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Apple TV+ has given a series order to Acapulco, a Spanish and English-language half-hour comedy executive produced and starring Eugenio Derbez. inspired by hit 2017 feature comedy How to Be A Latin Lover, which was headlined by Derbez, Acapulco hails from Lionsgate Television, studio-based The Tannenbaum Company as…

EXCLUSIVE: Mexican mega-star Eugenio Derbez (Overboard) and his thespian family are the subjects of under-the-radar reality TV series De Viaje Con Los Derbez (Derbez Family Vacation). The unscripted docu-comedy series, about a Derbez family vacation to Morocco, will launch in the U.S. and Puerto Rico on October 18 via…

Maybe it is kind of like kicking a puppy, especially since the Nickelodeon big-screen version of their circa 2000 animated kids series Dora the Explorer is so sweet and enthusiastic. But this live-action take is really only going to appeal to audience members whose heads don’t reach quite above the seats. Unlike…

EXCLUSIVE: "Something is changing in America," says LA-based Mexican megastar Eugenio Derbez. "Look at the success of Crazy Rich Asians and Black Panther: that's America today. There are a lot of people who want to see themselves reflected on screen. Now it's time for Latinos. There are 58M Latinos in the U.S. so in…

Lionsgate has purchased the spec script Bad Dog, a comedy feature written by Jeff Bushell, the screenwriter behind Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Bushell is also known for his Black List script Ricky Stanicky, a comedy Peter Farrelly is attached to direct. Point Grey is on board to produce Bad Dog along with Eugenio…

Nickelodeon's upcoming original animated series The Casagrandes has added Eugenio Derbez (Overboard), Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken) and Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) to its cast. In addition, Nickelodeon has renewed mothership series The Loud House for a fifth season. The Loud House spinoff tells the story of…

Paramount Pictures released the first trailer Saturday for Dora and the Lost City of Gold. The live-action film is based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series, Dora the Explorer, and stars Eva Longoria, Michael Peña, and Isabela Moner in the title role. After spending most of her life exploring the jungle with…

Mexico City-born actor-writer-director-producer Eugenio Derbez, a longtime star in his native country, has become an international name with movie credits including Instructions Not Included, How to Be a Latin Lover and recently Overboard with Anna Faris and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, with a role in the live-a…

3Pas Studios, the film, TV and digital production company run by Eugenio Derbez and Ben Odell to create content for English and Spanish dominant Latinos globally, is expanding its executive team. The company just hired two executives and promoted another: Carlos Aguirre as VP of feature films, Jessica Pavão upped to…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off the huge Mexican box office opening of his comedy Ya Veremos, Mauricio Ochmann is joining Mexican comedian Omar Chaparro (No Manches Frida) in Spanish-language comedy Backseat Driver. Pantelion Films, 3Pas Studios, and Alcon Entertainment are producing the pic, which starts production in Mexico…

Eugenio Derbez is returning to television with a six-part Amazon Prime original series, LOL: Last One Laughing, that will be available exclusively to Prime members. Derbez’s first TV gig in six years follows his Overboard movie with Anna Faris earlier this year. The Amazon LOL series will see Derbez lead an all-star…

Walden Media has boarded Paramount Players’ live-action film Dora the Explorer, based on the ever-popular kids IP from Nickelodeon. The company will be both co-financing and co-producing. Eugenio Derbez (Overboard) has also joined the film, which is being directed by James Bobin. Paramount has the film set for an Augus…