MEXICO CITY -- Welcome to Collywood.
On Thursday, Fox International Channels bowed suspense series "Tiempo Final" throughout Latin America. The debut was the first locally produced project under new Spanish-language production partnership Fox Telecolombia and represents a key moment for what execs are dubbing the "Collywood" project.
The Latin American TV production hub is part of a long-term plan to develop U.S.-style series for a fraction of what they would cost in Tinseltown.
Shot entirely in high-definition, Fox Telecolombia produced 26 one-hour episodes of "Tiempo Final".
FIC says "Tiempo Final" marks the beginning of an ambitious strategy in Colombia to produce somewhere in between 500 and 1,000 hours of scripted content over the next three years.
"We are planning to produce three or four series in Colombia next year and we will also do English-language series at a later stage," said Emiliano Saccone, vp marketing and content at Fox Latin America Channels.
The idea is to create new series modeled after such popular U.S. programs as "24," "Nip/Tuck" and "Prison Break".
Fox Telecolombia is developing an as-yet-untitled series with Colombian scribe Gustavo Bolivar, the creator of Canal Caracol's hit telenovela "Sin Tetas no hay Paraiso" (Without Breasts There Is No Paradise).
On Thursday, Fox International Channels bowed suspense series "Tiempo Final" throughout Latin America. The debut was the first locally produced project under new Spanish-language production partnership Fox Telecolombia and represents a key moment for what execs are dubbing the "Collywood" project.
The Latin American TV production hub is part of a long-term plan to develop U.S.-style series for a fraction of what they would cost in Tinseltown.
Shot entirely in high-definition, Fox Telecolombia produced 26 one-hour episodes of "Tiempo Final".
FIC says "Tiempo Final" marks the beginning of an ambitious strategy in Colombia to produce somewhere in between 500 and 1,000 hours of scripted content over the next three years.
"We are planning to produce three or four series in Colombia next year and we will also do English-language series at a later stage," said Emiliano Saccone, vp marketing and content at Fox Latin America Channels.
The idea is to create new series modeled after such popular U.S. programs as "24," "Nip/Tuck" and "Prison Break".
Fox Telecolombia is developing an as-yet-untitled series with Colombian scribe Gustavo Bolivar, the creator of Canal Caracol's hit telenovela "Sin Tetas no hay Paraiso" (Without Breasts There Is No Paradise).
- 10/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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