Banijay’s Americas division has bought a majority stake in Brazilian TV and film producer A Fábrica.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but Rio de Janiero-based A Fábrica will now form part of Banijay Americas, which recently announced it was launching Banijay Studios Brasil in São Paulo.
Following the sale to Banijay, A Fábrica’s management team will remain in place, reporting to Laurens Drillich, President, Endemol Shine Latino. The team comprises CEO Luiz Noronha, Chief Content Officer Renato Fagundes, Producers Cecilia Grosso and Samanta Moraes and CFO Alberto Elias.
A Fábrica was founded in January 2016 and is behind several high-profile Brazilian scripted series and films, with its content is currently on the likes of Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and local streamer Globoplay.
Among its shows is Brazil’s highest-rated pay-tv sitcom, Vai Que Cola, which is in its 10th season for Multishow and Globo. It is working up Sem Filtro,...
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but Rio de Janiero-based A Fábrica will now form part of Banijay Americas, which recently announced it was launching Banijay Studios Brasil in São Paulo.
Following the sale to Banijay, A Fábrica’s management team will remain in place, reporting to Laurens Drillich, President, Endemol Shine Latino. The team comprises CEO Luiz Noronha, Chief Content Officer Renato Fagundes, Producers Cecilia Grosso and Samanta Moraes and CFO Alberto Elias.
A Fábrica was founded in January 2016 and is behind several high-profile Brazilian scripted series and films, with its content is currently on the likes of Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and local streamer Globoplay.
Among its shows is Brazil’s highest-rated pay-tv sitcom, Vai Que Cola, which is in its 10th season for Multishow and Globo. It is working up Sem Filtro,...
- 12/6/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Banijay Americas has acquired a majority stake in Brazilian studio A Fábrica.
The purchase comes just one week after Banijay revealed it will launch Banijay Studios Brasil, a 750,000 square foot studio outside of São Paulo, in early 2023.
Based in Rio de Janeiro, A Fábrica was founded in January 2016 and has content crossing Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video, Turner, HBO Max, Globo, Globoplay, Canal Gnt and Multishow.
A Fábrica produces Brazil’s highest-rated pay TV sitcom, “Vai Que Cola,” which is in its 10th season for Multishow and Globo, and has two highly anticipated scripted series launching soon, including Netflix comedy “Sem Filtro.”
The studio currently has eight feature films in its pipeline, including the comedy “Cansei De Ser Nerd,” in partnership with Hungry Man for Paramount Pictures, and “Era Uma Vez Minha Primeira Vez,” based on a book by best-selling Brazilian author Thalita Rebouças. The studio is also producing four true-crime docuseries.
The purchase comes just one week after Banijay revealed it will launch Banijay Studios Brasil, a 750,000 square foot studio outside of São Paulo, in early 2023.
Based in Rio de Janeiro, A Fábrica was founded in January 2016 and has content crossing Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video, Turner, HBO Max, Globo, Globoplay, Canal Gnt and Multishow.
A Fábrica produces Brazil’s highest-rated pay TV sitcom, “Vai Que Cola,” which is in its 10th season for Multishow and Globo, and has two highly anticipated scripted series launching soon, including Netflix comedy “Sem Filtro.”
The studio currently has eight feature films in its pipeline, including the comedy “Cansei De Ser Nerd,” in partnership with Hungry Man for Paramount Pictures, and “Era Uma Vez Minha Primeira Vez,” based on a book by best-selling Brazilian author Thalita Rebouças. The studio is also producing four true-crime docuseries.
- 12/6/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Capping the celebration of Endemol Shine Brazil’s 15th anniversary, parent company Banijay Americas will be unveiling what they tout will be the largest independent production studio facility in Latin America.
In a statement led by Ben Samek, president and chief operating officer, Banijay Americas, the nearly 750,000 square feet Banijay Studios Brasil will be based in São Paulo and “welcome third-party TV and film clients alike.”
The new indoor-outdoor facility is being built in Guarulhos, located relatively close to São Paulo’s international airport where hangars, warehouses and other large-scale facilities stand, and is expected to open by spring next year.
In comparison, Globo Studios, owned by Brazilian media giant Globo, occupies a total area of 18.6 million sq. ft (1.73 million m²) – that includes an Atlantic forest – in Rio do Janeiro and runs 13 studios encompassing a total area of 135,000. sq. ft.
The studio deal was forged by Samek, Endemol Shine Latino...
