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EXCLUSIVE: Actor and producer Karrie Martin Lachney signed with Paradigm for representation in all areas. Lachney made a splash with her portrayal of Ana Morales in the Netflix dramedy Gentefied, created by Linda Yvette Chávez and Marvin Lemus. The series followed a multigenerational, Mexican American family living…

Linda Yvette Chávez, co-creator, executive producer and showrunner of Gentefied, shared a personal essay Friday following Netflix’s decision to cancel the Latinx dramedy series after two seasons. In the emotional letter to fans posted on Instagram next to a quote by Theodore Roosevelt, Chávez, who co-created, exec…

Netflix on Thursday canceled Gentefied. A day later, America Ferrera, who executive produced the half-hour Latinx dramedy alongside creators Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chávez, shared her reaction to Netflix’s decision on Instagram. “So sad that our beloved Gentefied has reached its end,” she wrote. “I have nothing…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has opted not to renew half-hour Latinx dramedy Gentefied for a third season. The decision comes two months after the release of show’s second season on November 10. The show, hailed for its authentic Latino representation, never appeared in the Netflix Top 10 with the new season. That likely played…

EXCLUSIVE: Malcolm Goodwin (Amazon’s upcoming Reacher, The CW’s iZombie) has been tapped to lead The Great Wall of Warren, an indie dramedy from writer-director Victor Hawks, which also stars Kirby Bliss Blanton (Project X), Vanessa Curry (Behind The Trees), William “Big Sleeps” Stewart (Coffee & Kareem), Ester Tania…

Gentefied‘s Linda Yvette Chávez has signed a multi-year overall deal with 20th Television. She will create her own as well as supervise other writers' dramas and comedies for all platforms. “Just take one look at the creators Karey Burke, Carolyn Cassidy and how their teams are uplifting at 20th Television and you'll…

The Morales cousins (J.J. Soria, Karrie Martin Lachney, and Carlos Santos) are back for Season 2 of Netflix’s Gentefied and as they’re fighting to keep their grandfather Pop’s (Joaquín Cosío) from being deported back to Mexico, the trio is dealing with drama galore. The first trailer can be watched in full above. The…

Netflix’s half-hour Latinx dramedy Gentefied is returning for Season 2 on Nov. 10. The series from creators Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chávez follows East Los Angeles Latinos on their respective and collective search for the American Dream. Season 2 picks up after the emotional debut season’s finale that saw Erik…

EXCLUSIVE: Clarissa Thibeaux (Runaways), Manuel Uriza (Rambo: Last Blood), Ivana Rojas (Sneakerheads) and Melinna Bobadilla (Orange is the New Black) are set for recurring roles on Netflix dramedy Gentefied, from Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chávez, the duo behind Sundance darling Gente-fied: The Digital Series, and…

Netflix has picked up an eight-episode second season of its half-hour Latinx dramedy Gentefied, from Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chávez, the duo behind Sundance darling Gente-fied: The Digital Series, and Macro. In celebration of the renewal, Gentefied‘s cast and creators will reunite for a live virtual table read…

The journey for Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chávez‘s Netflix series Gentefied started off as a web series that premiered at Sundance in 2017 that never saw its time on the Internet — at least as a web series it didn’t. Instead, it premiered on the streaming giant as a full-blown series putting a spotlight on the…

Gentefied writer, trans Latina activist and storyteller Camila María Concepción died on Friday by suicide. She was 28. Concepción was from the Inland Empire area and studied English literature at Yale University. She was a writer’s assistant on Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chávez’s Gentefied, which recently made its…