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Gina Rodriguez to Star Opposite Zachary Levi in the Comedy Adventure “Lost and Found”

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Gina Rodriguez has (lost &) found her next project…

The 36-year-old Golden Globe-winning Puerto Rican actress and former Jane the Virgin star is set to star in Amazon Studios’ comedy adventure Lost and Found.

Gina Rodriguez

Rodriguez will star opposite Zachary Levi, with Steve Pink set to direct. Pink and Jeff Morris wrote the script, about a headstrong lawyer and an off-the-grid renegade who reluctantly team up to find a long-lost buried treasure by the Mississippi River.

Levi is producing through his Wyldwood Studios along with Rodriguez and Molly Breeskin under their banner I Can and I Will Productions, and Pink through his Pink Machine banner.

Rodriguez most recently starred in Kajillionaire for Focus Features, the Netflix rom-com Someone Great and Scoob! 

Her past past films include Deepwater Horizon, Ferdinand, Annihilation and the Miss Bala remake.

She voices the title character in the Netflix animated action-adventure series Carmen San Diego and is producer of the Disney+ series Diary of a Future President.

Plaza to Voice Grumpy Cat in Lifetime’s Christmas-Themed TV Movie

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Aubrey Plaza has landed a pettish role…

Lifetime has selected the 30-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress/comedian and Parks and Recreation star to voice Grumpy Cat.

Aubrey Plaza

In Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever, Grumpy Cat stars as a pet store feline who’s never chosen for adoption — which leads to her sour outlook on life. Along comes a 12-year-old girl, who can actually hear Grumpy Cat talk. The two eventually go on adventures together and, yes, discover the true meaning of Christmas.

Grumpy Cat — whose real name is “Tardar Sauce” (really!) — has become a superstar with 6 million Facebook friends, two books in print (including the recently released The Grumpy Guide to Life: Observations by Grumpy Cat) and merchandising deals such as one as the official “spokescat” of Friskies.

Grumpy Cat

Jane Lynch had previously been rumored for the part.

Tim Hill (Garfield 2) wrote the TV movie with Jeff Morris (The Yank), who also directed.

Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever will premiere on November 29 at 8:00pm on Lifetime.

de Cervantes’ “Don Quixote” Getting a Modern Re-Do…

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Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote may be getting the Johnny Depp treatment in the near future…

Don Quixote

Disney has closed a deal for an untitled pitch that’s being hailed as a reimagining of the legendary Spanish author’s The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, which was published in 1605.

The project, to be written by Steve Pink and Jeff Morris, will be produced by Infinitum Nihil’s Christi Dembrowski and Johnny Depp, who was long been intrigued by the character. Depp was even attached to star in a Don Quixote film that Terry Gilliam was trying to make.

Don Quixote

Depp’s Infinitum Nihil recently wrapped The Lone Ranger, which stars the actor. The company’s feature credits include Hugo, Dark Shadows and The Rum Diary.