Wattpad Webtoon Studios, a global publishing and entertainment sector designed for fans of online comics and novels, has announced that it will apply two popular stories written in Spanish for Wattpad: “The Perfect Liar” and “Boulevard”.
The phenomenon of Alex Mírez, a young author of “The Perfect Liar” with 150 million readers, will be applied as a series, and “The Boulevard”, read by writer Flor M. Salvador, will be a feature film.
This is the first Spanish project funded by the Wattpad Webtoon Studios Development Fund, specifically created to finance and promote the project based on content distributed by these two online reading platforms.
This new project joins the growing proposal of a company that is currently developing and producing more than 100 film and television projects around the world, and is an important step in producing content in Spanish for the Wattpad Webtoon studio.
Alex Mirez (Caracas, 1994) is one of the stars of online fiction. He published his first novel “Choking” in 2016 with the Spanish publisher Nova Casa, and later published two parts of “The Perfect Liar,” which recorded more than 80 million readings on Wattpad. So far, he wrote 11 novels between real and digital, and the most recent “Strange” was published every week in installments for more than a year, and finally in June 2021 It has been edited in its actual format.
His youth drama “Perfect Liars” was produced in Mexico and was adapted as a series by José Miguel Núñez with screenwriters Anna Grazales and Paola Mazlum.
Núñez worked as a lead writer in the Netflix original series “Rebel” and the series “Pinches Mumias” (Univision), later participated in the project and is co-producer and editor-in-chief.
Her writing credits also include “La Reina del Sur” (Telemundo) and “El Bato” (NBC Universo), among others. Grajales & Mazlum credits include Cinema 226 and the next release of the feature film “None of this was a mistake” produced by Cinema 226 and Videocine.
Grazales & Mazlum produces 10 series for Netflix and develops feature film programs for Oscar-winning companies such as Pablo Lalain, Fabula, Warner Media, and Sony.
“Perfect Liars” is part of a series of three books published by the Penguin Random House in Spain, two of which have appeared so far, and they have appeared so far.
“Boulevard” is a four-part novel by Flor M. Salvador by Mexican writer Watpad, which will be adapted by Javier Ruescas, the successful author of the youth book, and a development series based on the upcoming Atresmedia Cine feature film “Somos Fuego” and violinist biography.Aaron Lee, “Who Am I”
Salvador, who became known under the pseudonym Ekilorhe of Wattpad, studied medicine, but since 2014 he decided to dedicate himself to writing and published his first novel “Boulevard” on the platform.Penguin Random House España.His most recent work is called “Silence” and deals with controversial topics such as euthanasia, death and human relationships.
“Boulevard”, which turned into a movie, is produced in Spain.
“Perfect Liars” and “Boulevard” have gained popularity among millions of readers and are deeply interested in the Spanish-speaking market around the world, according to Aron Levitz, president of Watpad Webtoon Studio.
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