Mexico City — Mexico’s Cinepolis, one of the biggest movie theater chains in the world, has acquired rights for Latin America to Matías Meyer’s “Amores Modernos” (Modern Loves), which world premieres at this week’s Los Cabos Film Festival, playing in main competition.
In the U..S., “Modern Loves” has been taken by premium Latinx-content streaming platform, Pantaya, via the output deal Cinepolis has with Pantalion.
Moving ever more into distribution and sales for Latin America, as well as Mexican movie production, Cinepolis has also dropped a first trailer.Cinepolis will release “Modern Loves” directly in Mexico, licensing it in the rest of the region. A Mexican opening is scheduled for March 27, 2020.
“Modern Love is a project that we followed since its development,” said Leonardo Cordero, who runs Cinepolis Distribución.
He went on: “Matias’ willingness and bravery to work with actors after his previous work seems to reflect the...
In the U..S., “Modern Loves” has been taken by premium Latinx-content streaming platform, Pantaya, via the output deal Cinepolis has with Pantalion.
Moving ever more into distribution and sales for Latin America, as well as Mexican movie production, Cinepolis has also dropped a first trailer.Cinepolis will release “Modern Loves” directly in Mexico, licensing it in the rest of the region. A Mexican opening is scheduled for March 27, 2020.
“Modern Love is a project that we followed since its development,” said Leonardo Cordero, who runs Cinepolis Distribución.
He went on: “Matias’ willingness and bravery to work with actors after his previous work seems to reflect the...
- 11/13/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Morelia, Mexico – Mexican exhibition giant Cinepolis is gearing up to produce up to four or five films a year, said CEO Alejandro Ramirez as he took stock of the company’s “important” growth this past year.
He added that Cinepolis has “about 10 projects in development or pre-production.”
The company produced its first film last year, “Perfectos Desconocidos” by Manolo Caro, and has slated a May 2020 premiere for its next, the horror film “La Herencia del Mal” by Rodrigo Fiallega. The Cinepolis and Invicta Films co-production stars Camila Sodi, Juan Pablo Castañeda and Carlos Colombo.
“Herencia…” turns on Carmen, a journalist, who after the death of her mother and a miscarriage, retreats to her ancestral home to reconnect with her family’s history. While playing some VHS videos she has unearthed, she discovers that her grandmother had been an exorcist and upon further research, realizes that she herself was exorcised one...
He added that Cinepolis has “about 10 projects in development or pre-production.”
The company produced its first film last year, “Perfectos Desconocidos” by Manolo Caro, and has slated a May 2020 premiere for its next, the horror film “La Herencia del Mal” by Rodrigo Fiallega. The Cinepolis and Invicta Films co-production stars Camila Sodi, Juan Pablo Castañeda and Carlos Colombo.
“Herencia…” turns on Carmen, a journalist, who after the death of her mother and a miscarriage, retreats to her ancestral home to reconnect with her family’s history. While playing some VHS videos she has unearthed, she discovers that her grandmother had been an exorcist and upon further research, realizes that she herself was exorcised one...
- 10/24/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Morelia, Mexico – There’s a new arthouse player in town. Cinepolis, one of the top exhibitors in the world, is launching a new arthouse film distribution unit in Mexico called Sala de Arte Distribucion.
Focusing on auteur films that have premiered at leading film festivals worldwide, Sala de Arte launches in December with “Parasite,” Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or-winning dark comedy. South Korea’s submission to the Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category, “Parasite” has crushed specialty box office records and received glowing reviews in the U.S. since its October release by Neon, while also selling nearly 1.7 million tickets in France via The Jokers.
The launch of Sala de Arte comes five years after the exhibitor launched Cinepolis Distribución, the company’s main distribution division, which has released more than 75 titles. Leo Cordero, who runs Cinepolis Distribucion, will also oversee the arthouse division.
“Just like we...
Focusing on auteur films that have premiered at leading film festivals worldwide, Sala de Arte launches in December with “Parasite,” Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or-winning dark comedy. South Korea’s submission to the Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category, “Parasite” has crushed specialty box office records and received glowing reviews in the U.S. since its October release by Neon, while also selling nearly 1.7 million tickets in France via The Jokers.
