The 38-year-old half-Peruvian American actress will star as the female lead in Play Dirty, Shane Black’s crime thriller for Amazon MGM Studios.
Salazar will star opposite Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield in the project.
Details about her role are being kept under wraps.
In Play Dirty, Wahlberg plays professional thief Parker, who after being double-crossed and left for dead, sees his hunt for revenge bring with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career. But even with the help of his partner, actor-slash-con artist Grofield (Stanfield), he’ll still need to outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob and the world’s richest man if he hopes to stay alive.
Based on Donald E. Westlake’s Parker crime fiction novels, written under the pseudonym Richard Stark, the film is the first project in a forthcoming Amazon MGM slate based on Westlake’s work, following a pact between the studio and Team Downey in 2022, which will also see titles adapted for television.
Black is directing from his script written with Charles Mondry and Anthony Bagarozzi.
Best known for starring in Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel, as well as Undone, an acclaimed rotoscoped series from Amazon, which she also produced, Salazar will next be seen in Captain America: Brave New World, which is due for release in theaters on February 14, 2025.
Previously, she has also been seen in Amazon MGM’s true-life astronaut drama A Million Miles Away, Netflix’s The Kindergarten Teacher, 20th’s Maze Runnerfranchise, and A24’s Oscar-nominated animated feature Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
The actress co-produced and starred in Brand New Cherry Flavor for Netflix and will additionally be seen coming up in horror comedy Vampires of the Velvet Lounge.
The 37-year-old half-Peruvian actress has signed with the Agency for the Performing Arts (APA).
Salazar rose to prominence with turns on the film side inThe Divergent Series: Insurgentfor Lionsgate, the Maze Runner franchise for 20th Century Fox and Robert Rodriguez’s sci-fi actioner Alita: Battle Angel.
She more recently appeared in Dean Fleischer-Camp’s hit animated filmMarcel the Shell with Shoes On for A24, and will next be seen starring alongside Michael Peña in Prime Video’s A Million Miles Away, an astronaut drama inspired by the true story of Jose Hernandez, who defied insurmountable odds to become the first migrant farmworker to travel to space.
Her other notable credits include Bird Boxand The Kindergarten Teacherfor Netflix andNight Owlsfor MGM’s Orion Pictures.
Salazar currently stars in the series Wedding Seasonfor Hulu and Disney+, and has also starred on series including Brand New Cherry Flavorfor Netflix and the beautifully rotoscoped Undone for Prime Video. Additional small-screen credits include Big Mouth on Netflix, Man Seeking Womanon FXX and Parenthood on NBC.
Salazar produces Undone, co-produces Brand New Cherry Flavor and also previously wrote and directed the short film Good Crazy, which premiered in competition at Sundance in 2017.
The 37-year-old half-Peruvian Canadian actress has joined the cast of Prime Video’s Michael Peña starrer A Million Miles Away, which has entered production in Mexico City.
Salazar is among a list of new cast additions that includes Bobby Soto, Julio César Cedillo, Veronica Falcón, Sarayu Blue and Eric Johnson.
Others rounding out the ensemble of the Alejandra Márquez Abella-helmed film include Jordan Dean, Ashley Ciarra, Michelle Krusiec, Emma Fassler, Michael Adler, Carlos S. Sanchez and Isaac Arellanes.
A Million Miles Away is based on the inspiring true story of Jose Hernandez, who defied insurmountable odds to become the first migrant farmworker to travel to space. From six years old, he toiled in the fields between Michoacán and Stockton, California —dreaming of traveling the night skies on a rocket ship. Through his family’s support and his unrelenting determination, pushing through 11 rejections from NASA, Jose’s story is a tale of perseverance, community and sacrifice to accomplish an impossible dream.
Abella is directing from the script she wrote alongside Hernàn Jiménez and Bettina Gilois.
The Amazon Original Movie will ultimately stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Salazar stars in Prime Video’s animated series Undone, and has also been part of such series as Big Mouth, Brand New CherryFlavor, B Positive, Man Seeking Woman, Parenthood and American Horror Story, among others.
She recently appeared in Dean Fleischer-Camp’s live-action-animated hybrid Marcel the Shell with Shoes On for A24, and has also been seen in multiple Maze Runnerfilms, as well as such titles as Pink Skies Ahead, Alita: Battle Angel, Bird Box, The Kindergarten Teacherand The Divergent Series: Insurgent.
The actress will next be seen in the Hulu series Wedding Season, launching in September.
Soto has been seen on series like Narcos: Mexico, and in such films as The Tax Collector, The Quarryand A Better Life. He’ll next be seen in Chase Joliet’s dramaGrapefruit, as well as Eva Longoria’s Flamin’ Hotfor Searchlight and Michael Lozano’s Bridge to Somewhere.
