Monday, October 26, 2015
¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (October 26 2015)
In this week's edition:
The Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse (7pm) team would love some additional help on a temporary or permanent basis, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday nights. Email me if you're interested.
Pasión y Poder (9pm) premieres November 3. The Pasión y Poder team is ready to go and listed on the sidebar. In the meantime, catch the last 6 episodes of Lo Imperdonable (9pm).
Antes Muerta Que Lichcita (8pm), Yo No Creo En Los Hombres (10pm), and La Vecina (afternoons) complete our Univision lineup.
Celia, Preciosa Perla, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, and Señora Acero 2 are all airing on Telemundo. Check out the Telemundo y Más post for discussions and recaps of these shows and more.
Pasion y Poder - Producer: Jose Alberto Castro (Rubi, Teresa, LQNPA, La Malquerida) - Stars: Susana Gonzalez (P), Jorge Salinas (P), Michelle Renaud (P), Marlene Favela (A), Fernando Colunga (A), Danilo Carrera - November 3, following Lo Imperdonable - "Two powerful families linked by old and new loves. A past that made them rivals and a present that links them back together." (Jarocha)
El Hotel de los Secretos - Producer: Roberto Gomez-Fernandez (El Color de la Pasion) - Stars: Erick Elias, Irene Azuela, Daniela Romo, Diana Bracho, Domenika Paleta, Jorge Poza, Claudia Ramirez, Juan Ferrara, Jesus Ochoa, Queta Lavat - Following Yo No Creo En Los Hombres (announced), December 2015/January 2016 - Plot: A young man searches for his missing sister at the Gran Hotel.
El Señor de los Cielos 4 - Producer: ? - Stars: ? - Season 3 has finished on Telemundo - Plot: ?
A Que No Me Dejas - Producer: Carlos Moreno (Amor Bravio, Quiero Amarte) - Stars: Leticia Calderon, Arturo Peniche, Alfredo Adame, Camila Sodi, Osvaldo Benavides - Univision airdates unknown - Remake of Amor en Silencio
Simplemente Maria - Producer: Ignacio Sada (Un Refugio Para El Amor, Por Siempre Mi Amor) - Stars: Claudia Alvarez, Jose Ron, Fernando Valencia - Univision airdates unknown - Remake of Simplemente Maria
Doña Barbara - Producer: ? - Stars: Aracely Arambula - Telemundo airdates unknown - Remake of Doña Barbara
La Querida del Centauro - Producer: ? - Stars: Ludwika Paleta, Michel Brown, Humberto Zurita, Alexandra de la Mora - Telemundo airdates 2016 - Plot: "It's about some badass female that is sent to a maximum security prison for males. There she and a drug lord start a relationship." (Sara)
Quien es Quien - Producers: Joshua Mintz (Marido en Alquiler, La Reina del Sur), Carla Cecilia Urbaneja - Stars: Danna Paola, Eugenio Siller, Laura Flores, Kimberly Dos Ramos - Telemundo airdates unknown - Plot: "Two men from vastly disparate lives yet who happen to be identical stumble upon one another and, through a twist of fate, change lives." (Stevey)
Lazos de Amor remake - Producer: Angelli Nesma - Stars: Angelique Boyer, Sebastian Rulli, Lucero - Univision airdates unknown - Remake of Lazos de Amor
Amor De Barrio - Producer: Roberto Hernández - Stars: Mane De La Parra, Renata Notni, plus Ale Garcia, Pedro Moreno, Marisol Del Olmo, Jessica Coch, Lisardo - Started 6-8-15 in Mexico, US airdate unknown - Plot: based on the Mexican telenovelas "Muchacha De Barrio" (1979) and "Paloma" (19675)
La Indomable - Producer: ? - Stars: Lucero - Telemundo airdates unknown - Plot: ?
Corazon Que Miente - Producer: MaPat - Stars: Thelma Madrigal, Pablo Lyle, Helena Rojo, Alexis Ayala, Alejandro Tommasi, Lourdes Reyes, Dulce Maria, Alejandro Avila, Mayrin Villanueva, Diego Olivera, Maria Sorte - Airdate unknown - Plot: remake of Laberintos de Pasion
La Trailera - Producer: ? - Stars: Edith Gonzalez, Arap Bethke, Jorge Luis Pila, Erika de la Rosa - Airdate unknown - Plot: Original
Project Gimme Back My Feeds continues! This weekend, we updated the feeds for:
I'll continue working my way back through the archives in reverse chronological order and adding a few more of the new feeds each week...but I'm happy to take suggestions for anything that you'd like to see updated sooner.
