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[02/13/07 - 12:28 PM]
Smits' El Sendero Productions Carves a Path with Three New Projects
Among them: Jimmy Smits will star and executive produce Cynthia Cidre's drama pilot for CBS.







UNTITLED GREGORY NAVA PROJECT (ABC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
2/13/07
STATUS:
previously in development
DESCRIPTION:
(from El Sendero Productions' press release) Next is an untitled epic mini-series to be written and directed by Gregory Nava about U.S. immigration told through interconnected stories. This project originated with Gregory Nava, who first worked with Smits on "My Family/Mi Familia" and had wanted to collaborate again ever since. Nava sold the project to ABC/ABC Television Studio with Smits and El Sendero attached. Quinn Taylor, ABC's Sr. VP of Movies and Mini-Series is the creative exec for the project, which is a co-production with Smits' El Sendero Productions, Nava's El Norte Productions, along with Nava's partner Barbara Jitner-Martinez, and ABC Television Studio.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Barbara Jitner-Martinez as EP
· Gregory Nava as WRTR/EP
· Jimmy Smits as EP
GENRE(S):
· mini-series
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· El Norte Productions
· El Sendero Productions