by the El Reportero’s news services
Rock The Moon Productions’ Film Division announced today that it has sold the rights to develop the film The Corporation to Paramount Pictures in partnership with DiCaprio’s Appian Way. The Corporation will star Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro as Cuban mob boss, Jose Miguel Battle Sr.
The Corporation is the first deal for Appian Way since moving to Paramount. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson-Killoran will be producing alongside Tony González and Jaydee Freixas as well as The Picture Company’s Andrew Rona and Alex Heinemann. David Matthews, a staff writer on HBO’s Vinyl and Boardwalk Empire, will write the screenplay.
A bidding war erupted last week between all the major Hollywood studios and producers over the rights to the book by best-selling author, T.J. English, The Corporation: An Epic Story of the Cuban-American Underworld, which Gonzalez and Freixas controlled. Paramount prevailed in a record setting deal handled by Paradigm.
The Corporation was based on a 100-page proposal by English who is author of various titles including Born to Kill, The Savage City, and the wildly popular bestseller Havana Nocturne. English has also written for the TV series, NYPD Blue The nonfiction book will be published in winter 2017 by William Morrow. It is being referred to as a Cuban version of The Godfather and American Gangster.
Cuban Trobadour Songwriter Silvio Rodríguez in Spain
As the end of a large tour on Spain started at the beginning of April, Cuban songwriter and singer Silvio Rodriguez will offer a concert at the neighborhood of Vallecas, Madrid, next Wednesday.
Reediting a project setarted six years ago in Cuba, with his presentations in humble places in Havana and other places of the island, Silvio Rodriguez will perform in this district of Madrid, which is distinguished by its working and cultural tradition.
During the recital on May 4 in the Villa Vallecas Auditorium, the Cuban will share stage with old friends: Spaniards Luis Eduardo Aute, Ismael Serrano and Luis Pastor (special participation), reads the poster of the evening.
After nine years of absence, Silvio returned to the Spanish stage on day 3, and since then toured the cities of San Sebastian, La Coruña, Gijón, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Las Palmas, Córdoba and Madrid.
3rd Annual Premios Platino For Ibero-American Cinema
Uruguayan Natalia Oreiro and Spaniard Santiago Segura will host the awards gala which will be held on July 24th in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The event will be broadcast live by TNT and open channels in the various countries represented.
Among the feature films that are still in the running for the awards are titles that have been widely praised in the most prestigious festivals. El abrazo de la serpiente, directed by Ciro Guerra; before being nominated for an Oscar, triumphed in the film festivals of Mar del Plata, Montreal and Cannes, among others. Cannes Film Festival also received warmly La Tierra y la sombra director César Acevedo and Paulina, directed by Santiago Mitre.
The Maya – Language of Beauty exhibit in Berlin
With approximately 300 artworks including many Mexican national treasures, this exhibition explores the magnificent and varied forms of artistic expression developed by the Maya, with a focus on a fundamental aspect of pre-Hispanic art: the body.
Flourishing on the Yucatán Peninsula between 500 B.C. and 1500 A.D., the Maya achieved a degree of artistic sophistication—in reliefs, busts, and clay and stone figurines—that placed them far ahead of all other contemporary cultures on their continent.
The event is organized jointly by the German and Mexican governments.
