Exclusive: Vix has begun production on 7 new original titles during the second quarter of the year including 6 series and one film. They include the Sofia Vergara-led Koati: Animated Series and the Benicio del Toro-produced film Matar Al Jockey (Kill The Jockey).
“With these 7 new productions we continue to increase our original content offerings on Vix, with stories that appeal to the diverse tastes of our audiences,” said Rodrigo Mazón, Chief Content Officer ViX for TelevisaUnivision, in a statement. “Since the launch, we have been working on a path of constant development and production that we know today strongly reflects and resonates with the audience’s preferences and generates great successes in our service,” he added.
Matar Al Jockey (Kill The Jockey) follows Remo Manfredini, a legend in the world of turf racing whose self-destructive behavior overshadows his great talent. Abril, an up-and-coming jockey, is pregnant by Remo and...
“With these 7 new productions we continue to increase our original content offerings on Vix, with stories that appeal to the diverse tastes of our audiences,” said Rodrigo Mazón, Chief Content Officer ViX for TelevisaUnivision, in a statement. “Since the launch, we have been working on a path of constant development and production that we know today strongly reflects and resonates with the audience’s preferences and generates great successes in our service,” he added.
Matar Al Jockey (Kill The Jockey) follows Remo Manfredini, a legend in the world of turf racing whose self-destructive behavior overshadows his great talent. Abril, an up-and-coming jockey, is pregnant by Remo and...
- 6/22/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Since 1933, Mexico has been a major pioneering force in Latin American horror cinema. In contemporary times, Mexican horror has blossomed into a diverse array of horror subgenres including paranormal, art house, independent, social-political, and extreme.
For those inspired to explore what Mexican horror has to offer, this film list is a beginner’s guide to contemporary Mexican horror, featuring films by art-house cinema icon Alejandro Jodorowsky, the Oscar-winning monster maker Guillermo del Toro and Mexico’s tiger queen Issa Lopez.
10. El Gigante
Though the only short film on this list, it’s a bold mix of Mexican wrestling, Rob Zombie, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with lots of blood and gore. While attempting to cross the American/Mexican border at night via a “coyote”, Armando is attacked and awakens in a dirty blood-splattered room. He is forced to wrestle for the entertainment of a sadistic family with the blood-thirsty wrestler El Gigante.
For those inspired to explore what Mexican horror has to offer, this film list is a beginner’s guide to contemporary Mexican horror, featuring films by art-house cinema icon Alejandro Jodorowsky, the Oscar-winning monster maker Guillermo del Toro and Mexico’s tiger queen Issa Lopez.
10. El Gigante
Though the only short film on this list, it’s a bold mix of Mexican wrestling, Rob Zombie, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with lots of blood and gore. While attempting to cross the American/Mexican border at night via a “coyote”, Armando is attacked and awakens in a dirty blood-splattered room. He is forced to wrestle for the entertainment of a sadistic family with the blood-thirsty wrestler El Gigante.
- 8/25/2021
- by Justina Bonilla
- DailyDead
U.S. Spanish-Language streaming platform Pantaya and Spanish-language production powerhouse El Estudio have wrapped shooting on their cringey comedy co-production “Pena Ajena,” based on the Spanish Movistar Plus hit original series “Vergüenza.” The Mexican adaptation co-stars film and TV standouts Adrián Uribe and Mónica Huarte (“Tired of Kissing Frogs”).
Santiago Fábregas (“Taco Chronicles”) and Diego Graue (“El Candidato Rayo”) both co-wrote and co-directed the series’ 10 half-hour episodes, joined in the writers’ room by co-scribes Francisco González Payó (“Saving Private Pérez”) and Dariela Pérez Hernández (“The House of Flowers”).
“Good comedy is hard to find, great comedy is a diamond in the rough. Between a cast featuring Adrián and Mónica as the main couple, a great crew and creative team led by Santi Fábregas, all of them backed by Pablo Cruz and his El Estudio banner, we feel that ‘Pena Ajena’ is a crown jewel of comedy,” said Mario Almeida, Pantaya head of content.
Santiago Fábregas (“Taco Chronicles”) and Diego Graue (“El Candidato Rayo”) both co-wrote and co-directed the series’ 10 half-hour episodes, joined in the writers’ room by co-scribes Francisco González Payó (“Saving Private Pérez”) and Dariela Pérez Hernández (“The House of Flowers”).
“Good comedy is hard to find, great comedy is a diamond in the rough. Between a cast featuring Adrián and Mónica as the main couple, a great crew and creative team led by Santi Fábregas, all of them backed by Pablo Cruz and his El Estudio banner, we feel that ‘Pena Ajena’ is a crown jewel of comedy,” said Mario Almeida, Pantaya head of content.
