Today, Apple TV+ announced that Land of Women, its new six-episode dramedy starring and executive produced by Golden Globe nominee Eva Longoria, will make its global debut with two episodes on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
New chapters will unfold every Wednesday through July 24, 2024. The series will also star legendary film and television star Carmen Maura and newcomer Victoria Bazúa.
Land of Women stars Longoria as Gala, a New York empty nester whose life is turned upside down when her husband implicates the family in financial improprieties. She is forced to flee the city alongside her aging mother (Maura) and teenage daughter (Bazúa).
To escape the dangerous criminals to whom Gala’s now vanished husband is indebted, the three women hide in the same charming wine town in northern Spain that Gala’s mother fled 50 years ago, vowing never to return. The women seek to start anew and hope their identities will remain unknown,...
New chapters will unfold every Wednesday through July 24, 2024. The series will also star legendary film and television star Carmen Maura and newcomer Victoria Bazúa.
Land of Women stars Longoria as Gala, a New York empty nester whose life is turned upside down when her husband implicates the family in financial improprieties. She is forced to flee the city alongside her aging mother (Maura) and teenage daughter (Bazúa).
To escape the dangerous criminals to whom Gala’s now vanished husband is indebted, the three women hide in the same charming wine town in northern Spain that Gala’s mother fled 50 years ago, vowing never to return. The women seek to start anew and hope their identities will remain unknown,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Land of Women, the six-episode dramedy series from Apple TV+ executive produced by and starring Eva Longoria, will have its global premiere June 26 when the streamer drops the first two episodes. New episodes will follow one per week on Wednesdays.
The Apple Studios series, inspired Sandra Barneda’s bestselling novel La tierra de las mujeres and shot in both English and Spanish, stars Longoria as Gala, a New York empty-nester whose life is turned upside down when her husband implicates the family in financial improprieties, and she is forced to flee the city alongside her aging mother (Carmen Maura) and teenage daughter (Victoria Bazúa).
‘Land of Women’
To escape the dangerous criminals to whom Gala’s now vanished husband is indebted, the women hide in the same charming wine town in northern Spain that Gala’s mother fled 50 years ago, vowing never to return. They seek to start anew and...
The Apple Studios series, inspired Sandra Barneda’s bestselling novel La tierra de las mujeres and shot in both English and Spanish, stars Longoria as Gala, a New York empty-nester whose life is turned upside down when her husband implicates the family in financial improprieties, and she is forced to flee the city alongside her aging mother (Carmen Maura) and teenage daughter (Victoria Bazúa).
‘Land of Women’
To escape the dangerous criminals to whom Gala’s now vanished husband is indebted, the women hide in the same charming wine town in northern Spain that Gala’s mother fled 50 years ago, vowing never to return. They seek to start anew and...
- 4/10/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Eva Longoria has boarded Jefferson Stein’s live-action short “Burros” as an executive producer.
She will exec produce alongside Sandra Condito, president of film and TV at Longoria’s production company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment.
“Burros” tells the story of a “six-year-old Indigenous girl who discovers a Latina migrant her age who has lost her father while traveling through the Tohono O’odham tribal lands into the United States,” according to the logline.
The film is set just miles from the Mexico-u.S. border in southern Arizona.
“As a Mexican-American from Texas, it is vital that we champion stories like this, which is why I’m thrilled to come on board as executive producer,” said Longoria. “The Mexico-u.S. border crossing is such a complex political flashpoint, but in Jefferson Stein’s short film ‘Burros,’ we see two six-year-old girls: kindred spirits from opposing sides of the border who immediately connect with...
She will exec produce alongside Sandra Condito, president of film and TV at Longoria’s production company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment.
“Burros” tells the story of a “six-year-old Indigenous girl who discovers a Latina migrant her age who has lost her father while traveling through the Tohono O’odham tribal lands into the United States,” according to the logline.
The film is set just miles from the Mexico-u.S. border in southern Arizona.
“As a Mexican-American from Texas, it is vital that we champion stories like this, which is why I’m thrilled to come on board as executive producer,” said Longoria. “The Mexico-u.S. border crossing is such a complex political flashpoint, but in Jefferson Stein’s short film ‘Burros,’ we see two six-year-old girls: kindred spirits from opposing sides of the border who immediately connect with...
