental joys and beauty of being human such as independence and creativity (per Reel Thinking).
As a subversive work that rejects conformity and control, "Pan's Labyrinth" has some of the best use of magical realism in contemporary film. But the style has a long history, stretching...
As a subversive work that rejects conformity and control, "Pan's Labyrinth" has some of the best use of magical realism in contemporary film. But the style has a long history, stretching...
- 10/22/2022
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
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A Guillermo del Toro version of beloved children’s tale Pinocchio was always likely to be a little darker than most adaptations and perhaps something not exactly child-friendly. But — although it’s not the first time he’s done so — few would have immediately expected his stop-motion musical adaptation of the fantasy drama to be set against the backdrop of fascism.
Speaking at a special event held by Netflix ahead of Saturday’s world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — his animated feature film directorial debut (he directed alongside Mark Gustafson) — the acclaimed Mexican director said that the film was “thematically” on the same level as Pan’s Labyrinth and The Devil’s Backbone, which both involved the Spanish Civil War (The Devil’s Backbone set during and Pan’s Labyrinth afterwards, during Franco’s early reign). Keeping geographically correct, his Pinocchio takes place in Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Italy.
A Guillermo del Toro version of beloved children’s tale Pinocchio was always likely to be a little darker than most adaptations and perhaps something not exactly child-friendly. But — although it’s not the first time he’s done so — few would have immediately expected his stop-motion musical adaptation of the fantasy drama to be set against the backdrop of fascism.
Speaking at a special event held by Netflix ahead of Saturday’s world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — his animated feature film directorial debut (he directed alongside Mark Gustafson) — the acclaimed Mexican director said that the film was “thematically” on the same level as Pan’s Labyrinth and The Devil’s Backbone, which both involved the Spanish Civil War (The Devil’s Backbone set during and Pan’s Labyrinth afterwards, during Franco’s early reign). Keeping geographically correct, his Pinocchio takes place in Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Italy.
- 10/13/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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French author Annie Ernaux, whose autobiography Happening was adapted for the screen by director Audrey Diwan as the abortion drama under the same name that earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2021, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy unveiled the honoree Thursday, lauding her for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots and collective restraints of personal memory.” Her other books include The Years and Getting Lost.
Ernaux “was born in 1940 and grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, where her parents had a combined grocery store and café,” the Swedish Academy noted. “Her path to authorship was long and arduous.”
The honor is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in 1895. The others are prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine,...
French author Annie Ernaux, whose autobiography Happening was adapted for the screen by director Audrey Diwan as the abortion drama under the same name that earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2021, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy unveiled the honoree Thursday, lauding her for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots and collective restraints of personal memory.” Her other books include The Years and Getting Lost.
Ernaux “was born in 1940 and grew up in the small town of Yvetot in Normandy, where her parents had a combined grocery store and café,” the Swedish Academy noted. “Her path to authorship was long and arduous.”
The honor is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in 1895. The others are prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sandro Fiorin’s Figa Films has snapped up international sales rights to Pavel Giroud’s “El Caso Padilla,” which, selected for the San Sebastian highly competitive Horizontes Latinos, bids fair to become one of the most notable Latin American doc features of 2022.
Variety has also shared in exclusivity a first trailer to the film.
The follow-up to Giroud admired 2015 fiction film “El Acompañante,” which won San Sebastian’s Co-Production Forum, “El Caso Padilla” turns on the so-called Padilla Affair. That climaxed with arrest on March 30, 1971 of Heberto Padilla, one of the most exquisite and trenchant of modern Cuban poets whose 1968 poetry collection “Fuera de Juego” constituted a scathing attack on the lack of liberties in Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
Padilla’s arrest signalled the end of a honeymoon between Europe’s left and Castro’s revolution, prompting a letter published in Le Monde – signed by Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir,...
Variety has also shared in exclusivity a first trailer to the film.
