The MediaPro Studio Readies ‘The Head’ Season 3 And Mike Leigh Film, Looks To Buy Library And Literary Rights In The U.S. — Mipcom Cannes
deadline.comThe MediaPro Studio will look to invest in literary and library program rights in the U.S., the Spanish company’s boss told delegate here at Mipcom Cannes today, as it unveiled several new projects during a Mipcom Cannes keynote.
Laura Fernández Espeso announced projects such as including season 3 of thriller drama The Head and a project with British director Mike Leigh in post-production, but also revealed plans in the English-language U.S.
market and talked up growth opportunities. “For the American market, we’re going to be focused on books, library acquisitions and finished content because we are receiving a lot if proposals that are super high quality,” she said. “Our rights team are open be part of those projects, and they are going to help us to diversify.” An example is survival thriller Hunting Ana Bravo, which Erik Barmack’s LA-based Wild Sheep Content is producing.
Barcelona-based production giant MediaPro Studio has boarded as a third-party investor. The Head Season 3 will shoot in the Sahara Desert later this year, marking a departure from the previous season, which was set at Point Nemo, a location in the Pacific Ocean that represents the further point away from land anywhere on the planet.
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