- 12/6/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The 2022 edition of InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival from NewFilmmakers LA (Nfmla) will be held from Sept. 23-24 in association with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For the first time since 2019, the festival will be held in-person at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The lineup consists of three short film programs showcasing a variety of genres. The festival, which is co-presented by The Mbs Group, includes screenings, filmmaker Q&a sessions, industry development programs and educational panels.
The festival features independent films from emerging talent hailing from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezuela and the United States. Two world premieres will be held at the festival, and one film will see its North American premiere.
“This program is incredibly special to the Nfmla community and to Los Angelenos,” Bojana Sandic, Nfmla programming director, and Larry Laboe, executive director and co-founder,...
For the first time since 2019, the festival will be held in-person at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The lineup consists of three short film programs showcasing a variety of genres. The festival, which is co-presented by The Mbs Group, includes screenings, filmmaker Q&a sessions, industry development programs and educational panels.
The festival features independent films from emerging talent hailing from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezuela and the United States. Two world premieres will be held at the festival, and one film will see its North American premiere.
“This program is incredibly special to the Nfmla community and to Los Angelenos,” Bojana Sandic, Nfmla programming director, and Larry Laboe, executive director and co-founder,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Industry veteran Sandra Condito has joined Eva Longoria‘s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment as President of TV & Film. She succeeds Longoria’s long-time producing partner Ben Spector who will stay on for select projects.
Most recently, Condito served as SVP of International Production and Development at Sony Pictures Entertainment where she was responsible for overseeing the creative development and production of international local-language films.
Condito began her career in New York at Miramax/Dimension Films, executing publicity and marketing campaigns for films such as Kevin Williamson and Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty; Halloween: H20, and the multi Oscar-winning Life is Beautiful.
She went on to work with Rodriguez and his producing partner, Elizabeth Avellán, helping to build Rodriguez’s Troublemaker brand which achieved over 1B in total box office with the success of the Spy Kids franchise, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sin City, and Grindhouse.
“For the past 15 years,...
Most recently, Condito served as SVP of International Production and Development at Sony Pictures Entertainment where she was responsible for overseeing the creative development and production of international local-language films.
Condito began her career in New York at Miramax/Dimension Films, executing publicity and marketing campaigns for films such as Kevin Williamson and Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty; Halloween: H20, and the multi Oscar-winning Life is Beautiful.
She went on to work with Rodriguez and his producing partner, Elizabeth Avellán, helping to build Rodriguez’s Troublemaker brand which achieved over 1B in total box office with the success of the Spy Kids franchise, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sin City, and Grindhouse.
“For the past 15 years,...
- 4/20/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mexican superstar Omar Chaparro (No Manches Frida series & Pokemon Detective Pikachu) has been set for the lead role in Tequila Re-Pasado, an original comedy from Sony Pictures International Productions.
Spanish director María Ripoll is helming the pic, re-teaming with Sony after recently wrapping Guerra de Likes in Mexico for the studio. The new film is adapted from an original script by Judd Pillot and Gerald B. Fillmore, which follows a workaholic who must outwit his multiplying clones after a magical tequila travels him back in time – again and again – in order to make things right with his family.
The film will be produced by J. Fernando Pérez Gavilán at Born Free and Santiago García Galván at García Tagliavini Productions, with Sandra Condito and Raymundo Díaz-González overseeing for Sony. Chaparro will also act as executive producer.
Production is scheduled to begin in Mexico spring 2021.
Chaparro was the star of Spanish-language...
Spanish director María Ripoll is helming the pic, re-teaming with Sony after recently wrapping Guerra de Likes in Mexico for the studio. The new film is adapted from an original script by Judd Pillot and Gerald B. Fillmore, which follows a workaholic who must outwit his multiplying clones after a magical tequila travels him back in time – again and again – in order to make things right with his family.
The film will be produced by J. Fernando Pérez Gavilán at Born Free and Santiago García Galván at García Tagliavini Productions, with Sandra Condito and Raymundo Díaz-González overseeing for Sony. Chaparro will also act as executive producer.
Production is scheduled to begin in Mexico spring 2021.
Chaparro was the star of Spanish-language...
- 8/25/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Mexico’s Mauricio Ochmann is re-teaming with director Pitipol Ybarra for the Mexican remake of the 2018 German hit “25 Km/H” from Sony Pictures Intl. Prods. (Spip).
