Academy and Emmy award-winning producer Mark Johnson whose credits include acclaimed series “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” and Oscar-winning pic “Rain Man,” is venturing into his first-ever Spanish-language series, partnering with TelevisaUnivison’s premium streamer ViX+ and LA-based Exile Content on the Church scandal dramatic series, “Amen” (a working title).
Now in development, the upcoming ViX+ Original limited series will be produced under the banner of Televisa Alternative Originals (Tao), TelevisaUnivision’s premium content division, which has made such notable titles as “Un extraño enemigo,” “El candidato” and “Diablo guardian.”
“Amen” tells the story of Father Marcial Maciel, the Mexican priest who was denounced in 1998 for corruption, graft, and the sexual abuse of minors by various members of his congregation and students of the Catholic religious order he founded, Legionaries of Christ.
Tapping sources that include investigative reports, hundreds of interviews and the book “Vows of Silence: The Abuse...
Now in development, the upcoming ViX+ Original limited series will be produced under the banner of Televisa Alternative Originals (Tao), TelevisaUnivision’s premium content division, which has made such notable titles as “Un extraño enemigo,” “El candidato” and “Diablo guardian.”
“Amen” tells the story of Father Marcial Maciel, the Mexican priest who was denounced in 1998 for corruption, graft, and the sexual abuse of minors by various members of his congregation and students of the Catholic religious order he founded, Legionaries of Christ.
Tapping sources that include investigative reports, hundreds of interviews and the book “Vows of Silence: The Abuse...
- 12/15/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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