The 45-year-old Brazilian-Mexican actor and Jane the Virgin scene-stealer will headline and executive produce Rags to Riches, a multi-camera comedy at CBS from Jane the Virgin creator/executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman’s Sutton St. Productions.
In Riches To Rags, written by Will & Grace executive producer Alex Herschlag, when an outrageously wealthy trust fund baby is cut off by his father, he and his wife move into her sister’s Reseda condo where they delight in the “charms” of the working class but mourn the loss of being the 1% of the 1%.
Camil executive produces via his production company ECABA alongside Herschlag, Urman and Klein as well as Jane exec producer Ben Silverman.
Camil himself often had been talked about for a potential Jane spinoff built around his larger-than-life character, telenovela star Rogelio De La Vega.
Jaime Camil is soldiering forward… ABC is developing Guerrillas, a single-camera comedy starring the 47-year-old Mexican actor/singer and former Jane the Virgin scene-stealer and comedian Al Madrigal. The project comes from Jennie Snyder Urman’s Sutton Street Productions and CBS Studios. In Guerrillas, co-written by Madrigal and Matt Kellard, when Miles Flores (Madrigal), a lonely…
Izzy Diazhas hit pay dirt… The Latino actor has been cast asa series regular opposite Jaime Camil, Natasha Leggiero and Pauley Perrette in CBS’ multi-camera newly retitled comedy pilot From Riches (fka, Broke, the Untitled Jennie Snyder Urman/Alex Herschlag Project). It hails from Jane the Virgincreator/executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, Will & Graceexecutive producer Alex Herschlag, CBS Television Studios and Propagate. Written by Herschlag…
Gina Rodriguez may be spinning tales soon… The 34-year-old Puerto Rican actress and Jane the Virgin star is attached to serve as part of a potential spinoff of her The CW dramedy. The network has put in development the untitled project, from the original series’ creator/executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, Rodriguez, executive producer Ben Silverman, executive…
