GAUMONT TO DEVELOP A NEW SPANISH LANGUAGE DRAMA SERIES

Gaumont, the studio behind the Netflix hit drama series “Narcos” and the Amazon Prime Original “El Presidente,” will develop a new Spanish language drama series, “Los Últimos Análogos” (working title), created by Max Zunino and Hari Sama, the award-winning team behind “This is not Berlin,” which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and is the recipient of 12 Ariel Award nominations this year. Zunino and Sama will co-write the series, which chronicles the peak of the “Rock en Español” movement during the turbulent mid ‘90s in Mexico City. Sama is attached to direct the series, to be filmed on location in Mexico City.

“Los Últimos Análogos” follows a foreignexecutive who arrives in Mexico City to spearhead the A&R Rock division at a record label. What begins as an escape from her past becomes an opportunity to rebuild her life and capitalize on the “Rock en Español” movement that’s simmering in Mexico City’s underground scene. With her keen eye and ear for talent, she discovers a transcendent young band and guides them through the treacherous path to stardom, a journey that also forces her to face her darkest demons.

“In their acclaimed film ‘This is not Berlin,’ Hari and Max showcased their ability to craft a compelling and personal coming-of-age story set in the authentically depicted underground music scene of CDMX in the ’80s. This, coupled with the fact that they each experienced their own personal journeys as musicians and artists, provides us with the confidence in the opportunity for ‘Los Últimos Análogos’ to be an original, genuine, and entertaining story of adolescent life in the burgeoning rock scene of 1990’s CDMX,”  said Christian Gabela, SVP of Creative Executive, Head of Latin American and Spain at Gaumont.

“‘Los Últimos Análogos’  is a personal and joyous journey to a time that I lived intensely and was surrounded by music, yet it also allows me to perform an urgent revision of issues like homophobia, sexism, my own addiction to drugs, and how our search for happiness is driving us crazy,”  commented Sama. “‘Los Últimos Análogos’ represents an explosive and melancholic stamp on the ‘90s, the time of my own coming of age; and incidentally, it serves as a personal exploration that helps me follow the footprints of my past and those of my generation,”  added Zunino.