Producer of “Queen of the South,” starring Kate del Castillo, and “Black Widow,” CEO and partner of Colombia’s Rti Prods. a former Telemundo Studios president, then co-founder in 2016 of W Studios with Univision, Televisa Studios president Patricio Wills’ C.V. remains unique in Spanish-language TV.
Joining Televisa in March 2018, where he launched Televisa Studios, Wills’ latest challenge, however, has maybe been the biggest of his career: To get Televisa’s scripted mojo back, primarily via a multi-series franchise, Fábrica de Sueños, which recasts many of Televisa’s biggest telenovela classics as updated 25-episode limited series. The following Q & A, turning on the Fabrica de Sueños, was made as Mipcom wound down last month. At MipCancun, Wills addressed the same subject in a plenary session with Produ’s editor-in-chief Richard Izarra.
Fábrica de Sueños maintains a delicate balance between respect for Televisa’s legacy brand and a re-set of formats – dramas’ length,...
Joining Televisa in March 2018, where he launched Televisa Studios, Wills’ latest challenge, however, has maybe been the biggest of his career: To get Televisa’s scripted mojo back, primarily via a multi-series franchise, Fábrica de Sueños, which recasts many of Televisa’s biggest telenovela classics as updated 25-episode limited series. The following Q & A, turning on the Fabrica de Sueños, was made as Mipcom wound down last month. At MipCancun, Wills addressed the same subject in a plenary session with Produ’s editor-in-chief Richard Izarra.
Fábrica de Sueños maintains a delicate balance between respect for Televisa’s legacy brand and a re-set of formats – dramas’ length,...
- 11/26/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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