World Screen

MEXICO CITY: Televisa is slated to replace Sent from Heaven with The Lady from Vendaval, a new telenovela starring Ariadne Diaz. The Lady from Vendaval tells the story of a woman named Marcela who must find a husband in order to save her mother’s ranch. After putting an advertisement in …

MEXICO CITY: Beautiful Love, a telenovela produced by Salvador Mejia, has premiered on Televisa. Starring Jorge Salinas and Danna Garcia, Beautiful Love follows the romance between a fugitive and a mariachi band singer at a bar in Mexico City. Sergio Mayer, Pablo Montero, Angelica Maria, Arturo Peniche, Juan Ferrara and Karla Alvarez also …

NEW YORK: Colorina, a Televisa production that originally aired in the 1980s, is being brought back by Univision tlnovelas starting this month. Premiering July 9, Colorina will run Monday to Friday at 10 p.m. on the network. This marks the first time the novela will air since its original debut. …

MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional and Globo TV International are teaming up to co-produce Fina Estampa, an adaptation of Globo’s original story. The adaptation will start pre-production this summer. It will be show at Telemundo Studios in Miami. The two companies will share the international distribution rights. The new co-production builds on …

MIAMI: Japanese satellite pay-TV network TBS Channel is set to air a dubbed version of Venevision International’s hit novela Eva Luna starring Blanca Soto and Guy Ecker this August. Venevision International signed a deal with TBS Service, an affiliate of broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, to bring a tailor-made edition of the …

MIAMI: Nickelodeon is working with Televisa on an original one-hour U.S. adaptation of the hit Mexican telenovela Reach for a Star (Alcanzar una Estrella) for Nick at Nite. The 80-episode daily series will be the first telenovela ever adapted for the U.S. audience. The single-camera show follows a teenage girl …

MIAMI: The new Venevision International telenovela The Talisman (El Talisman), produced by Venevision Productions in collaboration with Univision Studios, has been sold to Chilevisión. The novela stars Blanca Soto, Rafael Novoa and Aaron Diaz. The Talisman, which will soon make its world premiere on Univision Network, is now headed to …

NEW YORK: At NATPE on Wednesday, January 25, at 9 a.m., Jessica Rodríguez, the senior VP at Univision Communications; Carlos Sotomayor, the executive producer at Univision Studios; and Blanca Soto, the star of Univision’s new novela El talismán, will take part in a Coffee With session with TV Latina’s Rafael …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International is highlighting the new telenovela Irrational Heart at NATPE, where the Brazilian distributor will be presenting its catalogue of novelas, series and documentaries. Irrational Heart stars Antônio Fagundes (Two Faces), Camila Pitanga (Cat’s Cradle), Paola Oliveira (The Prophet) and Eriberto Leão (Paradise), among others. The …

MIAMI: The Venevision International telenovela Eva Luna, starring Blanca Soto and Guy Ecker, has debuted in Romania on Acasa TV and will air in Estonia on Kanal 2. In addition to Romania and Estonia, Eva Luna will soon air in countries such as as Bolivia, Croatia, Guatemala, Turkey, Slovakia, Greece, …