Ana de Armas Signs with William Morris Endeavor (WME)

Ana de Armas has new representation…

The 37-year-old Spanish-Cuban actress has switched agencies, moving to William Morris Endeavor (WME) for representation.

Ana de Armas

de Armas became one of the film industry’s most sought-after actresses after her breakout with 2019’s Knives Out, which earned her a first Golden Globe nomination for her starring role opposite Daniel Craig.

Subsequently, de Armas landed her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her turn as Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s Netflix film Blonde, also scoring a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role, a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globes nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Additionally, she won the Hollywood Rising Star Award at the Deauville American Film Festival for the role.

Most recently, de Armas has been seen leading the John Wick spin-off Ballerina from Lionsgate.

Other recent credits include Ron Howard’s Eden, Blade Runner 2049, Bond film No Time to Die and Ghosted.

de Armas continues to be represented by Bailey Brand for endorsements, as well as by Grubman, Shire, Meiselas & Sacks and Wolf Kasteler.

Guillermo del Toro’s Special “Frankenstein: Crafting a Tale Eternal” Exhibit Heading to Los Angeles

Guillermo del Toro’s eternal tale is heading to Hollywood.

The 61-year-old Mexican Oscar-winning filmmaker’s stunning exhibition Frankenstein: Crafting a Tale Eternal, based on his acclaimed film, will be heading directly to Los Angeles after its run in London.

Guillermo del Toro

The exhibit will run from January 5-11 at the NYA Studios West in Hollywood, and just in time for Oscar nomination voting.

del Toro’s Netflix film has been on a roll and just this week was shortlisted in six Oscar crafts categories, every single one for which it was eligible.

It also has been nominated for 11 Critics Choice Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, as well as for five Golden Globes including Motion Picture – Drama and Director.

Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein Exhibit

David Fincher, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson are scheduled to host and moderate a screening with the filmmaking team on opening night of the L.A. exhibit, with additional programming to come.

The immersive exhibition will celebrate del Toro’s visionary storytelling and the craftsmanship of the Frankenstein team.

Diving into his elaborate filmmaking process, it will showcase a collection of props, artwork, costumes and Tiffany & Co. jewelry featured in the film and rare books curated by the firm Peter Harrington to honor author Mary Shelley’s legacy.

“We have been anticipating bringing this exhibition from London to Los Angeles. I believe it to be revelatory,” del Toro tells Deadline. “With Frankenstein, we wanted to test the limits of every craft in movie-making — handmade sets, miniatures, wardrobe and cinematography, just to name a few — and this exhibit is a celebration of those traditions. It is an honor to invite everyone to take a closer look at how our crafts team and I have meticulously and exhaustively labored to bring Mary Shelley’s world to life in what we hope is an eloquent, operatic way.”

Free tickets to tour the exhibit will be available for select dates.

Jacob Elordi Earns First Two Golden Globes Nominations of His Career

Jacon Elordi is celebrating his first-ever Golden Globes nominations…

Nominees for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards have been announced, with the 28-year-old Spanish-Australian actor earning two nods.

Jacob Elordi,In the film section, Elordi is nominated in the best performance by a male actor in a supporting role for his performance in Frankenstein.

In the television section, Elordi is up for best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series or movie made for television for his performance in The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Oscar Isaac, who won a Golden Globe in 2016, has earned his fourth career nod.

The 46-year-old Cuban-Guatemalan picked up a nod in the best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, drama for his role in Frankenstein.

Tessa Thompson has earned the first Golden Globes nomination of her career.

The 42-year-old half-Mexican, part Panamanian American actress is up for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture, drama for her role in Hedda.

Wagner Moura has earned the second Golden Globes nomination of his career.

The 49-year-old Brazilian actor and filmmaker is nominated in the best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, drama for his role in the Brazilian Portuguese historical political thriller The Secret Agent.

Guillermo del Toro, a two-time Golden Globe winner, is up for two awards this year.

The 61-year-old Mexican Oscar-winning filmmaker is up for best motion picture, drama and best director for Frankenstein.

Benicio del Toro is nominated in the best performance by a male actor in a supporting role category for his role in One Battle After Another, which is this year’s leading nominee.

Diego Luna is back in the running for a Golden Globe.

The Mexican actor, director and producer has picked up his second consecutive nod in the Bbest performance by a male actor, drama category for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in Rogue One.Selena Gomez and Jenna Ortega will once again face off in the best performance by a female actor TV series, musical or comedy.

