A two-year ten project development deal was signed in which the first project will be a scripted series titled Te Buscaré Hasta Encontrarte (I Will Look for You Until I Find You), that focuses on the human drama experienced by human trafficking victims.
VIS, a division of ViacomCBS, announced a First Look Deal for Spanish language content with AGC Television, the television division of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, founded in 2018.
A two-year ten project development deal was signed in which the first project will be a scripted series titled Te Buscaré Hasta Encontrarte (I Will Look for You Until I Find You), that focuses on the human drama experienced by human trafficking victims.
AGC Studios develops and produces multicultural and multiplatform film and television content for a variety of audiences from headquarters in Los Angeles, London, and Mexico City. Their recent television projects include sci-fi thriller War of the Worlds currently on Epix; the Spanish language adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s drama News of a Kidnapping for Amazon; Sebastian Gutierrez’s crime thriller Leopard Skin starring Carla Gugino; and they are in pre-production on crime drama Troppo starring Thomas Jane.
Recent high profile film projects include Roland Emmerich’s U.S. box office #1 Midway, Doug Liman’s Locked Down, Tate Taylor’s Breaking News in Yuba County, Yuval Adler’s The Secrets We Keep, Neil Burger’s Voyagers, and documentary features John Lewis: Good Trouble and Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story, which premiered on CNN in the US and the BBC in the UK.
“We continue to strengthen our strategy by collaborating with international partners that provide innovative content to our global audiences,” said JC Acosta, President ViacomCBS International Studios and Networks Americas. “AGC has an amazing track record and global content pipeline. This partnership allows us to work closely with them to create Spanish-Language content to feed our global studio & P+ content offering.
“We’re happy to be partnering with ViacomCBS International Studios to bring compelling stories from talented Hispanic writers, directors, and actors,” said Lourdes Diaz, President AGC Television. “ViacomCBS International Studios is a leading producer in premium global content and we look forward to working with JC Acosta and his team on innovative scripted and non-scripted projects.”
VIS, one of the leading global Spanish-language content creators, currently has more than 140 projects under development. First look deals, such as this deal, are crucial for its global strategy, allowing the studio to partner, create and produce content with the best talent, writers, and producers around the world.
In addition, VIS recently announced a new slate of content which further expands the Paramount+ global content lineup, in partnership with world-renowned content creators and producers. The projects include scripted series, documentaries, films, and live shows for ViacomCBS brands as well as for third parties in all territories and in collaboration with the best international partners and well-known talent such as Marc Anthony, Demián Bichir, Diego Boneta, Juan José Campanella, Tinge Krishnan, Susana Giménez, Luis Gerado Méndez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Mariana Treviño, Ricardo Arjona, Irene Azuela, Frida Torresblanco, Isabel Coixet, Daniel Burman, and Adriana Ribeiro.
