Director Michael Lopez adapts RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE novel into a streaming movie for Prime Video with two gay leads as the romantic interest in a familiar rom-com. Lopez reveals his efforts in finding the right actors and whether the filmmaker was given carte blanche for the sex scenes.
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Filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto brings the DC Comics book hero to life in BLUE BEETLE starring Cobra Kai sXolo Maridueña. The director reveals the influences like kaiju movies and the retro synth sound behind the superhero movie featuring the first Latino character in the DCEU.
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Prime Video brings an adaptation of Harlan Coben's Shelter novel to life for the streaming platform. CineMovie spoke with young actors Jaden Michael, Abby Corrigan and Adrian Greensmith who reveal that they were given a voice in forming their characters. Jaden also added that Coben was open to hearing his ideas for his character's Latino side and bringing on a Latino director.
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Mexican luchador Blue Demon Jr is taking his act from the ring to the comic book world and the big screen with an action movie. The masked wrestler attended his first Comic Con in San Diego to promote his upcoming comic book which he says will serve as a prologue to the movie. Blue Demon along with writers/Moxie 88 production executives Dan Carrillo Levy and Eugenio Villamar reveal details about what to expect from the luchador's new projects.
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Hulu's streaming series, This Fool depicts working-class Latinos in South Los Angeles in hilarious fashion. In season 2, the old-school cholo Luis (Frankie Quinones) and his cousin Julio (Chris Estrada) switch roles with one enjoying life as a slacker and the other wanting more out of life in the hood. Costume designer Rocio Estrada says she brings authenticity through the wardrobe and shops locally from mom-and-pop stores in the Los Angeles area.
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HAUNTED MANSION director Justin Simien came into the movie as a fan and former employee of Disneyland. To further prepare for the adaptation of the famous attraction into a movie (take 2), he and his team took a tour of the Haunted Mansion for hours digging into every bit of the history, characters, and design of the spooky house. The filmmaker best known for Dear White People, takes us behind the scenes of the movie starring Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tiffany Haddish and Danny DeVito.
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College basketball player and Swagger actor Jason Rivera-Torres returns as Nick Mendez for the second season of Kevin Durant's Apple TV+ series. The hooper-turned-actor tells CineMovie how the series has impacted his goals to become an NBA player, and behind-the-scenes in the making of the basketball themed-drama.
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Stephanie Hsu,Ashley Park, Sabrina Wu, and Sherry Cola star in JOY RIDE, a raunchy, road trip comedy filled with sexual innuendos. The actors discuss pushing the envelope and finally watching Asian representation in this genre.
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JOY RIDE director Adele Lim (CRAZY RICH ASIANS, RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON) wrote for network shows most of her career, and for her directorial film debut, she went all out raunchy for her comedy starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu. The writer-turned-director says she felt complete freedom to make the R-rated movie she wanted to make without interference from the studio.
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Annie Murphy plays a mean girl mermaid in the Dreamworks' RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN. The role is her first time voicing an animated character, and she learned an important lesson from her experience. The actor also stars in Netflix's new season of Black Mirror, and she's discussing the dangers of deep fakes and implications for the future of acting.
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