U.S. HISPANIC
Mega: 20 Minutos in co-production with Ay Yapım will be made in Colombia with actors from Mexico and US Hispanic
Maribel Ramos-Weiner| 27 de junio de 2019
JI Vicente de Mega, A Ince de MADD y P Hernandez de Mega
20 Minutos (60 episodes), drama that Mega de Chile and Ay Yapım from Turkey will co-produce in Colombia together with FOXTelecolombia. It will be made with Mexico and US Hispanic.
“For the production of this Turkish story we are not thinking about the Mega screen, but about all Latin America. We think it is a plot that will be capable of traveling and turning out well in Mexico, US Hispanic, and many other territories, as well as in Chile by Mega,” expressed Juan Ignacio Vicente, International Content and Business at Mega.
20 Minutos is the story of a music teacher, who, to free his wife from jail, becomes a criminal. The original series was aired four years ago on Turkey´s Star TV with a very good performance.
“Transformation stories work out very well,” said Ateş Ince, general director at MADD Entertainment, distributor of the Ay Yapım and Mediayapım products and that will commercialize the version of 20 Minutos made in Colombia. “For the first time, MADD will distribute a drama made in Latin America globally,” he added.
It is important to recall that Ay Yapım also closed a co-production deal with Viacom to make El Asesino del Olvido (12 episodes). “We have been doing business in Latin America for years and the time to co-produce in the region has come,” maintains Ince.
“Mega is the channel that opened the doors of the region to Turkish content, therefore it is a great partner,” he ended.
