John Turturro, Melissa Leo, “24” showrunner Evan Katz and Oscar winner Juan José Campanella will likely be joined by Tom Donahue, “Mafia Spies” director, “The Flooring” showrunner Anthony Carbone and Matt and Tina Hastings (“The Handmaid’s Story”) . , “”Fallen”) in English main The Mediapro Studio US & Canada.
Presented at Mipcom in Wednesday’s Media Mastermind session by CEO of The Mediapro Studio Laura Fernández Espeso, Juan “JC” Acosta, head of The Mediapro Studio US & Canada based in Los Angeles, the slate outlines the main game plan introduced by Fernández Espeso in 2021.
The CEO’s intention is to drive to the most important film-TV market on the planet, combining top-level US showrunners and financing muscle, manufacturing services, in-house expertise and co-production experience and infrastructure The Mediapro Studio, headquartered in However, Madrid works on operations manufacturing in many markets in Europe and Latin America. That allows TMS to mix authentic experiences and world perspectives to create common content material, he commented.
Fernández Espeso and Acosta have been flanked on stage by Pam Healey, who is the chief charge of TMS for unwritten content material, Ran Tellem, head of TMS content material growth worldwide and Katz and Campanella.
“The US is not just another market. What we create has the potential to resonate globally, influencing cultures and tendencies around the world…and there is no way we can lose the opportunity to reach this market properly,” said Fernández Espeso. Election.
“We’ve been involved in this for the last 10 years, and now it’s time to enjoy the fruits of our efforts and get more,” he said.
First details on the slate:
“Is There No Place on Earth for Me?”
John Turturro wrote and is set to direct and star in “Is There No Place on Earth for Me?” adaptation of Susan Sheehan’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize reportage of a family whose daughter is battling schizophrenia. The film is really wrapped up and almost done, Acosta said.
“Witness 36”
“24” showrunner Evan Katz will helm the sequence, created by Daniel Burman of The Mediapro Studio and described by Acosta as “a cat-and-mouse thriller with a ‘Killing Eve’ vibe.” In it, a younger woman who creates a new identity in an extraterritorial witness security program meets a man in a bar one evening whose personal story is similar to one of the identities she is considering. As an effort, “Witness 36” earned the coveted Sequence Mania Award at February’s Berlinale Co-Professional Sequence.
“Son of the Bridegroom”
Oscar-winning director Juan José Campanella (“The Secret in Their Eyes”) is ready to adapt the English language sequence of the Academy Award-nominated film. “Son of the Bridegroom,” greeted by Election in 2001 as “unflaggingly genial and universally humorous.” “It’s an exploration of marriage and a reminder that every human being is an adult,” Acosta said. The variation was written by Campanella, who has directed episodes of such iconic US sequences as “House” and, most recently, “Rule and Order: Special Victims Unit.”
“Ball of Screaming Chaos”
Studio Mediapro has selected and participated in “Screaming Ball of Chaos,” the following novel from Juliet McDaniel, whose fictional e-book “Mr. and Mrs. American Pie” turns the hit sequence Apple TV + “Palm House Royale.” “Screaming Balls…” was described by Acosta as “a sudden Bonnie and Clyde with a cult, male strippers and just a little Neil Diamond.” A delightful female-led comedy, a pair of chaotic female bank robberies, says The Mediapro Studio’s tenor: “Great characters, great hooks, a tale that can be preserved and continued for many seasons.”
“I love the Prime Minister”
Matt Hastings, co-executive producer on “The Handmaid’s Story,” is attached to “I Love the Prime Minister,” from an original concept by Ran Tellem (“Homeland,” “The Head”). A half-hour and half-hour romantic comedy, it turns on a wealthy feminine lawyer who has focused too much on her profession and is now the prime minister and blames the pressure of management on a trendy courtship.
Ran Tellem, Pam Healey
“Hurry Me If You Can”
“The Flooring” showrunner executive producer Anthony Carbone is working with The Mediapro Studio to put together the US adaptation of one of the longest-running unscripted shows in Spain, “Catch Me If You Can,” which has more than 10,000 episodes.
Hollywood Murder: Robert Blake
Tom Donahue, director of “Mafia Spies,” and label CreativeChaos teamed up with The Mediapro Studio for the first crime docu-series about the case of actor Robert Blake (“In Chilly Blood,” “Barretta”), accused of murder. husband of Bonny Lee Bakley. The story is now told by his son, Noah Blake.
“Grandma Wolf”
Academy Award winner Melissa Leo (“Frozen River”) stars in “Mom Wolf,” directed by indie darling Suzi Yoonessi (“Pricey Lemon Lima,” “Unlovable”), a “dark comedy fairy tale,” Acosta says, while Leo plays a retired instructor who was immediately assigned to take care of his grandchildren. He would do anything for his family. The film is now published, supported by The Mediapro Studio.
“Our training in Latin America and Europe is stable. This is the main market for us, besides Spain, after all. We have gained the trust and respect of the main buyers in the region,” said Fernández Espeso.
“And now we have received the help of our manufacturing friends, who have increased our production. We want to maintain this close connection to the expertise, buyers and friends where we produce the content material because a large part of the expansion around the world depends on the original connection, ” he added.
“The dedication, the plan, the workplace and everything means that we can devote ourselves to the creation and production of content material in English as it is now in Spanish,” said Fernández Espeso. “We have a deep library of codecs, and now we have a powerful observation document to create content material that transcends boundaries, every geographical and thematic.”
“Our goal with production worldwide is to produce the best quality, deliver it in English and deliver it with great expertise,” added Acosta. “That’s why we’re doubling up on English.”
The production will get the maximum benefit from the funding, using the world infrastructure of The Mediapro Studio and indigenous incentives, he added.
The announcement of the slate caught the US TV scene in a certain core. “For a few years, we prefer to provide it in the US and keep it in the US and learn in the original content material, original for the original people,” said Acosta. Election. “But now, due to the fact how the market is established, how the price of each episode is considered, now we have an aggressive advantage because we can do expertise, creativity, infrastructure, and have a distribution arm – your complete bundle. I believe that your unit is set aside,” he said.
