Latin-American Adaptation of The Golden Girls to Start Production

September 18, 2009 World Screen
MIAMI: Disney Media Networks Latin America (DMNLA) is beginning production in Venezuela on Los Años Dorados, a Spanish-language version of The Golden Girls, developed for the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets.
 
Tailored for the Hispanic audience with a cast headed by leading actresses Rebecca Jones and Susana Alexander from Mexico, Kristina Lilley from Colombia and Cuban Lili Rentería,Los Años Dorados takes place in a Miami that is radically different from the one known by the four stars of the original show. Today’s Miami is a melting pot of Hispanic culture spiced with the flavors, language, music, politics and spirit of Latin America.
 
Los Años Dorados focuses on four Latina heroines from three different countries who, due to their current economic difficulties and personal problems, end up sharing a house. Maintaining the spirit of the original series, Los Años Dorados showcases the entertaining adventures resulting from learning to live together in the midst of needs and dreams that are yet to be fulfilled.
 
Following the Latin American format of limited series run, Los Años Dorados will be produced as 45 30-minute episodes recorded in high definition on a custom-built set in Caracas. The series continues DMNLA’s strategy of producing local versions of hit series, as they have done with Grey’s Anatomy (A Corazón Abierto) and Desperate Housewives (Amas de Casa Desesperadas).
 

Leonardo Aranguibel, DMNLA, is responsible for the adaptation of Los Años Dorados, and the Mexican screenwriter Héctor Valdes is writing the scripts. The executive producers of the reversioned production are Leonardo Aranguibel, Orinoco Films, and Cinemat’s José Vicente Scheuren and María Auxiliadora Barrios. The director is Olegario Barrera.