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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off the huge Mexican box office opening of his comedy Ya Veremos, Mauricio Ochmann is joining Mexican comedian Omar Chaparro (No Manches Frida) in Spanish-language comedy Backseat Driver. Pantelion Films, 3Pas Studios, and Alcon Entertainment are producing the pic, which starts production in Mexico…

EXCLUSIVE: Jaime Camil (Jane The Virgin) and Sandra Echeverria (Savages) are leading cast in English and Spanish-language comedy My Boyfriend’s Meds. Production is underway in Mexico on the pic which is being made by Lionsgate and Televisa JV Pantelion, Hands Of Stone producer Fuego Films and Mexican outfit…

Bittersweet drama Ya Veremos (We’ll See) has posted the second-biggest opening weekend ever for a Mexican film in its home market, beating out Mission: Impossible — Fallout (in its second week), Christopher Robin and other studio fare in the process. The film’s top-spot $3.9M ($73M Mexican Pesos) weekend haul was…

Rob Greenberg and Bob Fisher, the writing duo behind Eugenio Derbez's biggest film opening ever Overboard have been hired to write and direct a remake of the French comedy The Valet for Pantelion. Greenberg also directed Overboard which opened to $14.7M and has amassed $42M worldwide since releasing into theaters…

The first full trailer for the Eugenio Derbez-Anna Faris romantic comedy Overboard is out, advancing the film’s April 13 debut in theaters. The remake of the 1987 Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell comedy, which was helmed by Garry Marshall, now has  a new twist: Director Rob Greenberg has flipped the gender roles. Derbez plays…

The Eugenio Derbez comedy Overboard, a re-imaging of the 1987 Garry Marshall-directed comedy, has just been slated for April 20 of next year. The MGM/Pantelion Films/3Pas Studios film will go wide that day and go head to head now with the Jason Reitman comedy Tully, written by Diablo Cody and starring Charlize Theron…

Mexican comedy stars Omar Chaparro (No Manches Frida) and Adrián Uribe (Suave Patria) have joined Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris and Eva Longoria in the comedy remake Overboard. Chaparro and Uribe are currently touring the U.S. and Mexico with their live comedy show Imparables. Production is underway in Vancouver on Overbo…

3 Idiotas, a Spanish-language comedy from director Carlos Bolado, has been been slated for a theatrical release by Lionsgate and its Pantelion Films banner. The film about two nerdy friends and their arch rival from college who go in search of a long lost buddy who disappeared on graduation day, will open in a…

Lionsgate and its Pantelion Film division will release writer-director Catalina Aguilar Mastretta’s romantic comedy Everybody Loves Somebody on February 17. The film follows the beautiful Clara Barron (Karla Souza), who seems to have everything: a great job as an OB-GYN, a great house in L.A. and a big fun-loving…

Given the studios' obsession with sequels and remakes, some producers have come up with an idea to improve the flow: Instead of waiting a few years to create a sequel, why not quickly make five or six at the same time? And make them in different languages aimed at different markets? A new financing and distribution…

EXCLUSIVE: Salma Hayek has come aboard Lionsgate Pantelion’s How to Be a Latin Lover, the comedy that marks star Eugenio Derbez's first English-language starring role. She joins Eugenio Derbez, Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell, Raquel Welch, Rob Riggle and McKenna Grace in the film being directed by The State alum and Wet Hot Am…

Mexico has named Cantinflas as its Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submission, just in time for the film’s theatrical push into Mexico and Latin America this month. The biopic of famed Mexican comedian Mario Moreno aka Cantinflas was released by Pantelion in the U.S. on August 29 and has grossed $5 million stateside…