MIAMI – JANUARY 3, 2024– ViX, the world’s leading Spanish-language streaming service, announced today that the hit original series, EL GALLO DE ORO, will premiere its second season on January 12. All 10 episodes will be available exclusively on the service’s premium plan on the same day.
In the second season, “La Caponera” (Lucero) and Dionisio (José Ron) try to enjoy their new romance, but Lorenzo (Plutarco Haza) doesn’t stop until he finds them. The couple bet their lives on Bernarda’s luck and achieve unimaginable success. But everything in life has a price, and greed will put them in even greater danger when they realize that their great love, the beautiful “Pinzona” (Diana Haro), will be the obsession of all their enemies.
The first season of EL GALLO DE ORO, which premiered on October 20, was the most-watched drama series on ViX Premium over the last quarter of 2023.
The drama stars Lucero (“Soy tu dueña” [A Woman of Steel], “Por ella soy Eva” [Me, Her… and Eva!], “Mañana es para siempre” [Tomorrow is Forever]), José Ron (“La mujer del diablo” [The Devil’s Woman], “La desalmada” [Heartless]) and Plutarco Haza (“La mujer de nadie” [A Woman of Her Own], “Silvia Pinal, frente a ti” [This Is Silvia Pinal]). The cast also includes Diana Haro, Eric del Castillo, Alejandro Ávila, Luis Felipe Tovar, Adriana Williams, María Aura, Axel Alcántara, Roberta de la Portilla, Pablo Abitiia, Santiago Colores, and lead actor Alberto Estrella.
The W Studios series is executive produced by Patricio Wills and Carlos Bardasano, and the adaptation was written by Lina Uribe (“Hasta que la plata nos separe” [Until Money Do Us Part], “La reina del sur” [The Queen of the South]), Darío Vanegas (“El Mariachi,” “La reina del sur”) and Daniela Richer (“El dragón” [El Dragón: Return of a Warrior], “Los ricos también lloran” [The Rich Also Cry]). Directed by Chava Cartas (“La Rebelión” [The Rebellion], “Mexzombies,” “Mirreyes contra Godinez 2, ‘El Retiro'” [Mirreyes vs. Godínez 2, ‘The Retreat’]) and Beto Casillas (“Mexzombies,” “Mirreyes contra Godinez 2, ‘El Retiro’,” “Hernán”), who is also the director of photography.
EL GALLO DE ORO is an adaptation of the short novel by Juan Rulfo, one of the most important references of universal literature of the 20th century and precursor of magical realism. The story takes place in Mexico in the 1940s, when the convulsion of the revolution was still shaking and the poverty and changes it brought about were being overcome.
