SOOMOS
Caracas-born actor Edgar Ramirez will appear in ads supporting Amnesty Internationals’ Campaign for Arms Control. Last seen in Bourne Ultimatum, Edgar will next appear in Steven Soderbergh’s The Argentine and as Pablo Escobar in the Oliver Stone-Antoine Fuqua biopic currently in pre-production.
Univision has a glimpse of Adela Noriega’s anticipated return to Spanish TV. “Fire in the Blood,” her 12th soap opera, is story of PASSION! and REVENGE! between three brothers, three sisters, and an evil stepmother. Broadcast starts January 21, 2008 on Televisa.
At the New York premiere of The Orphanage last night, actress Belén Rueda, (with Director Juan Antonio Bayona & Producer Guillermo del Toro) expressed total excitement but feels an Oscar nod is still “far in the distance…”
Latin America Movie Attendance Soars
Hollywood Reporter released numbers today that shows a pleasant 5-year forecast for Latin American exhibition.
Covering the key markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela, the report says boxoffice hit $1 billion for the first time in 2004, rising to $1.17 billion by 2006…
The research forecasts admissions across the region will salsa their way to 463 million by 2011, compared with the 357 million recorded during 2006…
Dodona says the largest market in the region is Mexico, whose 105 million people each visited the cinema 1.57 times on average in 2006. But the fastest growing, by contrast, is Peru, where admissions grew from 8.5 million in 2001 to 15.2 million in 2006…
Altogether there are over 8,100 screens in the magnificent seven countries, compared to 6,300 five years ago…
Although the region is growing fast, ticket prices remain relatively low, ranging from an average of $4 in Chile to just $2.21 in Peru. In the largest markets, Mexico and Brazil, cinemagoers pay $3.33 and $3.53 respectively, Dodona said…
Illegal Tender on DVD and HD-DVD today. After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle the score, a teenage boy (Rick Gonzalez) and his mother (Wanda de Jesus) turn the tables on the killers. Producer John Singleton and writer/director Franc Reyes join forces to tell the story of one Latino family’s quest for honor and revenge.
With 14 nominations, Emilio Martinez-Lazaro’s Spanish Civil War drama 13 Rosas is a favorite for the los Premios Goya. The ceremony will take place February 3rd in Madrid. Full list of nominations.
The coming of age drama Chop Shop starring two of the biggest breakout stars this year; Alejandro Polanco and Isamar Gonzales will begin its theatrical run at New York’s Film Forum on February 27th. The film tells the story of a 12 year-old Latino street orphan (Polanco) living and working in an auto repair shop on the outskirts of Queens. His life is brightened with the arrival of his sister (Gonzales) who moves in with him, and the two attempt to form a better life together. Koch Lorber Films acquired all domestic rights to the film from Iranian-American writer/director Ramin Bahrani, a recent nominee for an Independent Spirit Award “One to Watch” Award.
