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[02/07/22 - 11:15 AM]
Disney Branded Television Expands Premium Kids and Family Slate with New Series and Movies Across Disney+ and Disney Channels
The titles that were announced today across the live-action, unscripted and animated space underscore Disney Branded Television's commitment to serving audiences with exceptional, imaginative and aspirational stories from fresh, diverse voices and talent.







PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE RIVER OF TEARS (DISNEY PLUS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
2/7/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2022-2023 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
(from Disney Branded Television's press release, February 2022) A fantasy/adventure television series based on "Paola Santiago and the River of Tears," the critically acclaimed novel by author Tehlor Kay Mejia and published by Disney-Hyperion under the Rick Riordan Presents imprint. Inspired by the legend of La Llorona (the Weeping Woman), the story introduces a teen girl, Paola Santiago, who has always relied on hard science and logic to make sense of the world, unlike her mother, who believes in magic. But folklore becomes fact when Paola's best friend goes missing, and to save her, Paola has to enter a world of mind-bending monsters and relentless spirits steeped in Latin folklore that defy both logic and legend.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Ben Spector as EP
· Eva Longoria as EP
· Kevin Rodriguez as CRTR/EP
· Tehlor Kay Mejia as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Television
· UnbeliEVAble Entertainment