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Peter Chernin’s North Road Company has acquired Mexican production company Perro Azul.

Perro Azul produced Netflix’s most-watched show produced in Mexico and Latin America entitled Who Killed Sara? (¿Quién mató a Sara?). This is North Road’s first acquisition in Latin America and comes as the company seeks to strengthen North Road’s international presence.

Perro Azul’s founding partners, Alexis Fridman and Juan Uruchurtu, will remain in their leadership roles, as will the company’s executive producers Diego Rabasa and Julián de Tavira. Fridman and Uruchurtu will report to Jan Frouman, president of North Road International.

Founded in 2019, Perro Azul’s production portfolio also includes The Secret of the River (El Secreto Del Río), Netflix’s most popular Spanish-language show of October 2024. As well as the Netflix hits Queens on the Run (Fuga de Reinas), Nothing to See Here (Ojitos De Huevo) and Daughter From Another Mother...

The North Road Company, a media venture launched in 2022 by mogul Peter Chernin, has made its first acquisition in Latin America with Perro Azul, a major Mexican production company.

Perro Azul has produced Netflix’s most watched show ever produced in Mexico and Latin America, “Who Killed Sara? (¿Quién mató a Sara?).” The companies said the acquisition will allow Perro Azul to “scale their storytelling vision,” while allowing it to use “North Road’s strategic resources and expertise to bring even more Latin American stories to global audiences.”

As part of the deal, Perro Azul’s founding partners, Alexis Fridman and Juan Uruchurtu, will remain in their leadership roles, alongside the company’s Executive Producers Diego Rabasa and Julián de Tavira. Fridman and Uruchurtu will report to Jan Frouman, President of North Road International.

The acquisition of Perro Azul follows North Road’s purchase of Karga Seven Pictures, one of...

Nothing to See Here Season 2 brings back Alexis Arroyo and Kike Vázquez to headline its incredible cast of Spanish actors. 

Produced by Perro Azul, Netflix's Mexican comedy series (also known as Ojitos de Huevo) revolves around the story of two best friends with disabilities who move to Mexico City to chase their dreams of becoming successful in their lives.  

Nothing to See Here Season 2 premiered on Netflix on November 20. 

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Santiago Limón's comedy series Nothing to See Here on Netflix follows two differently abled friends, Alexis (Alexis Arroyo) and Charly (Kike Vazquez), who set out to find their real identities in a world that refuses to identify them beyond their disabilities. Prompted by an eventful night at a local club, Alexis decides to follow a career as a comedian in Mexico City and Charly accompanies his friend wholeheartedly, not knowing that the decision will completely change their lives and how they perceive it. The ending of Nothing to See Here focuses on the culmination of this beautiful journey which is riddled with uncertainties at every step for the two friends.

Turns out, it wasn’t much of a challenge at all.

“Squid Game: The Challenge” dominated Netflix’s overall leaderboard in its debut week, when it drew 20.1 million views. The unscripted competition series picked up where the I.P. left off in 2021, bumping Part 1 of “The Crown’s” sixth season to second place (8.8 million views) for the week of November 20, 2023.

“Squid Game: The Challenge,” filmed in the UK, is an English-language series; Og “Squid Game” was a Korean-language series dubbed into local languages. As such, the scripted show technically rests atop Netflix’s “Non-English” list, though it blows away all the English-language stuff anyway.

“The Challenge” was so big it brought “Squid Game” back to the Global Top 10 for non-english series — at no. 6 with 1.6 million views — its 21st appearance. The scripted show hadn’t made the list since the week ending June 19, 2022. The long Thanksgiving holiday weekend sure helped the streams pile up.

Netflix has a new hit on its hands thanks to the Spanish-language comedy, Nothing to See Here. 

Sporting a killer cast of some of Mexico's best and brightest in the world of stand-up comedy, Nothing to See Here (aka Ojitos De Huevo) tells the semi-biographical story of blind comedian Alexis Arroyo. 

The series centers on Alexis' pursuit of a career in stand-up and the obstacles presented by being a blind man in the comedy game. 

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