Warner Bros. in conjunction with the Australian company Animal Logic (responsible for the animation of ’Happy Feet’ and ’Ga’Hoole: La Leyenda de los Guardianes’), prepare the launch of the adventure film based on Lego constructions, which mixed animation and live action. ‘Lego, the film’ features the voices of actors Morgan Freeman, Chris Pratt and Will Arnett.The film is written and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who made sure to bring to the big screen the film ”Lluvia de las Hamburguesas” Significantly, the relationship that Warner has had with Lego for many years, with the granting of rights to the Danish company to build Lego versions of franchise characters of the   Read more...

“This story reflects the scope of organized crime in the casino world, based on investigation that allows us to talk with foundations”, Epigmenio Ibarra TVMAS was part of the presentation to the media and customers of the new television series of Cadena Tres, Fortuna.  With this new proposal, the broadcaster reactivates its relationship with Argos TV, who produced this new initiative under the leadership of Epigmenio Ibarra. The story written by   Read more...

The director of Marcados por la muerte, conversed with TVMAS, about the original Turner production for channel TruTV and which began for the first time in Brazil. Now the producer BE-TV, takes the series to Colombia under the direction of Andrés Wiesner. “I am happy with the result. It was long, hard and difficult work; it goes a bit with the channel’s slogan, ‘common people with extraordinary stories’ and for   Read more...

IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Paramount Pictures, a Viacom Division (NASDAQ: VIA y VIAB), announced an agreement to open five of the upcoming Paramount Picture films in the IMAX format as an extension of the long-standing partnership between the two companies. The agreement contained some of the most anticipated Paramount blockbusters, including Michael Bay’s, Transformers 4 (June 2014 in USA and in July in Spain) as well as the coproduction by Christopher   Read more...

TVMAS was present at the launching of the most important animated series of Discovery kids in recent years. Allan Navarrete, senior VP and general manager of Discovery Mexico Latin America, presented to media and customers in Mexico City, the premiere of Doki, the first series made for this character considered an icon of the channel and were released on April 15. The executive told TVMAS that the project is the   Read more...

The telenovela ‘The Life We Lead’, which recounts the thrilling story about overcoming the twists and turns of life, will be one of Globo’s highlights at Cannes during the MIPTV 2013. The Brazilian broadcaster, which is celebrating 40 years of operations in the international market this year, has just licensed the telenovela to Canal 13 (Chile), which is one of the main communication groups in the country. The story will   Read more...

SOMOSTV, the company that produces and distributes ViendoMovies, the commercial free channel that programs films originally produced in Spanish without commercial breaks, announced the licensing of the pay TV rights for the Mexican blockbuster “Hidalgo, la historia jamas contada” (“Hidalgo, the Untold Story”), starring Damian Bichir and Ana de La Reguera. The film won the Colon Silver award in the Huelva Latin American Film Festival and was nominated for several   Read more...

Ellen DeGeneres, original voice in English of the forgetful bluefish from “Buscando a Nemo”, revealed some details of the new release. “I waited for this day for a long time.  I am not crazy when I say that it was so long. I know the people from Pixar was very busy creating “Toy Story 16’” but the wait was worth it. The script is fantastic and has everything that I adored in   Read more...

The series Pablo Escobar: “El patrón del mal” is the only Latin title selected as one of the 50 formats that have changed the global TV industry, according to thewit.com, under The (W) it list, issued by MIPTV and MIPCOM communities, well known fairs in this field. The Wit, Swiss-based agency that studies TV trends worldwide, presents this list, and during the commemoration of its 50th anniversary, will award this   Read more...

TVMAS spoke with Alejandra Barrera, Marketing Director at Turner Mexico and Central America, following the launch of the new season by TBS Veryfunny Anger Management. After 16 months of its release in Latin America, the signal reaches 31 million subscribers. “Our goal this year is to continue growing the distribution and reach the top of the pay-TV distribution. Also, we will continue acquiring good content and also grow in production.   Read more...