Ochmann and Ybarra previously collaborated on family drama “Ya Veremos,” which Pantelion/Lionsgate released in the U.S. on Labor Day weekend in 2018. Drama topped the specialty releases that weekend, grossing an estimated $1.8 million over the three-day holiday.
In “25 Km/H,” an estranged brother and sister reunite at their father’s funeral and make a spur of the moment decision to fulfill their childhood dream of driving across Mexico on their old motorbikes. The cross-country adventure allows them to mend their relationship and bring some renewed purpose to their lives.
“We honestly can’t believe our good fortune to be able to reteam Mauricio and Pitipol for this title,” said Laine Kline, head of Spip. “As a duo, they bring that rare quality that...
Ochmann and Ybarra previously collaborated on family drama “Ya Veremos,” which Pantelion/Lionsgate released in the U.S. on Labor Day weekend in 2018. Drama topped the specialty releases that weekend, grossing an estimated $1.8 million over the three-day holiday.
In “25 Km/H,” an estranged brother and sister reunite at their father’s funeral and make a spur of the moment decision to fulfill their childhood dream of driving across Mexico on their old motorbikes. The cross-country adventure allows them to mend their relationship and bring some renewed purpose to their lives.
“We honestly can’t believe our good fortune to be able to reteam Mauricio and Pitipol for this title,” said Laine Kline, head of Spip. “As a duo, they bring that rare quality that...
- 6/24/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Straight Up Films is getting into the video game movie business and is producing a feature adaptation of the Square Enix video game series Thief, with Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh also producing. Lee is producing under his Vertigo Entertainment banner. Sandra Condito, President of Production at Straight Up Films will exec produce alongside Khalid Jones of Source Rock and Square Enix, and Adam Mason and Simon Boyes have been tapped to write the script. First launched by…...
- 3/4/2016
- Deadline
Plus:Art Directors Guild nominees; Laura Lancaster, Sandra Condito on the move; production wraps on People You May Know; and more…
Ennio Morricone will be honoured for his score on The Hateful Eight at the 11th Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest in Hollywood, which runs February 21-27 at the Chinese 6 Theatres.
The five-time Oscar nominee has a Golden Globe nomination for his latest score for The Hateful Eight. His credits include Malena, Bugsy, The Untouchables, The Mission and Days Of Heaven. He received an honourary Oscar in 2007.
Bridge Of Spies, Crimson Peak, The Martian, The Revenant, Jurassic World and Trumbo are among the Art Directors Guild film nominees across various categories for the 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design in Beverly Hills on January 31. For the full line-up click here.
Laura Lancaster has been named president of Alcon Television Group reporting to Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-ceo’s Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Lancaster previously...
Ennio Morricone will be honoured for his score on The Hateful Eight at the 11th Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest in Hollywood, which runs February 21-27 at the Chinese 6 Theatres.
The five-time Oscar nominee has a Golden Globe nomination for his latest score for The Hateful Eight. His credits include Malena, Bugsy, The Untouchables, The Mission and Days Of Heaven. He received an honourary Oscar in 2007.
Bridge Of Spies, Crimson Peak, The Martian, The Revenant, Jurassic World and Trumbo are among the Art Directors Guild film nominees across various categories for the 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design in Beverly Hills on January 31. For the full line-up click here.
Laura Lancaster has been named president of Alcon Television Group reporting to Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-ceo’s Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Lancaster previously...
- 1/5/2016
- ScreenDaily
Sandra Condito, a onetime Miramax/Dimension Films exec, has been hired as president of production at Straight Up Films. She most recently oversaw acquisitions, development and production at the Lionsgate-Televisa joint venture Pantelion Films. Los Angeles-based Straight Up is a production company focused on developing and producing film, TV and commercials. Its recent film credits include Transcendence and the Natalie Portman-starrer Jane Got A Gun. Marisa Polvino and…...
- 1/5/2016
- Deadline
Lantica Pictures, the former Indomina, is in post on their first project under the multi-picture agreement with Pantelion Films announced this past 2014 Cannes. Pantelion Films will head up domestic and international distribution through the second partnership agreement between the two companies.
