Telemundo Premieres “Aurora,” Its Newest Original Novela Production, on November 1

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Telemundo, a leading producer of innovative and high-quality content for Hispanics in the U.S. and around the world, today announced the release of its newest original production "Aurora." The network’s latest primetime novela, a drama of traditional love with a modern scientific twist, premieres on Monday, November 1 at 8pm EDT.

"Aurora," shot in High Definition (HD) at Telemundo Studios in Miami, boasts a stellar cast including Sara Maldonado, Eugenio Siller, Jorge Luis Pila, Aylin Mujica and Lisette Morelos. The executive producer is Aurelio Valcárcel who also produced “¿Donde Esta Elisa?,” “Mas Sabe El Diablo,” “El Cuerpo del Deseo” and “Alguien te Mira”.

The story is centered on Aurora Ponce de Leon (Sara Maldonado), a beautiful young 20-year-old woman who falls madly in love with the charming Lorenzo (Jorge Luis Pila), and both share an intense attraction. Lorenzo already has a son named Martin and Aurora loves him unconditionally. She becomes pregnant with Lorenzo's child, but is separated from Lorenzo when her parents learn about the pregnancy and send her abroad to have her baby. Lorenzo is unaware that he is the father of the baby and believing that Aurora left voluntarily, decides to try to get on with his life. Shortly after the baby's birth, Aurora is diagnosed with an incurable disease. Her father, Gustavo (Braulio Castillo), is a renowned scientist and physician and an expert in the field of cryogenics. He decides to freeze her body until the day that science has advanced far enough to find a cure for her disease.

Fast forward 20 years and it’s time to unfreeze Aurora's body. Two decades have passed and life has changed around her while she was "sleeping." Her best friend, Natalia, is now married to Lorenzo, Aurora’s only true love, and more incredibly, Blanca, who does not know that she is Aurora’s daughter, looks her mother’s age and will struggle to accept Aurora. Further complicating matters for Aurora, she encounters the now-grown Martin, who has the same spark and charm that she loved about Lorenzo. The question now becomes can Aurora get accustomed to a new and completely different life?

Episodes of "Aurora" will also be available on http://www.telemundo.com/aurora starting on the day after the premiere episode. The website also offers behind-the-scenes videos and interviews with the cast, as well as photo galleries and polls.

Viewers can also engage on social media platforms including Facebook on the novela’s page, Aurora-Telemundo and via Twitter @AuroraTelemudo. Both platforms will offer fans access to more details and information about "Aurora" with photos and exclusive videos from the cast.

About Telemundo:

Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. & Subsidiaries (“Telemundo”), a division of NBC Universal, is a world-class media company, leading the industry in the production and distribution of high-quality Spanish-language content across its multiplatform portfolio to U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. Telemundo’s multiple platforms include Telemundo, a Spanish-language television network featuring original productions, theatrical motion pictures, news and first-class sports events, reaching 94% of U.S. Hispanic viewers in 210 markets through its 14 owned-and-operated stations, 46 broadcast affiliates, and over 1,000 cable affiliates; mun2, is the lifestyle cable network for today's culture connectors (C2s) – bicultural Latinos. As the bilingual network that amplifies the Latinos experience, mun2 is uniquely American and reaches over 35 million U.S. TV households nationwide on digital and analog cable, satellite and free television; Telemundo Digital Media, which leverages Telemundo’s original content for distribution across digital and emerging platforms including mobile devices and www.telemundo.com and www.holamun2.com; and Telemundo International, the company’s international distribution arm which has positioned Telemundo as the second largest provider of Spanish-language content worldwide by syndicating content to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.

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