The launch of Sala de Arte comes five years after the exhibitor launched Cinepolis Distribución, the company’s main distribution division, which has released more than 75 titles. Leo Cordero, who runs Cinepolis Distribucion, will also oversee the arthouse division.
“Just like we...
- 10/21/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
In a key step in its ongoing expansion Leone Film Group in 2014 partnered with young producer Marco Belardi and bought his small but commercially flourishing Lotus Production shingle, which has since become a bigger affair.
Raffaella Leone says while Lfg was being floated on the Milan bourse she knew they “had to guarantee content” to investors beyond titles available in Hollywood and on the international market at large. She also knew it was tough to build a production company from scratch, since “production was not our specific know-how.”
So Raffaella and Andrea zeroed in on Lotus, which in 10 years of activity had forged exclusive relationships with up-and-coming Italian directors such as Paolo Genovese, now known for 2016 megahit “Perfect Strangers.” After a few meetings, Belardi and the Leones struck up “a good personal feeling,” she says. And from there sprung a “fortunate match.”
Belardi recalls he was a bit taken aback...
Raffaella Leone says while Lfg was being floated on the Milan bourse she knew they “had to guarantee content” to investors beyond titles available in Hollywood and on the international market at large. She also knew it was tough to build a production company from scratch, since “production was not our specific know-how.”
So Raffaella and Andrea zeroed in on Lotus, which in 10 years of activity had forged exclusive relationships with up-and-coming Italian directors such as Paolo Genovese, now known for 2016 megahit “Perfect Strangers.” After a few meetings, Belardi and the Leones struck up “a good personal feeling,” she says. And from there sprung a “fortunate match.”
Belardi recalls he was a bit taken aback...
- 5/10/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Mexican director-writer-producer Manolo Caro whose hit Netflix series “The House of Flowers” (“La Casa de las Flores”) was renewed for two more seasons last year, has inked an exclusive production pact with the streaming giant. In an unprecedented multi-year deal for a Mexican director, Caro has committed to creating several TV series for Netflix.
First out the gate is “Someone Has to Die” (Alguien Tiene Que Morir”), a three-episode mini-series set in 1950s Spain, created by Caro and penned by Monika Revilla, Fernando Perez and Caro. Rafael Ley, Maria Jose Cordova, Carlos Taibo and Caro serve as producers.
The mini-series kicks off when a young man’s parents summon him home from Mexico to introduce him to his bride-to-be but he stuns them when he returns with Lazaro, a ballet dancer. The family realizes that to stay one step ahead of Spain’s repressive government, someone will have to die.
First out the gate is “Someone Has to Die” (Alguien Tiene Que Morir”), a three-episode mini-series set in 1950s Spain, created by Caro and penned by Monika Revilla, Fernando Perez and Caro. Rafael Ley, Maria Jose Cordova, Carlos Taibo and Caro serve as producers.
The mini-series kicks off when a young man’s parents summon him home from Mexico to introduce him to his bride-to-be but he stuns them when he returns with Lazaro, a ballet dancer. The family realizes that to stay one step ahead of Spain’s repressive government, someone will have to die.
- 5/9/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has announced an exclusive multiyear pact with Mexican director Manolo Caro to develop new television projects for the streaming service.
Caro is the creator, executive producer and director of Netflix's The House of Flowers (La Casa de las Flores). His background spans writing, producing and directing for film and theater. Among his film credits, which have made him the first Mexican director to appear for three consecutive years in his country's top 10 at the box office, are titles like Perfectos Desconocidos and La Vida Inmoral de la Pareja Ideal.
Caro is currently at work on the second and third seasons ...
Caro is the creator, executive producer and director of Netflix's The House of Flowers (La Casa de las Flores). His background spans writing, producing and directing for film and theater. Among his film credits, which have made him the first Mexican director to appear for three consecutive years in his country's top 10 at the box office, are titles like Perfectos Desconocidos and La Vida Inmoral de la Pareja Ideal.
Caro is currently at work on the second and third seasons ...
In a much-anticipated move, giant streaming service Netflix has confirmed the launch of a Mexico City office this year. Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos was in Mexico City at a Netflix forum to also announce that the company had more than 50 projects in different stages of production in Mexico, some original content, others co-productions.
