ABC Orders Pilot for Matt Lopez’s Latinx Family Drama “Promised Land” 

Matt Lopez’s promise continues…

The Latino screenwriter’s hourlong Latinx family drama Promised Land has secured a pilot order at ABC.

Matt Lopez

Previously known as American Heritage, the project is an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley.

ABC bought the project pre-emptively with a put-pilot commitment last year.

Lopez, who has written feature films including Bedtime Stories, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Race to Witch Mountain, writes and executive produces.

ABC Signature is the studio.

Lopez created the NBCUniversal International drama series Gone, starring Chris Noth, which aired on WGN America in the U.S. He also is adapting Helen Cresswell’s young-adult novel Moondial into an ambitious time-travel drama for Fulwell 73. On the feature side, he’s writing a new Father of the Bride film for Warner Bros. revolving around a Latinx family, a first for the franchise.

3 thoughts on “ABC Orders Pilot for Matt Lopez’s Latinx Family Drama “Promised Land” 

  1. Pingback: Christina Ochoa to Star in Matt Lopez’s Latinx Family Drama Pilot “Promised Land” | #site_titleChristina Ochoa to Star in Matt Lopez's Latinx Family Drama Pilot "Promised Land"

  2. Pingback: Tonatiuh to Star in ABC’s Drama Pilot “Promised Land” | #site_titleTonatiuh to Star in ABC’s Drama Pilot "Promised Land"

  3. Pingback: Matt Lopez Signs Multi-Year Overall Deal with ABC Signature | #site_titleMatt Lopez Signs Multi-Year Overall Deal with ABC Signature

Leave a Reply