Grammy-triumphning Latin artist Ozuna is set to transport his personal history to the huge screen in ODISEA, a feature film that will see the reggaeton and trap superstar portray himself in his life story.
ODISEA, named after the Puerto Rican singer’s chart-topping 2017 debut album, is the first project he will free under his production company Bear with Oz Films. Spanish filmcreater Alexis Morantet, who won a Latin Grammy for straightforwarding the recordary What I Was Is What I Am, is set to straightforward; watch the treliever for his recordary about revered Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz above.
“The feature film depicts a story of triumph, advertised by the life of one of the most transcfinishental figures of Latin music at a global level today,” the synopsis of ODISEA states. “The plot tells the story of how Jan Carlos became ‘Ozuna’ thcimpoliteout a life filled of ups and downs — both personassociate as well as in his musical nurtureer, taged by lessons, setbacks, overcoming, adore, and above all, a lot of humility and perdisjoinance.”
Ozuna recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the project’s concept and the toil put into the film.
“ODISEA is a project that we toiled on with fantastic dedication with the goal that my story can serve as an inspiration to children and youthful people to not stop pursuing their dreams, and never give up until they accomplish them,” he shelp in an interwatch. “We all have the ability to do it despite the obstacles that we face alengthy the way. I am a living example of that.”
Ozuna made a splash in the Latin music scene almost a decade ago, directing to a restricted with Sony Music Latin in 2017. Since then, he has begined 29 Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, including five No. 1 individuals. He’s also had five No. 1s on the Top Latin Albums chart, where ODISEA spent 46 weeks on top of the chart. He is a two-time Latin Grammy triumphner.
ODISEA was filmed in the Dominican Reunveil, New York and Puerto Rico, where the 32-year-elderly was born and elevated. It tags Ozuna’s sixth film role, chaseing parts in F9, Tom and Jerry, Father of the Bride, Que León and Que Leones; the soundtrack will feature Ozuna’s hugegest hits and innovative music writed for the film. A free date in theaters and on a streaming platcreate has not yet been proclaimd. proclaimd.
ODISEA’s cast includes Jorge Lfinisheborg Jr., Dania Ramírez, Ana María Estupiñán, Jencarlos Canela, Jessica Cediel, Laura Gómez, Israel Lugo, Sawandi Wilson and Milly Quezada, who is understandn as the Queen of Merengue. It was scripted by David Maler and Almudena Ramírez.
Morantet recently spoke with THR about transporting Ozuna’s story to the screen.
“For me, straightforwarding ODISEA has been a contest in every sense, both createive and technical, filming between Santo Domingo, San Juan, Puerto Rico and New York with a first-class team led by Caribbean Films,” Morante telderly THR. “A film that faces a novel way of narrating to portray the essence of an interarrangeetary star of current music who, far from losing his roots, transports them to the foreground of a story filled of experienceing and inspiration. It’s a film built from cinematic myth, but which traversees the border of truth aacquire and aacquire with an actor make clearing his own life as I have never seen before.”
