Imagina Clinches European Format Deals

MADRID: Imagina International Sales has announced new format deals in Europe for El internado (The Boarding School), Los hombres de Paco (Paco’s Men) and Cuenta atrás.

In France, Marathon and Leonis Production-Gaumont  have begun filming a local version of The Boarding School, the hit Antena 3 series that launches its sixth season this fall, for M6, which will air the show in prime time as L’Internat. Los hombres de Paco, meanwhile, is getting an Italian adaptation courtesy of Endemol Italia and Mediavivere. Tutti per Bruno is slated to launch in January on Canale 5. And MME/Filmpool in Germany has picked up the rights to produce a version of Cuenta atrás for RTL for early 2010.