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The Spanish -speaking content factory of the Secuoya Group, led by James Costs, already works on productions such as the adaptations of ‘El Zorro’ and ‘The School of America’ and develops about twenty Unscripted formats and five films.

Presentation Secuoya Studios

Secuoya Studios, the great factoring of fiction content, Unscripted and Spanish cinema for the main platforms, producers, operators and broadcasters of the United States, Latin America and Spain, promoted by the Secuoya group has been presented this Thursday, January 28, in three songs (Madrid).

The ambitious study, which groups, structure, independent and internationalize the different verticals of Secuoya That they have operated successfully for years, aspires to become the best ally and preferential partner of producers in the United States and Latin America. Show this is the full confident deposited by Andy Kaplan, John Gertz and Jesús Torres, recognized international producers, in the adaptation of fiction of The fox, the mythical character created by Johnston McCulley. Also, the renewed series of series also works on The School of Americas, Lesley Gill's novel, and a comic by Kevin Grevioux on a Latin superheroine. To these series and another dozen co -productions, an international adventurer for an international platform, new formats with figures such as Carlos Saura and José Andrés For the national market, and, in the film division, five films (The Test, heroines of the neighborhood, they all do it, alone and the adaptation of Colored boots for rainy days), in pre -production and filming phase in 2021.

This new study, which has a wide team of professionals around the world Led by James Costs at the head from the headquarters in Los Angeles and in six other activity bases in the world (Miami, Mexico City, Bogotá, Santiago, Chile, Peru and Madrid), also adds new transverse areas such as Service of Production, Co-Inversion and Fiscal Incentives, to compete at the highest level with a true value offer in a market in constant evolution.

All this is based on a ambitious business plan with the aim of participating in the production of 35 projects with an annual budget of 125 million, figures that will be reached in the coming years. During the last year there have been projects in all areas that host the study for a value of more than 40 million.

Raúl Berdona in the presentation of Secuoya StudiosIn this sense, its strategic plan has the priority of betting on creation through the development and ownership of large IPS in Spanish, with the aim of achieving a wide portfolio of projects financed by the producer itself. Likewise, the new study will generate strategic relationships with prominent partners of the international industry for the creation, development, co -production and distribution of entertainment, fiction and cinema formats, which expand existing projects with operators, platforms and distributors.

The fiction, the audiovisual genre with more production demand today, will be one of the key pieces of the new Hispanic factory. After filming Super normal, an original series for Movistar+ directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, the series of series has implemented in recent months the development of a portfolio of large IPS, adaptations of pre-existing and original works aimed at a global audience. To do this, the area that directs David Martínez He collaborates with the talent and creativity of names as recognized as Carlos Portela, Javier Ruiz Caldera, Jaume Balagueró and Carmen Fernández Villalba, among others.

Secuoya Studios Fiction has announced the exclusive adaptation for the international market The fox. The study has the rights of the mythical character created by Johnston McCulley and works on the production of this series with renowned international producers such as Andy Kaplan, John Gertz and Jesús Torres. In addition, prepare the Hispanic speech version of The School of the Americas, by Lesley Gill. On the other hand, David Martínez's area develops a project around Christopher Columbus, based on the loss of paradise, by José Luis Muñoz, in addition to the series of books by the Galician writer Domingo Villar about Commissioner Leo Caldas and the announced the bad milk, adaptation of the comicist's comicist Henar Álvarez.

In the section of Coproductions, in addition to The island with Tiki Pictures, an original project with Morena Films, directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and created by Carmen Fernández Villalba and Carlos Portela, in addition to a series of terror starring Álvaro Morte with Jaume Balagueró In the address next to Infinito Films. Also, a youth series in co -production with Argentina and Italy, and a comedy about the universe of women's football with the scriptwriters and directors Teresa Bellón and César F. Calvillo, is already in the development phase.

The series of series will be focused fundamentally to the markets of Europe, the United States and Latin America, as well as the rest of the study divisions. In that clear international vocation the experience of Sergio Pizzalante, former president of Sony, as representative of Secuoya Studios for Latam/US.

Collaboration with Alamo Producciones

The commitment to the seventh art is a constant in the spirit of the new study. The company's commitment for the sector, despite the complicated moment that is going through, maintains and strengthens thanks to collaboration with Alamo Producciones.

At the moment, the producer who directs Eduardo Campoy It has four films pending premiere: Mom or dad in co -production with Atresmedia Cine and Warner Bros and under the direction of Dani of the Order; Only once, based on the work of Marta Buchaca with the direction of Guillermo Ríos and starring Ariadna Gil, Alex García and Silvia Alonso; With whom you travel, by Hugo Martín, and Flame skin, with Óscar Jaenada and Fernando Tejero at the head of the artistic team.

They are also in full filming The test, co -produced with Atresmedia Cine and Warner Bros under the direction of Dani of the Order, and Heroines of the neighborhood, directed by Ángeles Reine. In addition, the producer directed by Eduardo Campoy has a preproduction phase They do all, Solos and the adaptation of the novel Colored boots for rainy days by María G. de Jaime and Tomas Paramo.

Unscripted projects in development

The Department of Unscripted formats of Secuoya Studios, which generated more than 1,500 hours of television in 2020, has demonstrated its growth capacity in the last four years thanks to the quality, diversity and innovation of its proposals, which have long occupied the programming of national, autonomic chains and platforms (autonomous and platforms (The happy twenty, the secrets of the red).

Aware of the enormous weight of the streaming In the new consumption, the documentary, current and entertainment area implements the development of new television formats for the national market with such important figures such as Carlos Saura and José Andrés, and starts an exciting stage with its landing in Latin America, with its own teams in the headquarters of Mexico, Chile and Colombia.

In addition, the area Unscripted It has 20 projects in different development phases after signing agreements with reference partners such as Universal Music, Starlite and restless culture. In this sense, it prepares a new international adventure reality for a worldwide platform, which will begin its recording throughout this year.

Provision of services for co -productions

Also, within the great Spanish -speaking study, specific areas dedicated to the provision of services for international co -productions, structuring of funding and fiscal incentives protected by the New Societies Tax Law (LIS) and the next General Audiovisual Communication Law.

The study has a Multidisciplinary equipment Expert (fiscal, financial, accounting and legal) for the structuring of the different content products by product typology (fiction, cinema, docus, entertainment), players involved in the projects (investors, producers, brands, broadcast windows) and operations (fiscal incentives, AIES, Tax Rebate, Tax Credit ...).

The company has a specialized area in Service of International Productions, which aspires to grow significantly in the coming years in the face of the enormous demand of the audiovisual market.

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By • 29 Jan, 2021
•Section: Cinema, Business, Television