Chile’s preeminent scribe Julio Rojas, whose serial podcast “Case 63” was Spotify’s hottest podcast in Latin America and was tailored into English with Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac starring, is writing his first romcom after the worldwide success of “Case 63.”
Titled “Detras de ti” (“I Obtained Your Again,” working title), the upcoming venture is being co-produced by Spain’s EvaFilms and David Naranjo’s Pris & Batty, greatest identified for its hit comedies “8 apellidos vascos,” “8 apellidos catalanes” and “Toc toc.”
“Ever since I listened to ‘Case 63,’ I used to be very eager to work with Julio and produce his work to the large display,” mentioned Eva Cebrián of EvaFilms, including: “Julio is an indeniable storyteller who has most understood the audio format, given his deep expertise as a screenwriter.”
Whereas Rojas has a predilection for sci-fi initiatives, Cebrián identified that romance was very a lot intrinsic to his work. “Detras de ti” might be a departure for Rojas, but it surely’s set within the close to future and can nonetheless bear science-fiction parts.
Rojas can also be identified for co-writing Pablo Fendrik’s Latino sci-fi collection “The Shelter,” story modifying Lucia Puenzo’s “La Jauria” and penning various acclaimed options, led by Marcela Mentioned’s “The Summer time of Flying Fish” and Matias Bize’s “The Reminiscence of Water.”
To be directed by Vicente Villanueva, (“Toc toc”), “Detras de ti” facilities on 24-year-old Joaquin, an aspiring screenwriter who whereas attempting to land a job at a streaming platform, types a part of an “picture assist workforce,” a prime secret service the place a bunch of nerds in a management room join visually and aurally with a celeb to information him via conditions and make him seem extra clever, inventive and proficient than he actually is.
When Joaquin sees his shopper, B-list actor Daniel Casañas, begin falling in love with the identical woman he loves, the boundaries between look and actuality start to blur for everybody. That is “a romantic comedy in a world the place the true and the bogus, the place the genuine and the obvious develop more and more muddled,” the synopsis says.
EvaFilms and Pris & Batty are additionally co-producing fantasy story “La Ternura” which is being shot within the Dominican Republic.
EvaFilms was based in 2019 by Cebrián, who held government positions at pubcaster RTVE as head of movie and later, of TV programming. She additionally based OnDemand Media, an audiovisual producer and marketing consultant in Mexico and Spain, was an advisor to the digital inventive company Social Noise and was director of recent initiatives and developments for Stage Leisure Spain, an organization that produces among the most profitable musicals on this planet.
Rojas is represented by Agencia La Luz, a expertise administration company and venture incubator based by Constanza Arena, the previous government director of CinemaChile, that represents lots of Chile’s foremost writing, directing and performing skills.