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Wattpadd Webtoon Studios Hires Cattleya’s Mar Vila Barcelo As International Development Director
Wattpad Webtoon Studios is building out in Europe with the hire of Mar Vila Barcelo from ITV Studios Iberia-owned Cattleya Producciones.
Mar Vila BarceloWattpadd Webtoon Based in Madrid, Barcelo will lead and expand on the LA-based studio’s international film and TV series slate, focusing on the European market. Barcelo has also held several production roles in the UK and Spain, and prior to ITV, she worked as a commissioner and exec producer for Short Circuit, the BFI- and Screen Scotland-backed filmmaking hub for new and emerging talent. Wattpad’s studio operations were then combined with those for Naver’s digital comics platform Webtoon, and an initial $100M was put aside for development and production financing.
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