Contact me if you have any technical issues with the blog...broken links, something on the sidebar or the pages in mobile not working, etc.
Your turn! Got any community news? Recommendations for shows, movies, music, or books that may appeal to your fellow telenovela fans? Proximas news? Let's hear it! (Remember to keep it spoiler-free and gossip-free.)
There are currently three telenovelas airing down Mexico way- 'A que no me dejas', 'Antes muerta que Lichita', and 'Pasion y poder'. Of these, AQNMD is doing quite well. It premiered to a dismal rating somewhere in the 12's but since then has risen at least 5 points and on some days has now been the most watched telenovela presently airing (beathing PyP and AMQL). Interestingly, AQNMD has two parts instead of just one. The first 'etapa' began July 25th and is set to end November 2nd, with the second one beginning the day afterward. A number of new actors will be starring in the second 'etapa'... among them, a telenovela power-couple- Cesar Evora and Erika Buenfil! Them, in addition to Martha Julia, Lenny de la Rosa, Jade Fraser, Brandon Peniche, and Maya Mishalska. And, what's even more encouraging is- good reviews all around for this one! (I've heard it described as 'big and juicy')
Pasion y poder- with its absolutely incredible cast- aired to a rating approaching 22 points but since then has plummeted to about 18, on average (still most respectable). In spite of this its all set to go up in the States once LI has run its course.Two little bits of kinda-interesting information about this one- last week filming was done 'on location'... apparently Televisa shelled out the pesos and shipped some of the cast (Michelle Renaud, Jose Pablo Minor, and Fabiola Guajardo for sure) and crew to New York, and scenes were shot there. Also, due to the whining and demands of the public, writers have been told to focus more on the love story, so aspects of the story that was originally planned and written are already torn up and steered on to another course (for what it's worth, the original 'Pasion y poder' likewise focused less on the 'love story' than most other novelas, the emphasis was on the enmity between the two families. And, if you think about it, this makes sense- both the protagonists are in long-term marriages to other people, and with families. Their personal interactions, therefore, have to be infrequent and fleeting when they do happen- due to the demands of their respective lives responsibilities. That's a major part of the problem that separates them! Well, apparently, that's not good enough for the public so there's going to be more on the love aspect of things between Arturo and Julia (and the idea of bring faithful to the original can apparently go pound salt)
Antes muerta que Lichita debuted to mediocre ratings and has pretty much continued that way, but those that watch it are professing to love it. Of note with this one- Thalia has recorded a song expressly for AMQL, called 'Si alguna vez', so Thalia fans will want to check that one out. It's already being shown in the States also, of course, so I won't say too much more about this one...
The casting for MaPat's latest, 'Corazon que miente', is continuing apace. She's using her usual favorites here- the leads will be Pablo Lyle and Thelma Madrigal. Casting for the villains baffles me and- considering the original had Leticia Calderon, Cesar Evora, Manuel Ojeda, Azela Robinson, Francisco Gattorno and Monika Sanchez (and won 10 premios)- I can't see how the new version could even hope to measure up. I hope I'm wrong. Anyway, for this one the villains will be Alejandro Tommasi (a regular in supporting roles) will be the main male villain (his first one), and the two female villains will be played by Lourdes Reyes (who had minor roles in 'La mujer de Vendeval', 'Ni contigo ni sin ti', 'Juro que te amo', and 'Rebelde', and can last be seen as Cayetana in 'Senora Acero 2') and- and I'm at a loss to explain this one- pop singer Dulce Maria (who, apart from 16 episodes in 'Mentir para vivir' has only starred in youth and kids novelas such as 'Verano de amor', Rebelde', and 'Clase 406'. This is where I'm thinking- "THESE are the replacements for Calderon, Evora, Ojeda, Robinson, and Sanchez?? But maybe they'll surprise us! And... also giving us hope for this one, are the presences of such grand actors as Alejandro Avila, Alexis Ayala, Helena Rojo, Mayrin Villanueva, Diego Olivera and Maria Sorte- all of whom have apparently confirmed for this one.