Cedillo is perhaps best known for turns on such series as Coyote, Narcos: Mexico and Queen of the South. Notable film credits include The Harder They Fall, Sicario, Frontera, Cowboys & Aliens, The MistandBordertown. The actor will next be seen in Jonás Cuarón’s feature Chupa, as well as Adrian Grunberg’s thrillerThe Black Demon, Lance Larson’s action-thrillerDeadlandand Mark Lambert Bristol’s dramedy Chocolate Lizards.
Falcón has previously appeared on series including Perry Mason,Ozark, Why Women Killand Queen of the South, among many others. Notable film credits include The Starling, Jungle Cruise, The Forever PurgeandVoyagers. The actress will next be seen in Aitch Alberto’s film Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, based on the book by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.
Amazon has released first-look Season Two footage of Prime Video’s animated series Undone, starring the 36-year-old half-Peruvian actress.
The half-hour animated dramedy series, from creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, will premiere on Friday, April 29.
Undone explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma (Salazar), a 28-year-old woman living in San Antonio, Texas alongside her mother Camila (Constance Marie) and sister Becca (Angelique Cabral).
After getting into a car accident and nearly dying, Alma finds she has a new relationship to time. She develops this new ability in order to find out the truth about her father Jacob’s (Bob Odenkirk) death.
In Season Two, Alma realizes there are deeper mysteries in her family’s past. However, no one in her family is interested in digging up uncomfortable truths with her—until she finally convinces her sister Becca to help her look. As the sisters search for answers, they unravel a complex network of memories and motivations that have shaped who they are today. They realize by healing this family trauma they can make all of their lives better.
The series is brought to life using rotoscope animation—a first for episodic television. The look of the animation, under the direction of Hisko Hulsing, uses a variety of mediums, including oil painting on canvas to render the backgrounds. Amsterdam-based animation studio Submarine assembled a team of artists and painters from all over Europe to bring all the animation elements to life, with the rotoscoping elements being handled by the team at Austin-based Minnow Mountain.
Salazar serves as a producer.
Undone is produced by Amazon Studios and Tornante Productions.
The 55-year-old Mexican American actress will star in Amazon’s one-hour romantic comedy series With Love from Gloria Calderón Kellett, GloNation Studios and Amazon Studios.
Constance Marie joins a list of new cast additions that includes Benito Martinez and Vincent Rodriguez III.
They will be series regulars opposite Emeraude Tobia and Mark Indelicato in Amazon’s one-hour romantic comedy series.
Created and written by Calderón Kellett, With Love follows the Diaz siblings, Lily (Toubia) and Jorge (Indelicato), who are on a mission to find love and purpose. The Diaz siblings cross paths with seemingly unrelated residents during some of the most heightened days of the year — the holidays.
Marie plays Beatriz Diaz, Jorge and Lily’s mother. She’s going through a midlife/identity crisis with her kids getting older and her marriage being on auto-pilot.
Martinez is Jorge Diaz Sr. He’s a hug in human form, a loving and caring father and husband, even if he has gotten a bit too comfortable in his relationship.
Rodriguez plays Henry, Jorge’s charismatic boyfriend who is about to meet the Diaz family and be the first man that Jorge has brought home ever. Henry is a Filipino dreamboat and the perfect guy but will he and Jorge have a happy ending?
In addition to Toubia and Indelicato, they join previously announced series regulars Rome Flynn, Isis King, Todd Grinnell and Desmond Chiam.
All episodes will be written and executive produced by Calderón Kellet. The pilot episode will be directed and executive produced by Meera Menon.
Known for her longtime run on the ABC comedy George Lopez and as a lead for five seasons on Freeform’s Switched At Birth, Constance Marie can currently be seen on Amazon series Undoneopposite Rosa Salazar.
She recently recurred in the Netflix comedy Alexa & Katieand starred in the NBC miniseriesLaw & Order True Crime: Menendez Murders.
Martinez portrayed David Aveveda for seven seasons on The Shieldand played multiple roles over three seasons in John Ridley’s anthology series American Crime. He was most recently seen in recurring roles on 9-1-1: Lone Star and The Mayor.
Rosa Salazar is coming undone for a special preview…
The 34-year-old Latina actress is set to appear at the Paley Center for Media’s 13th annual PaleyFest Fall TV Previews.
The fest will take place on September 5-15 at the Paley Centerin Beverly Hills and feature new shows from the fall 2019 television season as well as returning favorites from broadcast, cable and streaming services.
As an added bonus, the Paley Center in New York will host free PaleyFest Fall TV Previews screenings on September 6-8.