The follow-up to Giroud admired 2015 fiction film “El Acompañante,” which won San Sebastian’s Co-Production Forum, “El Caso Padilla” turns on the so-called Padilla Affair. That climaxed with arrest on March 30, 1971 of Heberto Padilla, one of the most exquisite and trenchant of modern Cuban poets whose 1968 poetry collection “Fuera de Juego” constituted a scathing attack on the lack of liberties in Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
Padilla’s arrest signalled the end of a honeymoon between Europe’s left and Castro’s revolution, prompting a letter published in Le Monde – signed by Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir,...
- 8/31/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been a banner year for Chile’s audiovisual industry. According to statistics compiled by promotional org CinemaChile, the country’s cinema amassed 45 international awards during the first half of 2022. Since then, more prizes have been rolling in. Among the latest is actress-director Manuela Martelli’s feature debut “1976” which won best debut film at the Jerusalem Film Festival aside from scooping three main plaudits at the 26th Lima Festival, including Best Film.
One question is how did Chilean cinema reach this point. It could be partly due to a new generation of women cineastes and platform backing, both driving the next stage of growth in Chilean cinema, its creative confidence and sense of artistic urgency.
The country produces an average of 30 films a year, of which at least five receive international acclaim any given year.
“Being a small market of merely 19 million inhabitants obliges us to go beyond...
One question is how did Chilean cinema reach this point. It could be partly due to a new generation of women cineastes and platform backing, both driving the next stage of growth in Chilean cinema, its creative confidence and sense of artistic urgency.
The country produces an average of 30 films a year, of which at least five receive international acclaim any given year.
“Being a small market of merely 19 million inhabitants obliges us to go beyond...
- 8/20/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
“Tinder Swindler” production outfit AGC Studios has launched a new division for non-fiction and unscripted content, headed by former Magical Elves executive Joel Zimmer.
AGC Unwritten will develop, finance, produce and distribute the company’s burgeoning unscripted slate, with Zimmer serving as president. The intention is for the non-scripted arm to match AGC’s busy operations in the feature film and scripted TV arena.
Set up by Stuard Ford in 2018, AGC Studios’ non-fiction titles include the upcoming documentary series “Nobu,” about the famed restauranteur and entrepreneur Nobu Matsuhisa, from documentary director Matt Tyrnauer. The company has also co-financed three documentaries with CNN Films, including “Lady Boss: the Jackie Collins Story,” “John Lewis: Good Trouble” and “Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer.”
The new company’s non-fiction slate across film and television will soon be announced. The roster includes several projects being shepherded by Bj Levin, who is moving...
AGC Unwritten will develop, finance, produce and distribute the company’s burgeoning unscripted slate, with Zimmer serving as president. The intention is for the non-scripted arm to match AGC’s busy operations in the feature film and scripted TV arena.
Set up by Stuard Ford in 2018, AGC Studios’ non-fiction titles include the upcoming documentary series “Nobu,” about the famed restauranteur and entrepreneur Nobu Matsuhisa, from documentary director Matt Tyrnauer. The company has also co-financed three documentaries with CNN Films, including “Lady Boss: the Jackie Collins Story,” “John Lewis: Good Trouble” and “Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer.”
The new company’s non-fiction slate across film and television will soon be announced. The roster includes several projects being shepherded by Bj Levin, who is moving...
- 7/5/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Television president Diaz adds film duties to her role at the independent studio.
AGC Television president Lourdes Diaz has been promoted to chief creative officer for AGC Studios.
In her new role, in addition to taking responsibility for the company’s television business Diaz will oversee the independent studio’s feature film activity with AGC chairman and CEO Stuart Ford.
Diaz has been with AGC since its earliest days and worked on TV series including War of the Worlds, a co-production with Canal+ and Fox International; Troppo, on which AGC is worldwide distributor and co-financier with Australia’s ABC and...
AGC Television president Lourdes Diaz has been promoted to chief creative officer for AGC Studios.
In her new role, in addition to taking responsibility for the company’s television business Diaz will oversee the independent studio’s feature film activity with AGC chairman and CEO Stuart Ford.
