Having forged strategic co-production alliances for film and TV with Gaumont, Spain’s Planeta and Amor y Lujo, Colombia’s Fidelio, one of the quickest growing production houses in Latin America, has launched development on a Mexico and Romania-set crime drama.
Fidelio has initiated development on a series that calls for one in Latin America and another in Eastern Europe. Based on exhaustive research and publication, the show, whose development is being lead by Mauricio Leiva Cock, screenwriter of “Capital Roar” and scribe-helmer of movie “The Night of the Beast” has found an unusual partner: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Rather than optioning the rights for its report, the companies have pacted longer-term synergies whereby the Project is actively involved in development of a scripted drama which will offer constant insight on the complexities of the organized crime world.
The yet-to-be-titled rambunctious story of the Riviera Maya Gang loks set to serve as a reminder to the viewer that life is often stranger than fiction.
Its story spans across the globe from Romania to the beaches of Mexico, involving family clans, betrayal, ATM fraud, and a lot of journalistic investigation. The series’ complexity underscores Fidelio’s growing ambitions.
“We know that this could potentially be a big show in the sense of scale. Our partners at the OCCRP want to make it trans-continental, for the story to be told from different perspectives,” Leiva-Cock told Variety.
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