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Netflix to film Garcia Marquez's'100 Years of Solitude'

NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR. In this file photo taken on May 30, 2007 Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, sitting with his wife Mercedes Barcha, is asked by admirers to dedicate them books, before boarding the train to his hometown Aracataca in Santa Marta, Colombia. ALEJANDRA VEGA/AFP

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 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 "Love in the Time of Cholera" (1985), died in April 2014 at the age of 87. Agence France-Presse

Pia on interviewing Brie Larson:I feel like I met a superhero

WORLD BEAUTY MEETS SUPERHERO. 2015 Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach face to face interview with Oscar winner Captain Marvel Brie Larson.

MANILA – Pia Wurtzbach could not stop talking about her recent encounter with Captain Marvel herself, Hollywood actress Brie Larson.

Speaking to reporters at the Philippine premiere of the Marvel Studios production on Tuesday, Wurtzbach said she is still in cloud nine after the video of her interview with the Oscar winner was finally released online earlier that day.

“I was so nervous going into the interview. I didn’t know what to expect. I watched a few interviews of her just 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 an instance where she and Larson had a brief moment after the interview.

“I am really kilig because when I did the interview with her, she was saying goodbye to everyone. She was about to leave but she came back to me and she shook my hand and she said, ‘Thank you for everything that you do.’ Sobrang kinilig ako. I really feel like I met a superhero,” she

From housewife to 'assassin': Cristine Reyes relishes

new action role

THE ASSASSIN. Cristine Reyes stars in Pedring Lopez’s ‘Maria.’ Viva Films

MANILA — Cristine Reyes, known for her sexy dramatic roles, has a fresh undertaking as the titular character of “Maria,” a housewife with a mysterious past as a ruthless assassin.

The Pedring Lopez movie, due for release on March 27, follows a woman out for blood after her family is hunted down by a group she formerly had ties with.

The trailer for the Viva Films production hints that Maria has long kept secret her past as a cartel assassin, until she is faced with threats and subsequently seeks revenge.

Speaking with ABS-CBN News’ Mario Dumaual, Reyes said that while challenging, she relished the physical demands of the portraying Maria.

“Malaki ‘yung paghihirap, but at the same time, ito ‘yung masasabi kong nag-enjoy ako gawin na pelikula. Hindi naman kasi ako girly-girly type na person, kaya I guess nakaya kong gawin ‘yung action,” Reyes said.

Reyes, 30, has background in jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts — a fact that helped her adjust faster to the fight choreography.

In her interview, Reyes was also asked for her reaction to possible comparisons with Anne Curtis, who made her mark as a debuting action star in Erik Matti’s “BuyBust.” ABS CBN News

said.Wurtzbach said she

feels fortunate because “not everyone gets invited to meet her and to talk to her.”

“When I was doing the interview, she’s so pleasant and so nice. Na-starstruck talaga ako,” she said. “I am just really grateful that Marvel invited me to be a part of this

and to interview her and to be able to meet her.”

When asked what’s her takeaway from their meeting, the former Miss Universe said: “That she takes her work very seriously. If you ask her kasi about work, seryoso siya. If you ask her about the training that she went through, you can see. And also when you talk to her

about women empowerment, she’s very passionate about it as well. Those are the things I think are very dear to her heart.”

“Captain Marvel” hits cinemas nationwide on Wednesday, March 6, just in time for International Women’s Month. ABS CBN News