W Studios

W Studios
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryProduction company
FoundedFebruary 26, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-26)[1]
FounderPatricio Wills [es]
Fernando Restrepo Suárez[2]
Headquarters
Miami, Florida
,
United States
Area served
United States
Mexico
Key people
Carlos Bardasano [es] (CEO and Executive producer)[3][4]
ProductsTelenovelas
Television series
ParentTelevisaUnivision[1][5]
Websitecorporate.univision.com/portfolio/properties/w-studios/

W Studios (Wills Studios) is an American production company based in Miami, Florida owned by TelevisaUnivision, was founded in 2016 as a joint venture between Univision and Colombian producer Patricio Wills [es] (who worked at the Colombian programadora company RTI Producciones).[1][6] The current CEO is Carlos Bardasano [es] since 2018.[4]

History

On February 26, 2016, the Colombian producer Patricio Wills, Fernando Restrepo Suárez and Univision Communications, Inc. (currently TelevisaUnivision), would create a low-cost production company. It was originally created to produce television series and programs for UniMás in the United States and production of series and short formats for Televisa in Mexico.[1][2]

On March 26, 2016, Carlos Bardasano becomes the Executive Senior Vice President of Content (who was also the Executive Vice President of Original Content of Univision), in turn, the foundation and name of the company is made official.[3] On May 6, 2016, the recordings of the telenovela La Piloto began, being its first production[7][8] and being co-produced with the Mexican production company Lemon Films.[6][9]

On March 5, 2018, Wills becomes the corporate vice president of content, replacing Mexican producer Rosy Ocampo and also becoming president of Televisa Estudios, leaving Carlos Bardasano in charge of W Studios.[10][11][12]

