Maya Entertainment Teams Up With Blockbuster(R) to Advance Latino Films

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 24, 2009 under Industry, Screenwriting | Comments are off for this article

Victor Wolf, America Ferrera in “How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer”

Maya Entertainment, the Latino-owned film entertainment company that brought “How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer” to the big screen, is teaming up with Blockbuster Inc., to support the growing Latino filmmaking industry in the U.S. and spotlight quality examples of its work.

Together, the companies are presenting two programs. The first is Maya Independent sponsored by BLOCKBUSTER(R), a 10-city film festival featuring internationally acclaimed films, actors and filmmakers. The second is Project Goldenlight, a national screenwriting competition.

Maya Independent sponsored by BLOCKBUSTER(R) will take Latino-themed films and exhibit them theatrically as part of a mid-year, 10-city tour, including at theaters owned and operated by Maya’s sister company Maya Cinemas. Following the theatrical tour, the films will be available for rental exclusively at BLOCKBUSTER stores beginning with Hispanic Heritage Month in September 2009.

Project Goldenlight, the second facet of the relationship, is a screenwriting competition in which esteemed industry experts will select an original screenplay from a pool of contestants to be developed by Martinez, who also manages the development team at Maya. Depending on the output of the project, the final product will be released theatrically and then have an exclusive rental window at participating BLOCKBUSTER stores.

The Project Goldenlight competition is scheduled to launch in the spring through www.LatinoReview.com in association with The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (”NALIP”) Producer’s Academy.

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