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Exclusive: Doc is on a roll. A Mexican adaptation of the hit medical drama is coming, with Juan Pablo Medina in the lead role. The Mexican series has also cast Gabriela de la Garza, Stephanie Cayo, Iván Sánchez, Erick Chapa, and Giuseppe Gamba.

The news comes on the heels of a Season 2 renewal from Fox for the U.S. version of Doc. Its premiere garnered over 16 million viewers making it the most-watched Fox series debut episode in over five years.

The U.S. adaptation, starring Molly Parker, is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios. Spt will produce and distribute the Mexican version. Deadline understands Sony will talk about the Mexican series during its LA Screenings presentation for buyers representing the LatAm region, which takes place today, May 20.

Doc is based on the hit Italian series, Doc – Nelle tue mani, which was created and is produced by Fremantle prodco Lux Vide.

TelevisaUnivision has ordered seven new projects, including the Gabriela de la Garza-starring “Las Vocales,” to debut on its paid premium streamer ViX+ later this year, Variety has learned exclusively.

The full list of newly set originals includes “Las Vocales” (The Vocals), “Atrapadas en Familia” (Trapped in a Family), “Quieres ser mi hijo?” (Do You Want to Be My Son?), “Promesas y Milagros” (Promises and Miracles), “Exorcismos” (Exorcisms), “La noche del diablito” (The Night of the Little Devil) and “La Sangre y la Gloria” (Blood and Glory).

These titles begin production in May and are set to premiere on Vix+, the upcoming paid tier of the ViX platform, later this year.

Here are the descriptions for each of the newly ordered projects:

Films

Las Vocales – (Movie/Comedy). After a single mother manages to get her son accepted into one of the best schools in the country, she encounters a group...

Streaming platform to launch standard, mobile tiers.

Films from Warner Bros will get a 35-day exclusive theatrical run in Latin America and the Caribbean prior to launching on debut on HBO Max.

WarnerMedia sources confirmed to Screen this will apply to 2021 and beyond. The development marks the latest shift in the theatrical landscape and means exhibition has seen what was until fairly recently a three-month exclusive runaway slashed by the pandemic and the march of streaming platforms.

HBO Max will roll out across in 39 territories the region starting on June 29 on standard and mobile tiers starting at $3 a month. The...

Package to launch standard, mobile tiers.

Films from the Warner Bros slate will debut on HBO Max in Latin America and the Caribbean after a 35-day exclusive theatrical run.

At time of writing WarnerMedia had not clarified whether the window applies only to the 2021 slate, or beyond. Either way, it marks the latest blow for exhibition, which has seen what was until fairly recently a three-month exclusive runaway slashed by the pandemic and the march of streaming platforms.

HBO Max will roll out across in 39 territories the region starting on June 29 on standard and mobile tiers starting at $3 a month.

Madrid — Mexico is a magnet. Netflix produces near twice as many originals there (40) as in France (23) or Germany (23), according to Ampere Analysis. Among Latin America’s biggest cable powers with a 2019 24% audience share in Latin America, and five of its top 10 channels , not so long ago Turner Latin America hardly produced Mexican series.

Now it is now hunkering down in the U.S. neighbor, its Natpe slate of new originals led by a trio of Mexican titles, romantic dramedy “Amarres,” “The Cleaning Lady,” a thriller, and “Las Bravas,” about a women’s soccer team. Caught just before Natpe, Tomas Yankelevich, Turner Latin America’s Evp & chief content officer, General Entertainment, drilled down on its Mexican drive and what the slate says about Turner Latin America’s ambitions as parent company Warner Media prepares to launch Ott service HBO Max this semester. Variety notes five key points:

1.Why Mexico?

Turner’s Mexico drive is no coincidence,...