SP Televisão is adapting TV Globo's hit telenovela "Avenida Brasil" for Portuguese broadcaster SIC as "Avenida Portugal", with shooting scheduled to start in Lisbon in November. José Condessa plays Jorginho, Laura Dutra plays Rita/Nina, Margarida Vila-Nova plays Carminha and Ricardo Pereira plays Tufão, with Afonso Pimentel as Max, Sara Matos as Suelen, Madalena Almeida as Débora and Ana Sofia Martins as Zezé. Pedro Barbosa Silva and Ana Lúcia Carvalho adapt, and Jorge Queiroga directs. "Laura has the talent, sensitivity and determination we are looking for in this challenge," says SIC entertainment director Daniel Oliveira.
Portugal Remakes Brazilian Smash "Avenida Brasil" as "Avenida Portugal"
