Rita Moreno is preparing to scare up a new audience…
The 92-year-old Puerto Rican award-winning actress, dancer and singer has been cast in Theirs, an indie horror thriller going into production in Tulsa, Oklahoma this summer.
But she isn’t the only Latina artist joining the project.
Roselyn Sanchez, who most recently starred in the Fantasy Island reboot,
The 50-year-old Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, producer and writer and Moreno will star alongside Harvey Keitel and Udo Kier in the project.
Written by Juan Pablo Reinoso and to be directed by Sonja O’Hara, the film centers on a mother who, after a lifetime of grappling with abusive men and a bitter divorce, finds hope for herself and her teenage daughter in a new home, only to quickly find their newfound freedom tested by malicious secrets within its walls.
Keli Price will produce for his Price Productions, alongside Reinoso for LookBook, and David Bond for Dark Elegy Films. Tom Biolchini will serve as the film’s executive producer.
Recent credits for EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar & Tony Award) winner Moreno include dark comedy The Prank, out March 15, as well as Fast X, Netflix’s Family Switch, 80 for Brady and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, to name a few.
Most recently starring on the Fox series Fantasy Island, Sanchez has also been seen in prominent roles on shows like Grand Hotel, Devious Maids and Without a Trace.