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Prime Video Mexico is firing up a brand new unique sequence, “Mentiras,” primarily based on the favored Mexican stage musical.
Singer-actor Belinda and Luis Gerardo Méndez (“Membership de Cuervos,” “Narcos”) lead a stellar solid that features Mariana Treviño (“A Man Known as Otto”), Diana Bovio (“Lecciones para canallas”) and Regina Blandón (“ Maquíllame otra vez”).
Gabriel Ripstein, whose credit embody the sequence “An Unknown Enemy” (“Un extraño enemigo”) and Berlin finest first function winner “600 Miles,” created the sequence and can function director and showrunner.
“On this adaptation, we can pay tribute to a narrative and characters that the viewers adores and develop their universe, due to a very modern visible narrative,” Ripstein stated. “To convey this story to life, instructed with greater than 30 of essentially the most profitable songs of the ’80s, we now have assembled a spectacular solid and crew.”
The transfer comes regardless of system-wide cutbacks introduced in January which have seen layoffs throughout Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and livestreaming platform Twitch. Prime Video in Southeast Asia, the Center East and Africa modified their content material technique to concentrate on licensing offers as a substitute of unique productions.
“Mentiras,” which implies “Lies” in English, follows 4 ladies who meet at a funeral and uncover that the deceased had a relationship with every of them earlier than being murdered, making all of them prime suspects.
By a mix of comedy and melodrama, the sequence delves into themes of id and stereotypes, offering a social commentary on machismo and gender norms prevalent within the Nineteen Eighties.
Mentioned Méndez, who can also be an government producer: “When my associate Gerardo Gatica and I based our manufacturing firm Cine Vaquero, we made a dedication to make modern, dangerous, and thrilling initiatives. I grew to become an actor in theater and musicals and all the time wished to discover a option to pay tribute to them on the display screen.
He continued, “5 years in the past, I noticed that the reply had all the time been in entrance of me with the extraordinary work that José Manuel Lopez Velarde had accomplished with ‘Mentiras.’ We have been sure that in Mexico, we have been able to convey a musical of this measurement to tv. In the present day, lastly, supported by our crew at Amazon, ‘Lies’ is a actuality, and doing it hand in hand with all these accomplices makes me smile.”
“We’re certain that ‘Mentiras’ will likely be a memorable occasion for audiences throughout Mexico, particularly for the hundreds of thousands of followers that the play has attracted for over 14 years,” stated Alonso Aguilar Castillo, who leads the unique content material crew for Prime Video Mexico .
Ripstein, Ilse Apellaniz and Natalia García Agraz are co-writers of the sequence.
“Mentiras” is a co-production between Cine Vaquero and Andrea Gamboa’s Pez Caja (“A Million Miles Away”).
Velarde, the creator of the profitable musical on which the story relies, is on board as inventive director.
“Mentiras” will launch completely on Prime Video in additional than 240 international locations and territories.
Different Prime Video Originals made within the area embody “De Viaje con los Derbez,” “El Juego de las Llaves,” “Un extraño enemigo,” “Harina,” “La Caída,” “Maradona: Sueño Bendito,” “Jalas o te Rajas” and Daytime Emmy winners “LOL: Final One Laughing” and “Pan y Circo.”
Mariana Treviño, Regina Blandon, Diana Bovio
Credit score: Paco Diaz, Esteban Calderon, Alberto Hidalgo
Belinda, Luis Gerardo Méndez to Lead Prime Video Mexico’s ‘Mentiras’
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