Gomez is nominated for for the fourth consecutive time for her role in Only Murders in the Building, as well as for the fifth consecutive time for best television series – musical or comedy for serving as a producer on the series.

Ortega, meantime, earned her second nod for her work on Wednesday.

Here’s the list of nominees for this year’s awards, which will be held on January 11 at the Beverly Hilton. Nikki Glaser will host the ceremony.

Movies

Best motion picture, drama
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners” 

Best motion picture, musical or comedy
“Blue Moon”
“Bugonia”
“Marty Supreme”
“No Other Choice”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“One Battle After Another” 

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture, drama
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love”
Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
Julia Roberts, After the Hunt”
Tessa Thompson, Hedda”
Eva Victor, Sorry Baby.”

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, drama
Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
Oscar Isaac, “Frankenstein”
Dwayne Johnson, “The Smashing Machine”
Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Jeremy Allen White, “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good”
Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
Amanda Seyfried, “The Testament of Ann Lee”
Emma Stone, “Bugonia.”

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture, musical or comedy
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
George Clooney, “Jay Kelly”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Lee Byung-hun, “No Other Choice”
Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia.”

Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role
Emily Blunt, “The Smashing Machine”
Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
Amy Madigan, Weapons”
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”

Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”
Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly”
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”

Cinematic and box office achievement
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“Sinners”
“Weapons”
“Wicked: For Good”
“Zootopia 2.” 

Best motion picture, non-English
“It Was Just an Accident,” France
“No Other Choice,” South Korea
“The Secret Agent,” Brazil
“Sentimental Value,” Norway
“Sirāt,” Spain
“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Tunisia

Best motion picture, animated
“Arco”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
“Elio”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
“Zootopia 2” 

Best director
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
Guillermo del Toro, “Frankenstein”
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”

Best screenplay
“One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“Marty Supreme,” Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
“Sinners,” Ryan Coogler
“It Was Just an Accident,” Jafar Panahi
“Sentimental Value,” Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell

Best original score
“Frankenstein,” Alexandre Desplat
“Sinners,” Ludwig Göransson
“One Battle After Another,” Jonny Greenwood
“Sirāt,” Kangding Ray
“Hamnet,” Max Richter
“F1,” Hans Zimmer 

Best original song
“Dream as One,” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Golden,” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“I Lied to You,” from “Sinners”
“No Place Like Home,” from “Wicked: For Good”
“The Girl in the Bubble,” from “Wicked: For Good”
“Train Dreams,” from “Train Dreams” 

Television

Best television series, drama
“The Diplomat”
“The Pitt”
“Pluribus”
“Severance”
“Slow Horses”
“The White Lotus”

Best television series, comedy or musical
“Abbott Elementary”
“The Bear”
“Hacks”
Nobody Wants This
“Only Murders in the Building”
“The Studio”

Best performance by a female actor, drama
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Britt Lower, “Severance”
Helen Mirren, “Mobland”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus”

Best performance by a male actor, drama
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
Diego Luna, “Andor”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Mark Ruffalo, “Task”
Adam Scott, “Severance”
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt.” 

Best performance by a female actor TV series, musical or comedy
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”
Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”
Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”

Best performance by a male actor, TV series, musical or comedy
Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
Glen Powell, “Chad Powers”
Seth Rogen, “The Studio”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Best limited series, anthology series or movie made for television
“Adolescence
“All Her Fault”
“The Beast in Me”
“Black Mirror”
“The Girlfriend”
“Dying for Sex”

Best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series or movie made for television
Jacob Elordi, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”
Paul Giamatti, “Black Mirror”
Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”
Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
Jude Law, “Black Rabbit”
Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me” 

Best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series or movie made for television
Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”
Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
Amanda Seyfried, “Long Bright River”
Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”
Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”
Robin Wright, “The Girlfriend”

Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role
Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”
Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”
Aimee Lou Wood, “The White Lotus” 

Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role
Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”
Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”
Tramell Tillman, “Severance”
Ashley Walters, “Adolescence” 

Best performance in stand-up comedy on TV
Bill Maher, “Is Anyone Else Seeing This?”
Brett Goldstein, “The Second Best Night of Your Life”
Kevin Hart, “Acting My Age”
Kumail Nanjiani, “Night Thoughts”
Ricky Gervais, “Mortality”
Sarah Silverman, “PostMortem”

Best podcast
“Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard”
Call Her Daddy”
“Good Hang with Amy Poehler”
“The Mel Robbins Podcast”
“SmartLess
“Up First from NPR”

Season 29 of ABC’s “The View” with Ana Navarro to Premiere on September 8

Ana Navarro is coming into view again…

The View, featuring the 53-year-old Nicaraguan political strategist and commentator as a co-host, will return on ABC for Season 29 on September 8, the network has nnounced.

