Kicking off on May 15-17 with the LA Independents, with a heavyweight Spanish-language presence, the LA Screenings then host Hollywood studio presentations. To help cut through the slates, – especially at the LA Independents but including some big studio plays – here’s Variety’s pick of 20 top titles:
“The Americas,” (NBCU, BBC Studios)
Narrated by Tom Hanks, his first unscripted narrator gig, and billed as an epic natural history series from “Planet Earth” producer BBC Studios Natural History Unit in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio. Scored by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and using groundbreaking technology to reveal the continent’s natural wonders. Previewed at MipTV, in a presentation which was one of the biggest events of the whole market.
“Amia,” (Dori Media Group)
Unfolding against the background of the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires and in 1994 against Amia, the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association, the...
“The Americas,” (NBCU, BBC Studios)
Narrated by Tom Hanks, his first unscripted narrator gig, and billed as an epic natural history series from “Planet Earth” producer BBC Studios Natural History Unit in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio. Scored by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and using groundbreaking technology to reveal the continent’s natural wonders. Previewed at MipTV, in a presentation which was one of the biggest events of the whole market.
“Amia,” (Dori Media Group)
Unfolding against the background of the terror attacks of 1992 on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires and in 1994 against Amia, the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association, the...
- 5/14/2024
- by John Hopewell and Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
In a move that could suggest the start of a promising future for Portuguese telenovelas in Spain, sales house Onza Distribution has sold primetime hit soap “Cacau” (“Cacao”) to Mediaset España, one of the country’s two big commercial free-to-air broadcasters.
Premiering Jan. 15 in Portugal via broadcaster Tvi, the telenovela scored a standout 19.5% audience share on its debut. Since then, it continued leading Portuguese TV primetime, averaging a 19% viewership share.
“Cacao” is produced by leading Portuguese telenovela outfit Plural Entertainment for Tvi. Following its remarkable track record, Mediaset España inked with Onza to air “Cacao” on its thematic channel Divinity.
Set in a cocoa plantation in Itacaré (Brazil), the telenovela follows a young girl of Portuguese family named Cacao – played by actress Matilde Reymão – who makes chocolate with exotic flavors.
Her life changes when the man who seemed to be her biological father, Joaquim – actor Paulo Calatré – reveals her true...
Premiering Jan. 15 in Portugal via broadcaster Tvi, the telenovela scored a standout 19.5% audience share on its debut. Since then, it continued leading Portuguese TV primetime, averaging a 19% viewership share.
“Cacao” is produced by leading Portuguese telenovela outfit Plural Entertainment for Tvi. Following its remarkable track record, Mediaset España inked with Onza to air “Cacao” on its thematic channel Divinity.
Set in a cocoa plantation in Itacaré (Brazil), the telenovela follows a young girl of Portuguese family named Cacao – played by actress Matilde Reymão – who makes chocolate with exotic flavors.
Her life changes when the man who seemed to be her biological father, Joaquim – actor Paulo Calatré – reveals her true...
- 4/9/2024
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
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