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Guillermo Calderón, Pablo Larraín Collaborator & ‘Neruda’ Writer, Scripting Miracle Story Of Children Who Survived Plane Crash & 40 Days In Amazon Rainforest
Gaz Alazraki (Father Of The Bride) is directing the Spanish-language project, whose story captivated world media.
EXCLUSIVE: Guillermo Calderón, one of Latin America’s most respected screenwriters and playwrights, has come aboard to script the miracle true story from last year of four children, including a baby, who survived a plane crash and 40 days in the Amazon Rainforest before being rescued by Colombian special forces. Calderón is known for his frequent collaborations with acclaimed filmmaker Pablo Larraín, including on well-received movies Neruda, The Club and most recently, El Conde, for which he won the Best Screenplay award at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Exile’s film and TV projects include HBO Max’s Vgly, a scripted series with Diego Luna as showrunner for Netflix, two shows for Amazon and one for TelevisaUnivision’s Vix in partnership with Breaking Bad producer Mark Johnson.
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