Disney-Backed ‘Cazatesoros’ Filming in Dominican Republic, Peru  

The Dominican Republic’s Bou Group is in manufacturing on its latest pic beneath its unprecedented multi-year distribution deal with The Walt Disney Agency, “Cazatesoros.”  

In accordance with the journey caper’s director, Héctor Manuel Valdez, who co-founded Bou Group with José Ramón Alamá and Vicente Alamá, the pact with Disney occurred following plenty of years as regional subject office leaders. “They contacted us in 2020 after our agency had beforehand produced enterprise successes akin to ‘Todos los hombres son iguales,’ ‘Colao,’ ‘Trabajo sucio’ and ‘Que león,’ (the highest-grossing film inside the historic previous of the Dominican Republic), amongst others,” talked about Valdez.

Like a number of the producers inside the nation, Bou Group funds its films by tapping into Article 34 of the Dominican Republic’s tax incentives, which allows companies inside the DR to allocate 25% of their projected taxes in path of native manufacturing.

On account of this partnership with Disney, Bou Group’s “El año del tigre” was the first film inside the Caribbean space to premiere on Star+, Disney’s streaming platform in Latin America.

“Our second launch on the platform, ‘Malos padres,’ remained in theaters for 14 consecutive weeks, turning into the highest-grossing native premiere of the yr to date,” added Valdez, who expects their subsequent pic “Bienvenidos al paraíso,” now in put up, and “Cazatesoros” to land on Star+ subsequent yr after Disney releases them theatrically. Like most totally different streaming platforms, Star+ has been desperate to fill its programming with genuine content material materials.

Capturing at quite a few locations inside the Dominican Republic (DR) and Peru, the journey thriller stars the Dominican Republic’s Luinis Olaverria (“El año del tigre”) and Nashla Bogaert (“El año del tigre”) alongside Peru’s essential actors Carlos Alcántara and Franco Cabrera, every stars in Peru’s most worthwhile comedy franchise “Asu Mare.”

Written and produced by Jose Ramon Alamá, “Cazatesoros” follows a treasure hunter (carried out by Cabrera) as he searches for “in all probability probably the most coveted riches ever pursued by mankind”: a treasure bounty that was allegedly buried with Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. As historic lore tells us, the stays of the one that discovered America had been interred inside the DR for higher than two centuries sooner than they’d been returned to Spain.

Individually, one different film Valdez directed, “Insular,” starring the late Cuban actor Alexis Diaz de Villegas (“Juan de los muertos”), will world premiere on the 54th Worldwide Film Pageant of India (IFFI) in Goa, which runs Nov. 20 – 28.

Based totally on the story “La Isla” by Luis Martin Gómez, “Insular,” doesn’t fall beneath the Disney deal, well-known Valdez.

Diaz de Villegas portrays an individual stranded on a deserted island en route from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Amidst the challenges of isolation and the wrestle for survival, a chance encounter forces him to find out between returning to civilization or embracing island life.