John Turturro, Melissa Leo, ‘24’s’ Evan Katz, ‘Mafia Spies’ Director Tom Donahue, Juan José Campanella on the Mediapro Studio’s First U.S. Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent John Turturro, Melissa Leo, “24” showrunner Evan Katz and Oscar winner Juan José Campanella will be joined by Tom Donahue, director of “Mafia Spies,” “The Floor” showrunner Anthony Carbone and Matt and Tina Hastings (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Fallen”) on the first English-language slate of The Mediapro Studio US & Canada.
Presented at Mipcom at a Media Mastermind session on Wednesday by The Mediapro Studio’s CEO Laura Fernández Espeso, Juan “JC” Acosta, head of the Los Angeles-based The Mediapro Studio US & Canada, the slate represents a long-standing major gameplan announced by Fernández Espeso in 2021.
The CEO’s aim is to drive into the biggest film-TV market in the world, combining top-tier U.S. showrunners and the financing muscle, production facilities, in-house talent and co-production expertise and infrastructure of The Mediapro Studio, headquartered in Madrid but running production operations in many markets in Europe and Latin America.
That allows TMS to combine local expertise and global perspective to create universal content, she commented. Fernández Espeso and Acosta were flanked on stage by Pam Healey, who is leading TMS’ charge of unscripted content, Ran Tellem, TMS head of international content development and Katz and Campanella. “The U.S.
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