"Cómplices," (Accomplices) which is now in advanced post-production stage, is a romantic comedy which marks the company’s first Dominican-shot film under the multi-picture deal signed with Pantelion Films.The film tells the story of an uncle who is forced to take his despondent nephew under his wing as they go on an exotic adventure to the Dominican Republic. The movie was directed by Luis Eduardo Reyes and produced by Leo Zimbrón, producer of the Mexican hit "Pulling Strings," with Sandra Condito and Lantica Pictures, Lantica Media’s production company. "Cómplices" features Mexican actors Arath De La Torre and Jesús Zavala as well as Dominican stars Liche Ariza, Paula Ferry, Sharlene Taulé and Claudette Lalí.
“The completion of principal photography on our first project under the multi-picture agreement with Pantelion Films is an achievement of which we are quite proud,” commented Antonio Gennari, CEO of Lantica Media. "It’s another step forward in strengthening the Dominican film industry and allowing the world to see what we have to offer”.
Paul Presburger, CEO of Pantelion Films added, “We had a wonderful experience working with Lantica Pictures and their team. We look forward to continuing to produce great films in the Dominican Republic with Lantica Media."
"Cómplices" was produced entirely in the Dominican Republic, taking advantage of the diverse range of locations the country has to offer, as well as the powerful incentives provided by the country’s Cinema Law.
More about Lantica Pictures
Lantica Pictures is a film production company based in the Dominican Republic destined to be a leading competitor in the international marketplace. Lantica Pictures develops, finances and produces original content for both English and Spanish language audiences. Projects in development for 2015 include three English-language features as well as four additional Spanish-language films.
Lantica Pictures is an operating unit of Lantica Media (www.lantica.media), an innovative media company that invests across several segments of the entertainment industry.
More about Pantelion
Pantelion Films is the first major Latino Hollywood studio and the new face of Hispanic entertainment. Launched in 2010, Pantelion releases include the breakout hit "Instructions Not Included," the recent box office success "Cantinflas," which achieved the highest per screen average of any film in nationwide release on its opening weekend, as well as films such as "Pulling Strings," "Casa de mi Padre" and "From Prada to Nada."...
"Cómplices," (Accomplices) which is now in advanced post-production stage, is a romantic comedy which marks the company’s first Dominican-shot film under the multi-picture deal signed with Pantelion Films.The film tells the story of an uncle who is forced to take his despondent nephew under his wing as they go on an exotic adventure to the Dominican Republic. The movie was directed by Luis Eduardo Reyes and produced by Leo Zimbrón, producer of the Mexican hit "Pulling Strings," with Sandra Condito and Lantica Pictures, Lantica Media’s production company. "Cómplices" features Mexican actors Arath De La Torre and Jesús Zavala as well as Dominican stars Liche Ariza, Paula Ferry, Sharlene Taulé and Claudette Lalí.
“The completion of principal photography on our first project under the multi-picture agreement with Pantelion Films is an achievement of which we are quite proud,” commented Antonio Gennari, CEO of Lantica Media. "It’s another step forward in strengthening the Dominican film industry and allowing the world to see what we have to offer”.
Paul Presburger, CEO of Pantelion Films added, “We had a wonderful experience working with Lantica Pictures and their team. We look forward to continuing to produce great films in the Dominican Republic with Lantica Media."
"Cómplices" was produced entirely in the Dominican Republic, taking advantage of the diverse range of locations the country has to offer, as well as the powerful incentives provided by the country’s Cinema Law.
More about Lantica Pictures
Lantica Pictures is a film production company based in the Dominican Republic destined to be a leading competitor in the international marketplace. Lantica Pictures develops, finances and produces original content for both English and Spanish language audiences. Projects in development for 2015 include three English-language features as well as four additional Spanish-language films.
Lantica Pictures is an operating unit of Lantica Media (www.lantica.media), an innovative media company that invests across several segments of the entertainment industry.
More about Pantelion
Pantelion Films is the first major Latino Hollywood studio and the new face of Hispanic entertainment. Launched in 2010, Pantelion releases include the breakout hit "Instructions Not Included," the recent box office success "Cantinflas," which achieved the highest per screen average of any film in nationwide release on its opening weekend, as well as films such as "Pulling Strings," "Casa de mi Padre" and "From Prada to Nada."...
- 3/11/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Romantic comedy, starring Arath De La Torre [pictured], is Lantica Pictures’ first Dominican-shot film under multi-picture deal signed with Pantelion Films.
