EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has taken in for development San Fuerte, a single-camera comedy written and executive produced by Shepard Boucher (Upload).
In it, Ben Schreiber is an American journalist who’s sent to the Latin American island nation of San Fuerte to interview its enigmatic dictator, Emilio San Juan. While there, Ben discovers the shocking truth: Emilio is his father, and he has no intention of letting him go home…
Boucher is executive producing alongside Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment.
A former journalist at ABC News, Boucher has worked as co-executive producer on such series as Prime Video’s Upload and My Lady Jane, Max’s Made For Love as well as Netflix’s Space Force and the upcoming medical procedural Pulse. His writing-producing credits also include the CW’s Riverdale and TBS’ Angie Tribeca. He is repped by CAA, Kaplan/Perrone and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka.