The series will air exclusively in the U.S. on Telemundo
Mexican actor and singer Diego Boneta will play Luis Miguel in Telemundo and Gato Grande’s only officially authorized TV series based on the life of internationally renowned music superstar and Grammy award-winning multi-platinum recording artist, Luis Miguel.
The series will air exclusively in the U.S. on Telemundo, the innovative Spanish-language network that introduced hit bio-musicals such as Celia and Hasta Que Te Conocí. In Latin America, the series will air on Netflix.
Best known for his roles in the Mexican TV show Rebelde, and English-language series including Pretty Little Liars, Diego has also acted alongside Tom Cruise in the film Rock of Ages and was also in 2015’s Scream Queens.
Produced by Gato Grande Productions, a joint venture between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Mexican entrepreneurs Miguel Alemán Magnani and Antonio Cué Sánchez Navarro, the series will air in Latin America and Spain on Netflix in 2018.
MGM’s president of Television and Digital, Mark Burnett will help develop the series and lead Gato Grande in its first scripted project designed to tackle the growing US Hispanic market.
