The teen series, co-produced by VIS and Rainbow Group, was sold to Dreamia to air in Portugal and Africa on the Biggs youth network.
Viacom International Studios Americas (VIS) agreed with Dreamia the distribution of Club 57 to be broadcast in Portugal and on the African continent through the Biggs youth brand.
Club 57 is a co-production between VIS and Rainbow Group originally premiered in Latin America on the Nickelodeon screen and with RAI in Italy.
The musical series features an international cast led by Venezuelan actress Evaluna Montaner (Eva), Italian actor Riccardo Frasari (JJ), Colombian Sebastián Silva (Rubén), Mexican Martin Barba (Aurek), Cuban American Isabella Castillo (Amelia), Venezuelan Ángela Rincón (Sofía), Chilean Carolina Mestrovic (Vero) and Colombian Andrés Mercado (Manuel), among others.
Club 57 follows the adventures of Eva and her brother Rubén, who accidentally transport themselves to 1957. Both of them try everything to return home but Eva falls in love with JJ and decides to remain in the past, triggering a butterfly effect that changes her life for worse. With a mix of music, dance and time travel adventures, Eva must now figure out how to return to the present without giving up her first love.
The story is created by acclaimed screenwriter Catharina Ledoboer, who has written multiple hits including Every Witch Way (4 seasons), WITS Academy and Talia in the Kitchen for Nickelodeon USA; and 3 successful seasons of Grachi, Nickelodeon’s Latin American fantasy series.
“We are pleased to seal this new agreement with Dreamia for Club 57, a high-quality youth series, and are confident it will be a success in the markets where the Biggs signal operates. This agreement opens up new opportunities to introduce additional high-quality children’s content from our catalog,” said Elena Antonini, Sales and Co-Production Director of Viacom International Studios.
Susana Margarida Gomes, Channel Manager for Biggs, added: “We are very glad to have closed this agreement with Viacom International Studios (VIS) on Club 57. This show is totally made for a channel like Biggs. When music meets dancing in a so magical and special way, we knew we had to give this show to all our viewers, to our kids in Africa and Portugal. We hope that everyone enjoys this magnificent production sings and dances along with Biggs!”
