Exclusive: Roberto Urbina (Snowpiercer), McCaul Lombardi (American Honey), Julieth Restrepo (Loving Pablo), Kendal Rae (2 Broke Girls), Luis Chávez (Ocean’s Thirteen), Julio César Cedillo (Sicario), Manuel Uriza (Rambo: Last Blood) and Chris Mulkey (On the Basis of Sex) will star in Deadland, an indie thriller from director Lance Larson, which has wrapped production in Oklahoma and Texas.
The film centers on border agent Angel Waters (Urbina), who is called to investigate a man who walks the harsh plains of the South Texas desert, finding that what should be a routine apprehension quickly turns into his worst nightmare.
In an unexpected turn of events, the migrant is accidentally killed, with Waters and his fellow officers quickly burying the body in the desert. They swear to an oath of silence—but the migrant refuses to stay silent.
Larson and Jas Shelton wrote the script, with David Elliot providing creative supervision. Larson and...
The film centers on border agent Angel Waters (Urbina), who is called to investigate a man who walks the harsh plains of the South Texas desert, finding that what should be a routine apprehension quickly turns into his worst nightmare.
In an unexpected turn of events, the migrant is accidentally killed, with Waters and his fellow officers quickly burying the body in the desert. They swear to an oath of silence—but the migrant refuses to stay silent.
Larson and Jas Shelton wrote the script, with David Elliot providing creative supervision. Larson and...
- 11/2/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Mexican actress Elyfer Torres, who was the breakout star of Mexico’s Ugly Betty re-make Betty En NY, has signed with Ryan Muckenthaler and Ali Benmohamed at UTA for representation in all areas.
Torres was also recently named Best New Actress at the Produ Awards at Mipcom Mexico. She is close to wrapping her second TV series, Enemigo Intimo, for Spanish language powerhouse Telemundo Global Studios.
The actress is relocating to Los Angeles in January 2020 to pursue English language film and television opportunities.
Torres also recently signed with Los Angeles and London based management/production company Avatar Entertainment where she will be repped by Val Valdez and Larry Robinson.
Rounding out her team, Torres has also recently signed with lawyer Maria Suarez at Hanson Jacobson & Teller.
Manager Val Valdez says, “[Torres] is probably the hottest Latino star under the age on 25 years old and her talent is only exceeded by her tireless work ethic.
Torres was also recently named Best New Actress at the Produ Awards at Mipcom Mexico. She is close to wrapping her second TV series, Enemigo Intimo, for Spanish language powerhouse Telemundo Global Studios.
The actress is relocating to Los Angeles in January 2020 to pursue English language film and television opportunities.
Torres also recently signed with Los Angeles and London based management/production company Avatar Entertainment where she will be repped by Val Valdez and Larry Robinson.
Rounding out her team, Torres has also recently signed with lawyer Maria Suarez at Hanson Jacobson & Teller.
Manager Val Valdez says, “[Torres] is probably the hottest Latino star under the age on 25 years old and her talent is only exceeded by her tireless work ethic.
- 12/5/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Tahar Rahim owes his UTA agent, Ali Benmohamed, a huge thank you. If it weren’t for Benmohamed’s insistence that Rahim read the script for The Looming Tower, in spite of Rahim’s blanket refusal to read anything that would cast Muslims as terrorists, he might never have played perhaps the most defining role of his career since his international breakthrough in Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet in 2009.
But so far, so agent. What makes Benmohamed so essential to Rahim chasing the role is his first name. When Rahim read the first two scripts for the Hulu miniseries, created by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney and Lawrence Wright (and based on Wright’s non-fiction book of the same name) he liked what he saw in the character of Ali Soufan—a real-life FBI operative (and a Muslim) who Wright believes came closer than anyone to stopping 9/11. “These types of heroes existed 17 years ago,...
But so far, so agent. What makes Benmohamed so essential to Rahim chasing the role is his first name. When Rahim read the first two scripts for the Hulu miniseries, created by Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney and Lawrence Wright (and based on Wright’s non-fiction book of the same name) he liked what he saw in the character of Ali Soufan—a real-life FBI operative (and a Muslim) who Wright believes came closer than anyone to stopping 9/11. “These types of heroes existed 17 years ago,...
- 6/15/2018
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
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