Ana Navarro, The ViewIn addition to Navarro, the top-rated daytime talk show also features hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin.

“This is why you should always keep coming back to The View, because you never know what’s going to happen,” Goldberg says in a teaser clip of the new season released on YouTube. 

According to 1iota, the free ticketing service used by the series, upcoming guests for The View include Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Hemming Willis, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on September 9.

On September 11, Barbie Oscar nominee America Ferrera will join the program, which will tape a show with Shrinking actor Michael Urie, presumably to air the following day.

Matthew McConaughey will appear on the September 15 show alongside former Senator Joe Manchin. John Edward, Marlon Wayans and Robin Wright will be on “The View” on September 16, and Lily James will appear later that week.

Guests in the following days include Priscilla Presley, Shark Tank stars Barbara Corcoran and Daymond John, Regina Hall, Gloria Estefan, Tim Allen and Glen Powell and Eli Manning.

Created by Barbara Walters, The View aired its first season in 1997. The show has always featured a multi-generational panel of women who analyze and debate topical issues relating to politics, culture and entertainment.

The series has long been embroiled in controversy and, dating back to Rosie O’Donnell’s tenure as a host, has drawn the ire of Donald Trump.

In July, after Behar claimed on the program that Trump is “jealous” of former President Barack Obama, a spokesperson for Trump blasted The View, calling Behar an “irrelevant loser” and saying the show is “the next to be pulled off air.”

Guillermo del Toro Selected as Guest Artistic Director for American Film Institute’s AFI Fest in October

Guillermo del Toro is leading the creative charge at this year’s AFI Fest.

The American Film Institute has announced that the 60-year-old Mexican Oscar-winning director, producer, screenwriter, author and former special effects makeup artist has been selected as the guest artistic director for AFI Fest, the organization’s annual fest that will run this year from October 22–26 at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.

Guillermo del ToroThe news comes as del Toro preps his latest film, Frankenstein, which is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.

Netflix will release the film in select theaters October 17 before dropping it on the streamer November 7.

“Guillermo del Toro is one of the great champions of the art form — a visionary filmmaker, a passionate cinephile, and a tireless advocate for bold, original storytelling,” AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale said today in a press release announcing the appointment. “As Guest Artistic Director of AFI Fest, he brings a singular perspective that will inspire audiences of all generations.”

Del Toro joins a roster of guest ADs that already includes Pedro Almodóvar, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ava DuVernay, Greta Gerwig, David Lynch and Agnès Varda.

This year’s AFI Fest will kick off October 22 with 20th Century Studios’ Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the snapshot biopic of the rock icon starring Jeremy Allen White.

It will be coming hot off its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on September 28, and just before its theatrical release on October 24.

Monica Barbaro to Star Opposite Callum Turner in Will Gluck’s “One Night Only”

Monica Barbaro is preparing for a big night

The 35-year-old part-Mexican American Oscar-nominated actress will star opposite Callum Turner in Will Gluck’s One Night Only for Universal Pictures.

Monica Barbaro

The film will reportedly be released on August 7, 2026, with Gluck directing the project based on his rewrite of Travis Braun’s Black List script.

The script topped the 2024 Blacklist, and while it’s unknown if Gluck’s version will stray from the original story, the draft follows two strangers who scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal.

Gluck will produce through Olive Bridge Entertainment. Jacqueline Monetta, VP of Olive Bridge Entertainment, will oversee and produce with Gluck. Senior EVP Production Development Erik Baiers and Director of Production Development Jacqueline Garell will oversee the project for the studio.

Gluck had been weighing a handful of options following the success of his previous rom-com Anyone but You and finally landed on this project on his next film.

Given his track record of taking rising stars including Emma Stone, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell and turning them into A-listers, the project attracted a ton of talent; Barbaro and Turner were top choices from the start.

Barbaro has had a slew of offers to choose from following her first Academy Award nomination earlier this year for her star-making performance as the iconic folk singer and activist Joan Baez in James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. She is in production on Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial opposite Yura Borisov and Andrew Garfield for Amazon MGM.

Next up, Barbaro will make her stage debut at London’s National Theatre in a revival of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ Les Liasons Dangereuses opposite Lesley Manville and directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Marianne Elliott.

She’ll also star in Bart Layton’s Crime 101 opposite Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry and Chris Hemsworth for Amazon MGM. Barbaro is also known for her breakout role as Phoenix opposite Tom Cruise and Miles Teller in Top Gun: Maverick, which received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture.

