Kodachrome Boards Andy Garcia’s Film “Maserati: The Brothers”

Posted on December 21, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Andy Garcia’s latest project has new backing…

Berlin-based production and finance company Kodachrome has boarded Bobby Moresco’s Maserati: The Brothers, which stars the 69-year-old Cuban actor, Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Jessica Alba and Michele Morrone.

The film, spearheaded by Italian producer Andrea Iervolino, revolves around Alfieri Maserati, the visionary engineer whose name would become synonymous with innovation and performance in the automotive world.

Michelle Alexandria of Light Year Pictures and the film’s executive Stephanie Garvin, founder of Hollywood Expansion Corporation negotiated the deal on behalf of Kodachrome.

Production is currently underway, with Kodachrome contributing financing and strategic production support, particularly in European territories.

“We’re honored to be part of a project that combines cinematic storytelling with one of the most iconic names in racing history,” said Michael Müllner, managing director at Kodachrome. “The name Maserati evokes success, emotion, daring design, and pure racing power; all the ingredients for great cinema.”

Paramount+ to Release Season 2 of “Landman,” Starring Andy Garcia, in November

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

It’s drilling time for Andy Garcia.

Paramount+ has announced plans to launch Season 2 of Landman, starring the 69-year-old Cuban actor, on November 16.

In addition to Garcia, the Taylor Sheridan drama also stars Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore and Ali Larter.

The project hails from Paramount Television Studios, 101 Studios and Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch Productions.

Season 2 will feature several new stars, including Sam Elliott in an unknown role and Stefania Spampinato as Garcia‘s wife.

Season 1 ended January 12 with cartel boss Gallino (Garcia) sparing Tommy Norris (Thornton) from a torturous end. Tommy’s boss Monty Miller (Jon Hamm) also died from a heart attack.

Despite high levels of enthusiasm over Thornton’s portrayal of Monty’s crisis manager on the oil fields, Landman was inexplicably snubbed by the Emmys this year. But the show doesn’t need awards recognition to become a hit: It had 35 million global streaming viewers for the premiere episode and set new records for Paramount+.

Landman is based on the 11-part podcast Boomtown from Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly.

Co-created by Sheridan and Christian Wallace, Landman is executive produced by Sheridan, Wallace, David C. Glasser, David Hutkin, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Thornton, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman and Stephen Kay.

Magenta Light Studios Acquires U.S. Rights to Andy Garcia’s “Maserati: The Brothers”

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Andy Garcia’s latest film will be racing into theaters in the near future…

Magenta Light Studios has acquired the U.S. rights to Maserati: The Brothers, starring the 69-year-old Cuban award-winning actor.

The new film chronices the rise of Italy’s legendary Maserati family, with Oscar-winning Crash producer Bobby Moresco at the helm.

The film enters a second and final phase of production in Rome this month, with a fall theatrical release targeted.

The plan is for the movie to hit more than 2,000 screens in the U.S. and Canada and more than 450 across Italy and Spain.

Maserati: The Brothers follows the remarkable legacy of the Maserati family, automotive pioneers who helped shape the luxury sports car industry.

News of the distribution deal comes following the recent addition to the cast of The Godfather‘s Al Pacino, who will play Vincenzo Vaccaro, a key early investor and supporter of the Maserati dynasty.

Others in the ensemble include Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Alba , Michele Morrone and Salvatore Esposito, as well as Maya Talem, Gina La Piana and Tatiana Luter.

“We’re thrilled to bring Maserati: The Brothers into our slate — a film that roars with elegance, speed, and heart,” said Magenta Light CEO Bob Yari. “It’s a cinematic tribute to a visionary ambition legacy, and we’re honored to be steering it toward U.S. theatrical audiences.”

Commented producer Andrea Iervolino, “We’re thrilled to partner with Magenta Light Studios to bring Maserati: The Brothers to audiences across the U.S. The film is a powerful portrait of ambition, legacy, and the relentless pursuit of innovation that defined the Maserati family. We can’t wait to share this remarkable journey with the world and celebrate another iconic Italian excellence story.”

C.J. Vranca, Head of Business & Legal Affairs, repped Magenta Light in the deal, with pic’s producer Gary Michael Walters (Whiplash, Nightcrawler) of Walters Media Group arranging the deal and negotiating on behalf of The Andrea Iervolino Company.

Best known for releasing JT Mollner’s acclaimed cat-and-mouse thriller Strange Darling, starring Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner, Magenta Light Studios is next set to release the Rebel Wilson action comedy Bride Hard on June 20. Also on the company’s upcoming slate is Renny Harlin’s Deep Water, starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley. Currently, they’re in post on Ed Kaplan’s Summerhouse, starring Malcolm McDowell and Jacob Ward.