“The richness of talent in front of and behind the camera in Mexico was key in our decision to begin our local production strategy with ‘Club de Cuervos’ four years ago,” Sarandos said. “Since then, we have continued to expand our local investment and continue providing a platform for Mexican talent to be recognized around the world,” he added.
Four local films in the pipeline are destined for Netflix’s slate over the next two years. These include “Como Caído del Cielo,” a musical comedy inspired by the songs of Mexican legend Pedro Infante, starring...
“The richness of talent in front of and behind the camera in Mexico was key in our decision to begin our local production strategy with ‘Club de Cuervos’ four years ago,” Sarandos said. “Since then, we have continued to expand our local investment and continue providing a platform for Mexican talent to be recognized around the world,” he added.
Four local films in the pipeline are destined for Netflix’s slate over the next two years. These include “Como Caído del Cielo,” a musical comedy inspired by the songs of Mexican legend Pedro Infante, starring...
- 2/12/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
HBO Europe has ordered 30 Coins (30 monedas), an original Spanish horror series directed by Venice and Goya-winning director Álex de la Iglesia. Produced by Pokeepsie Films, 30 Coins will shoot later this year in Spain. The series is an HBO Europe original production and will premiere day-and-date across HBO Europe territories.
Co-written by De la Iglesia and his long-time writing partner Jorge Guerricaechevarria, 30 Coins tells the tragedy of Father Vergara, an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict, who is exiled by the church to a remote town in Spain. He wants to forget and be forgotten, but his enemies will soon find him.
When Vergara is linked to a series of mysterious paranormal events in the village, Paco, the town’s naive mayor, and Elena, a restless veterinarian, try to uncover the secrets of his past, and the significance of the ancient silver coin he keeps hidden. Slowly the unlikely trio of heroes find...
Co-written by De la Iglesia and his long-time writing partner Jorge Guerricaechevarria, 30 Coins tells the tragedy of Father Vergara, an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict, who is exiled by the church to a remote town in Spain. He wants to forget and be forgotten, but his enemies will soon find him.
When Vergara is linked to a series of mysterious paranormal events in the village, Paco, the town’s naive mayor, and Elena, a restless veterinarian, try to uncover the secrets of his past, and the significance of the ancient silver coin he keeps hidden. Slowly the unlikely trio of heroes find...
- 2/11/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Perfectos Desconocidos, a Spanish-language dramedy from Mexico stars an A-list Mexican cast inclucing Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Bruno Bichir, Cecilia Suarez, Ana Claudia Talancon, Mariana Treviño and dircted by Manola Caro (Netflix's 'Casa de Flores'). The fllm tackles what happens when a group of friends read each other's incoming messages and texts during a dinner party. CineMovie sat down with Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Bruno Bichir and director Manolo Caro to talk about their own experience with social media. Watch below.
- 1/10/2019
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
Tapping into our cell phone-obsessed zeitgeist and harnessing marital disputes for incendiary plot twists, Italian director Paolo Genovese (and a team of four other writers) unleashed an international craze in 2016 with their wildly profitable and easily adaptable dramedy “Perfetti sconosciuti.”
Genovese’s feature — about a group of secretive friends (three couples and a single man) having dinner who test their trust in each other by agreeing to place their devices on the table and answering all text messages, phone calls, and other notifications out loud for everyone to hear — has been adapted in multiple nations around the world, from South Korea to Turkey, with Spanish auteur Alex de la Iglesia’s 2017 version being one of the more notable iterations.
Now, the phenomenon arrives in Latin America, guided by one of the region’s directors who is most up to the task of remaking a tale about upper-class relationships in decay: Manolo Caro.
Genovese’s feature — about a group of secretive friends (three couples and a single man) having dinner who test their trust in each other by agreeing to place their devices on the table and answering all text messages, phone calls, and other notifications out loud for everyone to hear — has been adapted in multiple nations around the world, from South Korea to Turkey, with Spanish auteur Alex de la Iglesia’s 2017 version being one of the more notable iterations.
Now, the phenomenon arrives in Latin America, guided by one of the region’s directors who is most up to the task of remaking a tale about upper-class relationships in decay: Manolo Caro.
- 1/9/2019
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Imagine surrending your smart phone at a dinner table with friends, and your personal business is out there. That's the concept behind the Spanish comedy, Perfect Strangers (Perfectos Desconocidos). While the trailer plays more like a drama, the official synopsis calls it a comedy. Perfect Strangers (Perfectos Desconocidos) opens January 11, 2019 in moderate release, from Lionsgate and Pantelion Films.
