Content Americas Copro Pitch: Smart Social-Issue Thrillers, High Concept Docs and a Political Epic, From Mediapro, Fabula-Fremantle, iZen and More
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Fabula–Fremantle’s “Hot Sur,” The Mediapro Studio’s “El Mal” and “Two Nights in Lisbon,” from Portugal’s Hop Films and the U.K’s Heroes Films, look like potential standouts at next week’s Content Americas Copro Pitch 2024, one of its industry centerpieces.
These series projects will be joined by crime mystery thriller “Delito,” from Barcelona’s Grup Focus TV & Films, behind banner Amazon Original “Reina Roja,” “Iron Woman,” a tumultuous political saga from Brazil-based Jarsom Wayans, two high concept doc series – Argentina’s “Climate Migrants” and Brazil’s “Mystery of the Megafauna” – and bio doc feature “Farraquito, a Flamenco Story,” profiling the famed flamenco bailaor.
Shaping up as one of the biggest new titles to be brought onto the market at Content Americas, “Hot Sur” marks the latest from a fruitful 2019 multi-year first-look deal between Fremantle and Fabula, headed by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, which has already yielded “La Jauría,” “Señorita 89” and “El Refugio.” “El Mal” will be introduced to potential partners by The Mediapro Studio, behind “The Head,” and one of the leading lights of cross-Atlantic business, swooping to buy Latin America’s Oficina Burman and now Cimarrón, investing in Erik Barmack’s hugely expansive Wild Sheep Content in L.A.
and a partner on titles with HBO Max, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Paramount, Amazon, Netflix and WBD, among many others.
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