Baccarin to Star Opposite Melissa McCarthy in Paul Feig’s Comedy “Spy”

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

The spy’s the limit for Morena Baccarin…

The 34-year-old Brazilian actress and Homeland star has been cast in 20th Century Fox’s female comedy Spy.

It’s the latest film from writer-director Paul Feig and will star Bridesmaids scene-stealer star Melissa McCarthy.

Baccarin, who earned a Primetime Emmy award nomination for her work on Showtime’s Homeland, will play Karen Walker in the film.

The comedy, about a CIA analyst who gets a shot at field work, reunites also stars Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Jason Statham and Bobby Cannavale.

Spy is slated for a Memorial Day 2015 release.

Fox Releases Latest “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Trailer, Prominently Featuring Canto

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

There’s no denying Adan Canto’s Hollywood career is on fire… And now he’s literally all-aflame in the biggest project of his career.

20th Century Fox/Marvel Comics has released the latest trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past, featuring the 32-year-old Mexican actor who appeared on FOX’s serial killer drama series The Following.

Canto joins the cast of the latest superhero action flick, starring as the mutant Sunspot.

In addition to Canto, the cast includes Ellen Page’s Shadowcat, Daniel Cudmore’s Colossus and Shawn Ashmore’s Iceman, as well as Fan Bingbing’s Blink, Omar Sy’s Bishop and Booboo Stewart’s Warpath.

Saldanha to Receive CinemaCon’s International Filmmaker of the Year Award

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

Carlos Saldanha will be getting plenty of love at this year’s CinemaCon…

The 49-year-old Brazilian director of animated films will receive the international filmmaker of the year award at this year’s edition of CinemaCon, the annual gathering of theater owners in Las Vegas.

This year’s convention will take place March 24-27 at Caesars Palace.

Saldanha, an Academy Award nominated filmmaker who works with Blue Sky Studios, is currently wrapping production on Rio 2, his follow up to 20th Century Fox‘s animated hit Rio.

The sequel opens in theaters April 11 and features the return of voice leads Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jermaine Clement, Leslie Mann, George Lopez, will.i.am and Jamie Foxx.

New voice additions include Andy Garcia, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth and Rita Moreno.

The Rio franchise is from Fox Animation Studios and Blue Sky Studios.

Saldanha’s other credits include Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Robots.

Saldanha Forms BottleCap Productions

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

There’s a new feather in Carlos Saldanha’s (bottle) cap…

The 44-year-old Brazilian animated film director, who co-helmed Ice Age and then directed two Ice Age sequels, as well as Robots and Rio, has formed BottleCap Productions.

The label is Fox-based, where Saldanha made an exclusive five-year deal with 20th Century Fox and Fox International to develop live-action and animated projects.

BottleCap Productions will percolate new projects while Saldanha wraps up his directing work on Rio 2, which is slated for release next spring for Blue Sky Studios and Fox.

After serving as catalyst for the massively successful Ice Age and Rio franchises, Saldanha is one of the most important director relationships for Fox.

His most recent, Rio, grossed more than $500 million worldwide.

Garcia to Star in “Let’s Be Cops”

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Andy Garcia is joining the force…

The 57-year-old Cuban actor has been cast in 20th Century Fox’s Let’s Be Cops, an action comedy starring Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson.

The Luke Greenfield-directed picture will also star The Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev and James D’Arcy.

Let’s Be Cops centers on two friends (Wayans and Johnson) who impersonate police officers using rented uniforms, giving their lives a boost and some fun. However, they run into trouble when they cross a dangerous Russian mobster.

Garcia will play a seasoned detective who inadvertently becomes the boss of the two wannabes.

The film is scheduled to begin shooting in Atlanta this summer.

It’s Garcia’s first studio movie since 2007’s Ocean’s Thirteen. He’s been acting and producing more character-driven projects like his starrer Middleton, which also stars Vera Farmiga.

