Exclusive: Oscar nominee Eric Roberts (The Righteous Gemstones) is reteaming with his Runaway Train co-star Danny Trejo as part of the cast of Alone Today, an upcoming crime drama from director Wendy Wilkins, which will also star Shannon Elizabeth and Frank Whaley.
The film tells the story of a woman (Elizabeth) in an abusive relationship with a dirty detective (Roberts) who is helping move sex trafficked girls coming over the Mexican Border. When attempting to save just one truckload before “disappearing forever,” everything goes horribly wrong and she decides to take a different path.
The project hails from Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies (Bobcat Moretti), who will produce alongside Errol Sack and Julia Verdin. Production is underway in Los Angeles. Roberts is repped by Sovereign Talent Group, Imperial Artists Agency and Miles Anthony Associates in London, manager Eliza Roberts, Empire Agency in Germany and Scott Carlson Entertainment in Canada.
The film tells the story of a woman (Elizabeth) in an abusive relationship with a dirty detective (Roberts) who is helping move sex trafficked girls coming over the Mexican Border. When attempting to save just one truckload before “disappearing forever,” everything goes horribly wrong and she decides to take a different path.
The project hails from Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies (Bobcat Moretti), who will produce alongside Errol Sack and Julia Verdin. Production is underway in Los Angeles. Roberts is repped by Sovereign Talent Group, Imperial Artists Agency and Miles Anthony Associates in London, manager Eliza Roberts, Empire Agency in Germany and Scott Carlson Entertainment in Canada.
- 3/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
As Pixar Studios imagineers yet another animated awards contender, you have to wonder when – or if – they’ll ever stumble again (even in the slightest). No company can flawlessly produce film after film of praise-worthy content, can they? Well, considering how Coco is their best release in years (very, Very successful years), you’ll have to *keep* pondering that very query. Silently, from behind streaming tears (once again).
Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina’s festive journey through their splashy “Land Of The Dead” is a touching, massively heartwarming story of the strongest familial variety. An afterlife exploration so inspired by the theme of death, yet never burdened by fears of the unknown. Even better? Disney/Pixar embraces yet another chance to push younger audiences towards more cultural – and inclusive – understandings. Respectful, complex and still monumentally entertaining – hot tamale, what a triumph.
Anthony Gonzalez voices Mexican son/grandson Miguel Rivera, a starry-eyed,...
Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina’s festive journey through their splashy “Land Of The Dead” is a touching, massively heartwarming story of the strongest familial variety. An afterlife exploration so inspired by the theme of death, yet never burdened by fears of the unknown. Even better? Disney/Pixar embraces yet another chance to push younger audiences towards more cultural – and inclusive – understandings. Respectful, complex and still monumentally entertaining – hot tamale, what a triumph.
Anthony Gonzalez voices Mexican son/grandson Miguel Rivera, a starry-eyed,...
- 11/10/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Guns, cocaine...Trejo! Danny Rodriquez is in post-production on Project X27 , presently being shopped around at the American Film Market. It stars Danny Trejo, Louis Freese, Elika Crespo, Joey Medina, Carla Sanchez, Dyana Ortelli and Richmond Arquette. You'll find the synopsis below: A deserted luxury resort owned by a drug kingpin serves as the top secret hiding place for a huge cache of cocaine. Wracked with paranoia, the drug dealer contacts a scientist to construct a horrifying monster to guard the stash and repel any trespassers. This sinister status quo continues until one day, a series of unsuspecting visitors begin arriving at the resort, converging in an unwitting meeting with a grisly collective fate. The apprehension mounts as one by one, the visitors begin...
- 11/8/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Project X27 was previously known as The Devil Inside, or vice-versa and this Catch 22 Entertainment film has a well known cast. Starring are Danny Trejo (Machete), the legendary rapper B-Real, and Joey Medina. This film was made for under one million dollars and this project is currently at the American Film Market. Also, a trailer is below for Project X27 and the quality of the footage is in a raw state. The clip will likely be updated as a release date becomes available.
The plotline for Project X27 is here:
"A deserted luxury resort owned by a drug kingpin serves as the top secret hiding place for a huge cache of cocaine. Wracked with paranoia, the drug dealer contacts a scientist to construct a horrifying monster to guard the stash and repel any trespassers.
