James Bond actor Frank McRae, best known for playing Sharkey in 1989's Licence To Kill, has died at 80. The star's daughter-in-law confirmed to Variety that the star passed away from a heart attack in Santa Monica on April 29.
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Joe Otterson TV ReporterCecilia Suárez and Augusto Aguilera have joined the ABC drama pilot “Promised Land,” Variety has learned.The show is described as an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley.
The pair joins previously announced cast members John Ortiz, Christina Ochoa and Mariel Molino.Suárez will star as Lettie Sandoval, the matriarch of the Sandoval family, a wealthy vineyard-owning family in the Sonoma Valley.
.James Bond actor Frank McRae, best known for playing Sharkey in 1989's Licence To Kill, has died at 80. The star's daughter-in-law confirmed to Variety that the star passed away from a heart attack in Santa Monica on April 29.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Hulu has ordered a one-hour drama pilot titled “Olga Dies Dreaming,” based on the yet-to-be-published novel of the same name. Author Xochitl Gonzalez and Alfonso Gómez-Rejón are attached to executive produce, with Gonzalez writing, and Gómez-Rejón directing.
Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot) has been cast as a series regular opposite Demián Bichir and Anika Noni Rose in Let the Right One In, Showtime’s vampire drama pilot from Away creator Andrew Hinderaker, who serves as showrunner; Seith Man, who will direct; and Tomorrow Studios.
EXCLUSIVE: Katya Martín (My First Miracle) is set as a lead opposite John Ortiz and Andres Velez in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.
EXCLUSIVE: Tonatiuh (Vida) is set as a lead opposite John Ortiz in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Alexander Hodge will guest star in ABC’s drama pilot “Epic,” hailing from “Once Upon a Time” creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. The actor joins previously announced lead cast members Eleanor Fanyinka (“Masters of Love,” “Holby City”) and Brittany O’Grady (“Little Voice,” “Star”) in the ABC Signature production.“Epic” is described as a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairytales for a new audience.
Whether you’re #TeamJosh, #TeamCharles, #TeamLiza or all of the above — it’s possible! — everyone will get the appropriate ending when Younger wraps up this year, creator Darren Star exclusively told Us Weekly.
EXCLUSIVE: Prolific TV pilot director James Griffiths has been tapped to direct and executive produce ABC’s fairytale drama pilot Epic, from Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis and ABC Signature. Shooting is currently underway in Ireland.
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cuesta (Homeland) has been tapped to direct and executive produce ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.
Cecilia Suárez (The House of Flowers) and Augusto Aguilera (Too Old To Die Young) are set as leads opposite John Ortiz in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.
John Ortiz (HBO’s Togetherness) has been tapped as a main lead of ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterJohn Ortiz has been cast in a leading role of the ABC drama pilot “Promised Land,” Variety has learned.The show is described as an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. Ortiz joins previously announced cast members Christina Ochoa and Mariel Molino.Ortiz will star as Joe Sandoval, the patriarch of the Sandoval family, a wealthy vineyard-owning family in the Sonoma Valley.
Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls, Power) is set as a lead opposite Demián Bichir in Let the Right One In, Showtime’s vampire drama pilot from Away creator Andrew Hinderaker, who serves as showrunner, Seith Man, who will direct, and Tomorrow Studios.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Brittany O’Grady will headline ABC’s drama pilot “Epic,” hailing from “Once Upon a Time” creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. The actor joins previously announced cast member Eleanor Fanyinka (“Masters of Love,” “Holby City,”) in the ABC Signature production.“Epic” is described as a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairy tales for a new audience.
EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s fairytale drama pilot Epic has found its princess. Brittany O’Grady (Star, Little Voice) has been tapped as the lead in the project, from Once Upon a Time creators, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis.
EXCLUSIVE: The Baker and the Beauty alum Carlos Gomez and Anja Savcic (Loudermilk) are set for recurring roles on David E. Kelley’s hit freshman ABC drama series Big Sky. Zoë Noelle Baker (The Haunting Of Bly Manor) also recurs in the crime thriller created by Big Little Lies‘ Kelly based on C.J. Box’s book.
Much is made of Wigan Warriors’ ability to produce homegrown talent, and rightly so because it has proved so fundamental to their success down the years.
EXCLUSIVE: Andres Velez (Coyote Lake) has been cast as a lead alongside Christina Ochoa and Mariel Molino in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla Annie Gonzalez (“Gentefied”) and newcomer Sofia Capanna have been cast in the ABC multi-cam sitcom pilot “Bucktown,” joining previously announced cast members Jane Lynch (“Glee”), Shannon Woodward (“Westworld”) and Nicole Richie (“The Simple Life”).Per the show’s logline, the comedy follows Amy (Woodward) who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom Helen’s (Lynch) house in the blue-collar