The Mediapro Studio Acquires Latin American Production-Services Powerhouse Cimarron (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent SAN SEBASTIAN — In a first big deal to be announced during this year’s San Sebastian Festival, Madrid-based The Mediapro Studio, one of Europe’s biggest independent and international creation-production-distribution powerhouses, has acquired Cimarrón, the Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico-based production house and services company.
Of “highly significant value,” TMS said Friday, the deal looks set to consolidate TMS’ presence in Latin America and beyond.
In the region, in its earliest talent deal, TMS acquired Argentina’s Oficina Burman in 2018, headed by filmmaker Daniel Burman who plays a further double role at TMS as head of content U.S.
and as one of TMS’s leading creators, show running Amazon’s Prime Video title “Yosi, the Regretful Spy,” a major hit at 2022’s Berlinale Series.
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