Continues...
This sinister status quo continues until one day, a series of unsuspecting visitors begin arriving at the resort,...
The plotline for Project X27 is here:
"A deserted luxury resort owned by a drug kingpin serves as the top secret hiding place for a huge cache of cocaine. Wracked with paranoia, the drug dealer contacts a scientist to construct a horrifying monster to guard the stash and repel any trespassers.
Continues...
This sinister status quo continues until one day, a series of unsuspecting visitors begin arriving at the resort,...
- 11/7/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Film review: 'Luminarias'
"Luminarias" zeros in on one of the most invisible groups in America -- the professional Latina. This romantic comedy focuses on four such women, upwardly mobile in their careers but in a perpetual nose dive in their love lives. And while the film is based on a play, it seldom betrays its theatrical origins. The film has an easy flow that lets director Jose Luis Valenzuela gracefully move from subplot to subplot, dropping in on these women at crucial junctures in their messy, soap opera-like lives.
But the real question is, will one of the most invisible groups in America show up to support such a film? One recent male-oriented Latin-themed film, "Price of Glory", proved resistible to Latinos in general, while another, "The Other Conquest", has performed well at the boxoffice. But no movie has really targeted Latinas in any big way.
New Latin Pictures, a distribution company that releases
English-language pictures primarily to Hispanics -- their first release was "Nueba Yol" in 1996 -- insists that such an audience does exist. If so, the Cinco de Mayo release of "Luminarias" will need the support of considerable media buys to make Latinos aware of this low-profile picture. Chances for crossover appear unlikely, but the film may do well in some overseas markets.
The film's star, Evelina Fernandez, who is married to helmer Valenzuela, developed the script first as a play for the Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theater Center and then as this independently produced film.
"Luminarias" is the name of an East Los Angeles restaurant where these women gather to quaff tequila and dish. Fernandez plays Andrea, an attorney going through a divorce from a philandering husband (Robert Beltran). When she finds herself falling for a fellow attorney who's Jewish (Scott Bakula), she must confront her own intolerance of gringos.
Conversely, Sofia (Marta Du Bois), a shrink who lives on the Westside, puts all her energy into fitting into Anglo society. That is, until a waiter from the restaurant, Pablo (Sal Lopez), who can barely speak English, gently woos her.
Irene (Dyana Ortelli), a clothing designer who has given up sex for Lent, equally distrusts Anglos even as she insists that her drag queen brother (Geoff Rivas) isn't gay, just "confused."
Visual artist Lilly (Angela Moya) tries to overcome her penchant for undocumented workers "who don't work" -- as her girlfriends put it -- by taking up with a lonely Korean-American businessman (Andrew C. Lim).
The film mainly concentrates on Andrea. This includes her relationship with her future ex, her new lover and a client (Seidy Lopez), who becomes more embroiled in her life than she should.
The three other roles are more sketchily portrayed, so don't look for much insight into their troubled psyches. The film hugs the surface, relying on schematic comedy and bumper-sticker catch phrases for its social commentary. Despite its centrality to the story, Fernandez doesn't really explore the mistrust between Latinos and Anglos beyond using this as a source of conflict between her characters.
The writer and Valenzuela, who are partnered with Sal Lopez in Sleeping Giant Prods., clearly intend to keep things light. This means bypassing an opportunity to explore such intriguing issues as the role of professional women in a culture often ruled by machismo and people's reactions to interracial dating beyond "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" gasps.
Mostly, Valenzuela maintains a party atmosphere with lot of margaritas (boy, can these girls drink), upbeat music and repeated visits to Luminarias.
And other than a show-off four-minute tracking shot that opens the film, Valenzuela is content to let his wife be the star, both as an actress and writer. Technical credits sometimes reflect the low budget -- the film reportedly cost less than $1 million -- but are always professional.
