Edward James Olmos to Appear in Peacock’s South Florida-Set Crime Drama “M.I.A.”

Edward James Olmos is missing in action

The 78-year-old Mexican-American actor, director, producer, writer and activist has joined the cast of Peacock‘s upcoming South Florida-set crime drama M.I.A.

Edward James Olmos Olmos is among a roster of guest stars that includes Billy Burke and Sônia Braga.

Meanwhile, Alberto Guerra has landed a series regular role.

They join previously announced series regulars Shannon Gisela, Brittany Adebumola, Dylan Jackson, Maurice Compte, Danay Garcia, Cary Elwes, Gerardo Celasco and Marta Milans.

In M.I.A., from Bill Dubuque, running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze (Gisela). But when the family business is threatened, she is thrust into a life she never expected, forcing her to use her wits to survive as she navigates Miami’s criminal underground.

MIA is the airport code for Miami. The SoFla area consists of Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.

The series comes from studio MRC, with Karen Campbell serving as executive producer and showrunner. Alethea Jones will direct and executive produce. Dubuque will write Episode 101 and executive produce alongside Campbell and Jones, who will also direct.

Guerra, a 42-year-old Cuban actor, started his acting career in Telemundo‘s Vale todo. He also starred in Crime Diaries: The Candidate, Narcos: Mexico and Griselda.

Olmos’ credits include Stand and Deliver, which earned him an Oscar nod, Selena, American Me and Battlestar Galactica,

Braga, a 74-year-old Brazilian actress, is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman and Moon over Parador.

Gisela Performs “Into the Unknown” Alongside Idina Menzel & Other Global “Elsas” at the Oscars

Giselahas leapt into the unknown

The 41-year-old Spanish pop singer and dub actress took the Academy Awards stage alongside Idina Menzel on Sunday night to perform the Oscar-nominated original song from Frozen 2, “Into the Unkown.”

Into the Unknown at Oscars

Menzel, the voice of Elsa in Frozen 2and the original Disney’s animated film Frozen, kicked off the performance with Norwegian singer Aurora. Moments later, Menzel was joined by nine of the other international Elsas, including Gisela.

In addition to Gisela, who portrays Elsa in Castilian Spanish and Catalan, the other Elsas included Carmen Garcia Saenz (Latin America), Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg(Denmark), Willemijn Verkaik(Germany), Takako Matsu(Japan), Lisa Stokke(Norway), Kasia Laska(Poland), Anna Buturlina(Russia) and Gam Wichayanee(Thailand).

All of the women sang in their native languages, but came together as one powerful, unified chorus for the song’s big finish.

Disney Releases Three Spanish Versions of “Let It Go” for Latin America & Spain

Long before winning the Oscar for Best Original Song, Frozen’s “Let It Go” had already managed to become a global smash.

The song, performed by Idina Menzel’s character Elsa in the Oscar-winning animated film, received a pop makeover for Frozen’s closing credits by Demi Lovato.

Frozen

But that’s not all…

In all 41 international versions of the song were recorded for the movie’s distribution around the world, including three en español.

Disney tapped rising teen singers to perform “Let it Go” in Spanish for young audiences in Latin America and Spain, where Frozen is known as Una Aventura Congelada (Latin America) and El Reino del Hielo (Spain). The Latin American version is available in the U.S. as an import, although it is currently sold out on Amazon.

Here’s a look at the three Spanish versions:

Carmen Sarahí // The native of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and past contestant on La Voz México had the honor of portraying Elsa in the version of the film for Latin American and U.S. Latino viewers. She sings “Let it Go,” here translated as “Libre Soy.”

Gisela // A Disney soundtrack veteran and well-known teen pop singer in Spain, Gisela interpreted “Let it Go” for the country’s Frozen soundtrack, where it’s translated as “¡Sueltalo!

Martina Stoessel // The Argentine teen star is known to audiences in South America for her title role in the Disney Channel series Violetta. Disney selected Stoessel to record her own version of “Libre Soy” on the soundtracks for both Latin America and Spain versions of the soundtrack, singing the song as the credits roll. She also sings the song on the Italian Frozen soundtrack.

So which is your favorite Spanish version of “Let It Go?”