TV show ‘Golden Girls’ to get a Spanish makeover
July 28th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Madrid, July 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Popular TV series “The Golden Girls” is heading to Spain and a couple of popular Spanish actresses will be featuring as the main female casts in the sitcom.
The Spanish version of the sitcom titled “Las Chicas de Oro,” will be shown on the Spanish network TVE through the efforts of Disney Media Networks along with popular Spanish producer Jose Luis Moreno and Latin World Entertainment, who are the co-producers.
Concha Velasco, Lola Herrera and Alicia Hermida who were the former main actresses in Spanish series Pedro Almodovar muse Carmen Maura (”Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”) will be starring in the roles played by Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty in the American version.
There have already been Greek, Turkish, Russian, British and Latin American actresses in the past and the Spanish actresses are now set to join them.
Disney is committed to making local version of famous American sitcoms and this deal emphasizes that. Spanish and Portuguese versions of “Desperate Housewives” for Latin America and Brazil have been made in the past. “We hope to emulate in Europe what we did in Latin America,” according to Fernando Barbosa, who is the Disney Media Networks senior VP for Latin America, U.S. Hispanic and Iberia.
- "The Golden Girls" Reborn In Span - Jul 28, 2010
- 'Golden Girls' Actress Rue McClanahan Suffers Stroke - Jan 15, 2010
- Golden Girls' Rue McClanahan passes away at 76 - Jun 04, 2010
- 'Golden Girl' star Rue McClanahan dies at 76 - Jun 04, 2010
- 88 Year Old Betty White Signs Deal For New Sitcom - Mar 17, 2010
- Angelina Jolie to be part of Almodovar's film - Jan 16, 2012
- Rue McClanahan Death Reminds Fans Of Estelle Getty - Jun 04, 2010
- Hollywood stars Hayek, Banderas shatter stereotypes - Oct 28, 2011
- British Airways, Iberia agree merger (Lead) - Nov 13, 2009
- Disney Channel Announces India Premiere Of Disney Channel Original Movie "Camp Rock 2 ... - Oct 18, 2010
- Maura Tierney Returns After Cancer Treatment - Apr 09, 2010
- J-Lo set to launch her own reality show - Apr 29, 2011
- Journalist, two family members murdered in Mexico - Jun 21, 2011
- Indian Hispanist gets Peruvian honour - Dec 08, 2011
- Tagore gala begins in Spain with book, culture blitz - Sep 13, 2011
Tags: alicia hermida, american sitcoms, bea arthur, carmen maura, concha velasco, desperate housewives, estelle getty, golden girls, jose luis moreno, latin world, lola herrera, media networks, pedro almodovar, popular tv series, portuguese versions, rue mcclanahan, spanish network, spanish series, women on the verge, women on the verge of a nervous breakdown