Cinelatino signs deals with Fox, Universal Studios & Lionsgate Channel.

Cinelatino announced that it has finalized first-time deals with Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Studios and signed a new deal with Lionsgate.

These newly-acquired movies feature today’s most popular and celebrated Latino stars, including Penelope Cruz, Gael Garcia Bernal, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Ana Claudia Talancon, Sofia Vergara, Wilmer Valderrama, John Leguizamo, Roselyn Sanchez, Catalina Sandino Moreno, among others.

Sample newly-acquired titles include:

o The Motorcycle Diaries: Academy Award-winning story tracing the adventures of Che Guavara on his journey across South America; starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Rodrigo De La Serna.
o Scarface (’83): Classic Golden Globe nominee about a Cuban immigrant who takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed. Starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer and Michelle Pfeiffer.
o Carlito’s Way: Golden Globe nominee starring Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller and John Leguizamo about a reformed ex-convict who is torn between his girlfriend and his crooked lawyer.
o Bandidas: A Western comedy starring Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek in their first film together as a bank robbing duo who set out to exact revenge against a murdering swindler who is terrorizing their town in turn-of-the-century Mexico.
o Fast Food Nation: Provocative, critically-acclaimed feature examining the health risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences; starring Wilmer Valderrama, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Ana Claudia Talancon.
o Ladrón que roba a Ladrón (“Thief who Robs a Thief”): 2008 box office hit about two former thieves who reunite to rob the country’s biggest thief. Starring Fernando Colunga, Miguel Varoni and Ivonne Montero.
o Lucia, Lucia: Comedy thriller from Mexico/Spain from the director of Sexo, pudor y lagrimas about a children’s book author whose husband mysteriously disappears; starring Cecilia Roth, Kuno Becker and Carlos Alvarez-Novoa.
o Kika: Pedro Almodovar’s award-winning comedy about a Spanish makeup artist who falls in love with a dead man; starring Veronica Forquée, Peter Coyote and Victoria Abril.
o Chasing Papi: Comedy about three disparate women from different societies who discover they are all dating the same man; starring Roselyn Sanchez, Sofía Vergara, Jaci Velasquez, Eduardo Verastegui and Lisa Vidal.
o Woman on Top: Romantic comedy starring Penelope Cruz and Murilio Benecio about a successful cook whose motion sickness forces her to have intercourse on top, driving away her macho husband.
o Imagining Argentina: Political drama and extraordinary story of love, compassion and danger set during the dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s; starring Antonia Banderas and Emma Thompson.
o A Walk in the Clouds: Golden Globe winner about the love story that unfolds after a man returns from war; starring Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo Giannini, Angelica Aragon, and Freddy Rodriguez.
o Intacto (Intact): Winner of 11 international awards, Intacto is a thriller from Spain that follows participants who test their relative luck by engaging in games of chance that get exponentially more risky; starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela and Antonio Perez Dechent.
o Abre los ojos (“Open Your Eyes”): Spanish film from which Vanilla Sky was based, featuring Penelope Cruz and Eduardo Noriega. Winner of five international awards.

“We are excited to add these titles to our vast lineup of blockbuster movies,” said Jim McNamara, President of Cinelatino. “No Spanish-language channel in the U.S. has ever been able to deliver the quality and diversity of programming that viewers can find on Cinelatino.”