Netflix Acquires Award-Winning Selena Quintanilla Documentary Feature “Selena y Los Dinos”

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

A special look at Selena Quintanilla’s breakthrough story is headed to Netflix…

The streamer has acquired the rights to the documentary feature Selena y Los Dinos, directed by Isabel Castro.

The film will be released globally on Netflix later this winter.

The project follows Quintanilla — the “Queen of Tejano Music” — and her family band, Selena y Los Dinos, which rose from performing at quinceañeras to selling out stadium tours.

The celebration of her life and legacy is chronicled through never-before-seen footage from the family’s personal archive.

The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling. The accolade was followed by Audience Awards at both SXSW and Miami Film Festivals.

“We are so excited to finally share that our documentary Selena y Los Dinos is coming to Netflix! Grateful to have a platform that helps bring Selena’s story to fans around the world,” shared Quintanilla’s sister, Suzette Quintanilla, who also executive produced the documentary, in a statement to Deadline.

Added director Castro, “It is an absolute honor to partner with Netflix, who will bring Selena y Los Dinos to a worldwide audience. Selena’s legacy is so meaningful and continues to inspire millions. As a filmmaker, I wanted to honor her extraordinary rise and enduring legacy, while also giving a window into her life behind the stage. Through personal archive and intimate interviews with her family, the film reveals new dimensions of her journey that have never been seen before. I am deeply grateful to her family for their trust and support throughout this journey, and I can’t wait for a global audience to experience the magic, heart, and community that Selena gave to all of us.”

At 23 years old, Selena’s life was cut short in 1995, and her death deeply shook the Latino community. Her musical legacy remains extremely popular today.

In addition to Suzette, their brother AB Quintanilla III, and Michele Anthony, executive produced Selena y Los Dinos.

Polygram Entertainment, Amsi Entertainment and Motto Pictures produced the title.

Felipe Rodriguez Signs with Paradigm for Representation

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

It’s a paradigm shift for Felipe Rodriguez.

Paradigm has signed the Montreal-born Spanish Virgin River and The Good Doctor director for representation.

Rodriguez is known for his work at U.S. networks and streamers, and is currently directing the season finale of Netflix’s romantic drama series Virgin River.

He has directed pilots such as Citytv’s Hudson & Rex, BYUtv’s Ruby and the Well and full seasons of Netflix horror Slasher: Guilty Party and Omni crime drama Blood and Water: Fire & Ice, as directing episodes of ABC medical drama The Good Doctor.

Most recently, he completed a stylistic overhaul for Hudson & Rex‘s seventh season.

Last year, he earned three Canadian Screen Award (CSA) nominations, including a win for Best Director in a Youth Series for Hulu’s The Hardy Boys.

His feature Never Too Late to Celebrate for Hallmark Channel was nominated for Best TV Movie at the CSAs and for Best Direction at the DGC Awards, where he also picked up a nomination for Ruby and the Well, which brings his total to six DGC nods in five years.

Rodriguez originally made his name as cinematographer on Nat Geo’s Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary, which captured an illegal crossing of the Rio Grande for the first time on camera.

That inspired his debut feature, Kidnap Capital.

He works in English, French and Spanish and is known for his visual style that was influenced by his time as a DOP.

“I’m honored to join the incredible team at Paradigm, whose reputation for championing bold, diverse voices truly resonates with me,” said Rodriguez. “Their global outlook and deep industry reach align perfectly with the kinds of ambitious, visually driven projects I’m drawn to, and I’m excited to build on the momentum of recent years with such a dynamic team.”

Mel Rodriguez Signs with Innovative Artists Entertainment for Representation

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Mel Rodriguez is ready to innovate…

The 51-year-old Cuban American actor has signed with Innovative Artists Entertainment for representation in all areas.

Most recently, Rodriguez was seen recurring on Shonda Rhimes’ Netflix series The Residence as White House engineer Bruce Geller, a deceptively central figure in the show’s murder mystery.

The actor is perhaps best known for his role as Todd on Fox’s Emmy-nominated comedy The Last Man on Earth, which ran for four seasons.

Rodriguez first came to prominence for his Critics Choice-nominated performance on HBO’s Getting On, alongside Laurie Metcalf and Niecy Nash. He was a series regular on the Netflix animated series Carol & The End of the World, as well as Showtime’s On Becoming a God in Central Florida, and appeared as Marco Pasternak on AMC’s Better Call Saul.

In film, Rodriguez’s credits include MGM/UA’s Overboard, as well as Fat, writer-director Mark Phinney’s film in which he stars as Ken, a food-addicted man struggling with getting his life in order.

Constance Marie to Star in Season 2 on Netflix’s Ted Danson-Led Series “A Man On The Inside”

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Constance Marie has the inside track…

The 59-year-old Mexican American actress has joined the cast of Netflix’s comedy series A Man On The Inside for the second season of the Ted Danson-fronted series.

Created by Mike Schur, A Man on the Inside centers on Charles (Danson), a retired man who gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a private investigator and becomes a mole in a secret investigation.