Jessica Alba to Star in the Action Thriller “The Mark”

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Jessica Alba is ready to make her mark in Down Under…

The 44-year-old Mexican American actress has signed on to lead action thriller The Mark, a spy film set to begin production in Australia in July.

In the film from director Justin Chadwick, Alba plays Eden, an enigmatic spy on a covert and dangerous mission. When Eden pulls single father Ben Dawson into her world of high-stakes espionage, his life is turned upside down. Mistaken for the world’s deadliest assassin, Ben becomes the perfect decoy for Eden. She uses the mix-up to expose a powerful network of corrupt politicians, placing Ben in the crosshairs of the CIA, Interpol, and ruthless crime syndicates. With enemies closing in from all sides, Eden must keep Ben alive long enough to complete her mission — while Ben must summon his inner action hero to stay alive and return to the person who matters most: his daughter.

Ronnie Christensen penned the script. Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier will produce for Highland Film Group, alongside Kia Jam of K. Jam Media. Henry Winterstern will executive produce for Highland Film Group, which is co-financing the project alongside Aperture Media Partners.

A Golden Globe nominee who has appeared in over 25 films to date, Alba most recently executive produced and starred in the Netflix thriller Trigger Warning, which debuted at #1 in 67 countries and has been viewed over 91 million times globally.

Next up, she’ll be seen in Maserati: The Brothers opposite Anthony Hopkins and Andy Garcia.

The star launched her production company Lady Metalmark Entertainment in 2024.

Arturo Sandoval Among This Year’s Kennedy Center Honors Recipients

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Tom Castaneda

Arturo Sandoval has earned a special national honor…

The 74-year-old Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero and composer will be among this year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients.

Sandoval will be recognized alongside director Francis Ford Coppola, rock band Grateful Dead, blues and rock singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt and the venue The Apollo.

While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 he met Gillespie, who became his friend and mentor and helped him defect from Cuba while on tour with the United Nations Orchestra. Sandoval became an American naturalized citizen in 1998.

His life was the subject of the film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story starring Andy García.

Sandoval has won 10 Grammy Awards, Billboard Awards and one Emmy Award. He performed at the White House and at the 1995 Super Bowl.

Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bobby Weir will be recognized for The Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia, lead guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, died in 1995.

The ceremony will take place on December 8, for broadcast on December 23 on CBS.

This will be the 47th year of the honors, which started in 1978. It’s one of the premiere cultural events of the year in D.C., typically attended by the president and first lady, as well as the chief justice of the Supreme Court and congressional leaders. President Joe Biden has hosted the recipients at a White House ceremony and reception just before the Kennedy Center event. The night before, the State Department also hosts a ceremony for the honorees.

Done+Dusted will produce the ceremony for the third year, in association with ROK Productions.

The first Kennedy Center honorees were Marian Anderson, Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Richard Rodgers and Arthur Rubinstein.

Andy Garcia Starring in David Mamet-Scripted Addiction Drama “The Prince”

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Tom Castaneda

Andy Garcia is bringing the drama…

The 68-year-old Cuban Oscar-nominated actor has joined the cast of the David Mamet-scripted addiction drama The Prince.

Garcia is part of a cast that includes Simon Rex, Inanna Sarkis, Wayne Brady, J.K. Simmons, Nicolas Cage, Giancarlo Esposito and Scott Haze.

Director Cameron Van Hoy’s film is rumored to have been partly inspired by the journey of Hunter Biden.

George Newbern, Beverly D’Angelo, Paul Cassell and Courtnee Carter are also part of the cast.

Though most plot details are being kept under wraps, The Prince is said to chronicle the “outrageous story of Parker Scott (played by Haze), a drug-fueled power broker hungry for non-stop thrills, ruling over a privileged world where pleasure is king, and more is never enough”.

The film is produced by Sean Wolfington, Haze, Van Hoy, Jo Henriquez and Lije Sarki.

John Devaney, CJ Kirvan and Jose Luiz Zapata serve as executive producers.

Mamet alluded to his work on the project a few months ago, in an interview with podcaster Andrew Klavan. “These guys who did Sound of Freedom, they came to me and they said, ‘You want to write a movie for us?’ I said, ‘Yeah sure, what do you got?’” he shared. “They said they wanted to do a movie about Hunter Biden.”

A source close to the filmmakers last month denied that the project draws inspiration from Biden, stating, “This project has been in the works for a while and, as it currently stands and is led by van Hoy, is a fictional account of fictional events and characters.”

Garcia’s recent film credits include Expend4bles, Book Club: The Next Chapter and Father of the Bride.

