Ab Abrego will serve as the CEO of the company, and Longoria as chief creative officer.
Hyphenate Media Group has acquired the full scripted and unscripted slate of UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, the independent production label founded by Longoria in 2005 and behind titles such as
Telenovela, Grand Hotel
, and
Searching for Mexico
.Its first title, Apple TV+’s dramedy Land of Women, is expected to be released in 2024.Both Abrego and Longoria will produce exclusively for the new company, and all television projects directed by Longoria will be produced under the new banner.
Longoria said: “With Hyphenate Media Group, Cris and I are leveraging the power of the creative industry’s greatest resource, the multi-hyphenate, to help meet audiences and the industry where they are. We Our intention is to provide greater financial participation for makers, creators, talent, and entrepreneurs – the Hyphenates.”Marco Bassetti, CEO of Banijay, said: “With an ambitious vision, unrivaled credentials, and an impressive growth trajectory, this marks the perfect first strategic investment for us in the U.S. scripted market; a space we’d explored for some time but never, until now, found the right fit to cut through.”Before Banijay, Abrego was CEO of Endemol Shine Holdings.
Longoria founded production company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment in 2005, soon after her breakthrough onscreen role on
Desperate Housewives.
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