"This slate represents the vast depth and breadth of global stories and voices that represent a compelling offering to our partners and audiences," said JC Acosta, President of ViacomCBS International Studios and Networks Americas. "We continue to partner with the most diverse content creators across the globe and cannot wait to bring these stories to life."
The confirmed projects include a wide variety of genres going from documentaries to comedies, thrillers, horror, dramas, comedy-dramas, kids, and teen series. The newly announced projects are set to be produced across a wide range of territories and in alliance with proven international partners.
FICTION SERIES
• Electric Years – A new coproduction between Dynamo, CBS Studios and VIS that is already in development. Electric Years is an action, heist, and adventure show set in Europe during the Spring of 1968 throughout the booming of the student revolution. At the center of it all, Campano: a wanderer, a daredevil, an unlikely, anachronistic hero, with an irreverent tone that depicts critical moments with a sense of lightness and cool. Campano will take us across the Mediterranean, from Paris to the Costa Brava and Palermo to the Languedoc, on an exciting quest for adventure and discovery. Electric Years is created by Fernando Navarro (Veronica) and Cristian Conti (Wild District), who will also serve as Executive Producers, the writing team includes Isabel Peña (Riot Police), Rafael Cobos (Plague), and Salvador Perpiñá.
• The Gypsy Bride – The previously announced series by VIS and Diagonal TV (a Banijay Company) is based on the internationally bestselling novel La Novia Gitana by Carmen Mola. This story follows Elena Blanco, who is assigned to a murder case in a gypsy community. A thriller set to explore the underground gypsy world through the eyes of its main character, who invites us to learn about a culture we have not seen in many other series. This project, which is getting excellent traction with buyers, is written and directed by Paco Cabezas (director for Showtime's Penny Dreadful / Turner's The Alienist, Fear The Walking Dead, City of Angels, The Strain, and American Gods) and is confirmed to go into production in 2021.
• Artemisia – Award-winning writer, director, and producer Vanessa Alexander (The Great, Valhalla, Tin Star, Love Child, The Wrong Girl) has been announced as the writer of this project, which will be the first made-for- TV series depiction of the life of Italian artist, Artemisia Gentileschi, known as the most famous female painter of the pre-modern age. Award-winning independent film and TV producer, Frida Torresblanco (Pan's Labyrinth, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Dancer Upstairs, Disobedience) and Jill Offman, Managing Director at 66 Media are set to produce.
• The Gold – An epic, international, true-crime series that tells the long story of one of Britain's most notorious criminal investigations. The Gold is written and created by award-winning screenwriter Neil Forsyth (Guilt, Urban Myths, Eric Ernie & Me).
• Se Rentan Cuartos – Renewed for a new season, this Comedy Central original sitcom, follows the adventures of a wealthy family that ends up bankrupt and doesn't have any other choice but to start a new life in the only property they managed to save and turned it into a guest house.
VIS KIDS
• Marcelo, Marmelo, Martelo – In association with Coyote Producciones Cinematográfica, VIS is developing a series based on the popular collection of books by Brazilian writer Ruth Rocha. The story follows the adventures between the past and the present of the children of the Caramelo neighborhood. The series will be directed by Duda Vaisman and Calvito Leal.
• Gloria – As previously announced, the new animated children's series Gloria Wants to Know It All, is produce alongside Marc Anthony's Magnus Studios, Juan José Campanella's Mundoloco Animation Studios, and Lanugo Media Inc. Gloria Wants To Know It All is an animated series for pre-school children that tells the story of Gloria, an eight-year-old alpaca from the big city that goes to spend her vacation at her grandfather's house in Pueblo Lanugo. This tiny town is a vibrant example of Latin American culture's richness, where there is much to learn, and she wants to know everything. Gloria will feature music from Grammy-winning singer and international star Marc Anthony.
• Deer Squad, Season 1 & 2 – As previously announced, this adventure show follows four lovable, enthusiastic, and heroic deer friends — Kai, Lola, Bobbi, and Rammy. Together, they protect the animals of Central Forest and the humans who inhabit Platinum City, a futuristic metropolis surrounding their woodland home. A collaboration between VIS KIDS, Nickelodeon International and market-leading online entertainment company iQIYI, Deer Squad will premiere in the US, January 25th on Nickelodeon.
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