Mexican cinema dates to the late nineteenth century during the rule of President Porfirio Díaz. Seeing a demonstration of short films in 1896, Díaz immediately saw the importance of documenting his presidency in order to present an ideal image of it. With the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, Mexican and foreign makers of silent films seized the opportunity to document its leaders and events. From 1915 onward, Mexican cinema focused on narrative film.
Grupo TelevisaS.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican multimedia mass media and entertainment company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
TelevisaUnivision is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico City that owns American Spanish language broadcast network Univision and free-to-air channels in Mexico such as Las Estrellas, Canal 5, Foro, and Canal 9 alongside a collection of specialty television channels and production studios. 45% of the company is held by the Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company Grupo Televisa, which was a major programming partner for Univision until the company sold their content assets to Univision in 2022.
Ánima Estudios, S.A.P.I. de C.V. is a Mexican animation studio and family entertainment company founded in 2002 by Fernando De Fuentes S. and Jose C. Garcia De Letona, the studio is best known for producing El Chavo Animado, Top Cat: The Movie, the Leyendas franchise, and Cleo & Cuquín.
Las Estrellas is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of the programs of Las Estrellas are seen in the United States on Univision, UniMás, and Galavisión.
Vadhir Derbez Alejandro González Torres Prince, better known as Vadhir Derbez, is a Mexican actor and singer who has worked for Televisa, Univision, Warner Brothers, Netflix, TV Azteca and Telemundo.
Pantelion Films is an American film production company that was created in 2010 and based in Santa Monica, California. The studio's goal is to bring wider theatrical distribution of movies aimed at Latino audiences. It is backed by TelevisaUnivision and Lionsgate. It has made theatrical relationships with movie exhibition chains including Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Theatres, Cinemex, and Cinemark. The studio's first film was 2011's From Prada to Nada, which Lionsgate and Grupo Televisa announced it had commissioned for a television series that did not materialize in 2012.
Blim TV was an on-demand video subscription service, offered online via TelevisaUnivision, through an Internet connection, which offers access to programs strictly for personal use, in exchange for payment of a monthly subscription fee.
Legend Quest: The Legend of the Black Charro is a 2018 Mexican 2D animated action-horror-comedy film, produced by Ánima Estudios.
Legend Quest is an animated horror-comedy film franchise created by Ricardo Arnaiz and produced by Mexican animation studio Ánima Estudios. It is loosely based on The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame. It consists of six films, a digital television series, and a mobile game. It centers on Leo San Juan, a heroic preteen boy who can communicate with ghosts and monsters; Teodora, a sassy preteen ghost girl with a know-it-all personality; Don Andrés, an amicable but loony old knight; Alebrije, a mild-mannered mythological creature; and Finado and Moribunda, two silent calavera children. Set in the early nineteenth century, each of the films is based upon a different Mexican legend.
Ana y Bruno is a 2017 Mexican computer-animated horror-comedy-drama film based on the novel, Ana by Daniel Emil. It is produced by Altavista Films and Lo Coloco Films, and co-produced by Ítaca Films and Ánima Estudios.
Little Eggs: An African Rescue is a 2021 Mexican computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Huevocartoon Producciones.
La liga de los 5 is a 2020 Mexican animated superhero comedy film, produced by Ánima and directed by Marvick Núñez in his directorial debut. The film stars the Spanish voices of Regina Blandón and Mariana Treviño. The film is Mexico's first take on the'superhero' genre, in style of that of The Avengers, combined with traditional Latin American elements and legends.
Las leyendas: el origen is a 2022 Mexican animated horror-comedy film as part of the Leyendas animated franchise. Produced by Ánima, the film is an origin story focused on the little Calavera duo, Finado and Moribunda, who must leave their home in Pueblo Calaca while looking out for a human baby.
Mauricio de la Serna was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer.
ViX is an over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision. The service primarily shows content from TelevisaUnivision and other third-party content providers, including television series, movies, and sports programming. Originally launched as PrendeTV on March 30, 2021, the service was expanded and rebranded as ViX on March 31, 2022.
La leyenda de los Chaneques is a 2023 animated horror-adventure film produced by Ánima. It is the seventh installment to the Leyendas series, and is a direct follow-up to La leyenda del Charro Negro. The film's story focuses on the Chaneque folklore.
Eduardo "Lalo" Ramírez Velázquez is a Mexican telenovela, stage and film actor, and comedian. He is best known for his role as Germán Martínez in the television series Vecinos, voicing Evaristo in the Leyendas film series and being a former member of Otro Rollo.