First Trailer Released for Lionsgate’s “Expend4ables,” Featuring Andy Garcia Among New Cast Additions

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Andy Garcia is expendable…

The first trailer for Lionsgate’s Expend4ables, which will see the 67-year-old Cuban actor joining the cast, has been released.

“Terrorists have taken possession of nuclear missiles on a cargo ship off the coast,” warns Sylvester Stallone in the trailer. “If these babies go off, it’ll be World War III.”

The fourth title in the Expendables action franchise, which has grossed over $804M worldwide with past installments, Expend4ables reintroduces viewers to Barney Ross (Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren) and Toll Road (Randy Couture), the elite mercenaries who together make up the team known as The Expendables.

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, these four are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. The new film will see them engage with new team members with styles and tactics of their own that will give the expression “new blood” a whole new meaning.

In addition Garcia, others joining the franchise’s core four in the film are Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jacob Scipio and Levy Tran.

The film is slated for release on September 22^nd.

Scott Waugh directed from a script by Kurt Wimmer & Tad Daggerhart and Max Adams, which was based on a story by Spenser Cohen and Wimmer & Daggerhart.

Gravitas Ventures Acquires North American Rights to Julia Camara’s Post-Apocalyptic Thriller “Stronghold”

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Julia Camara will soon have a stronghold in North America…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired the North American rights to the post-apocalyptic thriller Stronghold, directed by the Brazilian writer/filmmaker.

In addition to the United States and Canada, Gravitas wants to add Latin American territories in addition to Mexico, including the Caribbean and sub territories.

Stronghold is a dystopian tale of resilience in which a young survivalist and her mother live completely isolated in the woods. When a distressed stranger appears, their lives are disrupted and their future threatened.

Toplining Camara’s cast are Bianca A. Santos and Jaqueline Fleming as the familial pair in peril, and Oliver Rayón as the stranger who threatens the isolated duo.

The film premiered at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Camara wrote the sci-fi feature Area Q (starring Isaiah Washington), the road movie Open Road (Andy Garcia, Juliette Lewis, Camilla Belle) and the multi-award winning sci-fi found footage feature Occupants (with Robert Picardo).

When not behind the camera, she teaches screenwriting at UCLA Extension Writers Program and at Sundance Collab. Camara was a mentor for the Sundance Labs in 2022.

Isabela Merced to Star in 20th Century’s New “Alien” Movie

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Isabela Merced has landed an out of this world role…

The 21-year-old half-Peruvian American actress and singer will star opposite Cailee Spaeny in 20th Century’s new Alien movie.

Fede Alvarez is directing with Scott Free producing the film.

Not much is known about the film other than the iconic ferocious race of alien beings called Xenomorphs will be front and center, again reigning terror against the humans that cross their paths.

Merced recently starred as Juliet in the feature film Rosaline, 20th Century’s revisionist Romeo & Juliet tale opposite Kaitlyn Dever, streaming now on Hulu.

She can be seen next as the lead in New Line’s Turtles All the Way Down, the upcoming film adaptation of John Green’s New York Times best-selling novel for HBOMax.

She is also set to star alongside Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney in Sony Pictures’ Madame Web, based on the Marvel comics.

Merced most recently appeared in Warner Bros.’ remake of Father of the Bride with Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan. She also starred in the Netflix original thriller motion picture Sweet Girl opposite Jason Momoa and was the voice of Lucky Prescott in DreamWorks Animation’s Spirit Untamed.

Andy Garcia to Star in Netflix’s “The Pain Hustlers”

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Tom Castaneda

Andy Garcia is hustlin’…

The 66-year-old Cuban actor has joined the cast of David Yates’ Netflix film The Pain Hustlers.

Garcia will star opposite Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James and Chloe Coleman.

The film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street follows Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liza lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive then catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.

Netflix acquired global rights to the film written by Wells Tower for $50M out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Garcia is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee whose recent film credits include Warner Bros. and HBO Max’s Father of the Bride; Guy Ritchie’s actioner Wrath of Man; the comedy Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, with Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo and Jamie Dornan; the romantic drama Words on Bathroom Walls, with Charlie Plummer and Taylor Russell; Clint Eastwood’s crime drama, The Mule; Sacha Gervasi’s Emmy-nominated TV movie My Dinner with Hervé for HBO; Ol Parker’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again; and the comedy Book Club, with Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda and Candice Bergen.

The actor’s credits on the television side include Rebel, Flipped and Ballers.

He’ll next be seen in the romantic drama What About Love with Sharon Stone, Lionsgate’s The Expendables 4 and Focus Features’ Book Club 2: The Next Chapter, among other projects.

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