America Ferrera Set For Series ‘Naked By The Window’ In Development At Amazon MGM Studios
23.02.2024 - 19:17
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EXCLUSIVE: America Ferrera‘s hot streak continues, as the Barbie Oscar nom has been set to executive produce and star in Naked by the Window, a series adaptation of the book by Robert Katz, which has landed at Amazon MGM Studios for development following a bidding war.
Originally published in 1990, the book tells the true story of the groundbreaking Cuban artist Ana Mendieta, her formidable impact on the New York art scene, and the controversial trial of her sculptor husband, Carl Andre, for her sudden and tragic death.
Charise Castro Smith (Encanto) will write and exec produce the series, with Plan B also on board to executive produce.
Regarded as one of the most influential Cuban-American artists of the post-WWII era, Mendieta is celebrated for her groundbreaking work in the fields of performance art, sculpture, and land art. Known for works examining themes of identity, feminism, and the relationship between the human body and the earth, she saw the latter take particular focus in her well-known “Silueta” series, juxtaposing her silhouette with natural elements like earth, rocks, and fire. Mendieta died in 1985, when she fell from Andre’s 34th floor apartment. She was 36.
An Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award winner, Ferrera is currently enjoying a career high point, on the heels of an Oscar nomination for her role as Gloria in Warner Bros’ cultural phenomenon, Barbie. Currently developing her feature directorial debut I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter with Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures, Ferrera was also this week set to star opposite Matthew McConaughey in Paul Greengrass’s Apple drama The Lost Bus, about California’s deadly Camp Fire of 2018. Also coming up for her is Pixar’s Elio, in which she voices a