LUMINARIAS
New Latin Pictures
Sleeping Giant Prods. in association
with July Street Entertainment
Producer: Sal Lopez
Director: Jose Luis Valenzuela
Screenwriter: Evelina Fernandez
Based on a play by: Evelina Fernandez
Director of photography: Alex Phillips
Production designer: Patssi Valdez
Music: Eric Allaman
Co-producer: Mina Vasquez
Costume designer: Bernie White
Editors: Terilyn Shropshire, Jeff Koontz
Color/stereo
Cast:
Andrea: Evelina Fernandez
Joseph: Scott Bakula
Sofia: Marta Du Bois
Lilly: Angela Moya
Irene: Dyana Ortelli
Cindy: Seidy Lopez
Joe: Robert Beltran
Pablo: Sal Lopez
Running time -- 98 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
But the real question is, will one of the most invisible groups in America show up to support such a film? One recent male-oriented Latin-themed film, "Price of Glory", proved resistible to Latinos in general, while another, "The Other Conquest", has performed well at the boxoffice. But no movie has really targeted Latinas in any big way.
New Latin Pictures, a distribution company that releases
English-language pictures primarily to Hispanics -- their first release was "Nueba Yol" in 1996 -- insists that such an audience does exist. If so, the Cinco de Mayo release of "Luminarias" will need the support of considerable media buys to make Latinos aware of this low-profile picture. Chances for crossover appear unlikely, but the film may do well in some overseas markets.
The film's star, Evelina Fernandez, who is married to helmer Valenzuela, developed the script first as a play for the Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theater Center and then as this independently produced film.
"Luminarias" is the name of an East Los Angeles restaurant where these women gather to quaff tequila and dish. Fernandez plays Andrea, an attorney going through a divorce from a philandering husband (Robert Beltran). When she finds herself falling for a fellow attorney who's Jewish (Scott Bakula), she must confront her own intolerance of gringos.
Conversely, Sofia (Marta Du Bois), a shrink who lives on the Westside, puts all her energy into fitting into Anglo society. That is, until a waiter from the restaurant, Pablo (Sal Lopez), who can barely speak English, gently woos her.
Irene (Dyana Ortelli), a clothing designer who has given up sex for Lent, equally distrusts Anglos even as she insists that her drag queen brother (Geoff Rivas) isn't gay, just "confused."
Visual artist Lilly (Angela Moya) tries to overcome her penchant for undocumented workers "who don't work" -- as her girlfriends put it -- by taking up with a lonely Korean-American businessman (Andrew C. Lim).
The film mainly concentrates on Andrea. This includes her relationship with her future ex, her new lover and a client (Seidy Lopez), who becomes more embroiled in her life than she should.
The three other roles are more sketchily portrayed, so don't look for much insight into their troubled psyches. The film hugs the surface, relying on schematic comedy and bumper-sticker catch phrases for its social commentary. Despite its centrality to the story, Fernandez doesn't really explore the mistrust between Latinos and Anglos beyond using this as a source of conflict between her characters.
The writer and Valenzuela, who are partnered with Sal Lopez in Sleeping Giant Prods., clearly intend to keep things light. This means bypassing an opportunity to explore such intriguing issues as the role of professional women in a culture often ruled by machismo and people's reactions to interracial dating beyond "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" gasps.
Mostly, Valenzuela maintains a party atmosphere with lot of margaritas (boy, can these girls drink), upbeat music and repeated visits to Luminarias.
And other than a show-off four-minute tracking shot that opens the film, Valenzuela is content to let his wife be the star, both as an actress and writer. Technical credits sometimes reflect the low budget -- the film reportedly cost less than $1 million -- but are always professional.
LUMINARIAS
New Latin Pictures
Sleeping Giant Prods. in association
with July Street Entertainment
Producer: Sal Lopez
Director: Jose Luis Valenzuela
Screenwriter: Evelina Fernandez
Based on a play by: Evelina Fernandez
Director of photography: Alex Phillips
Production designer: Patssi Valdez
Music: Eric Allaman
Co-producer: Mina Vasquez
Costume designer: Bernie White
Editors: Terilyn Shropshire, Jeff Koontz
Color/stereo
Cast:
Andrea: Evelina Fernandez
Joseph: Scott Bakula
Sofia: Marta Du Bois
Lilly: Angela Moya
Irene: Dyana Ortelli
Cindy: Seidy Lopez
Joe: Robert Beltran
Pablo: Sal Lopez
Running time -- 98 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 5/3/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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