W Studios
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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Production company |
Founded | February 26, 2016[1] |
Founder | Patricio Wills Fernando Restrepo Suárez[2] |
Headquarters | Miami, Florida ,United States |
Area served | United States Mexico |
Key people | Carlos Bardasano (CEO and Executive producer)[3][4] |
Products | Telenovelas Television series |
Parent | TelevisaUnivision[1][5] |
Website | corporate |
W Studios(Wills Studios) is an American production company based in Miami, Florida owned byTelevisaUnivision,was founded in 2016 as a joint venture betweenUnivisionand Colombian producerPatricio Wills (who worked at the ColombianprogramadoracompanyRTI Producciones).[1][6]The current CEO isCarlos Bardasano since 2018.[4]
History[edit]
On February 26, 2016, the Colombian producer Patricio Wills, Fernando Restrepo Suárez and Univision Communications, Inc. (currentlyTelevisaUnivision), would create a low-cost production company. It was originally created to produce television series and programs forUniMásin the United States and production of series and short formats forTelevisain Mexico.[1][2]
On March 26, 2016, Carlos Bardasano becomes the Executive Senior Vice President of Content (who was also the Executive Vice President of Original Content of Univision), in turn, the foundation and name of the company is made official.[3]On May 6, 2016, the recordings of thetelenovelaLa Pilotobegan, being its first production[7][8]and being co-produced with the Mexican production companyLemon Films.[6][9]
On March 5, 2018, Wills becomes the corporate vice president of content, replacing Mexican producerRosy Ocampoand also becoming president ofTelevisa Estudios,leaving Carlos Bardasano in charge of W Studios.[10][11][12]
List of telenovelas and series[edit]
# | Year | Production | No. Eps. |
First/last aired | Author/creator | Executive producer | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010s | |||||||
1 | 2017 | La piloto | 162 | March 7, 2017 | – October 7, 2018Jörg Hiller María Cecilia Boenheim |
Patricio Wills(season 1) Carlos Bardasano(season 2) |
[9] |
2 | La fuerza de creer | 7 | September 3, 2017 | – January 11, 2019Jimena Romero | Patricio Wills | ||
3 | 2018 | Descontrol | 7 | January 7 | – February 4, 2018Various | ||
4 | La bella y las bestias | 82 | June 12 | – September 10, 2018Juan Camilo Ferrand | |||
5 | Amar a muerte | 82 | November 5, 2018 | – March 3, 2019Leonardo Padrón | Carlos Bardasano | ||
6 | Las Buchonas | 81 | November 30, 2018 | – April 6, 2019Andrés López López | Patricio Wills | ||
7 | 2019 | El Dragón: el regreso de un guerrero | 82 | September 30, 2019 | – January 20, 2020Arturo Pérez-Reverte | Carlos Bardasano | |
2020s | |||||||
8 | 2020 | Rubí | 27 | January 21 | – February 27, 2020Leonardo Padrón | Carlos Bardasano | [4] |
9 | Como tú no hay 2 | 85 | February 24 | – June 2, 2020Ximena Suárez | [13][14] | ||
10 | 2021 | Si nos dejan | 83 | June 1 | – October 11, 2021Leonardo Padrón | [15] | |
11 | 2022 | Los ricos también lloran | 60 | February 21 | – May 13, 2022Esther Feldman Rosa Salazar Arenas |
[16] | |
12 | La mujer del diablo | 26 | July 21, 2022 | – January 6, 2023Leonardo Padrón | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano |
[17][18] | |
13 | Travesuras de la niña mala | 10 | November 8, 2022 | – presentMaría López Castaño | [19][20] | ||
14 | 2023 | Pienso en ti | 75 | March 13 | – June 23, 2023Ximena Suárez | Carlos Bardasano | [21][22] |
15 | El gallo de oro | 10 | October 20, 2023 | – January 12, 2024Lina Uribe Darío Vanegas |
[23] | ||
16 | La hora marcada | 9 | October 27, 2023 | Laura Wills Dávila | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano |
[24] | |
17 | 2024 | El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar | 10 | May 17, 2024 | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano |
Esther Feldman Carlos Algara |
[25] |
18 | La historia de Juana | TBD | June 3, 2024 | – presentPerla Farías Verónica Suárez Basilio Álvarez Felipe Silva |
Patricio Wills | [26] |
References[edit]
- ^abcd"Patricio Wills concreta alianza con Univisión para producir desde Miami contenido exclusivo para UniMás en EE UU".produ.com.February 26, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^ab"Productor Patricio Wills: Con Univisión invertiremos en historias y productoras que desarollarán localmente para UniMás y el mercado mexicano".produ.com.March 7, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^ab"Carlos Bardasano Jr. nuevo VP sénior de W Studios joint venture entre Univisión y Patricio Wills".produ.com.March 27, 2016. Archived fromthe originalon January 29, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^abc"Carlos Bardasano Jr. de W Studios: Produciremos Rubí para la Fábrica de sueños de Televisa".produ.com.January 3, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^"Patricio Wills de Televisa: W Studios ya es empresa de Televisa".produ.com.July 30, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^abRamos-Weiner, Maribel (August 9, 2016)."Ana Bond de W Studios: Alianza con Lemon Films para producir contenidos en México".produ.com.RetrievedJanuary 30,2020.
