Brazil’s powerhouse film and TV producer Coracao da Selva, which produced 2014 Berlinale competition film “Futuro Beach” by Karim Ainouz, has snagged Brazilian remake rights to 2013 Argentine hit “Corazon de Leon” (“Leon’s Heart”). Brazil would be the sixth territory to remake the romantic comedy following France, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and China.
China’s Aim Media starts production in April while the Mexican version, co-produced by Cdl Films, Creative Andina and Matthias Ehrenberg’s Rio Negro, is in post and slated for an August release.
“It has a strong premise that proved itself a successful adaptable formula for different countries, cultures and languages,” said Coracao’s Georgia Costa Araujo. “Specifically in Brazil, we recognize in its visual humor the project’s greatest potential of dialogue with the local audience,” said Costa adding that principal photography has been scheduled for this year. “Corazon de Leon” is about an unlikely romance between a woman and a vertically-challenged man.[p...
China’s Aim Media starts production in April while the Mexican version, co-produced by Cdl Films, Creative Andina and Matthias Ehrenberg’s Rio Negro, is in post and slated for an August release.
“It has a strong premise that proved itself a successful adaptable formula for different countries, cultures and languages,” said Coracao’s Georgia Costa Araujo. “Specifically in Brazil, we recognize in its visual humor the project’s greatest potential of dialogue with the local audience,” said Costa adding that principal photography has been scheduled for this year. “Corazon de Leon” is about an unlikely romance between a woman and a vertically-challenged man.[p...
- 2/20/2018
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety - Film News
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