Gluck directed the 2023 box office hit Anyone but You, starring Powell and Sweeney. He also helmed 2011’s Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and 2010’s Easy A starring Stone, in addition to launching the Peter Rabbit franchise.

Prada Foundation Mounting “Amores Perros” 25th Anniversary Film Installation by Alejandro G. Iñárritu

One of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s iconic films is getting a special anniversary celebration.

Italy’s Prada Foundation is mounting a film installation by the 61-year-old Mexican Oscar-winning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first feature Amores Perros.

Alejandro G. InarrituThe Mexico City-set triptych starred Gael García Bernal in his breakout role and won the Critics’ Week Award at Cannes Film Festival.

Titled “Sueño Perro: A Film Installation by Alejandro G. Iñárritu,” the piece will unveil plenty of previously unseen footage from the visceral film, which weaves together three stories connected by a car crash. It delves into Mexico City’s underbelly through the tales of a teenager who gets involved in dogfighting, a model who loses a leg in the car crash and a troubled hitman.

The installation will be unveiled on September 18 at the Prada Foundation’s Milan headquarters. It will then travel to the LagoAlgo cultural center in Mexico City — where it will be on display from October 5 to January 4 — and subsequently to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in spring 2026.

“Sueño Perro” marks Prada Foundation’s third collaboration with Iñárritu, who conceived the institution’s “Flesh, Mind and Spirit” screening series that he co-curated with U.S. critic and film scholar Elvis Mitchell.

In 2017, he created a groundbreaking experimental VR installation titled “CARNE y ARENA” in Milan, which was part of the Cannes Film Festival’s official selection and was awarded a special Oscar.

“With this project, we aim to open new perspectives on Iñárritu’s work and on a film that, from its very start, combined the force of realism with the density of symbolism,” said fashion designer Miuccia Prada, who is head of the Prada Foundation, in a statement. “Twenty-five years after it was released, ‘Amores Perros’ continues to speak to the present and to capture, with visual and emotional power, the full complexity of the world we live in.”

Described as a multisensory exhibition rooted in the intersection of cinema and visual art, the “Sueño Perro” installation will feature unused “Amores Perros” footage preserved in the film archives at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

“Over a million feet of film were left on the cutting room floor during the editing of ‘Amores Perros,’ said Iñárritu in the statement. “These intensely charged images, 16 million still frames, were buried in the UNAM film archives for 25 years.”

“On the occasion of the film’s anniversary, I felt compelled to revisit and re-explore these abandoned fragments, with the grain and the ghosts of celluloid which they hold,” he added. “Stripped of all narrative, this installation is not a tribute, but a resurrection —an invitation to feel what never was. Like meeting an old friend we have never seen before.”

After “Amores Perros,” Iñárritu went on to make the 2003 film 21 Grams that landed Sean Penn a best actor award in Venice, while 2006’s Babel won him Cannes’ best director award and seven Oscar nominations. Iñárritu’s 2014 feature Birdman won four Oscars, including best picture and director, while The Revenant earned him a second consecutive directing Oscar.

Iñárritu’s next film, which is working-titled Judy, stars Tom Cruise alongside Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, Sophie Wilde, Riz Ahmed, Michael Stuhlbarg and John Goodman. It’s due for release via Warner Bros. in 2026.

New Trailer Released for Natalia Oreiro’s Latest Film “La Mujer de la Fila”

Everything’s on the line for Natalia Oreiro.

Director Benjamín Ávila has released the first trailer for La Mujer de la Fila, his new thriller starring the 48-year-old Uruguayan actress, singer, songwriter, model, television presenter and fashion designer.

Natalia OreiraThe film will be released in Argentina on September 4.

The film will be released across Argentina by Moving Pics, a strategic distribution venture founded by leading former studio executives: Griselda Fortunato, longtime GM of Warner Bros. Pictures South America; Martín Zambonini, former marketing head at Warner/Fox and Disney/Searchlight; and Federico Gaspari, former CFO at Warner/Fox South America.

Inspired by true events, the Argentina-Spain co-production turns on Andrea, a mother visiting her incarcerated son for the first time. Initially eyed with suspicion by other women in line, she gradually gains their trust — and emerges as a powerful advocate for justice reform.

The film is based on the life of Andrea Casamento, founder of Argentina’s Association of Families of Detainees (ACIFAD) and a delegate to the U.N. Committee for the Prevention of Torture.