List of telenovelas and series

# Year Production No.
Eps. 		First/last aired Author/creator Executive producer Ref.
2010s
1 2017 La piloto 162 March 7, 2017 (2017-03-07) – October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07) Jörg Hiller
María Cecilia Boenheim 		Patricio Wills (season 1)
Carlos Bardasano (season 2) 		[9]
2 La fuerza de creer 7 September 3, 2017 (2017-09-03) – January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11) Jimena Romero Patricio Wills
3 2018 Descontrol 7 January 7 (7-01) – February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04) Various
4 La bella y las bestias 82 June 12 (12-06) – September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10) Juan Camilo Ferrand
5 Amar a muerte 82 November 5, 2018 (2018-11-05) – March 3, 2019 (2019-03-03) Leonardo Padrón Carlos Bardasano
6 Las Buchonas 81 November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30) – April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06) Andrés López López Patricio Wills
7 2019 El Dragón: el regreso de un guerrero 82 September 30, 2019 (2019-09-30) – January 20, 2020 (2020-01-20) Arturo Pérez-Reverte Carlos Bardasano
2020s
8 2020 Rubí 27 January 21 (21-01) – February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27) Leonardo Padrón Carlos Bardasano [4]
9 Como tú no hay 2 85 February 24 (24-02) – June 2, 2020 (2020-06-02) Ximena Suárez [13][14]
10 2021 Si nos dejan 83 June 1 (1-06) – October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11) Leonardo Padrón [15]
11 2022 Los ricos también lloran 60 February 21 (21-02) – May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13) Esther Feldman
Rosa Salazar Arenas 		[16]
12 La mujer del diablo 26 July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21) – January 6, 2023 (2023-01-06) Leonardo Padrón Patricio Wills
Carlos Bardasano 		[17][18]
13 Travesuras de la niña mala 10 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08) – present María López Castaño [19][20]
14 2023 Pienso en ti 75 March 13 (13-03) – June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) Ximena Suárez Carlos Bardasano [21][22]
15 El gallo de oro 10 October 20, 2023 (2023-10-20) – January 12, 2024 (2024-01-12) Lina Uribe
Darío Vanegas 		[23]
16 La hora marcada 9 October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27) Laura Wills Dávila Patricio Wills
Carlos Bardasano 		[24]
17 2024 El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar 10 May 17, 2024 (2024-05-17) Patricio Wills
Carlos Bardasano 		Esther Feldman
Carlos Algara 		[25]
18 La historia de Juana TBD June 3, 2024 (2024-06-03) – present Perla Farías
Verónica Suárez
Basilio Álvarez
Felipe Silva 		Patricio Wills [26]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Patricio Wills concreta alianza con Univisión para producir desde Miami contenido exclusivo para UniMás en EE UU". produ.com. February 26, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Productor Patricio Wills: Con Univisión invertiremos en historias y productoras que desarollarán localmente para UniMás y el mercado mexicano". produ.com. March 7, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Carlos Bardasano Jr. nuevo VP sénior de W Studios joint venture entre Univisión y Patricio Wills". produ.com. March 27, 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Carlos Bardasano Jr. de W Studios: Produciremos Rubí para la Fábrica de sueños de Televisa". produ.com. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "Patricio Wills de Televisa: W Studios ya es empresa de Televisa". produ.com. July 30, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Ramos-Weiner, Maribel (August 9, 2016). "Ana Bond de W Studios: Alianza con Lemon Films para producir contenidos en México". produ.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "W Studios de Patricio Wills y Univision anuncia su primera producción: La piloto". produ.com/. May 6, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  8. ^ "Patricio Wills de W Studios: Ya iniciamos el casting para nuestra primera producción La piloto". produ.com. May 6, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "La piloto primera producción de W Studios de Patricio Wills comenzó grabaciones en México". produ.com. September 5, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Rosy Ocampo inició la avanzada". produ.com. March 5, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  11. ^ "Patricio Wills presidente de Televisa Estudios". produ.com. March 5, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  12. ^ "Patricio Wills leading Televisa's Content Production area". produ.com. March 6, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  13. ^ "Se dio el claquetazo oficial de la nueva apuesta de Televisa Como tú no hay dos". produ.com. September 26, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  14. ^ Solís, Erik (January 30, 2020). "¡Ya hay fecha de estreno para 'Como tú no hay 2', protagonizada por Adrián Uribe y Claudia Martín!". lasestrellas.tv. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  15. ^ González, Moisés (April 27, 2021). "Univision destapa la fecha de estreno de su nueva telenovela estelar Si nos dejan". peopleenespanol.com. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  16. ^ "Claudia Martín y Sebastián Rulli inician grabaciones de Los Ricos También Lloran". www.televisa.com. September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  17. ^ "PRODU | Ficha técnica: La mujer del diablo". produ.com. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  18. ^ "ViX+, TelevisaUnivision's Premium SVOD Tier, Debuts on July 21". corporate.televisaunivision.com. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  19. ^ "PRODU | Ficha técnica: Travesuras de la niña mala". produ.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  20. ^ "PRODU | TelevisaUnivision inició grabaciones en París y Londres de Travesuras de la niña mala de ViX+ producida por W Studios y dirigida por Alejandro Bazzano". produ.com. July 13, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  21. ^ "PRODU | Ficha técnica: Pienso en ti". produ.com. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  22. ^ Origel, Juan José (January 23, 2023). "Vida y Milagros | Ya viene el estreno de la telenovela 'Pienso en Ti'". elsoldemexico.com.mx. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  23. ^ "Patricio Wills de W Studios: Iniciamos la producción de El gallo de oro de Juan Rulfo en México con el regreso a la actuación de Lucero". produ.com (in Spanish). February 14, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  24. ^ "LA HORA MARCADA Premieres with New Stories on October 27 on ViX". corporate.televisaunivision.com (in Spanish). October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  25. ^ "EL EXTRAÑO RETORNO DE DIANA SALAZAR, a ViX Original Drama, Begins Production in Mexico". corporate.televisaunivision.com (in Spanish). August 22, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  26. ^ "W Studios: We begin recording Juana la Virgen, a medium-sized telenovela with more than 60 episodes". produ.com. December 8, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2024.