Season 2 will see Charles (Danson) going undercover at a college.

Marie will play Vanessa, a former con artist who serves as a part-time-source on the criminal underworld for Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada).

The series is taking on an anthology format, with Charles tackling a new case each season.

In Season 1, he went undercover at a retirement home. The new destination for Season 2 was telegraphed at the end of Season 1, when Charles started offering his services as a guest lecturer.

A Man on the Inside is based on The Mole Agent, a 2021 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary feature. Schur executive produces the series via Fremulon alongside Morgan Sackett, David Miner of 3 Arts Entertainment, Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibañez of Micromundo Producciones,

Best known for her roles as in George Lopez (2002–2007) and the film Selena, Marie most recently starred in Amazon’s With Love. Her other credits include Undone, Law & Order True Crime, Switched at Birth and Elena of Avalor.

Bobby Soto Signs with Innovative Artists Entertainment

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Bobby Soto has new representation…

The 38-year-old Puerto Rican and Mexican American actor has signed with Innovative Artists Entertainment for talent, lit, comedy and crossover representation.

Soto most recently appeared in the Amazon feature film, A Million Miles Away, starring opposite Michael Peña and Rosa Salazar.

From director Alejandra Marquez Abella, the bio-drama tells the real-life story of José M. Hernández, a Mexican American astronaut who was formerly a migrant farm worker.

The project is available to stream via Prime Video.

Before that, Soto starred in the Disney/Searchlight feature film, Flamin’ Hot, directed by Eva Longoria.

As part of the ensemble cast, Soto traveled to Washington, D.C., for a special screening of Flamin’ Hot for the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, both of whom hosted the celebration.

On the television front, Soto recently appeared in CBS’ FBI: International, and Seasons 1 and 2 of the Netflix hit crime drama, Narcos: Mexico, created and developed by Jose Padilha and Eric Newman.

His additional film credits include The Listener with Tessa Thompson and director Steve Buscemi, and Scott Teems’ The Quarry, opposite Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham.

Soto played the lead of David Ayer’s film The Tax Collector opposite Shia LaBeouf, which takes Ayer back to his film roots of End of Watch and Training Day.

Bobby Cannavale to Star in Amazon MGM’s New Untitled Comedy Starring Will Ferrell

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Bobby Cannavale has lined up his next project…

The 54-year-old half-Cuban American Emmy-winning actor has joined the cast of Amazon MGM’s untitled new comedy starring Will Ferrell.

Cannavale joins a roster of new cast additions that includes Fortune Feimster.

Character details are under wraps.

The project hails from writer-director Nicholas Stoller, who’s reunited with Ferrell following their work on the Amazon MGM wedding comedy You’re Cordially Invited.

In the new film, Zac Efron co-stars as a young convict fresh out of prison who takes a reality TV courtroom hostage, blaming the megalomaniac TV judge (Ferrell) for a past ruling that he feels ruined his life. Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Michael Peña, Jimmy Tatro, Billy Eichner and Regina Hall will also feature in the ensemble.

Producers on the project include Stoller for his Stoller Global Solutions, as well as Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Alex Brown for Gloria Sanchez Productions.

A two-time Emmy winner, Cannavale has most recently been seen starring in Amazon MGM’s inspirational wrestling pic Unstoppable, Ti West’s A24 slasher MaXXXine, and Bill Burr’s Netflix comedy Old Dads.

Next up, he’ll be seen starring alongside Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott in Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year.

Netflix to Release Season Two of Jenna Ortega’s Hit Series “Wednesday” in Two Parts

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Jenna Ortega is splitting her (Wednes)days…

Netflix will release season two of the hit series Wednesday, starring the 22-year-old Mexican American actress, in two parts. It’s the first time in awhile that Netflix has employed the split-season release pattern, which it has used on some of its biggest shows

Part 1 will be released on August 6, while Part 2 will follow on September 3.

Netflix also released a teaser trailer with a first look at what’s ahead for the second season.

Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, Wednesday follows the titular Addams child to Nevermore Academy, where she learns to master her emerging psychic abilities.

In Season 1, she uncovers a killing spree that was connected to her parents, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez (Luis Guzmán), who met at the school 15 years earlier.

In the teaser trailer, Wednesday (Ortega) is at an airport walking through security when she sets off the alarm, prompting a TSA agent to alert the teen that she must empty her pockets. She puts her brass knuckles on the conveyor belt, naturally, her pepper spray, knives, nunchucks, taser gun,and a twin-spiked ball flail, among other weapons she casually carries on her person. Additionally, Thing is found in her bag with a mysterious yellow container. That’s what set off the alarm: her sunscreen.

Further, it’s revealed that Wednesday is returning to school, where she is reunited with her roommate Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers).

Zeta-Jones previously teased that their sophomore turn will “be bigger and more twisted than you could ever imagine.”

Ortega has shared that the new episodes will lean more into horror, unlike the teen romance storyline focus from the show’s freshman season.

Season 2 will shine brighter on Wednesday and Morticia’s mother-and-daughter relationship, with new family members to be introduced.

