“Fangio,” a series about the triumph and tragedy of Juan Manuel Fangio, whose five Formula One World Championship wins stood as a record for 46 years, is now in the works in Argentina.
Presented at Ventana Sur, the portrait of a legend who put racing and winning above all else, at large emotional cost, is in development at La Sagrada Familia. A new creative collective, the company has been set up by “La Jauría” and “The Unseen” director Nicolas Puenzo, film director-producer Esteban Puenzo (“Clandestine Childhood”) and two icons of Argentina’s commercials scene, Pucho Mentasti and Carlos Baccetti.
La Sagrada Familia has acquired rights from the Fangio family, with the driver’s sons, Ruben and Oscar Fangio, serving as consultants on the series.
The company has also secured a development deal with Estudio R & M, the new company of two industry heavyweights, Alejandro Roemmers, head of Argentina’s Roemmers laboratories,...
Presented at Ventana Sur, the portrait of a legend who put racing and winning above all else, at large emotional cost, is in development at La Sagrada Familia. A new creative collective, the company has been set up by “La Jauría” and “The Unseen” director Nicolas Puenzo, film director-producer Esteban Puenzo (“Clandestine Childhood”) and two icons of Argentina’s commercials scene, Pucho Mentasti and Carlos Baccetti.
La Sagrada Familia has acquired rights from the Fangio family, with the driver’s sons, Ruben and Oscar Fangio, serving as consultants on the series.
The company has also secured a development deal with Estudio R & M, the new company of two industry heavyweights, Alejandro Roemmers, head of Argentina’s Roemmers laboratories,...
- 12/3/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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