Diaz has been with AGC since its earliest days and worked on TV series including War of the Worlds, a co-production with Canal+ and Fox International; Troppo, on which AGC is worldwide distributor and co-financier with Australia’s ABC and...
- 5/26/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Blackstone Publishing has acquired worldwide publishing rights to Sean Scott Hicks’ autobiography, The Devil To Pay: A Mobster’s Road To Perdition. The company’s Director of Media, TV and Film, Brendan Deneen brokered the deal and will now edit the book, while shopping film and TV rights to studios and streamers.
The Devil To Pay tells the story of a man who was born into one of the most notorious crime families in history—The Winter Hill Gang. Hicks, the illegitimate offspring of a secret relationship, was raised around the criminal influences of such infamous mobsters as Whitey Bulger, Steve Flemmi and Howie Winter. By the age of 15, he became fully involved in Boston’s underworld of organized crime figures, primarily the Irish mob, which ultimately led to him serving over 24 years in prison. In his memoir, Hicks details his never-before-shared theories about how the unsolved 1990 Isabella Gardner...
The Devil To Pay tells the story of a man who was born into one of the most notorious crime families in history—The Winter Hill Gang. Hicks, the illegitimate offspring of a secret relationship, was raised around the criminal influences of such infamous mobsters as Whitey Bulger, Steve Flemmi and Howie Winter. By the age of 15, he became fully involved in Boston’s underworld of organized crime figures, primarily the Irish mob, which ultimately led to him serving over 24 years in prison. In his memoir, Hicks details his never-before-shared theories about how the unsolved 1990 Isabella Gardner...
- 5/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
WandaVision writer Chuck Hayward is penning comedy Brothers With No Game based on the popular UK YouTube series for Stuart Ford’s AGC Television.
Hayward, whose other credits include Ted Lasso and Dear White People, will write and showrun the series that is not yet attached to a network about four childhood friends whose social and romantic dilemmas throw them into a “quarter-life crisis.”
With comedy and heart, these twenty-somethings come to terms with the responsibilities and problems that revolve around work, family, friendship and most notably – women.
AGC is producing and Ford will exec produce alongside Lourdes Diaz, Glendon Palmer, Hayward, Leon Mayne and Paul Samuel. The latter two are co-execs of the UK series.
Hayward is represented by APA, and Mikhail Nayfield at Heroes and Villains Entertainment, with Diaz, Lynch and SVP of Legal & Business Affairs Anant Tamirisa representing AGC Television.
Alongside Gaspin Media, AGC is also behind...
Hayward, whose other credits include Ted Lasso and Dear White People, will write and showrun the series that is not yet attached to a network about four childhood friends whose social and romantic dilemmas throw them into a “quarter-life crisis.”
With comedy and heart, these twenty-somethings come to terms with the responsibilities and problems that revolve around work, family, friendship and most notably – women.
AGC is producing and Ford will exec produce alongside Lourdes Diaz, Glendon Palmer, Hayward, Leon Mayne and Paul Samuel. The latter two are co-execs of the UK series.
Hayward is represented by APA, and Mikhail Nayfield at Heroes and Villains Entertainment, with Diaz, Lynch and SVP of Legal & Business Affairs Anant Tamirisa representing AGC Television.
Alongside Gaspin Media, AGC is also behind...
- 4/22/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: First Wind Film Development has optioned TV rights to Rick Bleiweiss’ recently published debut mystery novel Pignon Scorbion and the Barbershop Detectives, with Brendan Deneen and Josh Stanton of Blackstone Publishing attached to produce the adaptation.
The book is set in 1910, in the small English municipality of Haxford, which has a new Chief Police Inspector. At first, the dapper and unflappable Pignon Scorbion, a Brit of Egyptian and Haitian descent, strikes something of an odd figure among the locals. But it isn’t long before Haxford finds itself very much in need of a detective. Investigating a trio of crimes whose origins span half a century, Scorbion interviews a parade of people with potential motives, but with every apparent clue, new surprises come to light. And just as it seems nothing can derail Scorbion, in walks Thelma Smith—dazzling, whip-smart, and newly single. Has Scorbion finally met his match?...
