Alvaro Morte is takin’ the wheel…

The 44-year-old Spanish actor has been cast opposite Rosamund Pike in Amazon’s series adaptation of The Wheel of Time.

Morte has beentapped for multiple episodes of the drama based on Robert Jordan’s fantasy novels.

Produced by Amazon Studiosand Sony Pictures Television,The Wheel of Time is set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it. 

The story follows Moiraine (Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.

Morte will play Logain.

The Wheel of Time was adapted for television by executive producer/showrunner Rafe Judkins. Uta Briesewitz will direct the first two episodes. 

Morte stars in Netflix’s La Casa De Papel(Money Heist).

Aurora Guerrero has a new project to cherish… 

The Chicana writer-director has been added to the director roster for Ava DuVernay’s forthcoming romantic anthology drama Cherish the Day, joining a roster of new additions that includes Blitz Bazawule and Deborah Kampmeier.

The new trio of directors will join previously announced director Tanya Hamilton. 

Cherish the Day is blazing the trail when it comes to inclusion as it achieved full gender parity with a production crew of over 50% women, including 18 female department heads.

Chapter one of Cherish the Day chronicles the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. The narrative will unfold to reveal significant moments in a relationship that compel us to hold true to the ones we love, from the extraordinary to the everyday. The couple meet and fall in love in Los Angeles and the full season will span five years in eight episodes.

Beach is set to play Ben, Gently’s foster father, a former gang member who 

Guerrero’s first narrative feature Mosquita y Mari premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and went on to the film festival circuit, where it garnered multiple awards, including Best First Narrative Feature and Best Leading Actress at Outfest, and was nominated for a Cassavetes Spirit Award and a GLAAD Media Award. Guerrero has also directed episodes of Queen Sugar, Greenleaf, The Red Line, 13 Reasons Why, Little Americaand Gente-fied.

Created by DuVernay, Cherish the Day is set to premiere winter 2020 and is produced for OWNby ARRAY Filmworks and Harpo Filmsin association with Warner Horizon Scripted Television. 

Ana de Armas’ time has come…

MGM and Universal have released a series of character posters for No Time To DIe, the 25th entry in the James Bond franchise, starring the 31-year-old Cuban-Spanish actress.

Unveiled ahead of the film’s official trailer launch, they posters feature a closer look at Ana de Armas’ Paloma, Rami Malek’s villain Safin, Daniel Craig’s Bond, supposedly back for his final entry in the franchise, Léa Seydoux’s Madeleine Swann, Lashana Lynch’s Nomi, Ben Whishaw’s Q.

Cary Joji Fukunagadirects the film, which sees Bond having left active service. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) turns up asking for help with a mysterious villain armed with a dangerous new technology.

The film’s release date in North America is set for April 8 via MGM’s United Artists Releasing banner, with the UK launch plus select territories via Universal Pictures Internationalon April 2.

Fukunaga also wrote the script with Neil Purvis, Robert Wade,Scott Z. Burns and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who was brought in to give the screenplay a polish with particular attention to the female characters.

The last Bond entry, 2015’s Spectre, grossed $881m worldwide including $200m domestic.

Camila Cabellois opening about her latest romance…

The 22-year=old Mexican & Cuban singer has shared the full track list for her sophomore album Romance a week ahead of its release.

Cabello revealed the song titles — 14 in total — in a clip posted on social media.

Romance includes previously heard tracks “Shameless,” “Living Proof” “Easy,” “Liar” and “Cry for Me,” as well as the singer’s chart-topping duet with Shawn Mendes, “Señorita.” 

But that’s not the only collaboration on the album. The song “My Oh My” features rapper DaBaby.

“Welcome to the world of #Romance,” Cabello captioned the teaser.

The album, which she’s describedas sounding “like what falling in love feels like,” will officially be available on December 6.

Here’s Cabello’s Romance track list:

1. “Shameless”
2. “Living Proof”
3. “Should’ve Said It”
4. “My Oh My” feat. DaBaby
5. “Señorita” feat. Shawn Mendes
6. “Liar”
7. “Bad Kind of Butterflies”
8. “Easy”
9. “Feel It Twice”
10. “Dream of You”
11. “Cry for Me”
12, “This Love”
13. “Used to This”
14. “First Man”

Camila Cabellois rockin’ around the Christmas tree with a country star…

The 22-year-old Mexican & Cuban singer has joined voices with Kacey Musgraves as part of the country singer’s The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show special and accompanying soundtrack.

Cabello and Musgraves perform Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” which was originally released in 1958.

The star-studded The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show is live at Amazon Prime Video. And its album dropped at midnight.

In addition to Cabello, Musgraves gets assists from stars of the stage and screen, including Lana Del Rey, Troye Sivan, James Corden and more.