SOMOS Productions and the Argentine production company Alianzas Producciones announced within the framework of NATPE the agreement for the co-production of the new youth series UMA Fantasma (1×60’).
The series is a musical with paranormal touches that have a very attractive plot where the main message is that there is an unknown world for us in the afterlife.
“UMA Fantasma is a series with an innovative and very curious plot that targets the most attractive audiences of the new platforms and also of the most traditional ones. Our partnership with Alianza Producciones guarantees a first-class product with wide distribution capacity in all windows. Both companies have the necessary experience to make UMA Fantasma another successful addition to the catalog and enjoyment for the public,” stated Luis Villanueva, president, and CEO of SOMOS Productions.
Javier Francia, president of Alianza Producciones pointed out: “UMA Fantasma, is written by Marcela Citterio, one of the best authors in the world for her successful child-youth stories. This guarantees the solidity of the script with a unique and never seen story, which, added to the production experience of SOMOS Productions and ours, ensures an original and excellent product.”
Wendy is the protagonist of this story. She is an orphan, rebellious millionaire adolescent. Due to her misconduct at school, she is sent to live with a family where she rents a room. Right now, Wendy hates her life, she doesn’t want to be there, until one day in her new “room” a teenager, UMA, appears and claims that this is her room. Wendy has been the first person to see UMA in a year, but in reality, Wendy is the only person who can see her. Together they will frame a link between the world of the living and the world of the dead.