- 8/5/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Latin American powerhouse Btf Media and Mexico’s Morbido Group have initiated principal photography in Mexico City on “La Exorcista,” a new feature hailing from famed genre director Adrían García Bogliano and starring María Evoli.
The film marks another expansive move by Btf as it drivbes into feature film production, building on its roster of high-level series such as “Hasta que te conocí” and “El César.” “La Exorcista” also represents Evoli’s highest-profile starring role since she burst onto the scene five years ago in Emiliano Rocha Minter’s “We Are the Flesh,” which was endorsed by Alejandro González Iñarritu and Alfonso Cuarón.
“La Exorcista” is directed by the versatile Bogliano, a founding father of the modern Argentine horror scene. His more recent features include “Here Comes The Devil” (2012), “Night of The Wolf” (2014), and “Juega Conmigo” (2021). Bogliano wrote the screenplay along with Christian Cueva and Ricardo Farías (“La Culpa es...
The film marks another expansive move by Btf as it drivbes into feature film production, building on its roster of high-level series such as “Hasta que te conocí” and “El César.” “La Exorcista” also represents Evoli’s highest-profile starring role since she burst onto the scene five years ago in Emiliano Rocha Minter’s “We Are the Flesh,” which was endorsed by Alejandro González Iñarritu and Alfonso Cuarón.
“La Exorcista” is directed by the versatile Bogliano, a founding father of the modern Argentine horror scene. His more recent features include “Here Comes The Devil” (2012), “Night of The Wolf” (2014), and “Juega Conmigo” (2021). Bogliano wrote the screenplay along with Christian Cueva and Ricardo Farías (“La Culpa es...
- 8/2/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Mexican genre auteur, involved in two projects at Ventana Sur, is weighing up his next directing gig for 2017.
Grau, who earned international acclaim with cannibal drama Somos Lo Que Hay (We Are What We Are – also the name of the 2013 English-language remake) directed the recent Mexican release 7:19 (pictured), an earthquake disaster drama that Elle Driver represents for international sales at the Buenos Aires market.
Grau is also producing San Buenaventura, a horror story about a young woman haunted by visions of a murder who begins to suspect everybody at the family ranch, including her father.
Alejandro Mares directs the project, which is one of the selections in the market’s Blood Window genre co-production and pitching sessions, Beyond The Window.
Grau and his Mexico City-based Velarium Arts partner Mayra Espinosa Castro produce alongside Rancho Pictures. The partners have partial backing through Mexico’s Eficine apparatus and are seeking a co-producer.
Meanwhile Grau, represented...
Grau, who earned international acclaim with cannibal drama Somos Lo Que Hay (We Are What We Are – also the name of the 2013 English-language remake) directed the recent Mexican release 7:19 (pictured), an earthquake disaster drama that Elle Driver represents for international sales at the Buenos Aires market.
Grau is also producing San Buenaventura, a horror story about a young woman haunted by visions of a murder who begins to suspect everybody at the family ranch, including her father.
Alejandro Mares directs the project, which is one of the selections in the market’s Blood Window genre co-production and pitching sessions, Beyond The Window.
Grau and his Mexico City-based Velarium Arts partner Mayra Espinosa Castro produce alongside Rancho Pictures. The partners have partial backing through Mexico’s Eficine apparatus and are seeking a co-producer.
Meanwhile Grau, represented...
- 12/1/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Mexican genre auteur, involved in two projects at Ventana Sur, is lining up his next directing gig for 2017.
Grau, who earned international acclaim with cannibal drama Somos Lo Que Hay (We Are What We Are – also the name of the 2013 English-language remake) directed the recent Mexican release 7:19 (pictured), an earthquake disaster drama that Elle Driver represents for international sales at the Buenos Aires market.
Grau is also producing San Buenaventura, a horror story about a young woman haunted by visions of a murder who begins to suspect everybody at the family ranch, including her father.
Alejandro Mares directs the project, which is one of the selections in the market’s Blood Window genre co-production and pitching sessions, Beyond The Window.
Grau and his Mexico City-based Velarium Arts partner Mayra Espinosa Castro produce alongside Rancho Pictures. The partners have partial backing through Mexico’s Eficine apparatus and are seeking a co-producer.
Meanwhile Grau is...
Grau, who earned international acclaim with cannibal drama Somos Lo Que Hay (We Are What We Are – also the name of the 2013 English-language remake) directed the recent Mexican release 7:19 (pictured), an earthquake disaster drama that Elle Driver represents for international sales at the Buenos Aires market.
Grau is also producing San Buenaventura, a horror story about a young woman haunted by visions of a murder who begins to suspect everybody at the family ranch, including her father.
Alejandro Mares directs the project, which is one of the selections in the market’s Blood Window genre co-production and pitching sessions, Beyond The Window.
