Popstar Belinda to Headline ‘The Red Diamond,’ From Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep Content (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent CANNES — Belinda, one of Mexico’s biggest popstars and a star of Netflix hit “Welcome to Eden,” is attached to headline “The Red Diamond,” the latest project from Erik Barmack’s L.A.
and Mexico City-based Wild Sheep Content. One of the fastest-growing of production companies in international markets, Wild Sheep has a production alliance with The Mediapro Studio. “The Red Diamond” is also set up at Mexico City’s Wild Sheep Content Latin America, headed by producer Jimena Rodríguez who produced “3 Idiots,” the second highest-grossing Mexican movie of 2017.
Rodríguez was instrumental in helping bringing Belinda to the project. A six-part series, “The Red Diamond” ticks multiple boxes which are keys to success in the current international TV scene.
It adapts hot IP: the same-title book series, described by Barmack as “a popular, sexy action thriller,” from Angy Skay, one of Spain’s most popular romance novelists. “There’s a huge demand for escapist thriller content in Mexico and Colombia with shows like La Reina del Sur,’ ‘Who Killed Sara?” and ‘Pálpito’ dominating the streaming charts,” Barmack argued. “Who Killed Sara?” is a melodrama wrapped in a thriller, Fremantle’s Manuel Martí has observed.
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