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History

UnbeliEVAble Entertainment was founded in 2005 in California, United States by American actress, producer, and director Eva Longoria. In 2012, the company signed a first-look development deal with Universal Television. In August 2016, the company signed a two-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures from 2016 to 2018. Also in August 2016, Will Rack joined the company as vice president. Before joining the company, Rack was an associate producer at

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. Rack left the company in March 2020. In September 2020, the company signed a three-year first-look deal with

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. In April 2021, Adriana Martínez Barrón joined the company as vice president of film, until January 2022. In April 2022, Sandra Condito joined the company as president of television and film, succeeding Ben Spector who left the company also in April 2022. Before joining the company, Condito was the senior vice president of International Production and Development at

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. In March 2022, the company partnered with My Cultura Podcast Network, a

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owned podcast network, to create multiple scripted and unscripted podcasts. Podcasts launched through the partnership include: ''Connections With Eva Longoria'', a guests based podcast hosted by Longoria, ''Sisters of the Underground'', a podcast that follows the true story of the Mirabal sisters, and ''Hungry for History with Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez-Rejón'', a food podcast hosted by Longoria and American author Maite Gomez-Rejón. In September 2022, the company partnered with short-form video social network TikTok, and media company MACRO, to create a content creator incubator called the "Latinx Creatives Grant", which helps selected Latinx content creators on TikTok financially, and with "educational programming and networking opportunities". In October 2023, the company was acquired by Hyphenate Media Group, a company co-founded by Longoria and chairman of Americas of Banijay, Cris Abrego. Longoria will serve as Hyphenate's co-founder and chief creative officer, and Abrego will serve as co-founder and

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. Banijay also has a strategic investment in the company.

Filmography

Film

;In Production * ''24-7'' (with

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, and Universal Pictures) * ''Spa Day'' (with

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and

)

Television

;In Production * Untitled ''Magnum, P.I.'' project (with Kung Fu Monkey and Universal Television) * '' Lucky Boy'' (with Universal Television) * ''

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'' (with

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) * Untitled Mexican-American comedy (with

) * ''

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'' (with Disney Branded Television) * '' Paola Santiago and the River of Tears'' (with

) * ''Land of Women'' (with Bambu Studios) * ''Call My Agent!'' (with

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and Elefantec Global)

Podcasts

Notes

References

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