Aubrey Plaza Writing, Executive Producing & Starring in the Animated Series “Kevin”

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Aubrey Plaza is getting animated…

The 41-year-old half-Puerto Rican Emmy-nominated actress will write, executive produce and star in Prime Video’s upcoming adult animated series Kevin.

Plaza will star opposite Joe Wengert. Jason Schwartzman, Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Gil Ozeri and Amy Sedaris in the animated comedy.

Per the logline, loosely inspired by a real life break-up and the cat who was caught in the middle, Kevin is a hilarious and heart-warming story about finding where you belong in the world. After the unexpected break-up of his human “owners,”

Kevin moves into a local pet rescue in Astoria, Queens where a chaotic band of misfit animals will help him to figure out what he really wants out of life.

Plaza is Dana, a confident and career-driven young woman, Dana makes the grown up decision to end things with her boyfriend… but is blindsided by Kevin’s choice to venture out and live on his own.

Kevin is created and executive produced by Plaza and Joe Wengert, the latter also serving as showrunner.

The series is produced by Titmouse, Evil Hag Productions and Amazon MGM Studios.

Pedro Pascal In Talks to Star in Todd Haynes’ Gay Romance “De Noche”

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Pedro Pascal is reportedly making plans for la noche…

The 50-year-old Chilean Emmy-nominated actor is circling Todd Haynes’ gay romance De Noche, which has been revived after being shut down about a year ago.

The plan is for this feature to get up and running in the New Year in Guadalajara, Mexico and a lot of that is being worked around the four-time Emmy nominated actor’s busy schedule from now into 2026, per Deadline sources.

It’s a great ray of sunshine for a production that was long considered kaput following Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix exit from the production after reportedly being a no-show on set for two weeks prior to its unplugging.

Vachon has said publicly that Phoenix brought the project to Killer Films, which has a long history making LGBTQ+ fare. It was never known exactly why Phoenix departed De Noche.

Vachon waved off gossip at last year’s San Sebastian Film Festival and said that it was a “tragedy” that the Haynes film fell apart.

Pascal would join Danny Ramirez, who was originally attached to the project.

They’ll play two men in love who leave Los Angeles for Mexico, with the feature set in the 1930s.

Vachon and Pamela Koffler’s Killer Films is producing.

Killer recently worked with Pascal on A24’s summer romantic comedy Materialists ($85M worldwide).

Vachon also has a long working relationship with Haynes, producing the Oscar nominated filmmaker’s canon including his 1991 directorial debut Poison, Safe (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Far From Heaven (2002), I’m Not There (2007) and Carol (2015).

Haynes was nominated for original screenplay at the Oscars in 2003 for his Julianne Moore movie Far From Heaven.

Pascal is nominated at this year’s Emmys for HBO’s The Last of Us in the Best Actor Drama Series category. It’s his second Emmy nomination for the show in that category. He was also nominated for The Last of Us in Actor TV Drama at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.

America Ferrera Joins Voice Cast of English-Language Version of French Animated Film “Arco”

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

America Ferrera is getting animated…

The Honduran American Emmy-, Golden Globe– and SAG Award-winning actress has joined the voice cast of NEON’s English-language version of Arco, a French animated feature they’ll submit for Oscar consideration, which had its world premiere as a Special Screening at the Cannes Film Festival.

In addition to Ferrera, who rose to acclaim on ABC’s Ugly Betty, the voice list includes Will Ferrell, Flea, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, and Andy Samberg.

The English-language version will world premiere in the Centerpiece section of the Toronto Film Festival on September 7, ahead of its release in U.S. theaters on November 14th.

Winning both the Cristal Award for Best Feature Film and the Soundtrack Award at Annecy, Arco follows a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two children may also be the only ones who can save our planet.

Marking the feature debut of Ugo Bienvenu, the film is produced by Remembers’ Bienvenu and Felix de Givry, as well as mountainA’s Portman and Sophie Mas.

Neon acquired rights to Arco out of Cannes, where they earned their sixth consecutive Palme d’Or for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident.

Mel Rodriguez Starring in the Indie Revenge Thriller “Busted”

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Mel Rodriguez is busting things up…

The 52-year-old Cuban American actor has joined the cast of Busted, an indie revenge thriller from director Maria Bissell.

Rodriguez, who starred in The Last Man on Earth, appears on a roster of new cast additions that includes Elsie Fisher, Ty Simpkins and Julie Ann Emery.

The fiilm was penned by Bissell and DP Stephen Tringali.

Currently in production, the film sees naive college freshman Wendy (Fisher) get trapped in a vicious blackmail scheme by her own roommate, being forced into a seedy strip club to pay off the debt. But when she uncovers the sick truth behind the setup, the tables turn — hard. Joining forces with the club’s outrageous misfit crew, Wendy launches a daring reverse con to take her tormentor down.

Others in the cast include Michael Rose, Kathleen Wilhoite, Maria Zhang and Ava Allan.

Bissell is producing alongside Stephen Tringali and Pamela Price. Co-producers include Simone Tringali, Dario Saliani, and Eric Bochner. Emmy winner Charlene Lee and Nina Henninger handled casting.