In a statement led by Ben Samek, president and chief operating officer, Banijay Americas, the nearly 750,000 square feet Banijay Studios Brasil will be based in São Paulo and “welcome third-party TV and film clients alike.”
The new indoor-outdoor facility is being built in Guarulhos, located relatively close to São Paulo’s international airport where hangars, warehouses and other large-scale facilities stand, and is expected to open by spring next year.
In comparison, Globo Studios, owned by Brazilian media giant Globo, occupies a total area of 18.6 million sq. ft (1.73 million m²) – that includes an Atlantic forest – in Rio do Janeiro and runs 13 studios encompassing a total area of 135,000. sq. ft.
The studio deal was forged by Samek, Endemol Shine Latino...
- 11/28/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Film
Netflix is teaming with the Larraín brothers’ indie production outfit Fabula to produce its second Chilean original, a feature-length adaptation of Antonio Skármeta’s “Burning Patience,” sometimes referred to as “The Postman,” adapted by one of Chile’s highest-profile screenwriters in Guillermo Calderón and helmed by “Sex With Love” director Boris Quercia. According to Fabula, a wide casting call will be announced soon, with shooting set for next year.
The book tells the fictional story of Mario, a young fisherman who dreams of becoming a poet. To that end, the young man gets a job as the postman to Pablo Neruda when the legendary writer, poet and diplomat moves there after being exiled from Chile. The Netflix adaptation has big shoes to fil. In 1996, Michael Radford’s adaptation of the story was nominated for five Academy Awards including best picture, best actor (Massimo Troisi), best director and best adapted screenplay,...
Netflix is teaming with the Larraín brothers’ indie production outfit Fabula to produce its second Chilean original, a feature-length adaptation of Antonio Skármeta’s “Burning Patience,” sometimes referred to as “The Postman,” adapted by one of Chile’s highest-profile screenwriters in Guillermo Calderón and helmed by “Sex With Love” director Boris Quercia. According to Fabula, a wide casting call will be announced soon, with shooting set for next year.
The book tells the fictional story of Mario, a young fisherman who dreams of becoming a poet. To that end, the young man gets a job as the postman to Pablo Neruda when the legendary writer, poet and diplomat moves there after being exiled from Chile. The Netflix adaptation has big shoes to fil. In 1996, Michael Radford’s adaptation of the story was nominated for five Academy Awards including best picture, best actor (Massimo Troisi), best director and best adapted screenplay,...
- 11/9/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“No Limite,” the Brazilian version of Banijay’s hit reality format “Survivor,” will return to Brazil after a 12-year break.
Brazilian network Globo and Endemol Shine Brasil will co-produce the show, which has been commissioned for 11 episodes and will be hosted by André Marques. It will feature a cast of previous contestants from “Big Brother Brasil.”
In addition to this, Globo has commissioned a spin-off for its entertainment channel, Multishow, which will also host re-runs. Globo’s entertainment portal, Gshow, and its VOD service, Globoplay, will host exclusive content and highlights.
The format sees a group of people who are marooned with little more than the clothes on their backs and their own animal cunning. As they catch their own food, build their own shelter and order their own society, castaways must compete in increasingly difficult tests of strategy and guile.
Laurens Drillich, president of Endemol Shine Latino said: “This is such great news.
Brazilian network Globo and Endemol Shine Brasil will co-produce the show, which has been commissioned for 11 episodes and will be hosted by André Marques. It will feature a cast of previous contestants from “Big Brother Brasil.”
In addition to this, Globo has commissioned a spin-off for its entertainment channel, Multishow, which will also host re-runs. Globo’s entertainment portal, Gshow, and its VOD service, Globoplay, will host exclusive content and highlights.
The format sees a group of people who are marooned with little more than the clothes on their backs and their own animal cunning. As they catch their own food, build their own shelter and order their own society, castaways must compete in increasingly difficult tests of strategy and guile.
Laurens Drillich, president of Endemol Shine Latino said: “This is such great news.
- 4/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
This February, “Big Brother Brasil” viewers witnessed the first gay kiss to take place on the reality TV show in its more than two decades on air in South America.
But a few hours after coming out as bisexual by kissing another Black man on live television, contestant Lucas Penteado departed the show. “I tried to be myself in every way,” said the 24-year-old actor, who faced intense backlash from some of his housemates for the kiss, as he quit.
Other participants, some of whom are also people of color who identify as LGBTQ, accused Penteado of using the LGBTQ flag to advance in the game.
