Guillermo Calderón, Pablo Larraín Collaborator & ‘Neruda’ Writer, Scripting Miracle Story Of Children Who Survived Plane Crash & 40 Days In Amazon Rainforest
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Guillermo Calderón, one of Latin America’s most respected screenwriters and playwrights, has come aboard to script the miracle true story from last year of four children, including a baby, who survived a plane crash and 40 days in the Amazon Rainforest before being rescued by Colombian special forces.
Calderón is known for his frequent collaborations with acclaimed filmmaker Pablo Larraín, including on well-received movies Neruda, The Club and most recently, El Conde, for which he won the Best Screenplay award at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.
As we previously told you, Candle Media‘s Exile Content Studios is partnering with Colombian journalist Daniel Coronell and director Gaz Alazraki (Father Of The Bride) on the as-yet untitled Spanish-language project.
Alazraki’s recently formed LA and Mexico-based production outfit Maquina Veg, which he set up with former Anonymous Content exec Alisa Tager, is newly aboard as co-producer with Exile.
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