Lantica Pictures has announced that principal photography has wrapped on Cómplices.
Directed by Luis Eduardo Reyes, the romantic comedy is the company’s first Dominican-shot film under the multi-picture deal signed with Pantelion Films. It is produced by Leo Zimbrón with Sandra Condito and Lantica Pictures, the production arm of Lantica Media.
Pantelion Films will head up domestic and international distribution through the second partnership agreement between the two companies, announced at Cannes last year.
Antonio Gennari, CEO of Lantica Media, commented: “The completion of principal photography on our first project under the multi-picture agreement with Pantelion Films is an achievement of which we are quite proud. It’s another step forward in strengthening the Dominican film industry and allowing the world to see what we have to offer.”
“We had a wonderful experience working with Lantica...
Lantica Pictures has announced that principal photography has wrapped on Cómplices.
Directed by Luis Eduardo Reyes, the romantic comedy is the company’s first Dominican-shot film under the multi-picture deal signed with Pantelion Films. It is produced by Leo Zimbrón with Sandra Condito and Lantica Pictures, the production arm of Lantica Media.
Pantelion Films will head up domestic and international distribution through the second partnership agreement between the two companies, announced at Cannes last year.
Antonio Gennari, CEO of Lantica Media, commented: “The completion of principal photography on our first project under the multi-picture agreement with Pantelion Films is an achievement of which we are quite proud. It’s another step forward in strengthening the Dominican film industry and allowing the world to see what we have to offer.”
“We had a wonderful experience working with Lantica...
- 3/9/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Indomina Media International and Pantelion Films have teamed up for the second time after 2012’s Filly Brown to co-finance and distribute internationally a group of predominantly Spanish-language films.
The multi-title deal provides for the Dominican-based production branch of Indomina Media International to finance up to four films a year with wide commercial appeal and guaranteed international distribution.
Pantelion, which just launched an international sales division, will acquire worldwide distribution rights to all the films. Pantelion will distribute in the Us and Videocine, Televisa’s film arm, will handle Mexico. Pantelion is the joint venture between Lionsgate and Grupo Televisa.
Financing comes through Indomina’s new fund designed to develop and produce Dominican films targeted at international audiences. The fund’s advisory board includes Dominican director-producer Juan Basanta and Wme Global’s Alexis Garcia.
The first of two projects already in production is Cómplices, about a philanderer who takes his heartbroken nephew with him on a sexy beach...
The multi-title deal provides for the Dominican-based production branch of Indomina Media International to finance up to four films a year with wide commercial appeal and guaranteed international distribution.
Pantelion, which just launched an international sales division, will acquire worldwide distribution rights to all the films. Pantelion will distribute in the Us and Videocine, Televisa’s film arm, will handle Mexico. Pantelion is the joint venture between Lionsgate and Grupo Televisa.
Financing comes through Indomina’s new fund designed to develop and produce Dominican films targeted at international audiences. The fund’s advisory board includes Dominican director-producer Juan Basanta and Wme Global’s Alexis Garcia.
The first of two projects already in production is Cómplices, about a philanderer who takes his heartbroken nephew with him on a sexy beach...
- 5/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor behind 2013 smash Instructions Not Included has boarded the English-language rom-com by writers Jill Mazursky and Jamee Decio.
Sandra Condito and Paul M Perez will produce Hopelessly Devoted and have earmarked production for later this year.
The story centres on a notorious Major League Baseball player and a nun beset by doubts.
Instructions Not Included (pictured) became the highest grossing Spanish-lanaguge film released in the Us last year on $44.5m.
Sandra Condito and Paul M Perez will produce Hopelessly Devoted and have earmarked production for later this year.
The story centres on a notorious Major League Baseball player and a nun beset by doubts.
Instructions Not Included (pictured) became the highest grossing Spanish-lanaguge film released in the Us last year on $44.5m.
- 3/24/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Pantelion Films has optioned the script for English-language romantic comedy Hopelessly Devoted from writers Jill Mazursky and Jamee Decio. Sandra Condito and Paul M. Perez will produce the film, which is targeted to begin production later this year. In Hopelessly Devoted , a notorious Major League Baseball player and a nun, who has been experiencing doubts about her vocation, find that opposites attract. Mazursky's writing credits include Taking Care of Business , which she co-wrote with J.J. Abrams, and Golf Punks . She is also executive producing upcoming documentary Keep on Keepin' On . Mazursky and Decio are represented by Untitled Entertainment and Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman.
