EXCLUSIVE: A+E Studios and Telemundo Global Studios are teaming up on a drama series starring Blanca Soto.
Soto, who stars in Netflix’s You Cannot Hide and telenovela Señora Acero, is fronting The Many Names of Aura, which is in development.
The project marks the first time that A+E Studios, which is behind Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer, and Telemundo Global Studios have teamed up. Telemundo will produce and hold the U.S. rights and A+E Studios will oversee international distribution.
Created and written by Luis Zelkowicz (El Señor de los Cielos), the series follows fashion designer and con artist Aura (Soto), along with her father Tiago and grandfather Facundo, run a tight operation conning the wealthy businessmen of Mexico. As Aura juggles her two professional lives and her personal with her daughter, she struggles to balance it all. Finally, she makes a decision to turn on her team and risk everything, to perhaps finally put her family first.
It is A+E Studios’ latest international production; The Malevolent Bride premiered on Israel’s Kan11 earlier this year.
200% Media’s Mari Urdaneta, Allied Management Group’s John Pollak, A+E Studios’ Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson and Telemundo Global Studios’ Karen Barroeta will exec produce.
Soto is repped by Latin World Entertainment and Wrenn Management.
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