KondZilla, LB, Behind Netflix Brazilian Smash Hit ‘Sintonia,’ Scale Up for Ambitious New Series Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent The creators of Netflix’s “Sintonia,” one of South America’s biggest streaming show hits, KondZilla and LB Entertainment (formerly Losbragas), are re-teaming to co-produce a slate of series.
Ending speculation on what is next for KondZilla, a YouTube phenomenon and LB, both based out of São Paulo, the three series – “After the End,” “A Close Call” and “South” – look set to broaden the partners’ compass from “Sintonia,” the coming of age story of three friends set against the crime and vibrant culture of São Paulo outskirts life, its gangs, thriving music scene, religion and sense of community.
The new series come in at such themes from novel angles, changing the setting or expanding the canvas of favela culture to take in a penitentiary-set drama and a string of major metropoli in the Southern Hemisphere.
The project announcement comes just after Konrad Dantas – KondZilla – delivered a keynote at this week’s Rio2C, Latin America’s biggest creativity conference, a sign of how seriously Brazil’s creative community takes him.
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