Hugo Chavez’s life will come to television – Ultimahora.com

The life of the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, will come to television thanks to the series “El Comandante”, which prepares the Latin American unit of Sony Pictures Television, said Monday the magazine “Variety”.
 

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The first news about the series met last week when Colombian actor Andrés Parra posted on his Twitter account a promotional image of the series in which appeared the interpreter characterized as Chavez next to the phrase “the power of passion and passion for power.”

the specialized environment “Variety” today revealed more details about this television project that includes production . 60 one-hour episodes

“It is our most ambitious series on many levels: in terms of budget allocation (approximately 600 people), locations and recreation 30 major life events Chavez” he said the senior vice president and general manager of production in Latin America and Hispanics in the United States of Sony Pictures Television, Angelica War.

the filming of “El Comandante” will begin this summer and the series will include both fictional recreations as documentary footage.

War also explained that the series will be a hybrid format soap operas and style of television American dramas.

Andrés Parra, who will the skin of the Venezuelan president, will lead a series detailing the humble origins of Chavez and his controversial rise to power.

the Colombian actor shot to fame for playing the drug lord Pablo Escobar in the series ” Pablo Escobar, the pattern of evil “.