“If You Expert that Adapting A Successful TV Series for A Different Market Is Easier than Creating A Brand New One, You May Want to Think Again! That was the message and insight Shared by Sergio Mandoza, Vp, Scriprated Development at Nbcuniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Durying An Apperance on the Final of the Ninth Edition of”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
“We Think Adapting Is Less Work Than Writing,” HE said on Thursday Durying a panel discussion on the internationalization of Spanish Content. “BUT FROM An Executive Point of View, It Is Actual More Time-Consuming.”
Especially Franchises with Huge and Passionate Fan Bases Can Cause Creaters Much Headache, He Highlighted. “If the [franchise] is so popular and well-known, you must be very careful about every choice you make because you will Always getback feedback ‘You devited or detached youRSELF TOO MUCH FROM The ORIGINAL’. ”
That can Lead to Much Consideration and Debate Among the Creative Team, As Well As Stress, But The Executive Also Noted that this can an Engine for Imagination and Innovation. “Adrenaline Dances Very Closely with Creativity,” Mendoza Concluded.
The Executive Highlights How Telemundo Last Year Acquired the Adaptation Rights to VelvetAtresMedia’s 2014 Spanish Drama That Became A Global Phenomenon, and Launched ITS Modern Adptation Last Month.
The Original Ran for Four Seasons and Was Set in the Glamorous World of A 1950s Spanish Fashion House, Exploring Such Themes As Love, Ambition, and Family Dynamics. Telemundo Studios’ Adptation, Velvet: el nuevo imperiohave a figrent Setting, Namely, Contemporary New York. ITS CAST STARS YONZKález and Samantha Siqueiros, Among Others.
MENDOZA Expressed Pride About the New Series and Noted that his team is considering future show opportunities. “I love thrilrs, and they work reality Well in Latin America,“ He Mentioned, Signaling That He Is Keeping An Eye on Possible Thriller Opportunities.
Meanwhile, Fellow Panelist María Pinilla, Director of International & Business Affairs at Banijay’s Banijay’s Banijay Iberia Division “For US, This is Quite FrUSTRATING,“ She Shared. “We have a Lot of Creatives, But Not A Lot of Creative Ideas. We Need to Take Some Risks on New Ideas.”
The Panel Also Featured Alexander Keil, Managing Partner of Skp Entertainment in Germany, José Pastor, Film and Fiction Director at Spainy Rtve, Silvia Cotino, Sales An And Business Develop Mediterráneo at MediaSet España, and Elisa Martin de Blas, Managing Director, Production & Distribution at Contubernio Films in Spain.
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