‘Carmen,’ a Carmen Miranda Bio From Esmir Filho, to Shoot Next Year in U.S. and Brazil (EXCLUSIVE)

Producers will announce the feature, one of the highest-budgeted Brazilian productions ever, at RioMarket

By Marcelo Cajueiro

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — “Carmen,” the Portuguese and English-language biopic of iconic Hollywood’s Golden Age Brazilian star Carmen Miranda, will shoot in the second half of 2027 in Brazil and the U.S.

Esmir Filho will helm the feature, a major production for local standards, with a 61 million reais ($20 million) budget, one of the largest ever in Brazilian cinema. Producers have raised 80% of the budget through Brazilian incentives, producer Tatiana Issa told Variety.

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