Grau and his Mexico City-based Velarium Arts partner Mayra Espinosa Castro produce alongside Rancho Pictures. The partners have partial backing through Mexico’s Eficine apparatus and are seeking a co-producer.
Meanwhile Grau is...
- 12/1/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
This is the Pure Movies review of We Are What We Are, directed by Jorge Michel Grau and starring Adrián Aguirre, Miriam Balderas, Francisco Barreiro, Carmen Beato, Juan Carlos Colombo and Paulina Gaitan. Written by Gabriella Apicella. With an opening that evokes a post-apocalyptic atmosphere, We Are What We Are begins with a suitably eerie tone. A dishevelled middle-aged man slowly dies in the smart shopping area of a Mexico city, his body speedily cleaned away and mopped up before it is even cold. When the news reaches his reclusive family, it becomes apparent that his death is about to tear their lives apart, as we learn how he provided their means of survival.
- 3/19/2011
- by Gabriella Apicella
- Pure Movies
It may sound like a self-help seminar but 'We Are What We Are' is the latest cannibalistic horror offering from Mexico. Jorge Michel Grau helms the people eating horror flick which hits some Us theatres today! A brand new and finger-licking tasty one-sheet has been revealed exclusively by Bloody Disgusting. Adrian Aguirre, Miriam Balderas, Francisco Barreiro, Carmen Beato, Alan Chavez and Juan Carlos Colombo all star. Check out the new one-sheet below....
- 2/18/2011
- Horror Asylum
You are what you eat and 'We Are What We Are', according to the new cannibalistic horror all the way from Mexico. It saw the light of day here in the UK back last November, however the Us are still waiting on this Jorge Michel Grau helmed horror. But thankfully it's due to hit (in some form!) on 18 February. A new one-sheet to coincide with the release has been revealed and so now the new human eating flick starring Adrian Aguirre, Miriam Balderas, Francisco Barreiro, Carmen Beato, Alan Chavez and Juan Carlos Colombo can be enjoyed all over North America. Check out the new poster below....
- 1/14/2011
- Horror Asylum
Title: Nora’s Will Directed: Mariana Chenillo Starring: Fernando Luján, Enrique Arreola, Ari Brickman and Juan Carlos Colombo. Movies that aim to take a different outlook on serious subjects and succeed in achieving their intended unique perspective are often rewarded with praise and awards. The Mexican film ‘Nora’s Will’ is one such movie that aimed to take a humorous tone towards families who struggle to cope with the death of a loved one. While winning numerous honors at several festivals, including best first feature at the Havana Film Festival, the movie won’t likely strike a cord with American audiences. ‘Nora’s Will’ tries to take a comedic stand on death and the bonding and mourning of [...]...
- 12/23/2010
- by karen
- ShockYa
Artificial Eye have released a brand new UK trailer for We Are What We Are (Somos Lo Que Hay), a horror film from director Jorge Michel Grau.
We Are What We Are stars Adrián Aguirre, Miriam Balderas, Francisco Barreiro, Carmen Beato and Juan Carlos Colombo and recently picked up three awards at last weeks Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX.
Synopsis: When the patriarch of the family passes away, the teenage children must take responsibility for the family chores: the preparation of the rituals, the hunting and putting the all-important meat on the table. These newfound responsibilities are even more daunting, however, when you live in the city and happen to be a family of cannibals.
Check out the UK trailer below, courtesy of Empire:
We Are What We Are will be released in select cinemas on November 12.
We Are What We Are stars Adrián Aguirre, Miriam Balderas, Francisco Barreiro, Carmen Beato and Juan Carlos Colombo and recently picked up three awards at last weeks Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX.
Synopsis: When the patriarch of the family passes away, the teenage children must take responsibility for the family chores: the preparation of the rituals, the hunting and putting the all-important meat on the table. These newfound responsibilities are even more daunting, however, when you live in the city and happen to be a family of cannibals.
Check out the UK trailer below, courtesy of Empire:
We Are What We Are will be released in select cinemas on November 12.
- 9/30/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
2009 Mar del Plata Film Festival Awards 2009 Mar del Plata Film Festival: Nov. 7-15, 2009 Directed by Mariana Chenillo, Cinco días sin Nora (Five Days Without Nora) tells the story of a woman who, after fourteen failed suicide attempts, finally succeeds in moving on to the Great Beyond. Her widower is left with his sorrows and a never-ending wake. However, a revealing photo forgotten under her bed implies that there is something else going on. This Mexican comedy stars Fernando Luján, Silvia Mariscal, Cecilia Suárez, Juan Carlos Colombo, and Verónica Langer. Golden Astor: Cinco días sin Nora, Mariana Chenillo Silver Astor – Special Jury Prize: to the cast of El cuerno de la abundancia, Juan Carlos Tabío Silver Astor – [...]...
- 11/25/2009
- by Monica Montenegro
- Alt Film Guide
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