The 34-year-old part-Puerto Rican actor will star as Litty in Sony’s Superflyremake, which has Director X at the helm.
Alex Tse will pen the screenplay based on the original Gordon Parks Jr.-directed blaxploitation crime drama, which follows an African American cocaine dealer who tries to secure one more deal before getting out of the business.
Lex Scott Davis, Andrea Londo, Jacob Ming-Trent, and Omar Chapparo will co-star.
The film is slated to open in theaters on June 15.
Maldonado, who recurs on ABC’s Black-ish, co-stars opposite Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish on TBS’ Jordan Peele-created comedy series, The Last O.G, which premieres in April.
Esai Morales’ career is soaring to new heights… The 55-year-old Puerto Rican actor will star in the Director X-helmed Superfly remake from Sony Pictures, which will debut in theaters June 15. Morales will portray play Adalberto. The Alex Tse-penned script is based on the 1972 original blaxploitation crime drama, which followed an African…
It’s a thrilling time for Rodrigo Santoro… The 43-year-old Brazilian actor has joined the supporting cast of Netflix’s yet-to-be-titled sci-fi thriller. Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominique Fishback are set as leads in the film, which will be directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Other supporting cast members include Allen Maldonado, Amy Landecker, Colson…
Allen Maldonado is ready for a little family bonding. The half-Puerto Rican actor will star opposite Tracy Morgan in Morgan’s straight-to-series comedy at TBS. The untitled series centers on Tray (Morgan). After being released on good behavior from a 15-year prison stint, he’s shocked to see how much the world has changed in his…
