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[01/08/16 - 09:18 AM]
Starz Expands Diverse Programming with Development of "Santeria" from Cuban Writer/Director Alejandro Brugues
Eduardo Sanchez will executive produce and direct with Gregg Hale serving as executive producer for the supernatural series.







SANTERIA (STARZ)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/8/16
STATUS:
previously in development (2016-2017 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Starz's press release, January 2016) Starz Chief Executive Officer Chris Albrecht announced at today's Starz Television Critics Association (TCA) presentation at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif. that Starz' diverse programming strategy continues with the development of "Santeria." Cuban writer and director Alejandro Brugues ("From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series," Juan of the Dead) and Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project, "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series") will executive produce and direct with Gregg Hale (Exists, Lovely Molly, The Blair Witch Project) serving as executive producer for the supernatural series. Cuba, its doors finally open to the world. But a secret war brews there, a clash between opposing sects of Santeria, the ancient religion born on the island. Two undercover agents investigating a bizarre murder are pulled into this supernatural conflict and discover it's more dangerous and far-reaching than anything they could have imagined.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alejandro Brugues as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Eduardo Sanchez as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Gregg Hale as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available