Tel Aviv-based multinational studio Dori Media Group (Dmg), has launched international sales, outside of the U.S. and Latin America, of the ViX Original romcom “Lalola,” a remake of the 2007 International Emmy-winning hit from Argentina.
Shot in Mexico with a whole new cast led by Bárbara de Regil (“Rosario Tijeras”), Diego Amozurrutia (“Cuna de Lobos”) Alejandro de la Madrid (“La rebellion”) and Alexis Ayala (“Amar a Muerte”), the new version debuted Feb. 2 on the fast-growing Spanish-language streaming platform run by TelevisaUnivision.
“Lalola” follows a prosperous businessman used to getting his way with women to boost his ego. He gets his comeuppance when he wakes up one morning in the body of a woman. Desperate to revert to his original body, he struggles to protect his job and his relationships with his family and his best friend.
In this altered state, Lalola will face the consequences of machismo and must relearn everything,...
Shot in Mexico with a whole new cast led by Bárbara de Regil (“Rosario Tijeras”), Diego Amozurrutia (“Cuna de Lobos”) Alejandro de la Madrid (“La rebellion”) and Alexis Ayala (“Amar a Muerte”), the new version debuted Feb. 2 on the fast-growing Spanish-language streaming platform run by TelevisaUnivision.
“Lalola” follows a prosperous businessman used to getting his way with women to boost his ego. He gets his comeuppance when he wakes up one morning in the body of a woman. Desperate to revert to his original body, he struggles to protect his job and his relationships with his family and his best friend.
In this altered state, Lalola will face the consequences of machismo and must relearn everything,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
TV Azteca and Keshet International are joining forces in a deal to co-develop and produce an original Spanish-language super series to air on TV Azteca. It will be developed under the Ki banner and co-produced with TV Azteca in-house. The plan is to launch the 60-episode series next year. Ki is handling global sales. Joshua Mintz, Deputy President for TV Azteca, and Kelly Wright, VP Distribution and New Business at Ki, will oversee development. TV Azteca is the…...
- 10/17/2017
- Deadline TV
TV Azteca and Keshet International are joining forces in a deal to co-develop and produce an original Spanish-language super series to air on TV Azteca. It will be developed under the Ki banner and co-produced with TV Azteca in-house. The plan is to launch the 60-episode series next year. Ki is handling global sales. Joshua Mintz, Deputy President for TV Azteca, and Kelly Wright, VP Distribution and New Business at Ki, will oversee development. TV Azteca is the…...
- 10/17/2017
- Deadline
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.
In this year’s first and probably only TCA panel to be conducted in two languages, Cuban-born journalist Cristina Saralegui spoke passionately about leaving her Miami-based Spanish-language show for Univision, El Show de Cristina, after 21 years for a new weekly talk/variety show for Telemundo. The show launches in October in conjunction with National Latino Broadcasting’s The Cristina Channel, a radio network for Sirius Xm. Unlike her previous program, the new show, Pa’Lante Con Cristina, which the star will host and executive produce, will make use of translators, subtitles, and whatever it takes to make the show accessible to both Spanish- and English-speaking viewers. “The show will be in Spanglish — in my home, my kids speak both, because I don’t think that you should lose a language,” says Saralegui. Although she made a point of thanking Univision for her 21 years on the air,...
In this year’s first and probably only TCA panel to be conducted in two languages, Cuban-born journalist Cristina Saralegui spoke passionately about leaving her Miami-based Spanish-language show for Univision, El Show de Cristina, after 21 years for a new weekly talk/variety show for Telemundo. The show launches in October in conjunction with National Latino Broadcasting’s The Cristina Channel, a radio network for Sirius Xm. Unlike her previous program, the new show, Pa’Lante Con Cristina, which the star will host and executive produce, will make use of translators, subtitles, and whatever it takes to make the show accessible to both Spanish- and English-speaking viewers. “The show will be in Spanglish — in my home, my kids speak both, because I don’t think that you should lose a language,” says Saralegui. Although she made a point of thanking Univision for her 21 years on the air,...
- 8/2/2011
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo, part of Comcast’s NBCUniversal, on Tuesday unveiled a slew of new programming for the 2011/2012 season, including a telenovela co-produced with Sony Pictures based on its movie Maid in Manhattan – its first novela adapted from a film.
Telemundo’s new novelas for the 2011/2012 season, clips of which were presented by Joshua Mintz, senior executive vp, Telemundo Entertainment, are Una Maid En Manhattan (Maid in Manhattan), Fisico O Quimica (Physical or Chemistry), a drama adapted from a Spanish hit series about the parents, students and teachers at an urban high school, Caidas Del Cielo (Fallen from Heaven) about three female bodyguards and Amor de Pelicula (Love…Just Like in the Movies) about a love-struck couple from different backgrounds that shares a passion for movies.
Mintz told The Hollywood Reporter that Telemundo has worked with Sony on projects before, and Maid in Manhattan was “a perfect plot to translate into a telenovela.
Telemundo’s new novelas for the 2011/2012 season, clips of which were presented by Joshua Mintz, senior executive vp, Telemundo Entertainment, are Una Maid En Manhattan (Maid in Manhattan), Fisico O Quimica (Physical or Chemistry), a drama adapted from a Spanish hit series about the parents, students and teachers at an urban high school, Caidas Del Cielo (Fallen from Heaven) about three female bodyguards and Amor de Pelicula (Love…Just Like in the Movies) about a love-struck couple from different backgrounds that shares a passion for movies.
Mintz told The Hollywood Reporter that Telemundo has worked with Sony on projects before, and Maid in Manhattan was “a perfect plot to translate into a telenovela.
- 5/18/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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