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“Acapulco”: Eugenio Derbez’s series is renewed by Apple TV +

more chapters of Acapulco will join the catalog of AppleTV+after the service streaming make the renewal official. The comedy series, starring and produced by the Mexican actor Eugenio Derbezplaces us in the famous resort “Las Colinas”, where a twentysomething fulfills his dream by getting the best job of his life and the relationship he maintains with this place extends over several decades until he becomes an older man .

Narrated in Spanish and English by Derbez himself, this fiction tells “the story of Maximo Gallardo (Enrique Arrizon), a twentysomething whose dream comes true when he lands his life’s job as a waiter at Acapulco’s most popular resort.. He soon realizes that the job is much more complicated than he ever imagined and to be successful, he must learn to manage a demanding clientele, a temperamental mentor and a complicated home life, without losing his way to shortcuts or temptations.

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According to the platform’s announcement, the second season will be a direct continuation of the last one, since we will meet Máximo again in 1985, at a time when he must face the turmoil at the resort, problems at home and the attraction to a new woman. Meanwhile, in the present day, old Máximo lands in Acapulco to meet up with people from the past, even if it’s not the best idea after all.

new episodes of Acapulco will begin filming next spring and will be filmed again on location in Mexico. The cast is made up Eugenio Derbez, Enrique Arrizon Fernando Carsa, Damián Alcázar, Camila Perez, Chord Overstreet, Vanessa Bauche, Regina Reynoso, Raphael Alejandro, Jessica Collins, Rafael Cebrián, Regina Orozco and charles crown.

The production is distributed under the Lionsgate Television banner, and was inspired by How to be a Latin Lover, a film that was very successful at the box office. It is produced by Apple for Lionsgate Television, 3Pas Studios and The Tannenbaum Company; and was created by Austin Winsberg, Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman. Executive produced by these three and Derbez alongside Chris Harris, Jay Karas, Ben Odell, Sonia Gambaro, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang.

A non-English speaking series that paved the way for Apple TV+

acapulco is the first original project of Apple TV + in the category of non-English speaking, since it is part of the expanding line of the streaming with the purpose of diversifying its contents from different parts of the world. In addition to the Mexican series, it was also launched dr braina Korean title by filmmaker Kim Jee-Woon.

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Upcoming releases include echo 3an action thriller set in South America; Pachinkothe Korean, Japanese, and English drama coming this month; Masters of the Air, a war drama produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone; and Slow Horses, an international espionage fiction with Gary Oldman. Acclaimed filmmaker and Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón will also develop projects for the company after signing an overall agreement.

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