Exclusive: Alberto Ferreras’ novel B as in Beauty is getting the TV treatment.
The book is in the works for a series adaptation from writers Manuel Figueroa and Jordan Heimer after Concord Originals partnered with Marsh Entertainment and Telemundo Streaming Studios. No broadcaster is attached.
The bilingual dramedy will follow Bella “B” Zavala, whose personal life, career and relationships are at best a mess. That is until she meets a mysterious and unique woman who offers her a moonlighting job as an emotional companion. Through the unexpected adventures she faces with her eccentric new clients, Bella’s own notions of beauty, love and self-worth will never be the same.
Figueroa and Heimer previously developed drama series The Three Joaquins at ABC. The pair served as executive story editors on Starz’s Step Up: High Water and developed Eastside at NBC with Ruben Fleisher’s The District and previously staffed on...
The book is in the works for a series adaptation from writers Manuel Figueroa and Jordan Heimer after Concord Originals partnered with Marsh Entertainment and Telemundo Streaming Studios. No broadcaster is attached.
The bilingual dramedy will follow Bella “B” Zavala, whose personal life, career and relationships are at best a mess. That is until she meets a mysterious and unique woman who offers her a moonlighting job as an emotional companion. Through the unexpected adventures she faces with her eccentric new clients, Bella’s own notions of beauty, love and self-worth will never be the same.
Figueroa and Heimer previously developed drama series The Three Joaquins at ABC. The pair served as executive story editors on Starz’s Step Up: High Water and developed Eastside at NBC with Ruben Fleisher’s The District and previously staffed on...
- 4/3/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC is eyeing a potential series from two “Stumptown” writers.
The network has set up a development plus penalty deal for Latinx family drama “The Three Joaquins,” which hails from scribes Manuel Figueroa and Jordan Heimer.
Partially based on Figueroa’s childhood experience, “The Three Joaquins” tells the story of a wealthy and powerful Latinx family who have their Pasadena world turned upside down when the living proof of their father’s secret life arrives on their doorstep in the form of a 16-year-old kid who shares nothing with his family but their name.
The project is being produced by ABC Signature, with Figueroa and Heimer set to write and executive produce.
Other than “Stumptown,” which was canceled in Sept. due to Covid-19 after being renewed earlier in the year, the pair also worked together on Starz’s “Step Up: High Water.” The series, based on the “Step Up” films,...
The network has set up a development plus penalty deal for Latinx family drama “The Three Joaquins,” which hails from scribes Manuel Figueroa and Jordan Heimer.
Partially based on Figueroa’s childhood experience, “The Three Joaquins” tells the story of a wealthy and powerful Latinx family who have their Pasadena world turned upside down when the living proof of their father’s secret life arrives on their doorstep in the form of a 16-year-old kid who shares nothing with his family but their name.
The project is being produced by ABC Signature, with Figueroa and Heimer set to write and executive produce.
Other than “Stumptown,” which was canceled in Sept. due to Covid-19 after being renewed earlier in the year, the pair also worked together on Starz’s “Step Up: High Water.” The series, based on the “Step Up” films,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
ABC has put in development The Three Joaquins, a Latinx family drama from writers Jordan Heimer and Manny Figueroa, Ruben Fleischer and David Bernad’s The District, and ABC Signature.
Written by Heimer and Figueroa, The Three Joaquins is based in part on Figueroa’s childhood experience. It centers on a wealthy and powerful Latinx family who have their Pasadena world turned upside down when the living proof of their father’s secret life arrives on their doorstep in the form of 16-year-old Tito, a kid who shares nothing with his family but their name.
Heimer and Figueroa executive produce with Fleischer and Bernad for The District. ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios, is the studio.
Figueroa & Heimer most recently wrote on ABC’s Stumptown and Starz’s Step Up. They are repped by Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Matthew Wallerstein at Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof + Fishman.
Written by Heimer and Figueroa, The Three Joaquins is based in part on Figueroa’s childhood experience. It centers on a wealthy and powerful Latinx family who have their Pasadena world turned upside down when the living proof of their father’s secret life arrives on their doorstep in the form of 16-year-old Tito, a kid who shares nothing with his family but their name.
Heimer and Figueroa executive produce with Fleischer and Bernad for The District. ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios, is the studio.
Figueroa & Heimer most recently wrote on ABC’s Stumptown and Starz’s Step Up. They are repped by Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Matthew Wallerstein at Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof + Fishman.
- 12/15/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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