Madrid-based international TV powerhouse The Mediapro Studio has sold banner series “The Head” to HBO Max for the U.S. as it powers into English-language production, partnering with John Turturro, “Casualty” writers Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, U.K. producer Big Talk and London-based director Guillem Morales.
The drive into U.S. and now most especially U.K. production marks the latest strategic growth in one of the fastest ramp-ups in drama series production in Europe, spearheaded by Laura Fernández Espeso, appointed The Mediapro corporate director in October 2019 and chief executive last month.
“We are making a large bet on fortifying our position in the U.S., U.K. and Latin America, and feature film production, and are proud to be working with a huge range of high-caliber partners,” Fernández-Espeso told Variety.
Underscoring her point, she noted four U.S. projects now in development; a production alliance with Erik Barmack,...
The drive into U.S. and now most especially U.K. production marks the latest strategic growth in one of the fastest ramp-ups in drama series production in Europe, spearheaded by Laura Fernández Espeso, appointed The Mediapro corporate director in October 2019 and chief executive last month.
“We are making a large bet on fortifying our position in the U.S., U.K. and Latin America, and feature film production, and are proud to be working with a huge range of high-caliber partners,” Fernández-Espeso told Variety.
Underscoring her point, she noted four U.S. projects now in development; a production alliance with Erik Barmack,...
- 1/25/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
MADRID -- Enrique Posner, former general manager at Warner Brothers Intl. Espana, on Monday announced the launch of his own production company, YaYa! Films, with an initial slate of three English-language features.
YaYa! will co-produce its first slate with Posner's partners in the Madrid-based sales outfit 6 Sales, Marina Fuentes' Galba Prods. and animation specialists Manuel Cristobal and Ruben Zarauza's Perro Verde Films.
The new shingle's first project is the $10 million, CG-animated "The Missing Lynx", about a billionaire conservationist who hires a wacky hunter to save animals in a new Noah's Ark.
Granada-based Kandor Graphics -- which will create the CGI animation -- and Perro Verde will co-produce, with Posner taking the executive production credit. Manuel Sicilia and Raul Garcia, who worked as an animator on "The Lion King" and "Aladdin", will co-direct.
Next up is romantic comedy "How To", about a secretary who writes a manual explaining the ins and outs of a successfully undetected and enjoyable extramarital affair. The script is being written by Paula Edwards.
YaYa! will co-produce its first slate with Posner's partners in the Madrid-based sales outfit 6 Sales, Marina Fuentes' Galba Prods. and animation specialists Manuel Cristobal and Ruben Zarauza's Perro Verde Films.
The new shingle's first project is the $10 million, CG-animated "The Missing Lynx", about a billionaire conservationist who hires a wacky hunter to save animals in a new Noah's Ark.
Granada-based Kandor Graphics -- which will create the CGI animation -- and Perro Verde will co-produce, with Posner taking the executive production credit. Manuel Sicilia and Raul Garcia, who worked as an animator on "The Lion King" and "Aladdin", will co-direct.
Next up is romantic comedy "How To", about a secretary who writes a manual explaining the ins and outs of a successfully undetected and enjoyable extramarital affair. The script is being written by Paula Edwards.
- 1/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain -- Enrique Posner, former general manager of Warner Bros. Pictures Espana, has joined with Galba Prods. and Perro Verde Films in launching new international sales agency 6 Sales, the group announced Wednesday. Animation production specialist Perro Verde is the creation of Manuel Cristobal, Ruben Zarauza and Maria Arochena, while Galba is owned by producer-sales agent Marina Fuentes. The Madrid-based company will handle films produced by its partners as well as by other producers and will launch at AFM with a slate led by Alone with Her, written and directed by Eric Nicholas, produced by Tom Engelman and starring Colin Hanks and Ana Claudia Talancon.
- 9/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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