- ^"W Studios de Patricio Wills y Univision anuncia su primera producción: La piloto".produ.com/.May 6, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^"Patricio Wills de W Studios: Ya iniciamos el casting para nuestra primera producción La piloto".produ.com.May 6, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^ab"La piloto primera producción de W Studios de Patricio Wills comenzó grabaciones en México".produ.com.September 5, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^"Rosy Ocampo inició la avanzada".produ.com.March 5, 2018.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^"Patricio Wills presidente de Televisa Estudios".produ.com.March 5, 2018.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^"Patricio Wills leading Televisa's Content Production area".produ.com.March 6, 2018.RetrievedJanuary 29,2020.
- ^"Se dio el claquetazo oficial de la nueva apuesta de Televisa Como tú no hay dos".produ.com.September 26, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 30,2020.
- ^Solís, Erik (January 30, 2020)."¡Ya hay fecha de estreno para 'Como tú no hay 2', protagonizada por Adrián Uribe y Claudia Martín!".lasestrellas.tv.RetrievedFebruary 1,2020.
- ^González, Moisés (April 27, 2021)."Univision destapa la fecha de estreno de su nueva telenovela estelar Si nos dejan".peopleenespanol.com.RetrievedMay 2,2021.
- ^"Claudia Martín y Sebastián Rulli inician grabaciones de Los Ricos También Lloran".www.televisa.com.September 24, 2021.RetrievedSeptember 21,2021.
- ^"PRODU | Ficha técnica: La mujer del diablo".produ.com.RetrievedJanuary 31,2022.
- ^"ViX+, TelevisaUnivision's Premium SVOD Tier, Debuts on July 21".corporate.televisaunivision.com.June 30, 2022.RetrievedJune 30,2022.
- ^"PRODU | Ficha técnica: Travesuras de la niña mala".produ.com.RetrievedNovember 17,2022.
- ^"PRODU | TelevisaUnivision inició grabaciones en París y Londres de Travesuras de la niña mala de ViX+ producida por W Studios y dirigida por Alejandro Bazzano".produ.com.July 13, 2022.RetrievedNovember 17,2022.
- ^"PRODU | Ficha técnica: Pienso en ti".produ.com.RetrievedJanuary 27,2023.
- ^Origel, Juan José (January 23, 2023)."Vida y Milagros | Ya viene el estreno de la telenovela 'Pienso en Ti'".elsoldemexico.com.mx.RetrievedJanuary 27,2023.
- ^"Patricio Wills de W Studios: Iniciamos la producción de El gallo de oro de Juan Rulfo en México con el regreso a la actuación de Lucero".produ.com(in Spanish). February 14, 2023.RetrievedSeptember 21,2023.
- ^"LA HORA MARCADA Premieres with New Stories on October 27 on ViX".corporate.televisaunivision.com(in Spanish). October 13, 2023.RetrievedOctober 14,2023.
- ^"EL EXTRAÑO RETORNO DE DIANA SALAZAR, a ViX Original Drama, Begins Production in Mexico".corporate.televisaunivision.com(in Spanish). August 22, 2023.RetrievedApril 24,2024.
- ^"W Studios: We begin recording Juana la Virgen, a medium-sized telenovela with more than 60 episodes".produ.com.December 8, 2023.RetrievedJanuary 9,2024.