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Tanya Saracho, who created the Starz series Vida which ran for three seasons, has set a new project at the streamer. Saracho is currently developing the half-hour drama Lovesong, it was announced on Thursday. Musician and actor Johnny Flynn will also co-executive produce and serve as composer. Lovesong follows two…

EXCLUSIVE: The Writers Guild Foundation has set the application window for the next cycle of their Writers' Access Support Staff Training Program. Submissions to the 2022 Fall session will be accepted between May 5 and June 6, 2022. Overall, 16 applicants will be chosen for the upcoming cycle, which begins in…

Molly Ringwald is “so happy” about the Sixteen Candles-inspired series in development from UCP for Peacock, executive produced by Selena Gomez, Tanya Saracho, and Gabriela Lugo. 15 Candles tells the story of four young Latinas starting high school as they overcome their feelings of invisibility while exploring what it…

EXCLUSIVE: Tanya Saracho (Vida), Gabriela Revilla Lugo (Whiplash, Palm Springs), and Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building, 13 Reasons Why) are developing the single-camera comedy 15 Candles, a reconfiguration of the world of John Hughes‘ 16 Candles.  The half-hour series—from UCP for Peacock—follows four young…

EXCLUSIVE: Showrunner Tanya Saracho and UCP (a division of Universal Studio Group) have selected 5 inaugural fellows for the Ojalá Ignition Lab: Diana Peralta, Luca Rojas, Melba Silwany, Samantha Renee Cordero, and Stephanie Adams-Santos. Over the course of 26-weeks—beginning Jan. 11—, each fellow will have the…

EXCLUSIVE: Three of the most dynamic creators in Tinseltown have brought together two of the most preeminent advocacy organizations to further advance Latine representation and equity in the industry. America Ferrera, Tanya Saracho, and Gloria Calderón Kellett have partnered HARNESS and the Untitled Latinx Project…

EXCLUSIVE: Tanya Saracho's 2014 play off-Broadway play, Mala Hierba is coming to the big screen, and the Vida creator will be helming the feature. In her movie directorial debut, Saracho has teamed up with Anonymous Content to adapt the Texas border town set drama. Mala Hierba the movie will be produced by the Robert…

EXCLUSIVE: Almost a year after inking a development deal with UCP, Tanya Saracho is turning up the volume for Latinx voices in Hollywood, as promised. The Vida creator and the studio, a division of Universal Studio Group, launched the Ojalá Ignition Lab on Monday. Under the umbrella of Saracho's deal, the 26-week long…

Marti Noxon and Jessica Rhoades are behind Torchlighter Dinners, a series of gatherings for women in television to talk all things industry – from finding the right agent, creating a diverse writers room to fighting for pay parity. With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the duo, who became close friends after executive…

Tanya Saracho (Vida), Mike Royce (One Day at a Time), and Liz Hsiao Lan Alper (Day of the Dead) continue to do the work to bring more equity and inclusion to Hollywood — something that it seems to have trouble with as of late (we’re looking at you HFPA). The trio has partnered with the Writers Guild Foundation to…

EXCLUSIVE: Vida is over, but series creator Tanya Saracho now has a newly created production company and a former executive from Warner Bros content studio Stage 13 to help her run it. Christine Dávila has been hired as Head of Development and Production for Saracho's Ojalá Productions. The hire comes just over three…

October 15 marks the end of Hispanic Heritage Month and some of the top creators in TV and film are punctuating it with a demand for change when it comes to Latinx representation — and they have every right to voice their demands. In fact, it is long overdue. In an open letter to Hollywood over 270 Latinx showrunners…