Brazilian director exchanges soap operas for Hollywood cinema and invests in a zombie film in the Amazon

Former director of Globo and Record, Alexandre Avancini was behind the great successes of Brazilian television, such as The mutants It is The ten Commandments. In 2019, however, the director abandoned the universe of soap operas and now invests his experience in American cinema, seeking investments for a feature film about zombies in the Amazon.

It was in an interview with CARAS Brazil what Alexandre Avancini narrated his transition from Brazilian serials to American films. According to the filmmaker, it all started in 2019, when he left Record and moved to Los Angeles. At the time, he was already negotiating the production of a biography about the French singer. Maurice Chevalier.

The problem is that, like many of the projects that were in development that year, the film had to be postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. And now, years later, the Brazilian director has to face the challenges of a country with a very rich film culture and, therefore, very demanding.

In the United States, if your script is not formatted with the proper font, it goes to the trash, whatever the idea is, whether it is a masterpiece”, explained the director, to FACES.

View this photo on Instagram

A post shared by Alexandre Avancini (@alexandre.avancini)

With this in mind, Avancini began working alongside the American screenwriter Adam G. Simon in mid-2020. Together, the experts are supported by Carolina Vianaformer head of acquisitions at Netflixto produce the long zombie rio — the first horror of its kind that promises to talk about zombies through an ecological approach.

Set in the middle of the Amazon, the film intends to narrate the story of an American pharmacist who ends up getting involved with Brazilian shamans. Thus, in addition to having the classic plot of the living dead, the project will also address the defense of forests.

“Americans like to watch films in which Americans are living a new experience and they love the Amazon theme. The cast will be North American, but will feature Brazilian participation that is already known in the American market”, revealed the director.

Responsible for soap operas like Four by four It is For love, Alexandre Avancini was also director general of Uga Ugaa success broadcast on TV Globo between 2000 and 2001. Claudio Heinrichthe project was never reprized, but is available on Globoplay. “It was really cool work and the soap opera was a hit. We went to Xingu to do a lab for 15 days with the chief Aritana“, remembered alexanderstill in the interview.