Mondo TV Launches 2050, MeteoHeroes

At a press conference today at MIPCOM, Mondo TV revealed two new shows: the live-action science-fiction series 2050, targeted at adults, and the animated eco-adventure MeteoHeroes.

MeteoHeroes is about kids who can control the weather. It is a Mondo TV co-production with MOPI (Meteo Operations Italia, a.k.a. the Epson Weather Centre). The 52×7-minute series is scheduled to launch in spring 2020.

2050 is a co-production between U.S.-based VIP 2000 TV, Mondo TV Iberoamerica and South American production and post-production company Casablanca. The 13×1-hour sci-fi drama is aimed at an audience aged 18-plus, which is a new demo for Mondo TV. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world where despair ruled until feelings could be moderated by a specially created microchip called the Limbus—but something went wrong. Now feelings are almost unknown and government control is nearly absolute. The cast includes Clara Alvarado from the hit series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) and others hail from the U.S., Canada, Europe and Latin America. The first season of 2050 is in production now and due to launch in 2019.

Roxana Rotundo, CEO of VIP 2000 TV, said: “The concept of 2050 was created with an eye to all the fast changes that the entertainment media is experiencing. It is really a 360-degree product—one that will work for TV, video games, licensing, the internet—in fact, all media. Mondo TV and Casablanca, both respected companies in the international market, are the perfect partners to make this a success.”

Matteo Corradi, Mondo TV’s CEO, said: “Mondo TV is continuing to diversify its output while still focusing on our reputation for innovative ideas and great storytelling. Both 2050 and MeteoHeroes take us in exciting new directions with new production partners, but both are also fantastic entertainment that, we believe, will thrill audiences around the world.”