Zeta-Jones, Guzmán, and Isaac Ordoñez, who plays Wednesday’s brother Pugsley, were all upped to series regulars for the show’s sophomore season.

A spinoff expanding the world of Wednesday with a focus on Uncle Fester (played in Season 1 by guest star Fred Armisen) is in the works from Netflix and MGM Television. Uncle Fester appears in Season 2.

Additional casting for Season 2 includes Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo (Sheriff Deputy Ritchie Santiago) being upped to series regular, who will star alongside newly added Billie Piper, Steve Buscemi, Joanna Lumley, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, and Noah Taylor. Lady Gaga will appear as a guest star.

Netflix Renews JoAnna García Swisher’s Small Town Romantic Drama “Sweet Magnolias” for Fifth Season

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

JoAnna García Swisher’s Sweet life continues….

Netflic has renewed the small town romantic drama Sweet Magnolias, starring the 45-year-old half-Cuban American actress, for a fifth season.

Sheryl J. Anderson will return as showrunner.

The news comes more than two and a half months after the release of Season 4.

Unlike previous renewals, the latest pickup was likely not as straightforward since the series, typically a reliable audience draw, spent only two weeks in Netflix’s global Top 10 for English-language series with its fourth season, peaking at #4. There have been shows with similar performance that have been canceled by the streamer.

Billed by Netflix as “comfort drama,” Sweet Magnolias, based on the book series by Sherryl Woods, follows lifelong best friends Maddie (Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott) and Helen (Heather Headley) as they juggle relationships, family, and careers in the charming small town of Serenity, SC.

Season 5, which is not labeled final by Netflix in the renewal announcement, will pick up after an eventful Season 4 finale, which ended on multiple cliffhangers, the biggest being Maddie’s pending move to New York for a publishing job.

“Can anything end the Magnolias?! Our ladies have seen each other through bigger challenges than physical distance,” Anderson told Deadline in an interview after the release of Season 4. “When you love someone, you want what’s best for them and want to help them reach that goal. True friends celebrate each other in times of victory, embolden each other to seize their passion, and then link arms to figure out logistics.”

Anderson executive produces with Dan Paulson, whose Daniel L. Paulson Productions is producing the series. Matt Drake will serve as an executive producer. Norman Buckley serves as co-executive producer.

Netflix to Release Karol G Documentary “Tomorrow Was Beautiful” in May

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Karol G is embracing the beauty of her past…

Netflix will premiere Tomorrow Was Beautiful, its documentary about the 34-year-old Colombian Grammy-winning music superstar, on May 8.

Netflix capped off the announcement by releasing a first trailer for the project.

Hailing from director Cristina Costantini and R.J. Cutler’s This Machine (a part of Sony Pictures Television), the doc tells the story of an artist who was told her dream was too big, that she was the wrong gender and from the wrong place, to ever be a global star, disproving each assertion.

The doc traces Karol’s rise from humble beginnings in Medellín to international stardom, as she proves the critics wrong with an electrifying, record-breaking stadium tour.

The film’s producers are Cutler, Elise Pearlstein, Trevor Smith, Cristina Costantini, Kristofer Ríos, Alex Simmons, and Mariem Pérez. Mark Blatty, Margaret Yen, John Janick, and Nir Seroussi served as executive producers.

Known for her synthesis of reggaeton, Latin trap, and pop, Karol G broke out with her 2017 debut album Unstoppable and her 2019 hit “Tusa” featuring Nicki Minaj.

The artist followed these successes up with Mañana Será Bonito, which made history in 2023 as the first all-Spanish-language album by a female artist to debut at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200.

The winner of two Grammys, she also made history with her Mañana Será Bonito World Tour, the highest-grossing Latin tour by a female artist to date.

Anitta Teams Up with Kenia Os to Release Reggaeton Single “En 4”

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Anitta has found her four-m…

The 32-year-old Brazilian singer & songwriter has joined voices with Mexican pop star Kenia Os to release the new reggaeton single “En 4.”

Combining Kenia Os’ pop-urban style with Anitta’s Brazilian funk, “En 4” is the first joint effort from the global artists.

It premiered on Kenia Os’ YouTube channel alongside an NSFW music video directed by Daniel Eguren.

The “En 4” visual is full of pixelated make out sessions and suggestive scenes, including nude, but pixelated, scenes of both women.

“If you don’t like it, don’t follow me/I look so pretty with my friend/We apply pressure and blow your mind,” Kenia Os sings in the introduction.

Anitta and Kenia Os teased the single with clips of the song’s visual treatment and also held an “exclusive after party” for their fan bases via YouTube following the video’s release.

“En 4” is Os’ first single of the year as the rising artist continues to build momentum in the United States, having just completed her “Pink Aura Tour,” and sharing a documentary film, or “Kenia OS: La OG.”

The release was accompanied by a live album that captured her concerts through 16 live performances.

Anitta also premiered a documentary of her own on Netflix called “Larissa: The Other Side of Anitta.”

She was originally scheduled to perform at the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, but pulled out three weeks before the festival kicked off its first weekend due to “unexpected personal reasons.”

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