When talking about Disney + it
is inevitable to automatically think of those classics promoted by its founder Walt Disney, the incredible Pixar animations, and even the most recent and popular Marvel and Star Wars franchises. However, this streaming platform has much more to offer its users. The vast world behind this giant also has productions made in Latin America, something that cannot be ignored knowing that this audience is one of the most loyal consumers.
With its arrival in Latin America in November 2020, The Walt Disney Company Latin America has not stopped producing various programs for all audiences. Fiction stories, documentaries, live shows, and interviews, among others, are just a small example of how many things we can see on the platform.
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Disney Plus Takes Latin America, RTVE Snags Spain on Filmax-Sold Animated Feature Turu and the Wackies (EXCLUSIVE)
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Disney Plus has acquired Latin American broadcast rights to animated musical “Turu and the Wackies,” a 26-episode CGI spin-off series from the hit 2019 toon movie “Turu, the Wacky Hen,” a Spanish Academy best animated feature winner that Filmax has sold to 75 countries.
In further deals, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has taken broadcast rights in Spain and A’Punt those to Spain’s Valencia region.
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An ode to diversity, “Turu, the Wacky Hen” turns on a hen which can’t lay eggs but, when taken in by Isabel, an elderly lady and ex music teacher, discovers that it can speak to humans. Also, it sure can sing.
Drama Team, ITV Studios, HOT Start Production on Jerusalem - NATPE Roundup
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Catching up on news from and beyond NATPE Miami, ITV Studios and HOT begin shooting on “Jerusalem,” while Disney Plus starts production on its first originals in Spain and Argentina, Newen ropes its French production companies together as Newen France, Beyond Rights sells 250 hours of content in Spain and Portugal and Onza Distribution gets the global rights to new Spanish game show “The Celebrity Challenge.”
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ITV Studios and
Jerusalem,” created by “Blank Bullet’s”
David Ackerman.
Inspired by Ackerman’s previous career in national security and the multicultural nature of the city, “Jerusalem” unspools in the lead up to the Jewish fast of Tisha Be’av and the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha. It turns on Superintendent Amir, a well educated and culturally literate lawman who too often puts his work ahead of his own famil
In the animated feature category, the sole nominee is
Turu, the Wacky Hen (
La gallina Turuleca) a shoo-in if ever we saw one. Inspired by a famous song in the Latin world, the cg family film tells the story of a hen who befriends an old woman and discovers she can speak human language. It is directed by Victor Monigote and Eduardo Gondell; the producers are Spain’s Tandem Films, Gloriamundi Producciones, and A Fonsagrada Producions, and Argentina’s Pampa Films and Sono Film.
Many past winners in this category have had U.S. releases, among them
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children, Another Day of Life, and