America Ferrera To Make Film Directing Debut With ‘I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter’ For Netflix; Anonymous Content, MACRO Producing

Manuel Betancourt “Fauna” is a curious proposition. On the surface, the ninth feature from Mexican-Canadian independent filmmaker Nicolás Pereda consists of a series of dialogue-driven scenes taking place in a remote Mexican village where an estranged brother and sister are visiting their parents.

Thomas Markle reacted to his daughter Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday, and amid his defense of the British royal family, he voiced regret for the staged photos he took in Mexico that ultimately led to his estrangement from the Duchess of Sussex.

Ricardo González, known as Cepillín, has died at the age of 75. González died after entering intensive care yesterday for heart failure and pneumonia.

direct to your inboxThomas Markle, the father of the Duchess of Sussex, said he was "disappointed" after seeing his daughter’s interview with Oprah Winfrey. The explosive interview with Meghan and Prince Harry is being discussed across the world after it aired in the US on Sunday night before being aired in the UK on ITV.

In its first weekend on Amazon Prime, Eddie Murphy’s “Coming 2 America” became the most-watched streaming film since movie theaters closed due to COVID-19 nearly a year ago, according to Amazon and Screen Engine/ASI.The sequel to the ’80s comedy about an African prince traveling to New York to find true love topped “The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run,” which was originally set for theatrical release but instead became a launch title for the new Paramount+ streaming service.

Amazon Prime Video has swooped on the critically acclaimed Chilean LGBTQ+ drama My Tender Matador for Latin America. The film —which first bowed in the Venice Days sidebar of the 2020 Venice Film Festival —won the audience award in the Open Horizons section of the 2020 Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Activist Rose McGowan says the political divide in America contributed to her decision to move out of the United States to Mexico last year. Speaking with Fox News from her new home, the former "Charmed" actress detailed her current path to healing after feeling rather depleted in the wake of Harvey Weinstein's early 2020 New York trial as well as the build-up to the presidential election.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated actress Adriana Barraza (Amores Perros, Babel) is set to serve up some scares in the next slate of films in the horror anthology Welcome To The Blumhouse at Amazon studios. The influential Mexican actress will star in Bingo directed and co-written by rising genre filmmaker Gigi Saul Guerrero. The film is currently in production.

Despite its simple title, Mexican filmmaker Alonso Ruizpalacios’ latest feature is far from a simple shoot-'em-up cop movie. It’s more like a cop movie written by Jacques Derrida, directed with nods to Wes Anderson and Jean-Luc Godard and then remixed by Abbas Kiarostami in its efforts to tear down the fourth wall.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Mexican filmmaker Fernando Frias’ latest feature, “I’m No Longer Here,” has garnered a host of awards since it was minted at the Sundance Screenwriters lab.

There is a long list of films that were turned down by one major film festival only to have a breakout moment at another. For example, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” ended up going to Sundance after Cannes passed and Lena Dunham’s “Tiny Furniture” went to SXSW after Sundance passed.

 America Ferrera  is already an Emmy and Golden Globe winner, but she’s about to add another accomplishment to her growing resume. The actress is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.

America Ferrera is making her feature directorial debut!

America Ferrara is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the young adultnovel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter for Netflix. The New York Times bestseller from Erika L.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAmerica Ferrera is stepping behind the camera for the first time to direct “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.” The film, adapted from Erika L. Sánchez’s novel, will debut on Netflix.The YA story is about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.

Rose McGowan is getting a change of scenery!