Produced by Mostra Cine, Buffalo Films and Diving Media, the film stars Oreiro (Santa Evita), Amparo Noguera, Alberto Ammann (Narcos), and iconic boxer-turned-actress Marcela “La Tigresa” Acuña.

Ávila co-wrote the screenplay with Marcelo Muller.

“Griselda, Federico and I are very happy to be part of this amazing cinematic gem,” Zambonini said. “It’s a film that will resonate with audiences widely.”

In the trailer, Andrea — played by Oreiro — is seen being violently thrown to the floor during a home raid, struggling to secure visitation rights and beginning to uncover the truth behind her son’s arrest.

Ávila, whose Clandestine Childhood premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and was Argentina’s official Oscar submission, most recently helmed Diciembre 2001 for Star+.

The film will be released across Argentina by Moving Pics, a strategic distribution

Marina de Tavira to Star in the Psychological Thriller “House Eight”

Marina de Tavira has entered the house

The 50-year-old Mexican Oscar-nominated actress will star in Brenda Navarro’s House Eight (“Casa 8”), one of the hottest projects at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM).

Meanwhile, Verónica Bravo, nominated for a 2023 best actress Canacine Prize for Sobreviviendo Mis XV, is also attached to take a key cast role in the series.

Currently in development and reaching out for international production partners, House Eigh” is set up at high-flying Mexican production outfit Mandarina Cine, this year a global SXSW Audience Award winner for Corina, now nominated for eight Mexican Academy Ariel Awards 

Mandarina also produced The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box), the first best film winner at the inaugural Berlinale Perspectives section, reserved for first-time movies.

The Devil Smokes was described by Variety as “a childhood survival story as strange and beguiling as its title.

Likewise, House Eight weighs in as one of the most distinctive offerings at BAM. A psychological thriller, with fantasy or even metaphysical elements, it follows a group of terminally ill women who shelter in a clandestine house to die with dignity.

They come to be faced by a disturbing reality: The Witch, their spiritual and scientific leader, has developed an experimental method that revives the dead, according to the synopsis.

When one of the dead unexpectedly revives, the community fractures, and the Witches assistant becomes their greatest enemy, unleashing an ethical and emotional struggle were accepting death or defying it will change their lives forever.

“Brenda Navarro is an indispensable voice in our literature, creator of heart-rending worlds which are personally and socially touching. I would be delighted to collaborate in this project,” said de Tavira.

“I’m utterly moved by the possibility of being part of a group of women who tell a courageous, risky, painful and honest story, all guided by one of the most exciting young voices in our country’s current literature, Brenda Navarro. “May the story be told!” added Verónica Bravo.

“As a narrator, Brenda Navarro has the sensibility and social conscience to allow her to write from pain, not to reproduce but dismantle it. Her arrival on the film and TV scene, with images as potent as her writing, is a natural step. At Mandarina we are honoured and happy to make this journey with her,” said Carlos Hernández Vázquez, co-founder of Mandarina Cine with Gabriel Gavica in 2018.

Navarro added that she and Hernández are looking for international alliances to produce House Eight, “a story about women with a team made up primarily of women in which the main theme is the fear to live when faced by such an unjust world, full of women which are battling to exercise a control over their decisions. ‘House Eight’ is a horror drama where the desire to die with dignity is punished by eternal life.”

House Eight won first prize in the 2024 Episode 0 section at Mexico’s Guadalajara Film Festival.

Luna Sofía Miranda to Star in Coming-of-Age Sex Comedy “Youthful Pleasures”

Luna Sofía Miranda has landed a youthful role…

The 26-year-old Latina actress, who most recently starred in the multi Oscar winner Anora, has boarded the coming-of-age sex comedy Youthful Pleasures along with Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Brendan George, Emily Adams and John Filmanowicz.

Luna Sofia MirandaThe Rex Provost directed and written movie was shot in Vermont and New York and reps his feature directorial debut.

The feature is a follow up to Provost’s short of the same name, which was honored as an inaugural Proof Film Festival selection in 2023.

George, Adams, and Filmanowicz are also reprising their roles in the feature.

Youthful Pleasures follows four estranged childhood companions who attempt to recreate a perfect weekend from their past while waiting for their friend who spends too much time self-indulging in himself (to put it politely) in his grandmother’s home.

Sofía Miranda played Lulu in Sean Baker’s Best Picture Oscar winner Anora. 

Diaz-Silverio led Amazon’s Primo, co-executive produced by Michael Schur. He also earned an Imagen Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. Next he’ll be seen in the upcoming New Years Rev for Live Nations Productions alongside Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsely.