Amplification
Highlighting and uplifting Latine-related accomplishments and announcements across television, film and other disciplines, along with findings and interrogations about the industry.
‘Ironheart’: Shakira Barrera Joins Marvel Studios’ Disney+ Series
Shakira Barrera (Sprung, GLOW) has joined Marvel Studios’ Ironheart as a series regular, Deadline has learned.
Apple Original Films Lands Rights To Doc ‘Selena Gomez: My Mind And Me’
Apple Original Films has landed the global rights to a new documentary feature about singer, songwriter, actress, producer, entrepreneur and activist Selena Gomez, Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me, directed and produced by Alek Keshishian.
Alliance Of Latinx Executives, Including Cris Abrego, John Pollak & Nina Tassler, Looks To Help Hollywood Bolster Senior Diverse Recruitment; Sets First Event
A new group of senior Latinx executives has been created to help Hollywood fill senior roles across the TV industry with more diverse faces.
New York Film Festival Director Eugene Hernandez Exiting To Join Sundance Institute As Festival Director And Head Of Public Programming
Eugene Hernandez has been set as the next Director of the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Sundance Institute’s Head of Public Programming. The film and media industry veteran joins the Institute as its fourth official Festival Director after spending 12 years at Film at Lincoln Center, most recently as Senior Vice President of FLC, Executive Director of the New York Film Festival and publisher of Film Comment.
‘The Collaboration’: Melissa Barrera Latest To Join Warhol-Basquiat Film Based On Anthony McCarten Play
Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) has signed on to star alongside Jeremy Pope, Paul Bettany and Daniel Brühl in Muse of Fire’s Warhol-Basquiat pic The Collaboration, based on the acclaimed play by four-time Oscar nom Anthony McCarten.
‘Blue Beetle’s Xolo Maridueña & Others to Be Honored by NHMC Impact Awards
On Wednesday (August 31), the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) announced a handful of additions to its honorees for its upcoming 2022 Impact Awards gala.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu Gets Teary-Eyed as Three-Hour ‘Bardo’ Nabs Four-Minute Standing Ovation in Venice
Will “Bardo” be Alejandro González Iñárritu’s third best director Oscar in a row following “Birdman” and “The Revenant” wins? It’s a question many were asking heading into the Venice Film Festival, where the Netflix-backed “Bardo” world premiered in competition.
Get Weird with the Official Trailer for Season 2 of Los Espookys
The bilingual comedy following a group of horror-obsessed friends is finally returning to HBO on September 16th after its first season premiered way-back-when (2019).
Rosa Salazar, Bobby Soto, Julio César Cedillo, Veronica Falcón, Sarayu Blue & Eric Johnson Board Prime Video’s Michael Peña Film ‘A Million Miles Away’
Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Bobby Soto (Narcos: Mexico), Julio César Cedillo (Narcos: Mexico), Veronica Falcón (Ozark), Sarayu Blue (I Feel Bad) and Eric Johnson (Fifty Shades franchise) are among the newest additions to Prime Video’s Michael Peña starrer A Million Miles Away, which has entered production in Mexico City.
Roberta Colindrez Defies and Inhabits the Gay- Latina Label in “A League of Their Own”
Mexican American actress Roberta Colindrez plays another gay Latina in Abbi Jacobson’s “A League of Their Own,” but that doesn’t mean she’s been typecast.