{"id":21894,"date":"2024-12-06T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:15:03","slug":"max-renews-like-water-for-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/max-renews-like-water-for-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Renews Like Water for Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max has ordered a second season of <em>Like Water for Chocolate<\/em>, which has become the most-watched Latin American content on the streamer worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The series, set during the Mexican Revolution, centers on Tita and Pedro, who are deeply in love but unable to be together because of family customs. As Tita struggles between the destiny forced on her by her family and her fight for Pedro, she channels her deepest desires and passions into cooking.<\/p>\n<p>The series is based on the novel of the same name by Laura Esquivel, which was previously adapted as a film in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Season two of the show will see the return of cast members Irene Azuela, Azul Guaita, Ana Valeria Becerril, Andrea Chaparro, Andr\u00e9s Ba\u00edda and Louis David Horn\u00e9, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The first season\u2019s leader writer was Francisco Javier Royo Fern\u00e1ndez, better known as Curro Royo (<em>Desaparecidos<\/em>, <em>Capit\u00e1n Alatriste<\/em>), who was joined by series writers Mar\u00eda Ja\u00e9n (<em>Com si fos ahir<\/em>, <em>Madres. Amor y Vida<\/em>) and Jimena Gallardo (<em>Ingobernable<\/em>, <em>Como dice el dicho<\/em>). It was directed by Juli\u00e1n de Tavira and Analorena Perezr\u00edos.<\/p>\n<p><em>Like Water for Chocolate<\/em> is produced by Warner Bros. Discovery, Ventanarosa Productions, Endemol Shine North America and Endemol Shine Boomdog. The second season will be executive produced by Salma Hayek Pinault, Jos\u00e9 Tamez and Siobhan Flynn for Ventanarosa Productions; Sharon Levy, Lisa Fahrenholt and Flavio Morales for Endemol Shine North America; Alejandro Rinc\u00f3n, Clara Machado, and showrunner Jerry Rodr\u00edguez for Endemol Shine Boomdog; and Mariano Cesar, Vanessa Miranda and Anouk Aar\u00f3n for Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n<p>The finale of season one is slated to air on December 8 on Max and HBO Latino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to see the success that <em>Like Water for Chocolate<\/em> is having on international screens,\u201d said Mariano Cesar, senior VP of general entertainment content and programming strategy at Warner Bros. Discovery for Latin America and U.S. Hispanic. \u201cIt is an original Latin American production made with the highest quality standards that characterize HBO series, with an incredibly talented community of local creators and artists. This second season of the series will complete the story, fusing essential aspects of Mexican culture, such as magical realism and gastronomy, acting as forms of expression and connection. These themes are developed from a female perspective, in which the questioning of social and family mandates reinforces the current relevance of the narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hayek Pinault said, \u201cIt\u2019s been incredible to see such an important Mexican story resonate with audiences around the world. We are thrilled to confirm a second season of <em>Like Water for Chocolate<\/em> and are looking forward to giving closure to such a strong and powerful story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max has ordered a second season of Like Water for Chocolate, which has become the most-watched Latin American content on the streamer worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2760,260,10044,10045,8272,6578,10046,7841],"class_list":["post-21894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-endemol-shine-boomdog","tag-endemol-shine-north-america","tag-like-water-for-chocolate","tag-mariano-cesar","tag-max","tag-salma-hayek-pinault","tag-ventanarosa-productions","tag-warner-bros-discovery","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Max Renews Like Water for Chocolate - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?p=21894\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Max Renews Like Water for Chocolate - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Max has ordered a second season of Like Water for Chocolate, which has become the most-watched Latin American content on the streamer worldwide.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?p=21894\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-06T14:00:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-06T14:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/HBO-LikeWaterforChocolate-1224.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?p=21894\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?p=21894\",\"name\":\"Max Renews Like Water for Chocolate - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-06T14:00:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-06T14:15:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?p=21894#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?p=21894\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?p=21894#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Max Renews Like Water for Chocolate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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