Season 1 of REBELDE, the Telenovela That Launched the Latin-American Superband Rbd, Now on DVD

“Xenon Pictures and Televisa Home Entertainment are pleased to announce the special DVD release, on January 9th, 2007, of the first season of REBELDE to its millions of fans. This hit telenovela led to the crossover pop music sensation RBD and the worldwide phenomenon known as “RebeldeMania,” as well as numerous hit songs and millions of records sold around the globe.

The three-double-disc edition is filled with over 14 hours of content, including the first season of the hit telenovela, English subtitles, a special featurette with the shows “best kisses,” a photo gallery, biographies of the Rebelde gang along with key characters, and the full-length music videos of the songs “Solo quedate en Silencio,” which peaked at #2 on Billboards US Latin charts, “Salvame,” “Fuego,” and the original a capella and live versions of the anthem “Rebelde,” which stayed in the #1 spot for more than two months in Mexico and charted high in the US, Brazil, Colombia and many other countries.

“A phenomenon like this comes along maybe once in a generation,” says Xenon Pictures President and CEO Leigh Savidge, “and we are both proud and excited to be part of it.”

The biggest teen telenovela of all time in both Latin America and the US, REBELDE follows a group of students at the Elite Way School, where the children of Mexicos wealthy get a superior education and the kind of social contacts that assure a successful future. There is also a large number of becados, gifted lower-class students on scholarships, few of whom manage to graduate as they are persecuted by a secret society called La Logia, bent on conserving the “purity” of the upper classes. Starring Anahi, Dulce Maria, Maite Perroni, Alfonso “Poncho” Herrera, Christopher Uckermann and Christian Chavez, along with Ninel Conde and Juan Ferrara among others, REBELDE became a television sensation that has broken audience records, and has been so popular that artists such as Lenny Kravitz and Hillary Duff have appeared on the show to gain exposure in the Latin market; the “virtual” band Gorillaz even chose to debut their video “Dare” on “Rebelde” over any other show or network in Mexico.

REBELDE was one of Mexicos longest-running telenovelas with 440 episodes in 3 seasons, and continues to air in the US, Asia, and Latin America, with a feature film currently in development. Further demonstrating the popularity of the show, the term “rebelde” finished #8 on Googles 2006 Zeitgeist.

Six of the shows main characters are now part of the global musical phenomenon RBD, which have sold out venue after venue on their US tour, from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to New Yorks Madison Square Garden, selling over 20 million albums worldwide, with 2 million alone in the United States, and topping radio charts worldwide. Most recently, RBD has appeared at “Dick Clarks New Years Rockin Eve 2007″ and KIIS FMs popular Jingle Ball.

The January 9th release of REBELDE will be followed by the February theatrical release of the horror flick SNOOP DOGGS HOOD OF HORROR, starring Snoop Dogg, Brande Roderick, Anson Mount, Diamond Dallas Page, Jason Alexander, Daniella Alonso and Danny Trejo, among a star-studded cast. Slated for February 6th is the DVD release of LOS LONELY BOYS: COTTONFIELDS AND CROSSROADS, the acclaimed documentary directed by award-winner Henry Galan, and starring Grammy-Award winning “Texican” rock band Los Lonely Boys.”

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