Netflix Drama Exec Roberto Stopello Exits Streamer’s Lat-Am Business

Modern Family in Netflix series Griselda.Created by Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz (Narcos), the crime drama miniseries is inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco, a notorious drug trader who created one of the most powerful cartels in history.A synopsis reads: “Set in 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helps her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as ‘the Godmother’.”Other cast members in the series include Alberto Guerra, Martin Rodriguez, Vanessa Ferlito and Christian Tappan.Carlos Rafael Rivera composed the show’s score. His previous credits include The Queen’s Gambit, Godless and 2014 film A Walk Among The Tombstones.You can stream the full soundtrack below.Along with the score, the show features a bunch of songs by other artists.

Netflix’ crackdown on password sharing, or as the streamer calls it a focus on “paid sharing,” will drive growth for years to come, said the streamer’s co-CEO, addressing a Wall Street concern that benefits may top out this year.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Spain’s fast-growing Secuoya Studios has tapped seasoned Sony Pictures Television International exec Brendan Fitzgerald for the newly-created position of CEO. His most recent position as SPTI’s senior VP of international English-language co-productions makes him the perfect fit for the company’s lofty ambitions.

Aymeric Laporte thinks his Manchester City career could have been different if his injury record had been better.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will be coming to the big screen, along with a sneak peek at the new season.Described as an extra-sized blockbuster experience, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- will allow fans to revisit the finale of the Swordsmith Village Arc while also getting a glimpse at the highly anticipated Hashira Training Arc (season four).The upcoming event marks the first time the finale of the Swordsmith Village Arc has ever been shown in cinemas, and also the first-ever showing of the Hashira Training Arc‘s beginning.Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- will screen in UK cinemas from February 23.

Paramore have announced that they will be pulling out of a handful of upcoming Latin American festival dates.The pop-punk veterans – comprised of frontwoman Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro – took to their official Instagram page today (January 18). They shared an Instagram story explaining that they will no longer be able to perform at certain Latin American festival dates due to “unforeseen circumstances”.“Due to unforeseen circumstances, Paramore can no longer attend and perform at Vive Latino in Mexico City, Festival Estéreo Picnic in Bogotá and Lollapalooza Brazil in São Paulo.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent A group of 20 prominent screen trade organizations have united to ask governments around the world to enact regulations ensuring that global streaming giants like Netflix and Disney+ invest more resources in local content. The joint plea — hailing from production bodies in Europe, Canada, Australasia and Latin America — comes as streaming services have scaled down on acquiring and commissioning local content across many markets within the last year in order to ramp up profitability.

The British Film Institute has revealed the list of TV, film, and animation companies that have won funding from its latest £3.3M ($4.2M) Global Screen Fund payout.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent After dropping on Netflix on Jan. 4 to the U.S. streaming giant’s second-biggest bow ever for a non-English language movie in hours watched, Spaniard J.A.

Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello had one of the most talked-about and unexpected breakups of 2023. After seven years of marriage and amidst rumors of a crisis, the Colombian actress and the American actor announced the end of their marriage in a brief joint statement in July of last year. According to the documents they submitted to the courts, the former couple cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their separation.

Alex Ritman Production has now started on “AlGaid,” the latest feature from fast-rising Saudi Arabian production house Telfaz11, which smashed local box office records with their first two local releases, “Sattar” and “Mandoob.” Directed by Hussar Alhulwah and shooting in the sprawling production hub of Neom, “AlGaid” unfolds against the backdrop of the early 20th-century Arabia desert and is described as blending the revenge genre with Bedouin soap opera tropes. The film was penned by Saudi novelist and writer Ahmed Alhokail.

A film panned by critics when it debuted ten years ago has suddenly become one of Netflix's most-watched.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Fresh off the selection of “La Mesías” as the only European series at this year’s Sundance, “Veneno” creators Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo – Los Javis – are set to produce Netflix original series “Superestar,” created by Spain’s Nacho Vigalondo, writer-director of 2016’s Anna Hathaway starrer “Colossal,” Neon’s first pick up for the U.S. The six-episode series is directed by Vigalondo and Claudia Costafreda, co-creator of “Cardo,” an uninhibited portrait of Spain’s young generation eager for a quick fix of sex or drugs for want of a larger sense of direction in life which was chosen by Variety, as “Veneno” as one of the best international TV shows of the year.

EXCLUSIVE: The Spanish Civil War drama being helmed by The Handmaid’s Tale EP Matthew Hastings has found its scribe.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Just after Spaniard J.A. Bayona’s Oscar-shortlisted “Society of the Snow” opened on Netflix to a massive 55.8 million hours watched over Jan. 4-7 – the second best bow ever in watching time for a non-English Netflix movie – ICEX Spain Trade & Investment, the country’s powerful export and inward investment board, has unveiled a new deal with Parrot Analytics.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Denis Leary and O-T Fagbenle have rounded out the cast of the upcoming Netflix series “No Good Deed,” Variety has learned. The series, which hails from “Dead to Me” creator Liz Feldman, is described as a half-hour dark comedy.

Ferrari, a biopic directed and written by Michael Mann that explores the life of Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the eponymous automaker. With each event, this promo tour has proven very beneficial for all fashion lovers, as has dressed in with that take us back to the fashion of the early 2000s.Most recently, the film—which also stars Adam Driver, Patrick Dempsey and Shailene Woodley—was featured by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation on January 5.

Manchester United are only four days into the January transfer window but it has already been a busy one for the Reds.

A new strain of Covid has become the most common form of the virus in recent months across the globe and has notably brought on two new symptoms that people have reported experiencing.

Vended have announced a massive UK and European tour set to kick off in the spring of next year.The band, which includes Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor‘s son Griffin and Slipknot percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan’s son Simon among its bandmembers, will play the first show of their tour on April 25, 2024 at Turock in Essen, Germany.From there, they will make stops in cities including Hamburg, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Zurich, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Antwerp, Birmingham, Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Nottingham, Brighton and Swansea. The tour will wrap up on June 2, 2024 at Sub 89 in Reading.Bands Profiler and The Gloom In The Corner are set to serve as opening support for the shows.