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Ventanarosa completes first-look deal with HBO Max
Maribel Ramos-Weiner| 7 de julio de 2020
Salma Hayek
The actress Salma Hayek with her production company Ventanarosa signed a first-look agreement with WarnerMedia´s HBO Max platform for two years. With the agreement, Ventanarosa will present projects to HBO Max for their possible development.
“We are thrilled to join HBO Max and WarnerMedia. Their team of passionate, open-minded, and talented executives are a great support in our misión to make high-quality global television that explores and celebrates diversity and inclusiveness,” commented Hayek, CEO, and founder of Ventanarosa, that will handle the projects together with her producer partner, José Tamez.
“We are delighted to welcome the exceptionally multi-talented Salma Hayek and Ventanarosa to the HBO Max family,” said Sarah Aubrey, the platform`s Original Content Director.
Joey Chávez, EVP of Original Drama Original at HBO Max, added that Ventanarosa: “Has a track record of live and rich stories, and we are wishing to listen to all the marvelous ideas that will arise from this alliance”.
Salma Hayek, who has been nominated to an Academy Award, among others, has ventured into cinema and television as a producer and director, being recognized by productions such as the film Frida, The Maldonado Miracle, for which she won an Emmy as Best Direction, and in the adaptation for the US of Ugly Betty, that achieved a Golden Globe as a producer for Best Musical Television Series. She recently produced together with Lemon Studios, Monarca for Netflix, which is expected to launch as the second season this year, and together with Buena Vista Original Productions is preparing as executive producer Santa Evita.
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