Pantaya Launches First Unscripted Original

The Spanish-language streamer Pantaya has unveiled its first unscripted original series, De Viaje Con Los Derbez (Derbez Family Vacation), which follows actor and comedian Eugenio Derbez and his family as they travel through Morocco.

The series will launch in the U.S. and Puerto Rico on the service—which is a joint venture from Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group—on October 18 and will stream internationally on Amazon Prime Video. Derbez Family Vacation is a half-hour Spanish-language docu-comedy that sees a camera crew follow one of the most famous entertainment families on Spanish-language television as they adventure in Morocco.

This is the first time the entire family of performers, who reach nearly 70 million followers on social media combined, can be seen together on the television screen. The family consists of Derbez’s wife, actress Alessandra Rosaldo; their young daughter Aitana; Derbez’s older sons, actors Vadhir and José Eduardo; and his daughter, actress Aislinn Derbez (La Casa de Las Flores), alongside her husband Mauricio Ochmann (Ya Veremos) and their daughter Kailani.

The series is produced in association with Lionsgate by Derbez and Ben Odell’s 3Pas Studios, as well as Katy Wallin and Stephanie Bloch Chambers’ Wallin Chambers Entertainment, who both have television deals with Lionsgate.

“I’m thrilled to be working with our Lionsgate friends in bringing my reality series to Pantaya and Amazon Prime Video,” said Derbez. “When they learned that I was planning to take my entire family on a surprise trip to Morocco, they had the crazy idea of documenting our adventures. We have always tried to keep our personal lives private so we were all really nervous about doing this but I think our audience will love it. They will finally know that we are just as crazy and dysfunctional as any family!”

“You don’t know what to expect from Eugenio and his family except that it’ll be outrageous, fun and full of heart,” said Pantaya and Pantelion Films CEO Paul Presburger. “Although the family was nervous about what they were getting into, they decided to take us on their wild adventure. Eugenio has delivered a string of box office hits for Pantelion Films, and we couldn’t be more excited to have the creative mastermind behind them helming our first original unscripted television series for Pantaya. We look forward to collaborating with Lionsgate, 3Pas and Wallin Chambers on what we expect to be a platform-defining series.”

“De Viaje Con Los Derbez is the perfect example of the synergies we aim to create across the company and our focus on empowering talent to tell their stories through different mediums,” said Lionsgate’s senior VP and head of unscripted programming, Alice Dickens-Koblin. “The Derbez family is so charismatic, loving and downright hilarious that all audiences will want to join them on their journey. We’re very excited to add the series to our unscripted slate and can’t wait to bring it to audiences on Pantaya domestically and internationally via Amazon Prime Video.”