Carmen Machi (Piggy, 30 Coins) will play legendary Barcelona agent Carmen Balcells, "prime architect of the Latin American Boom and a key figure in the break out of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa to worldwide renown," in the TV series Boom Agency (La Agencia del Boom), Variety reported.
Chile's Invercine, producer of News of a Kidnapping, is teaming with Spain's Abacus, Pausoka, and Grupo Lavinia to develop and produce Boom Agency, which "also turns on Balcells's worst nightmare, the rupture of the deep friendship between her star writers, Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel García-Marquez, whose rift broke the back of the Boom," Variety noted.
Spain's Oscar Pedraza, co-director of HBO España's Patria, is directing, with Colombians Verónica Triana (News of a Kidnapping) and Alvaro Perea (Cuando Colombia se volvió Macondo) writing the scripts.
"This co-production is a great strategic alliance with an incredible synergy in all the creative processes where we have mixed talent from different countries which has strengthened the story and made it more attractive when looking for finance, and creating different business models, while choosing the best strategy," said Invercine's Macarena Cardone.
"Vargas Llosa, García Márquez, Donoso, Vázquez Montalbán.... Spanish-language literature's Golden Age cannot be understood without the incredible contribution of Carmen Balcells, a woman ahead of her time who was visionary and passionate. As producers we believe the story is well-worth telling: the lives of its protagonists are on a par with their fantastic work," said Zabaleta.