- 3/24/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Pantelion Films, the feted joint venture between Lionsgate and Mexico’s Grupo Televisa, has signed a multi-picture agreement with Dominican Republic-based Indomina Media to co-finance and distribute films.
The pact is focused on the next two years yet is in fact open-ended and calls for the production of up to three films a year.
Several projects are in development with Indomina, which over the last year has reconfigured operations to move away from distribution and focus on production, utilising its recently opened Pinewood Indomina Studios in the Dominican Republic.
Pantelion will distribute the films in the Us and its partners will distribute in Latin America, with additional international rights to be sold at a later date.
Pantelion’s Sandra Condito and Indomina Media International vice-president Stacey Stanley will oversee the projects for the studio. The companies most recently collaborated on 2012 release Filly Brown (pictured).
“We’re pleased to extend our partnership with Indomina, which has emerged...
The pact is focused on the next two years yet is in fact open-ended and calls for the production of up to three films a year.
Several projects are in development with Indomina, which over the last year has reconfigured operations to move away from distribution and focus on production, utilising its recently opened Pinewood Indomina Studios in the Dominican Republic.
Pantelion will distribute the films in the Us and its partners will distribute in Latin America, with additional international rights to be sold at a later date.
Pantelion’s Sandra Condito and Indomina Media International vice-president Stacey Stanley will oversee the projects for the studio. The companies most recently collaborated on 2012 release Filly Brown (pictured).
“We’re pleased to extend our partnership with Indomina, which has emerged...
- 12/11/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Pantelion Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to the suspense thriller Hours , directed by Eric Heisserer ( Final Destination 5 , The Thing ) and starring Paul Walker and Genesis Rodriguez, it was announced today by Pantelion Films CEO Paul Presburger. Pantelion will distribute the film theatrically and on VOD in the U.S. on December 13, 2013. Hours is produced by the Safran Company ( The Conjuring ) in conjunction with Palmstar Media and the Hirsch Group. The deal was made by Rena Ronson on behalf of UTA and Pantelion's Presburger. Pantelion production executives Sandra Condito and Paul Michael Perez found the film, which is set during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and follows a father's desperate attempt to keep his newborn daughter alive in...
- 8/20/2013
- Comingsoon.net
- Forget Revlon. Latino beauty Eva Mendes will be getting down and dirty as she changes things up, playing the one who'll be throwing the punches in her next pic. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Mendes is set to star in Jonathan Jakubowicz's Queen of the South, based on the bestseller by Arturo Perez Reverte. Mendes will be playing a Mexican woman who escapes to Spain after the murder of her boyfriend, only to become a powerful drug lord motivated to avenge her beau's death. Jakubowicz will also direct Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley in what will be the helmer's second feature. Hartnett will play a Marine, with Kingsley as a Russian businessman. Venezuelan director Jakuowicz's first pic, Secuestro express, was released in 2005 and tells the story of a wealthy young couple who are kidnapped by three delinquents. Sandra Condito and Elizabeth Avellan are set to produce the pic,
- 5/7/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Eva Mendes, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley will star in Jonathan Jakubowicz's drug-trafficking drama Queen of the South.
Elizabeth Avellan and Sandra Condito will produce the adaptation of Spanish writer Arturo Perez-Reverte's novel about a Mexican woman turned Spanish drug lord (Mendes) out to avenge her boyfriend's murder. Hartnett plays a Marine who gets involved in her business, and Kingsley plays a Russian businessman.
The project, once set up at Warner Independent, is now being independently financed by Winchester Capital in conjunction with Origen PC and Plural Entertainment. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
The leads are repped by CAA; Mendez is additionally repped by Management 360.
Elizabeth Avellan and Sandra Condito will produce the adaptation of Spanish writer Arturo Perez-Reverte's novel about a Mexican woman turned Spanish drug lord (Mendes) out to avenge her boyfriend's murder. Hartnett plays a Marine who gets involved in her business, and Kingsley plays a Russian businessman.
The project, once set up at Warner Independent, is now being independently financed by Winchester Capital in conjunction with Origen PC and Plural Entertainment. Essential Entertainment is handling international sales.
The leads are repped by CAA; Mendez is additionally repped by Management 360.
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