New York-based Cohen Media Group has acquired all U.S. rights to Javier Bardem-starrer “The Good Boss” (“El Buen Patrón”), Spain’s submission to the international feature film Oscars race at the 2022 Academy Awards.The deal was negotiated by CMG senior VP Robert Aaronson and Fionnuala Jamison, managing director, MK2, which is handling international sales on the film.Written and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, “The Good Boss” world premiered at September’s San Sebastián Festival, where it was one of the best received of...
Mediapro
Jaume
Roures
CEO
For a long time, Roures was known as much for his political activism as for the content he turned out. But the Spanish producer, who as a youth was imprisoned under Franco’s dictatorship, has become so prolific in recent years, his entertainment work can’t help but dominate the conversation. As head of MediaPro Studio, he has 68 TV projects in various stages of development and production, including “Venga, Juan” (HBO Max Spain) and “Cecilia” (Paramount+) and a limited-series adaptation of Susan Sheehan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Is There No Place on Earth for Me?” that John Turturro will direct for Amazon. On the feature side, he has recent releases “The Good Boss,” which was shortlisted to represent Spain at the Oscars, and “Official Competition,” co-starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.