Delfino Cast in “Friends with Better Lives” Pilot

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Majandra Delfino will found out if the grass is greener soon…

The 32-year-old Venezuelan-born actress, who recently backed out of ABC’s comedy pilot Keep Calm And Karey On, has already landed her next role… one of the leads in another 20th Century Fox Television’s comedy pilot Friends with Better Lives.

Directed by James Burrows, the project centers on six 30-something friends who each think the other has it better.

Delfino, who rose to acclaim on the cult sci-fi classic Roswell, will play one of the friends, Andi. She is described as an attractive and vulnerable mother of an infant and 3-year-old twins who is married to Bobby (Kevin Connolly) and is best friends with Jules (Brooklyn Decker) and Kate.

Her other television credits include Men of a Certain Age, State of Georgia and Quarterlife.

Dawson’s Thriller “Trance” to be Released in April

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Rosario Dawson will be leave moviegoers in a Trance starting in April…

Fox Searchlight has set an April 5 platform release for Trance, the Danny Boyle-directed psychological thriller starring the 33-year-old Puerto Rican/Cuban American actress, James McAvoy and Vincent Cassel.

Trance, which arrives in theaters in the United Kingdom on March 27 via Pathe and 20th Century Fox, follows a fine-art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang who joins forces with a hypnotherapist (Dawson) to recover a lost Goya painting.

This is Boyle’s first film since 2010′s 127 Hours. The filmmaker shot Trance just before taking time out to direct the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 London Games last summer. Boyle returned after the Olympic Games to complete the film’s postproduction.

The Latest Trailer for “Epic,” Featuring Pitbull, Released

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

He’s already considered a lively performer… But now Pitbull is getting really animated!

The 31-year-old Cuban American rap superstar, as previously reported, is lending his voice to the animated 3D film Epic. And, now 20thCentury Fox has released the second trailer for the film, directed by Ice Age’s Chris Wedge.

Pitbull voices the character of Bufo in the film, which centers on a girl who finds herself magically transported into a secret universe deep in the forest where there’s a major battle brewing between the forces of good and evil. She bands together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to save their world – and ours.

Along with Pitbull, the voice cast includes Amanda Seyfried, Beyonce, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Jason Sudeikis and Steven Tyler.

Epic will be released on May 24, 2013.

Naranjo to Direct FX’s Drama Pilot “The Bridge”

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Gerardo Naranjo is crossing the bridge into American television…

The 40-year-old Mexican filmmaker will direct the pilot for FX’s drama pilot The Bridge.

Based on the Scandinavian series Bron, the project centers on two detectives from the United States and Mexico who have to work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the border after a dead body is found on the bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez.

Naranjo rose to acclaim after directing the critically acclaimed feature Miss Bala, Mexico’s 2012 Oscar submission, which centers on an innocent teenager who heads to the Mexican border city of Tijuana and inadvertently gets caught up in a violent drug war on her way to compete in the Miss Baja California beauty pageant.

Naranjo is attached to direct the film adaptation of the Charles Martin novel The Mountain Between Us for 20th Century Fox, which will star Michael Fassbender.

He also recently closed a deal to direct A Man Must Die for Focus Features.

“Modern Family” Star Rodriguez Gets a Hefty Raise

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Rico Rodriguez will be mucho más rico this year…

The 14-year-old Latino actor and Modern Family scene-stealer has reportedly finalized a deal that would triple his current salary.

Rodriguez—who gave a memorable acceptance speech at the SAG Awards after picking up the coveted trophy for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series—Sarah Hyland, Nolan Gould and Ariel Winter are set to earn approximately $70,000 per episode, according to Deadline.com.

The Modern Family children started renegotiating their contracts the day after their adult counterparts reached an agreement with 20th Century Fox, which produces the Emmy-winning series for ABC.

The negotiations for Modern Family’s adult stars Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet resulted in a missed table read for the upcoming Season 4 premiere episode and a lawsuit filed by all five actors.

Vergara and her adult co-stars, who were originally each making $65,000 an episode, are now making in the $170,000-$180,000 range with year-to-year increases and a portion of the show’s back-end.

The new season of Modern Family premieres on Wednesday, September 26 at 9:00 pm ET on ABC.

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