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EXCLUSIVE: Fidel Castro’s daughter, Alina Fernández, has emphasized to Deadline her endorsement of James Franco playing her Cuban leader revolutionary father in the upcoming independent feature, Alina of Cuba. She is also proud that “the project is almost entirely Latino, both in front and behind the camera.” “James…

After expressing his outrage over James Franco being cast as Fidel Castro in the independent feature drama Alina of Cuba, Primetime Emmy winner John Leguizamo has expounded on his stance regarding Hollywood casting non-Latinos in Latino roles. Specifically, in an Instagram post earlier today, he says “Alright, look, I…

John Leguizamo thinks the casting of James Franco as Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro is no bueno. That’s “no good,” for those of you who aren’t Latino. Like Franco. Deadline exclusively broke the news earlier this week that Franco, 44, will be playing Castro in the indie film Alina of Cuba. That spawned an…

EXCLUSIVE: American Tragedies: Waco – The Trials, the Paramount+ follow up to the 2018 miniseries, has found its cast. David Costabile and J. Smith-Cameron are among the stars joining the series, alongside John Leguizamo reprising his role. Giovanni Ribisi, John Hoogenakker, Keean Johnson and Abbey Lee also…

Surprisingly, Chris Rock wasn’t responsible for the night’s best joke (but he did deliver big on the night’s biggest shocker). Instead, the honors Sunday went to the three hosts and the inimitable Jane Campion. Here were the best jokes from the 2022 Oscars. “This year the Academy hired three women to host because it’s…

John Leguizamo is opening up about his experience climbing the Hollywood ladder, including the modifications he made in his own life to avoid becoming too tan. This as roles for white Latinos continue to dominate in both the big and small screen today, with the industry mostly ignoring those in the community who are…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launched a new Latin interview video series titled Seen, hosted by journalist Nick Barili. The trailer for Season 1, available above, features interviews with John Leguizamo, Eva Longoria and Edward James Olmos. “What a dream to host a series celebrating our community…

The remarkable true story of Harry Haft is made even more pertinent by the simple fact that his story has not been the subject of a large-scale feature film — until now. It took a script from a young Australian, Justine Juel Gillmer (who also boxes), to generate interest for Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson (Rainm…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Tony Award winner John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge, Critical Thinking) is in final talks to join Searchlight’s The Menu from producers Adam McKay and Betsy Koch. The film, directed by Mark Mylod, is a darkly comedic psychological thriller set in the world of eccentric culinary culture, centering on a…

EXCLUSIVE: John Leguizamo (John Wick) crime movie Dark Blood has been picked up for distribution in North and South America by FilmRise. Spanish-language film Dark Blood, directed by Colombian filmmaker Harold Trompetero (Diastole y systole: Los movimientos del Corazon), follows a father who is imprisoned after…

Ethan Hawke and John Leguizamo will star in an Off Broadway streaming production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by Scott Elliott and premiering online Tuesday, May 6. The New Group production will co-star Wallace Shawn, Tarik Trotter and Drake Bradshaw. Hawke will play Vladimir, and Leguizamo will…

Movies set in the classroom with inspiring stories about teachers and their students has been a staple of Hollywood films from Goodbye Mr. Chips and To Sir, with Love to Up the Down Staircase and Dead Poet’s Society. A new one, Critical Thinking, has more in common with the grit and outsider spirit of the likes of Lean…