In addition to The Last Man on Earth, Rodriguez also starred in Netflix’s The Residence and Carol & The End of the World.

Pedro Pascal In Talks to Star in Tony Gilroy’s Next Film “Behemoth!”

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Pedro Pascal is circling a monstrous role…

The 50-year-ol Chilean actor is in talks to star in the Searchlight Pictures film Behemoth! from writer-director Tony Gilroy.

Gilroy will write and direct the film.

While the deal isn’t yet closed, sources say Pascal wants to do it and things are headed in the right direction.

Plot details are vague at this time but Gilroy has said in interviews that the film revolves around a cellist.

Gilroy would also produce with Sanne Wohlenberg.

The film is set to begin principal photography this fall in Los Angeles, with release plans to be announced at a later date.

Pascal is coming off a hugely successful summer, with A24 and Celine Song’s Materialists, A24 and Ari Aster’s Eddington and Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps. All three projects premiered to widespread critical acclaim, with Materialists being A24’s third highest grossing opening ever, and Fantastic Four: First Steps being Marvel’s highest grossing opening of 2025.

Fantastic Four kicked off the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Pascal recently wrapped production on the next Avengers movie, Avengers: Doomsday, which will premiere in 2026.

Also in 2026, Pedro will reprise his role as Din Djarin in Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.

On the television side, Pascal most recently earned a Lead Actor Emmy nomination for his performance in season two of HBO’s The Last of Us. Pascal garnered Lead Actor Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in season 1.

Other recent credits include Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, Freaky Tales and Pedro Almodovar’s A Strange Way Of Life.

Filmed Version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” Musical to Hit Theaters in September

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s biggest Broadway hit is heading to a movie theater near you.

The filmed version of the 45-year-old Puerto Rican Tony-winning multi-hyphenate’s period Broadway musical Hamilton will hit theaters on September 5.

Miranda spilled the beans on The Tonight Show recently.

Disney will have more details very soon the release, but the date is already on Comscore. You can also see a new trailer above.

In February 2020, Disney bought the filmed version of the stage show for $75M, planning a theatrical release for October 2021. COVID-19 sidetracked those plans and Hamilton dropped on Disney+ in July 2020 to great viewership success and ultimately two Emmy wins in a 12 nom count, including Outstanding Variety Special.00:00

Hamilton additionally will be released in theaters in Canada and Puerto Rico on September 5, the UK and Ireland on September 26, and Australia and New Zealand on November 13.

Among box office benchmarks for Hamilton, the staged musical in previews made $400M in Chicago, breaking the B.O. record for a theater in the Windy City.

Hamilton opened on Broadway in 2015, going on to win 11 Tony awards, including Best Musical, as well as a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

The original cast includes Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler; Jonathan Groff as King George; Christopher Jackson as George Washington; Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds; Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison; Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton; and Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton.

Hamilton is inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and produced by Thomas Kail, Miranda, and Jeffrey Seller, with Sander Jacobs and Jill Furman serving as executive producers. Filming was produced by RadicalMedia.

“When we filmed Hamilton, we wanted to try to capture the feeling of being in the Richard Rodgers Theatre during that first year on Broadway,” says director/producer Kail, “and we’re thrilled that audiences will now have the opportunity to experience it on the big screen.”

Aubrey Plaza to Star as Notorious ‘Hollywood Madam’ in “The Heidi Fleiss Story”

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Aubrey Plaza is taking on a notorious role…

The 41-year-old half-Puerto Rican Emmy-nominated actress will star in and produce The Heidi Fleiss Story, a biopic of “Hollywood madam” Heidi Fleiss from production company Pinky Promise.

The dark comedy marks the directorial debut of Leah Rachel, the creator of Netflix series Chambers.

Rachel Sennott, the actress known for roles in titles like Shiva Baby and Bottoms, who has her own upcoming HBO series, penned the script with Rachel and Travis Jackson.

Jessamine Burgum and Kara Durrett will produce for Pinky Promise, alongside Plaza for Evil Hag, with production to take place in Los Angeles this year.

Fleiss became known in the 1990s for running a high-profile prostitution ring that catered to the rich and powerful of Los Angeles, including some in Hollywood. Her empire came crashing down in 1993, when she was arrested and charged with multiple counts, including pandering, and sentenced to prison.

The film tracks Fleiss in the tense days leading up to her trial, as she navigates Los Angeles, using her web of connections to try to manipulate and blackmail her way out of the charges, with the assistance of an ambitious young writer named Jaclyn.

Most recently appearing in d Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, following lauded turns in Sundance’s My Old Ass and The White Lotus Season 2, Plaza will next be seen starring in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cook’s dark comedy, Honey Don’t!, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and opens in theaters via Focus Features on August 22nd.

She’ll also be seen in Legendary’s Animal Friends, out via Warner Brothers on May 1, 2026, and stars opposite Susan Sarandon in the upcoming indie The Accompanist, marking the directorial debut of Zack Woods.