The project formerly known as 'Gran Hotel' will now be called 'El hotel de los secretos', and I'm personally quite excited about this one. Casting is completed and filming has begun. The leads are Erick Elias and an actress best known for film and stage roles, and whose name will thus probably be unfamiliar with telenovela viewers- Irene Azuela (who must have beaten out the likes of Ana Brenda, Zuria Vega, Ximena Navarrete, and all the others who auditioned for the role). Confirmed for the supporting cast are Domenika Paleta, Jorge Poza, Claudia Ramirez, Juan Ferrara, Jesus Ochoa, Queta Lavat, and (of course) those two titanesses- Daniela Romo and Diana Bracho. Interestingly, too, is the fact that there is ALSO going to be an ENGLISH language adaptation airing as well, IN ADDITION to the Mexican one.
On the comedy/light-hearted side, Pedro Damian ('Muchacha italiana vieni a casarse') is cooking up his latest- this will be a remake of the Colombian telenovela 'Pobre Pablo' (which is labelled as a 'romantic comedy') starring Christian Chavez.
On the Telemundo side, they're starting to promote 'Quien es quien', which sounds like fun- two men from vastly disparate lives yet who happen to be identical stumble upon one another and, through a twist of fate, change lives. Laura Flores portrays the poor man's good-hearted mother, Danna Paola the poor woman who will captivate both hearts and Kimberly Dos Ramos is already showing she can arch an eyebrow like nobody's business (an absolute necessity when portraying someone evil, it seems) in the villana role of Fernanda, the rich man's betrothed who has her own agenda.
We're starting to get a little bit more info on 'La Trailera', too. While all stories hitherto have heralded it as being a telenovela adaptation of the 1983 movie 'Lola, la trailera', Telemundo has recently been putting out notices on social media that this will, in fact, be an original story and is NOT an adaptation of either the movie or anything else for that matter. Edith Gonzales will star, Arap Bethke will be her galan and Jorge Luis Posa will be the gran villano. I've heard Erika de la Rosa's name bandied about also, but that may be just because she seems to be everywhere nowadays (and always dependable... like Telemundo's answer to Luz Maria Jerez, except evil...)
Not much news about 'La Querida Del Centauro', for reasons unknown. I can say that Alexandra de la Mora has been added to the cast. Also (perhaps 'ominously'), this one is apparently being marketed as a "Super Series"- does this mean it will feature multiple seasons like 'El Senor De Los Cielos' and "Senora Acero'? I also believe that this one- whenever it airs- will be doing so in the 10pm time slot.
Even less word on Lucero's 'Lo Indomable' (it doesn't even have its own Wikipedia page- either in English or Spanish!).
That's it for now! More news to come as I hear it and can sort it all out! :-)
About EL Hotel de Secretos, it is a very long name for a novela but I am glad that Dominika is joining the cast.
have cheated and watched A que No Me Dejas (Talk about long names!) and I have found the cast satisfying. Their performance definitely pack a punch especially Arturo Peniche and Alejandra Barros.
Regarding 'Corazon que miente', Alejandro Tommasi and Lourdes Reyes ARE confirmed to be the two 'gran villanos' of the story (I'm trying to be pretty tight with the information that I'm sharing with you guys before submitting it to you all... namely because I know how frustrating it can be having to sift through all the gossip- real and bogus- that is out there on all those rumor sites that you mentioned!). Dulce Maria is, apparently, "99 percent" confirmed to be playing the role of the third villain (I'm not sure if this, in the original, would be the Azela Robinson character or the Monika Sanchez), who will be named 'Renata'.
Mariana von Rankin's role in the novela will be as the best friend of Thelma Madrigal's protagonista. Vanessa Restrepo has also joined the cast (playing someone named 'Denise'), and Eric del Castillo's name is also being bandied about, but no words on his character. And, as you mentioned, Alexis Ayala WILL be playing a priest... perhaps he wanted a soul-cleaning experience after giving life to the evil Sev in LSDP!
All my best to you! :-)
Quien es Quien - I am looking forward to this one and hope it airs at an early hour. Our DVR has too many recording scheduled for later hours, thus putting strong doubts on my ability to record or watch Pasion y Poder!
Will QeQ be the third telenovela in which Laura Flores plays Eugenio Siller's mother? (ADCLG and RdC already) They have good chemistry, but it is starting to be a habit. LOL
But the previously stolen recaps have been removed, so any current bandwidth issues are happening because page views are up now that we're not being kept a secret.
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