“You’re appropriating a collective issue in favor of an issue that is yours, individual…you’re appropriating a historic struggle, collective, in favor of a selfish demand,” Lumena Aleluia, a lesbian psychologist, told the actor. Two other bisexual housemates also criticized Penteado, saying...
But a few hours after coming out as bisexual by kissing another Black man on live television, contestant Lucas Penteado departed the show. “I tried to be myself in every way,” said the 24-year-old actor, who faced intense backlash from some of his housemates for the kiss, as he quit.
Other participants, some of whom are also people of color who identify as LGBTQ, accused Penteado of using the LGBTQ flag to advance in the game.
“You’re appropriating a collective issue in favor of an issue that is yours, individual…you’re appropriating a historic struggle, collective, in favor of a selfish demand,” Lumena Aleluia, a lesbian psychologist, told the actor. Two other bisexual housemates also criticized Penteado, saying...
- 3/28/2021
- by Augusta Saraiva
- Variety Film + TV
The 20th season of reality show “Big Brother Brazil” hit a historic milestone this week when the trio disputing the final two spots on the show’s tenth eviction night lured a whopping 1.5 billion votes. The massive number of casting votes set an all-time record in the “Big Brother” franchise, licensed to Brazilian media giant Globo by Endemol Shine. Since its debut in January, “Big Brother Brazil 20” reached 159 million viewers on free-to-air Globo TV. The March 31 episode nabbed a share of 51% in the city of São Paulo and 55% in Rio de Janeiro.
“Thank you very much for this unprecedented voter participation on this unimaginable eviction day,” said host Tiago Leifert, who interrupted Globo’s regular programming to break the news. The finale is slated for April 23. Voters are allowed to vote multiple times.
“The numbers we are seeing for “Big Brother” in Brazil are eye-popping,” said Endemol Shine Americas Chairman Cris Abrego who,...
“Thank you very much for this unprecedented voter participation on this unimaginable eviction day,” said host Tiago Leifert, who interrupted Globo’s regular programming to break the news. The finale is slated for April 23. Voters are allowed to vote multiple times.
“The numbers we are seeing for “Big Brother” in Brazil are eye-popping,” said Endemol Shine Americas Chairman Cris Abrego who,...
- 4/2/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Mexico’s Televisa and Endemol Shine have inked a new pact for content development, cementing a long-standing relationship of 17 years.
Mexico City-based Endemol Shine Boomdog, run by CEO Alejandro Rincon, and Televisa Studios will co-produce a slew of original scripted and unscripted series for the Hispanic markets of Mexico, the U.S. and the rest of the world.
Unveiled at Natpe by Patricio Wills, President and Head of Studio of Televisa Studios and Laurens Drillich, President of Endemol Shine Latino, the new agreement encompasses the joint development and production of programs, series and original formats from Endemol Shine Group for Hispanics worldwide.
First out the gate are action drama TV series “Hijos de Tigre” and game/sketch show “Me Caigo de Risa” (“Anything Goes”). The latter’s third season on Televisa wrapped Aug. 9 and posted an average audience of 1.8 million viewers per episode. Endemol’s original format of “Anything Goes...
Mexico City-based Endemol Shine Boomdog, run by CEO Alejandro Rincon, and Televisa Studios will co-produce a slew of original scripted and unscripted series for the Hispanic markets of Mexico, the U.S. and the rest of the world.
Unveiled at Natpe by Patricio Wills, President and Head of Studio of Televisa Studios and Laurens Drillich, President of Endemol Shine Latino, the new agreement encompasses the joint development and production of programs, series and original formats from Endemol Shine Group for Hispanics worldwide.
First out the gate are action drama TV series “Hijos de Tigre” and game/sketch show “Me Caigo de Risa” (“Anything Goes”). The latter’s third season on Televisa wrapped Aug. 9 and posted an average audience of 1.8 million viewers per episode. Endemol’s original format of “Anything Goes...
- 1/22/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Endemol Shine Latino, the Spanish-language division of Endemol Shine North America, is joining forces with Mexico City-based production company Boomdog to form Endemol Shine Boomdog. The newly combined studio will focus on original production of both scripted and unscripted content for the U.S. Hispanic and Mexican TV markets. Boomdog CEO Alejandro Rincon now will serve as CEO of Endemol Shine Boomdog, reporting to Endemol Shine Latino President Laurens Drillich, who…...
- 11/14/2017
- Deadline TV
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