Isabela Merced to Star Opposite Noah Jupe in the Thriller “Psyche”

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Isabela Merced is embracing the human psyche…

The 24-year-old Peruvian-American actress and singer will star opposite Noah Jupe in the new thriller Psyche from director Agustina San Martin.

San Martín will direct the film from a screenplay by Katy Cavanagh-Jupe and San Martín.

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Greek islands, the film follows a young backpacker drawn into the murky world of illegal archeological digs where he unwittingly unearths treasure beyond his wildest dreams.

Psyche is an original film developed by Double Garage Films, the newly launched company from Noah and Chris Jupe and Katy Cavanagh-Jupe.

The Jupes serve as producers alongside Phin Glynn for Infinity Hill.

Principal photography will commence in Malta this fall.

Emmy-winner Cristóbal Tapia De Veer (White Lotus, Babygirl, Smile) is on board to write an original score.

Merced has had herself a big year starting with her breakout role on the second season of the Emmy-nominated HBO drama The Last of Us.

She also recently appeared as Hawk Girl in DC Studios’ Superman.

Last year, she appeared in the latest film in the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus.

Liza Colón-Zayas to Star in Onyx Collective’s Untitled Real Estate Drama for Hulu

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Liza Colón-Zayas is ready to bring the drama…

The 52-year-old Puerto Rican Emmy-winning actress has landed a recurring role in the as-yet-untitled real estate drama pilot ordered by the Onyx Collective for Hulu.

Colon-Zayas, the first Latina to win the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Tina Marrero in the comedy-drama series The Bear, is among a roster of new cast additions that includes William Fichtner, Alfredo Castro and Jared Paul Abrahamson.

Production begins in Toronto on July 14.

They join the previously announced leads Edgar Ramirez and Jacob Scipio, as well as series regulars Leslie Grace, Mariana di Girolamo, Liz Caribel Sierra and Armando Rivera.

From Roberto Patino and Cassius Corrigan, the drama follows a cutthroat battle to dominate the Manhattan skyline, where two rival real estate developers (Ramirez and Scipio) risk everything — wealth, family and their souls — as their ambition turns into obsession, and their partnership turns into war.

Colón-Zayas will play Rosie, as the beloved and socially minded head of a community board in her Lower East Side city district. Rosie finds herself at the center of an explosive real estate development project that inspires as much rage as it does admiration and threatens to destroy the heavily Puerto Rican community she calls home.

Castro will play Jacobo Saladín, the imposing patriarch of the Saladín corporation. Jacobo is a legendary, self-made billionaire and real estate mogul who has built vast communities that house millions of people throughout Latin America, and who suddenly finds his empire at risk of collapse.

Patino, who serves as showrunner, Corrigan, Ramírez and pilot director Alonso Ruizpalacios executive produce alongside Oly Obst and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts, Ramirez, Liz Tigelaar and Stacey Silverman of Best Day Ever, as well as real estate developer Donahue Peebles III, who will serve as technical consultant.

Liza Colón-Zayas to Star in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

It’s a brand new and web-derful day for Liza Colón-Zayas.

The 52-year-old Puerto Rican award-winning actress and The Bear fan favorite has closed a deal to join Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth installment in the Spider-Man saga from Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, Deadline has learned.

Representatives for Sony and Marvel declined comment. Details on Colón-Zayas’ role remain stuck in the spider’s web.

The Emmy winner joins an ensemble led by Tom Holland, who plays Peter Parker and his superheroic alter ego, with Stranger Things‘ Sadie Sink also on board in a mystery role. Zendaya and Jacob Batalon, who respectively play Peter’s love interest MJ and close friend Ned, are expected to return.

Destin Daniel Cretton will direct, with Amy Pascal producing alongside Marvel president Kevin Feige, when production kicks off later this year.

The film is scheduled to swing into theaters on July 31, 2026.

Brand New Day will be the first live-action Spider-Man since Spider-Man: No Way Home, a box office phenomenon that grossed over $1.9 billion upon its release in December 2021.

Plot details remain under wraps, though No Way Home found Peter at a turning point, making the ultimate sacrifice to save the multiverse from chaos. He’s able to seal a rift by asking Doctor Strange to cast a spell that makes everyone forget who he is, and winds up completely alone in the process.

All past films in the Holland-led series have been major draws, with Spider-Man: Far from Home bringing in over a billion in 2019 and Spider-Man: Homecoming grossing over $880 million two years prior to that.

Colón-Zayas won an Emmy last year for her turn as tough yet tender line cook Tina Marrero on FX’s comedy The Bear, exploring Chicago’s culinary scene, where she stars opposite Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

Her win made her the first Latina to earn the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, and she’s also seen her work on the show recognized with individual nominations at the Critics Choice Awards, SAG Awards, and Golden Globes. The show returned for its third season last summer and will be back for a fourth.

In film, Colón-Zayas’s recent credits include IF and Cat Person. Also seen on shows like In Treatment and David Makes Man, she’s been recognized for her stage work with Drama Desk, Obie and Lucille Lortel awards, among others.

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