Rights agreement signed for Roberto Clemente biopic

By THE STAR STAFF

Phoenix Media & Entertainment, the media division of the Puerto Rican company The Phoenix Fund, has signed an agreement with the family of Roberto Clemente Walker for the production of a biographical drama series, or “biopic,” about the life of the iconic Puerto Rican baseball player.

As part of the agreement, the image rights and the story of the life of Roberto Clemente Walker are to be transferred to the company between the parties to produce a “biopic” series of six to eight episodes of one hour each. Phoenix Media & Entertainment will represent those rights and begin development and commercialization of the project.

Present at an event announcing the project late last week were one of the Puerto Rican star’s sons, Luis Roberto Clemente, representing the Clemente family, The Phoenix Fund CEO Francisco J. Rivera Fernández, the adviser to the fund’s board of directors, Alejandro Asmar, and main adviser Carlos Valle. Also on hand were Phoenix Media & Entertainment fund official Jorge Rojas Buscaglia and the project’s executive producer, Ángel Cassani.

“On behalf of the Clemente family, we are very excited about this partnership with The Phoenix Fund, for what it represents and because it is aligned with what the family has always wanted to achieve, to keep alive the image of our father, Roberto Clemente,” Luis Roberto Clemente said Friday in a written statement. “We want his story to inspire new