The book is set in 1910, in the small English municipality of Haxford, which has a new Chief Police Inspector. At first, the dapper and unflappable Pignon Scorbion, a Brit of Egyptian and Haitian descent, strikes something of an odd figure among the locals. But it isn’t long before Haxford finds itself very much in need of a detective. Investigating a trio of crimes whose origins span half a century, Scorbion interviews a parade of people with potential motives, but with every apparent clue, new surprises come to light. And just as it seems nothing can derail Scorbion, in walks Thelma Smith—dazzling, whip-smart, and newly single. Has Scorbion finally met his match?...
- 4/5/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Two books feature in director Jeff Baena’s new irreverent brainchild “Spin Me Round”: One is the quintessentially sentimental and aggressively life-affirming “Eat, Pray, Love,” while the other, likely more obscure for American audiences, is Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez’s gritty, nonfiction crime saga “News of a Kidnapping.”
An Olive Garden commercial that devolves into “Eyes Wide Shut,” the film fluctuates between the two distinct modes of these tomes: the artificial, improbable fantasy of a vibrant European trip where all inhibitions are put on hold, and the fear-inducing suspicion that something perverse and worthy of uncovering might be unfolding right under the surface.
True to its title, Baena’s latest takes us through more than a few tonal twists and plot turns, even if they don’t always land smoothly or humorously, in its exploration of how fooling oneself into believing a fantastical fiction can provide dangerous respite from a bland,...
An Olive Garden commercial that devolves into “Eyes Wide Shut,” the film fluctuates between the two distinct modes of these tomes: the artificial, improbable fantasy of a vibrant European trip where all inhibitions are put on hold, and the fear-inducing suspicion that something perverse and worthy of uncovering might be unfolding right under the surface.
True to its title, Baena’s latest takes us through more than a few tonal twists and plot turns, even if they don’t always land smoothly or humorously, in its exploration of how fooling oneself into believing a fantastical fiction can provide dangerous respite from a bland,...
- 3/13/2022
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
It has been a good day for everyone, even for God. No sign of rain. No evidence of disease or blood. — Henry Miller, quoted at the beginning of El año de la peste Around this time a year ago, many of us were suddenly sent home and forced to become film programmers. I asked people: after Contagion or, from a far distance, Outbreak, what was the ultimate Coronavirus movie? The Last Days of Planet Earth? Prophecies of Nostradamus? 28 Weeks Later? The Host? Tsai Ming-Liang’s The Hole? The South Korean apocalypse thriller The Flu? Logan’s Run? The Seed of Man? Soylent Green? 12 Monkeys? Kinji Fukasaku’s Virus? […]
The post Phase Zero: Felipe Cazals on His 1979 Gabriel García Márquez Collaboration, El año de la peste (Year of the Plague) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
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- 3/1/2021
- by Steve Macfarlane
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
It has been a good day for everyone, even for God. No sign of rain. No evidence of disease or blood. — Henry Miller, quoted at the beginning of El año de la peste Around this time a year ago, many of us were suddenly sent home and forced to become film programmers. I asked people: after Contagion or, from a far distance, Outbreak, what was the ultimate Coronavirus movie? The Last Days of Planet Earth? Prophecies of Nostradamus? 28 Weeks Later? The Host? Tsai Ming-Liang’s The Hole? The South Korean apocalypse thriller The Flu? Logan’s Run? The Seed of Man? Soylent Green? 12 Monkeys? Kinji Fukasaku’s Virus? […]
The post Phase Zero: Felipe Cazals on His 1979 Gabriel García Márquez Collaboration, El año de la peste (Year of the Plague) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Phase Zero: Felipe Cazals on His 1979 Gabriel García Márquez Collaboration, El año de la peste (Year of the Plague) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 3/1/2021
- by Steve Macfarlane
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
AGC Television producing, fully financing eight-episode series.
Production has begun in Dominican Republic on AGC Television’s crime thriller Leopard Skin which Sebastian Gutierrez is directing from his screenplay.
Carla Gugino leads an ensemble cast on the story about a gang who flee a botched heist and seek refuge in a beachside estate where two women live in seclusion, triggering secrets, betrayal and desire.
The cast includes Amelia Eve (The Haunting Of Bly Manor), Gentry White (Palm Springs), Philip Winchester (Law & Order: Svu), Margot Bingham (The Walking Dead), Gaite Jansen (Peaky Blinders), Nora Arnezeder (Mozart In The Jungle), and Ana de la Reguera.
Production has begun in Dominican Republic on AGC Television’s crime thriller Leopard Skin which Sebastian Gutierrez is directing from his screenplay.
Carla Gugino leads an ensemble cast on the story about a gang who flee a botched heist and seek refuge in a beachside estate where two women live in seclusion, triggering secrets, betrayal and desire.
The cast includes Amelia Eve (The Haunting Of Bly Manor), Gentry White (Palm Springs), Philip Winchester (Law & Order: Svu), Margot Bingham (The Walking Dead), Gaite Jansen (Peaky Blinders), Nora Arnezeder (Mozart In The Jungle), and Ana de la Reguera.
- 2/9/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bursting onto the Latin American film-tv scene in the second half of last decade, Colombia’s Fidelio Films has struck a development and co-production deal with Stories, the burgeoning film-tv arm of Spain-based publishing giant Editorial Planeta.
The news comes as Fidelio prepares to present at Spain’s Conecta Fiction, a Europe-Latin America TV production forum, the supernatural drama series “Tenebris,” which won an Our Local is Global grant from the Tribeca Film Institute.
First title up in Fidelio-Editorial Planeta deal is Fidelio partner Mauricio Leiva Cock’s movie adaptation of cult Colombian writer Andrés Caicedo’s unfinished novel “Noche sin Fortuna.” Also in the mix is a small screen makeover of “Persona Normal,” a Mexican and Latin American bestseller written by Mexico’s Benito Taibo.
Fidelio’s deal sees it parlaying the extraordinary recent writing and directing record of partners Leiva Cock and David Figueroa García into strategic alliances...
The news comes as Fidelio prepares to present at Spain’s Conecta Fiction, a Europe-Latin America TV production forum, the supernatural drama series “Tenebris,” which won an Our Local is Global grant from the Tribeca Film Institute.
First title up in Fidelio-Editorial Planeta deal is Fidelio partner Mauricio Leiva Cock’s movie adaptation of cult Colombian writer Andrés Caicedo’s unfinished novel “Noche sin Fortuna.” Also in the mix is a small screen makeover of “Persona Normal,” a Mexican and Latin American bestseller written by Mexico’s Benito Taibo.
Fidelio’s deal sees it parlaying the extraordinary recent writing and directing record of partners Leiva Cock and David Figueroa García into strategic alliances...
- 9/1/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Signaling its second project bound for Cannes’ late June virtual market, Agc Studios will fully finance and co-produce criminal justice thriller “Panopticon,” Agc chairman-ceo Stuart Ford announced Thursday.
Sales arm Agc International is handling international sales; CAA Media Finance, which arranged for the film’s financing, will represent a domestic sale. The two companies will co-represent Chinese distribution rights
Set up at Scott Free Productions, and based on a screenplay from Emily Jerome which made the 2017 Black List, “Panopticon” will be directed by Andrés Baiz, a founding father of Colombia’s modern-day cinema who made one of its highlights (“The Hidden Face”) and has gained large international profile directing 12 episodes of “Narcos” and now four of “Narcos: Mexico.”
Active casting is ongoing with production scheduled to begin in Fall 2020 on a feature which aims to take a hard look at the U.S. criminal justice system – befitting its title of...
