Amplification
Highlighting and uplifting Latine-related accomplishments and announcements across television, film and other disciplines, along with findings and interrogations about the industry.
Deadline | Mexican Mythology-Infused Video Game ‘Aztech Forgotten Gods’ Headed For Movie Treatment
Impossible Dream Entertainment & Lienzo Gaming Studio have partnered on Aztech, a live action Latinx-themed feature film that is based on the upcoming video game Aztech Forgotten Gods.
Writer-Producer Vanessa Ramos Inks Overall Deal With Universal Television
Writer-producer Vanessa Ramos is expanding her relationship with Universal Television with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Ramos will develop and produce projects for a variety of television platforms for Universal TV, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Deadline | ‘The Flight Attendant’: Natalie Chaidez Boards HBO Max’s Kaley Cuoco Drama As Co-Showrunner, Meredith Lavender & Marcie Ulin Exit
The Flight Attendant, the Kaley Cuoco-fronted HBO Max drama, is getting a new co-pilot. Natalie Chaidez, who was previously exec producer of USA Network’s Queen of the South, is boarding the series as co-showrunner alongside Steve Yockey for its second season.
Deadline | Cyntoia Brown Limited Series From Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, La La Anthony & Santa Sierra In Works At Starz
Starz has put in development The Case of Cyntoia Brown, a limited drama series inspired by the story of Cyntoia Brown-Long, who served 15 years of a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 years old.
Deadline | ‘To All The Boys’ Scribe Sofia Alvarez To Helm ‘Along For The Ride’ Adaptation For Netflix; Kate Bosworth, Andie MacDowell Among Cast
Sofia Alvarez, the screenwriter behind the Netflix hit To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, will reteam with the streamer to write and direct a feature adaptation of the YA novel Along for the Ride, from New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen.
New York Times | Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’
The first Native American to run a TV comedy talked about creating the new series with Michael Schur and Ed Helms and about her long family history of storytelling.
Deadline | Netflix Taps Alejandro Brugués To Direct ‘The Last Will And Testament Of Charles Abernathy’
Cuban filmmaker Alejandro Brugués is attached to direct the Netflix horror film The Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy. It’s based on Chris LaMont and Joe Russo’s original screenplay that was featured on the 2018 BloodList and sold to the streamer.
Deadline | The Montaner Family Docuseries Set As First Project From Lex Borrero, Tommy Mottola & Range’s Ntertain
Ntertain, the recently launched multimedia company from Neon16’s Lex Borrero, music mogul Tommy Mottola and Range Media Partners, has identified the first original series to go into production, Los Montaner.
Variety | Apple TV Plus Orders Bilingual Thriller ‘Now and Then’
Apple TV Plus has ordered to series the bilingual drama “Now and Then” from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira. Campos and Fernández-Valdés will serve as showrunners, with Neira and Campos writing the series.
Deadline | Freeform On Board For Danny Strong EP’d Puerto Rico-Set ‘Trap Queen’ From ‘Scandal’ Scribe Miguel Nolla
Freeform has put the Puerto Rico-set Trap Queen in development with Danny Strong executive producing, I’ve learned. The music rich project from the American territory was created by Scandal and Roswell, New Mexico writer Miguel Nolla.