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NBCUniversal: fuerza y variedad

Peter Levinsohn, Chairman, Global Distribution, NBCUniversal Studio Group

NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution presenta una nutrida selección de contenidos para los LA Screenings 2025, con propuestas que abarcan drama, comedia, misterio, naturaleza y producciones latinas. Las series destacan por sus equipos creativos de alto perfil, formatos variados y temáticas contemporáneas.

Uno de los títulos más destacados es The Copenhagen Test (8 x 60’, Peacock), un thriller futurista creado por Thomas Brandon y producido por James Wan, con Simu Liu en el rol principal. La historia sigue a un analista de inteligencia cuya mente ha sido hackeada, permitiendo a los intrusos acceder a todo lo que ve y escucha.

En el campo de la ficción histórica se encuentra Amadeus (5 x 60’, Sky Atlantic), drama que explora la juventud del compositor Mozart y su relación con Antonio Salieri. La serie es producida por Joe Barton y protagonizada por Will Sharpe y Paul Bettany.

The Copenhagen Test, thriller 

The Paper (10 x 30’, Peacock), de Greg Daniels y Michael Koman, se sitúa en el mismo universo que The Office. En formato de falso documental, la historia se traslada a un periódico local en decadencia que intenta sobrevivir con reporteros voluntarios.

Otra propuesta británica es The Death of Bunny Munro (6 x 45’, Sky Atlantic), adaptación de la novela de Nick Cave, con Matt Smith como un vendedor errante que, tras el suicidio de su esposa, se embarca en un viaje caótico con su hijo.

En el género documental, NBC lanza Surviving Earth (8 x 60’), una serie de historia natural producida por Tim Haines, que recrea ecosistemas extintos y especies prehistóricas, con un enfoque en la evolución y la supervivencia.

El suspenso con tintes de comedia aparece en The ‘Burbs (8 x 60’, Peacock), donde una pareja se muda a un suburbio donde secretos del pasado y amenazas actuales emergen. La serie cuenta con Keke Palmer como protagonista y productora ejecutiva.

Ponies (8 x 60’, Peacock), ambientada en Moscú en 1977, presenta a dos secretarias de la embajada estadounidense que se convierten en operativas de la CIA tras la muerte de sus esposos. Susanna Fogel y Emilia Clarke encabezan el equipo creativo.

En cuanto al archivo, NBCUniversal vuelve a distribuir Little House on the Prairie, la icónica serie protagonizada por Michael Landon, con un total de 202 episodios de una hora, dos especiales de 90 minutos y una película de 120 minutos.

La oferta también incluye producciones en español de Telemundo. La Jefa (95 x 60’) narra la transformación de una mujer tras una tragedia el día de su boda. Está protagonizada por Fabiola Guajardo e Iván Arana, con producción de Mónica Vizzi y Javier Pons.

Por último, Velvet El Nuevo Imperio (96 x 60’) propone un drama romántico donde las aspiraciones personales y los conflictos familiares complican la historia de dos amantes. La producción está a cargo de Elizabeth Suárez y cuenta con un elenco encabezado por Yon González y Carolina Miranda.

SUITS: L.A.

Drama Series – TBD x 60

Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York, has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles. His firm is at a crisis point and to survive he must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career. Ted is surrounded by a stellar group of characters who test their loyalties to both Ted and each other while they can’t help but mix their personal and professional lives.

GROSSE POINTE GARDEN SOCIETY

Drama Series – 13 x 60

Four members of a suburban garden club, all from different walks of life, get caught up in murder and mischief as they struggle to make their conventional lives bloom.

THE HUNTING PARTY

Drama Series- 10 x 60

A high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist.

LOCKERBIE: A SEARCH FOR TRUTH

Drama Series – 5 x 60

On 21st December 1988, 259 passengers and crew were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie 38 minutes after take-off, with a further 11 residents losing their life as the plane came down over the quiet, Scottish town. In the wake of the disaster and his daughter’s death, Dr Jim Swire (Colin Firth), is nominated spokesperson for the UK victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice. Travelling across continents and political divides, Jim embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardises his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under Jim’s feet, his view of the world is left forever changed. Exploring events from the disaster and its aftermath, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth provides an intimate account of a man, a husband, and a father who risks everything in memory of his daughter and the unflinching pursuit of truth and justice.

THE AMERICAS

Event Series – 11 x 60

From BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the creators of the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award-winning Planet Earth and Blue Planet, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, comes the epic 11-part tentpole event series The Americas. Marking the first time acclaimed actor, producer and writer Tom Hanks will narrate an unscripted entertainment series, The Americas will also feature music by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer. This incomparable project will employ revolutionary filmmaking technology that will showcase the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas – Earth’s largest landmass and the only one to stretch between both poles – and reveal extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that deeply connect with millions around the world. The Americas is executive produced by renowned Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife producer Mike Gunton (Life, Planet Earth II, and Dynasties) for BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the world’s largest production unit dedicated to wildlife filmmaking, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.

ST. DENIS MEDICAL

Comedy Series – 18 x 30

St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.

About NBCUniversal

NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. 

 

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