The 40-year-old Puerto Rican film director, producer, screenwriter and Blue Beetle director is teaming up with Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa on The Wrecking Crew, the buddy action comedy that they’ve set up at MGM.
Bautista and Momoa were both in talks for the film, scripted by Warrior creator Jonathan Tropper, long before the SAG-AFTRA strike. Tropper’s deal was negotiated and closed, and his script submitted, prior to the WGA strike began in early May.
Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, but Bautista and Momoa sold the pitch to MGM following a four-bidder battle in the fall 2021. Jeffrey Fierson, Momoa’s collaborator on the Netflix/Discovery Canada series Frontier, will produce.
Soto most recently helmed Blue Beetle — the first DC film fronted by a Latino superhero, which opened this past weekend.
Other notable recent projects from the filmmaker include two for Max: the docuseries Menudo: Forever Youngand drama Charm City Kings.
Oscar Isaac has a new project on his hand(s)… The 44-year-old Cuban-Guatemalan actor will star in the crime thriller In the Hand of Dante, with Oscar nominee Julian Schnabel directing and Martin Scorsese among the executive producers. Isaac will star opposite Jason Momoa and Gerard Butler in the film, which is in production in Italy and…
Oscar Isaac is in another world… Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Dune, starring the 42-year-old Guatemalan & Cuban actor. It’s the first clip of the highly anticipated film since the initial trailer hit last September, prior to the recent schedule change. Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel by…
Oscar Isaac is getting into character… Warner Bros. has released a series of character posters from Dune, its upcoming sci-fi tentpole starring the 42-year-old Guatemalan & Cuban actor. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film is an update of Frank Herbert’s novel, which was turned into a 1984 movie by David Lynch.…
Bautista and Momoa were both in talks for the film, scripted by Warrior creator Jonathan Tropper, long before the SAG-AFTRA strike. Tropper’s deal was negotiated and closed, and his script submitted, prior to the WGA strike began in early May.