Sales arm Agc International is handling international sales; CAA Media Finance, which arranged for the film’s financing, will represent a domestic sale. The two companies will co-represent Chinese distribution rights
Set up at Scott Free Productions, and based on a screenplay from Emily Jerome which made the 2017 Black List, “Panopticon” will be directed by Andrés Baiz, a founding father of Colombia’s modern-day cinema who made one of its highlights (“The Hidden Face”) and has gained large international profile directing 12 episodes of “Narcos” and now four of “Narcos: Mexico.”
Active casting is ongoing with production scheduled to begin in Fall 2020 on a feature which aims to take a hard look at the U.S. criminal justice system – befitting its title of...
- 5/28/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Actor-singer-songwriter Nick Jonas and Laurence Fishburne are set to star in “The Blacksmith” which, financed and produced by Agc Studios, signals a potential early top title with the makings of a new action thriller movie franchise at June’s Cannes virtual markets.
Jonas and Fishburne were unveiled Tuesday by Stuart Ford, Agc Studios chairman and CEO, who also said that the producers would “soon be announcing an equally outstanding young female actor to play across from Nick.”
“Taken’s” Pierre Morel will direct from a screenplay adaptation by Ben Ripley of the acclaimed 2011 graphic novel from Kickstart Comics by Malik Evans and Richard Sparkman.
“Pairing“ an exhilarating young talent like Nick with seasoned heavyweights such as Pierre and Laurence” means that after the female lead’s casting, “we will have all the ingredients for a major new film franchise built around a very modern breed of action hero,” Ford added.
Jonas and Fishburne were unveiled Tuesday by Stuart Ford, Agc Studios chairman and CEO, who also said that the producers would “soon be announcing an equally outstanding young female actor to play across from Nick.”
“Taken’s” Pierre Morel will direct from a screenplay adaptation by Ben Ripley of the acclaimed 2011 graphic novel from Kickstart Comics by Malik Evans and Richard Sparkman.
“Pairing“ an exhilarating young talent like Nick with seasoned heavyweights such as Pierre and Laurence” means that after the female lead’s casting, “we will have all the ingredients for a major new film franchise built around a very modern breed of action hero,” Ford added.
- 5/19/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The saga continues, featuring Adam Rifkin, Robert D. Krzykowski, John Sayles, Maggie Renzi, Mick Garris and Larry Wilmore with special guest star Blaire Bercy from the Hollywood Food Coalition.
Please support the Hollywood Food Coalition. Text “Give” to 323.402.5704 or visit https://hofoco.org/donate!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Key Largo (1948)
I Don’t Want to Talk About It (1993)
Camila (1984)
I, the Worst of All (1990)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Diabolique (1955)
Red Beard (1965)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Ikiru (1952)
General Della Rovere (1959)
The Gold of Naples (1959)
Bitter Rice (1949)
Pickup On South Street (1953)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
Yellow Sky (1948)
Ace In The Hole (1951)
Wall Street (1987)
Women’s Prison (1955)
True Love (1989)
Mean Streets (1973)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Abyss (1989)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Big (1988)
Splash (1984)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Long Strange Trip (2017)
Little Women (2019)
Learning To Skateboard In A War Zone (If You’re A Girl) (2019)
The Guns of Navarone...
Please support the Hollywood Food Coalition. Text “Give” to 323.402.5704 or visit https://hofoco.org/donate!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Key Largo (1948)
I Don’t Want to Talk About It (1993)
Camila (1984)
I, the Worst of All (1990)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Diabolique (1955)
Red Beard (1965)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Ikiru (1952)
General Della Rovere (1959)
The Gold of Naples (1959)
Bitter Rice (1949)
Pickup On South Street (1953)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Panic In The Streets (1950)
Yellow Sky (1948)
Ace In The Hole (1951)
Wall Street (1987)
Women’s Prison (1955)
True Love (1989)
Mean Streets (1973)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Abyss (1989)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Big (1988)
Splash (1984)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Long Strange Trip (2017)
Little Women (2019)
Learning To Skateboard In A War Zone (If You’re A Girl) (2019)
The Guns of Navarone...
- 4/17/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
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