Amplification
Highlighting and uplifting Latine-related accomplishments and announcements across television, film and other disciplines, along with findings and interrogations about the industry.
Disney Developing New Musical Comedy ‘Penelope’ With Robert Sudduth Writing Script
Disney is developing a new musical comedy, Penelope, a unique twist on the classic fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. Robert Sudduth writing the script, and Will Gluck is producing through his Olive Bridge banner. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps other than it being loosely based on the classic fairy tale.
eOne Ups Jacqueline Sacerio & Gabriel Marano To Co-Heads Scripted Development
Entertainment One has promoted veteran television executives Jacqueline Sacerio and Gabriel Marano to Co-Heads, Development, Scripted Television, U.S. The two will work together to oversee the Company’s scripted television development in the U.S. and will continue to report to Pancho Mansfield, President of Global Scripted Television, eOne.
WME Signs ‘Huesera’ Writer-Director Michelle Garza Cervera
Screenwriter and director Michelle Garza Cervera has signed with WME following her debut feature Huesera.
‘Uptown Bodega’ Animated Series In Works At HBO Max From Oz Rodriguez & Lemon Andersen
Written by Oz Rodriguez (Saturday Night Live) and Lemon Andersen (She’s Gotta Have It), Uptown Bodega centers on Tati Cruz who has inherited her father’s old Bodega and vows to keep the business booming in a fast-changing Nueva York with the help of her husband, three kids, and Rocky the bodega cat.
Female-Driven Anónima Media Launches in Mexico (EXCLUSIVE)
In a bid to address the underrepresentation of women in film and television, a new production company run by three women filmmakers in Mexico has launched.
HBO Officially Orders ‘True Detective’ Season 4, Casts Kali Reis
Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid) will serve as showrunner, writer, director and an executive producer. López is taking over as True Detective‘s lead writer-producer from Nic Pizzolatto, who created the series. Alan Page Arriaga is also a writer on the new season.
‘Who’s The Boss?’ Sequel Starring Tony Danza & Alyssa Milano In Works At Freevee With Mike Royce & Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz Writing
The follow-up is being written/executive produced by One Day at a Time co-creator/exec producer/co-showrunner Mike Royce and co-executive producer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz. Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to the original series and has been working on the sequel for the past two years, is the studio.
Michelle Garza Cervera, Director of Mexican feature ‘Huesera’ wins awards at Tribeca Film Festival 2022
Michelle Garza Cervera took prizes in the Best New Narrative Director Competition and the Nora Ephron Competition for ‘Huesera’.
‘Gordita Chronicles’ Showrunner Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz Re-Ups Sony Pictures TV Overall Deal
Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz, executive producer/showrunner of Gordita Chronicles, is extending her overall with Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind the coming-of-age HBO Max comedy series, which premieres today.
Aida Rodriguez to Direct Two ‘Entre Nos’ Comedy Specials to Air on HBO Max
Comedian Aida Rodriguez is stepping behind the camera to direct two installments of the comedy special series “Entre Nos” for HBO Max, Variety has learned exclusively.