MDM P18 friday | march 8, 2019 Netflix to film Garcia Marquez's NEW YORK, United States | AFP | -- Netflix said Wednesday it has acquired the film rights to "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez '100 Years of Solitude' and will turn it into a Spanish language TV series. Rodrigo Garcia and Gonzalo Garcia Barcha, the sons of the late Colombian author, "will serve as executive producers on the series, which will be filmed mainly in Colombia," the on-demand streaming giant said in a statement. "One Hundred Years of Solitude," considered a masterpiece that defined "magical realism" as a literary genre, was published in 1967. It centers around seven generations of the Buendia family in the fictional Colombian town of Macondo. "For decades our father was reluctant to sell the film rights" to the book "because he believed that it could not be made under the time constraints of a feature film, or that producing it in a language other than Spanish would not do it justice," said Garcia. But in the current "golden age" of TV series, with quality writing and directing "and the acceptance by worldwide audiences of programs in foreign languages, the time could not be better," he said. Garcia Marquez was a leading member of the "Latin American boom" of authors of the 1960s and 70s that included Nobel laureates Octavio Paz of Mexico and Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" has been translated into 46 languages and sold some 50 million copies worldwide. Netflix has had success with shows and movies that are fully or partially in Spanish, such as the series "Narcos" and their Oscar- winning feature film "Roma." Garcia Marquez, whose work includes "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" (1981) and NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR. In this file photo taken on May 30, 2007 Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, sitting with his wife "Love in the Time of Cholera" (1985), died in Mercedes Barcha, is asked by admirers to dedicate them books, before boarding the train to his hometown Aracataca in Santa Marta, Colombia. April 2014 at the age of 87. Agence France- ALEJANDRA VEGA/AFP Presse From housewife to 'assassin': Cristine Reyes relishes Pia on interviewing Brie Larson: new action role I feel like I met a superhero MANILA — Cristine Reyes, known for her sexy dramatic roles, has a fresh undertaking as the titular character of “Maria,” a MANILA – Pia Wurtzbach housewife with a mysterious past as a ruthless assassin. could not stop talking about The Pedring Lopez movie, due for release on March 27, her recent encounter with follows a woman out for blood after her family is hunted down Captain Marvel herself, by a group she formerly had ties with. Hollywood actress Brie Larson. The trailer for the Viva Films production hints that Maria Speaking to reporters at has long kept secret her past as a cartel assassin, until she is the Philippine premiere of the faced with threats and subsequently seeks revenge. Marvel Studios production on Speaking with ABS-CBN News’ Mario Dumaual, Reyes said Tuesday, Wurtzbach said she that while challenging, she relished the physical demands of the is still in cloud nine after the portraying Maria. video of her interview with “Malaki ‘yung paghihirap, but at the same time, ito ‘yung masasabi kong nag-enjoy ako gawin na pelikula. Hindi naman kasi the Oscar winner was finally ako girly-girly type na person, kaya I guess nakaya kong gawin released online earlier that ‘yung action,” Reyes said. day. Reyes, 30, has background in jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts “I was so nervous going — a fact that helped her adjust faster to the fight choreography. into the interview. I didn’t In her interview, Reyes was also asked for her reaction to know what to expect. I watched possible comparisons with Anne Curtis, who made her mark as a few interviews of her just a debuting action star in Erik Matti’s “BuyBust.” ABS CBN News so I get an idea of what it’s going to be like. She was very pleasant. She was nice. She even laughed at my silly joke. It was really fun,” she said. Wurtzbach also recalled WORLD BEAUTY MEETS SUPERHERO. 2015 Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach face to face interview an instance where she and with Oscar winner Captain Marvel Brie Larson. Larson had a brief moment after the interview. said. and to interview her and to be about women empowerment, “I am really kilig because Wurtzbach said she able to meet her.” she’s very passionate about it when I did the interview with feels fortunate because “not When asked what’s her as well. Those are the things her, she was saying goodbye everyone gets invited to meet takeaway from their meeting, I think are very dear to her to everyone. She was about her and to talk to her.” the former Miss Universe said: heart.” to leave but she came back to “When I was doing the “That she takes her work very “Captain Marvel” hits me and she shook my hand interview, she’s so pleasant seriously. If you ask her kasi cinemas nationwide on and she said, ‘Thank you and so nice. Na-starstruck about work, seryoso siya. If you Wednesday, March 6, just for everything that you do.’ talaga ako,” she said. “I am ask her about the training that in time for International THE ASSASSIN. Cristine Reyes stars in Pedring Lopez’s ‘Maria.’ Sobrang kinilig ako. I really feel just really grateful that Marvel she went through, you can see. Women’s Month. ABS CBN Viva Films like I met a superhero,” she invited me to be a part of this And also when you talk to her News.