It’s a mark of just how new the Latin American high-end series production scene is that “El Presidente” marks Amazon’s first Chilean Original, the first international series from Pablo and Juan de Diós Larrain’s Fabula to employ talent from all over Latin America, and “Narcos” producer Gaumont’s first TV co-production with Latin America.
Also produced by Argentina’s Kapow, and selected for main competition at Series Mania, “El Presidente” also represents the first TV work from Argentine Academy Award winning screenwriter-director Armando Bo, a co-scribe on “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).”
Starring Colombia’s Andrés Parra (“Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal”) and Mexico’s Karla Souza (“How to Get Away with Murder”) and Paulina Gaitán (“Diablo Guardían”), eight-part “El Presidente” kicks off with Julio Grondona, president for 35 years of Afa, the Argentine soccer assn. and VP of world soccer governing body FIFA for 25 years,...
Also produced by Argentina’s Kapow, and selected for main competition at Series Mania, “El Presidente” also represents the first TV work from Argentine Academy Award winning screenwriter-director Armando Bo, a co-scribe on “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).”
Starring Colombia’s Andrés Parra (“Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal”) and Mexico’s Karla Souza (“How to Get Away with Murder”) and Paulina Gaitán (“Diablo Guardían”), eight-part “El Presidente” kicks off with Julio Grondona, president for 35 years of Afa, the Argentine soccer assn. and VP of world soccer governing body FIFA for 25 years,...
- 4/1/2020
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
How To Get Away With Murder’s Karla Souza is set to star in Amazon’s FIFA drama El Presidente.
Andrés Parra (Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal) and Paulina Gaitán (Diablo Guardian) also star in the eight-part series, which is produced by Oscar‐winning director Pablo Larrain’s production company Fabula (A Fantastic Woman), Narcos producer Gaumont and Argentine producer Kapow.
Birdman’s Armando Bo will direct and exec produce the series, which is inspired by the real-life characters and events behind the 2015 “FIFA Gate” corruption scandal. The series explores the scandal from the angle of a small‐time Chilean football club president who rises from obscurity to become a key player in a $150M bribery conspiracy. Set against the backdrop of cities across Latin America, the U.S. and Europe, the series explores the sports scandal that rocked the world through the story of Jadue (Parra), a...
Andrés Parra (Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal) and Paulina Gaitán (Diablo Guardian) also star in the eight-part series, which is produced by Oscar‐winning director Pablo Larrain’s production company Fabula (A Fantastic Woman), Narcos producer Gaumont and Argentine producer Kapow.
Birdman’s Armando Bo will direct and exec produce the series, which is inspired by the real-life characters and events behind the 2015 “FIFA Gate” corruption scandal. The series explores the scandal from the angle of a small‐time Chilean football club president who rises from obscurity to become a key player in a $150M bribery conspiracy. Set against the backdrop of cities across Latin America, the U.S. and Europe, the series explores the sports scandal that rocked the world through the story of Jadue (Parra), a...
- 3/26/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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