EXCLUSIVE: Kate del Castillo, whose wildly popular run as Teresa Mendoza in Telemundo’s La Reina del Sure series even drew the headline-making attention of El Chapo, will return to the New York stage this summer in the Off Broadway production of Isaac Gomez's the way she spoke, directed by Jo Bonney as the next…

EXCLUSIVE: Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo, who stars in the Netflix political drama Ingobernable and La Reina del Sur on Telemundo, has been added to the cast of Sony’s Bad Boys for Life sequel starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Smith and Lawrence are returning Detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett who…

Kate del Castillo, the star of La Reina del Sur, does not regret becoming a major player in the El Chapo saga but admitted that she "hated" the fact that she had to have a double for Mexico-set scenes of the Telemundo narco drama. Del Castillo, speaking on day one of TCA, said that she was not able to shoot her scenes…

After nearly a decade, Kate Del Castillo will reprise her role as Teresa Mendoza in the return of the Narco drama La Reina del Sur, set to debut in 2019 on Telemundo. The original story, based on the novel of the same by Arturo Perez-Reverte, follows Mendoza's climb to the top of the male-dominated Narco world that…

With just hours to go before The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story debuts on Netflix, Sean Penn has come up empty in trying to get changes made to the self-described documentary series. Despite claims by other outlets that the Oscar winner is trying to block the three-episode series by the Mexican…

Netflix has dropped the official trailer for Ingobernable, the upcoming political thriller drama series from Mexico starring Kate del Castillo and Erik Hayser. First Lady Emilia Urquiza (del Castillo) has big plans to improve conditions for the country through her commitment to fighting for peace. As Emilia starts to…

Netflix has slotted March 24 for the premiere of the first season of its Mexican original series Ingobernable. Starring Kate del Castillo and Erik Hayser as the First Lady and President of Mexico, the 15-episode fictional series set in present-day will debut at 12 AM CT. Del Castillo, a key player in the real-life…

After a delay, Ingobernable, Netflix’s new original series toplined by Mexican TV star Kate del Castillo, is heading to production with a twist. The show, whose star was a key player in the El Chapo saga, was originally slated to film in Mexico. It will now shoot in the U.S., I have learned. According to…

History may have put in development the story of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, without Kate del Castillo or Sean Penn, from Narcos co-creator  co-creator Chris Brancato. But Fox News Channel boasted this afternoon it has Castillo, for a one-hour special airing this coming Saturday. Fox News Rep…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: I feel a rant or two coming on today. First up: how in the name of Sweet Baby Jesus does a movie as balls out funny as The Br…

Kate del Castillo was looking to break into America as star of Netflix's upcoming Spanish-language series Ingobernable. But the popular Mexican actress became a household name in the US sooner under rather controversial circumstances as she emerged as a major player in the El Chapo saga, culminating with the arrest of…

Kate del Castillo has been tapped to star as Mexico’s First Lady in Netflix’s new original series Ingobernable. Del Castillo will play Irene Urzua, the wife of Mexico's president. A woman with a strong personality, conviction and clear ideas, Urzua is capable of "creating a president, leaving a president and killing a…