- 11/26/2018
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
"What secrets do you expect us to have, Eva?" Pantelion Films has unveiled an official Us trailer for the release of Perfectos Desconocidos from Mexico, remade by filmmaker Manolo Caro. The title translates to Perfect Strangers, and they're billing this as a "Spanish speaking comedy with English subtitles" from Mexico. It's actually the second remake of an Italian film which first premiered in 2016 - Perfect Strangers or Perfetti Sconosciuti, which was then remade in Spain last year, and is now being remade by Mexico. This version of the film stars Cecilia Suárez, Manuel García-Rulfo, Mariana Treviño, Miguel Rodarte, Bruno Bichir, Ana Claudia Talancón, and Spanish newcomer Franky Martin. This actually looks like a super fun cinematic party game, with a dash of commentary on how much phones have changed our lives. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Manolo Caro's Perfectos Desconocidos, from YouTube: We all have a secret life.
- 11/13/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Pantelion Films has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Manolo Caro’s Latin American version of Italian hit “Perfect Strangers” (“Perfectos Desconocidos”). The dark comedy is Mexican exhibition giant Cinepolis’ first foray into feature film production and will have its world premiere at the 16th Morelia Int’l Film Festival on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Cinepolis Distribution is aiming for its widest nationwide release ever in Mexico on Dec. 25 while Pantelion will release the film in the U.S. on Jan. 11, 2019.
“Manolo Caro is one of the most brilliant directors of this generation and we are thrilled to distribute ‘Perfect Strangers’ in the U.S.,” said Pantelion CEO Paul Presburger.
“Perfect Strangers” centers on a circle of friends who decide to lay bare all their secrets at a dinner, placing their smartphones and their respective contents on the table for all to see. What starts as an innocent game takes an unexpected,...
Cinepolis Distribution is aiming for its widest nationwide release ever in Mexico on Dec. 25 while Pantelion will release the film in the U.S. on Jan. 11, 2019.
“Manolo Caro is one of the most brilliant directors of this generation and we are thrilled to distribute ‘Perfect Strangers’ in the U.S.,” said Pantelion CEO Paul Presburger.
“Perfect Strangers” centers on a circle of friends who decide to lay bare all their secrets at a dinner, placing their smartphones and their respective contents on the table for all to see. What starts as an innocent game takes an unexpected,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Academy Award-winner Damien Chazelle is coming to Morelia to kick off Mexico’s 16th Morelia International Film Festival (Ficm) on Oct. 20 with his latest film, “First Man.”
For the first time, the festival will be presenting a medal for artistic excellence to Alfonso Cuaron, whose recent Venice Golden Lion-winner “Roma,” Mexico’s submission to the Oscars and Spain’s Goyas, will screen at the festival.
Pawel Pawlikowski returns to Morelia to present his latest work, “Cold War.” Other notable guests presenting their films include Paul Weitz, who presents “Bel Canto”; Fran Healy with her documentary “Almost Fashionable: A Film About Travis”; Dan Millar, who brings his documentary “Botero”; and Almudena Carracedo, who presents her acclaimed documentary “The Silence of Others.”
Hailed by Variety critic Owen Gleiberman as a film “so revelatory in its realism, so gritty in its physicality, that it becomes a drama of thrillingly hellbent danger and obsession,...
For the first time, the festival will be presenting a medal for artistic excellence to Alfonso Cuaron, whose recent Venice Golden Lion-winner “Roma,” Mexico’s submission to the Oscars and Spain’s Goyas, will screen at the festival.
Pawel Pawlikowski returns to Morelia to present his latest work, “Cold War.” Other notable guests presenting their films include Paul Weitz, who presents “Bel Canto”; Fran Healy with her documentary “Almost Fashionable: A Film About Travis”; Dan Millar, who brings his documentary “Botero”; and Almudena Carracedo, who presents her acclaimed documentary “The Silence of Others.”
Hailed by Variety critic Owen Gleiberman as a film “so revelatory in its realism, so gritty in its physicality, that it becomes a drama of thrillingly hellbent danger and obsession,...
- 9/26/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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