EXCLUSIVE: Sonoro, the podcast company behind series such as Stephanie Beatriz’s Tejana and Rainn Wilson’s Toxicomanía, is eyeing international TV and film adaptations of its audio series.
The company has teamed up with TDO Media, the television studio behind Amazon’s Corazon Contento, which is developing a U.S.
adaptation of Netflix-airing telenovela The Queen of Flow, to develop global remakes of Sonoro’s shows. TDO Media, which is run by former BBC Worldwide and Electus exec Paulette Bensussen with Allied Management, the group founded by Wilmer Valderrama and former NBC exec John Pollak, to set up Sonoro’s franchises in key international markets.
It comes as podcast IP continues to be a key development tool for scripted series following shows such as Homecoming on Amazon and Gaslit on Starz.
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