three multi-platinum albums and was the breakthrough of many respected and established actors including Florencia Bertotti, Nancy Duplaá, Marcela Kloosterboer, Nicolás Vázquez, Carla Peterson, Guido Kaczka, Juan Gil Navarro, Fernán Mirás, Mariano Torre, Florencia Peña, Dolores Fonzi, Tomás Fonzi and other. Plans for a Brazilian version of Verano were made but never materialized. Morena and Chiquititas production team only worked in Verano until the middle of the first season. Then, Morena and her staff decided to focus solely on Chiquititas, which was in the midst of its most successful season, so her ex-husband and Telefe's director, Gustava Yanklevich, took charge. In an interview with Mario Pergolini (for his radio show Cual Es?), Morena revealed she did not like the direction Verano took after she left the production team. However, she owns the rights to the program and is listed as an executive producer for all its seasons. In 2009, Pedro Damián, which was responsible for the Mexican versions of Rebelde Way and Floricienta, announced his next project for Televisa was a version of Verano which would be titled Verano de Amor and would star Dulce Maria and a big cast of new faces. The show finally debuted in February 2010 on the 7p.m. time slot being co-produced by Cris Morena Group and RGB. Rebelde Way After disagreements between Morena and Vilarruel, Telefe's chairman, she started developing a new show about a group of rich teenagers living in an elite boarding school. The project became Rebelde Way. Felipe Colombo, Camila Bordonaba, Luisana Lopilato and Benjamin Rojas, who were highly popular during Chiquititas' last three seasons, were chosen as the four leads (Rebelde means literally rebel but it also means stubborn, different, daring, revolted, problematic). Until the late 1990s, producing companies—now very common in the country—weren't common and most shows were property of the channel. Morena had no plans to open her own production company but, after parting ways with Telefe and with a huge team following her, it was the only legal way to do it. Cris Morena Group was born. However, the company was formed by creative staff and wasn't able to cope with the business and legal aspects by itself so she needed a partner to finance it. Initially, the show was to be co-produced alongside RGB Entertainment, Morena's ex-husband's company with whom she has a very amicable relationship. However, the association didn't work out since she was looking