The event will feature screenings of new shows like Salazar’s Amazon series Undone, which will have its special screening on Friday, September 6, 2019. Salazar will then participate in a conversation with fellow cast members Angelique Cabral and Constance Marie, as well as series creators and executive producers Kate Purdy & Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and director Hisko Hulsing.
Undone, an adult animated dramedy series, explores “the elastic nature of reality” through its central character, Alma (Salazar). After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
But Salazar, Cabral and Constance Marie aren’t the only Hispanic talent scheduled to appear.
Jessica Camacho and Lindsay Mendez are scheduled to appear alongside their All Risecast mates on Thursday, September 12.
Hailing from CBS, the legal dramatakes a look inside the chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of judges, prosecutors and public defenders as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal process.
Meanwhile, Izabella Alvarez, Carlos Alazraqui and Sonia Manzano will appear on the panel for Nickelodeon’s animated series The Casagrandes preview screening and conversation on Sunday, September 15.
A spin-off of The Loud House created by Chris Savino, The Casagrandes centers on Ronnie Anne and Bobby Santiago as they adjust to their new life in Great Lakes City where they now live with their big, loving and chaotic multi-generational Casagrande family.
Here’s the complete lineup:
NBC Presents Perfect Harmony, Sunnyside and Bluff City Law Thursday, September 5, 2019 6 PM: Preview reception 7 PM: Perfect Harmony screening and conversation
Featured talent from Perfect Harmony includes: Bradley Whitford – Executive Producer, “Arthur Cochran” Anna Camp, “Ginny” Will Greenberg, “Wayne” Geno Segers, “Dwayne” Tymberlee Hill, “Adams Adams” Rizwan Manji, “Reverend Jax” Spencer Allport, “Cash” Lesley Wake Webster, Executive Producer/Creator/Writer Jason Winer, Executive Producer/Director Adam Anders, Executive Producer Jon Radler, Executive Producer
Amazon Presents Undone: Friday, September 6, 2019 6 PM: Preview reception 7 PM: Screening and conversation
Featured talent from Undone includes: Rosa Salazar, “Alma” Angelique Cabral, “Becca” Constance Marie, “Camila” Kate Purdy, Creator & Executive Producer Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Creator & Executive Producer Hisko Hulsing, Director
Spectrum Originals Presents Mad About You: Saturday, September 7, 2019 1 PM: Preview reception 1:30 PM: Preview screening and conversation
Featured talent from Mad About You includes: Helen Hunt, “Jamie Buchman” Paul Reiser, “Paul Buchman”
The CW Presents Batwoman, Nancy Drew, and Katy Keene: Saturday, September 7, 2019 6 PM: Preview reception 6:30 PM: Nancy Drew preview screening and conversation 7:45 PM: Batwoman preview screening and conversation
Featured talent from Nancy Drew includes: Kennedy McMann, “Nancy Drew” Scott Wolf, “Carson Drew” Additional talent for Nancy Drew and Katy Keene to be announced
Fox Presents Almost Family, Prodigal Son, and Bless the Harts: Monday, September 9, 2019 6 PM: Preview reception 7 PM: Almost Family preview screening and conversation
Featured talent from Almost Family to be announced
Hulu Presents Wu-Tang: An American Saga and Dollface: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 6 PM: Preview reception 7 PM: Wu-Tang: An American Saga preview screening and conversation (suggested for mature audiences) 8:30 PM: Dollface preview screening and conversation
Featured talent from Wu-Tang: An American Saga includes: Alex Tse, Co-Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer The RZA, Co-Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer
Featured talent from Dollface includes: Kat Dennings, “Jules”/Executive Producer Brenda Song, “Madison” Esther Povitsky, “Izzy” Jordan Weiss, Creator/Executive Producer Ira Ungerleider, Executive Producer / Showrunner
CBS Presents All Rise and Bob Abishola: Thursday, September 12, 2019 6 PM: Preview reception 7 PM: Bob ♥Abishola preview screening and conversation 8:00 pm All Rise preview screening and conversation
Featured talent from Bob Abishola includes: Billy Gardell, “Bob” Folake Olowofoyeku, “Abishola” Al Higgins, Executive Producer/Co-creator Gina Yashere, Producer/”Kemi”
Featured talent from All Rise includes: Simone Missick, “Lola Carmichael” Wilson Bethel, “Mark Callan” Marg Helgenberger, “Judith Benner” Alex Brinson, “Luke Watkins” Jessica Camacho, “Emily Lopez” Lindsay Mendez, “Sara Castillo” Ruthie Ann Miles, “Sherri Kansky” Greg Spottiswood, Executive Producer Sunil Nayar, Executive Producer
TNT Presents Chasing the Cure: Friday, September 13, 2019 6 PM: Preview reception 7 PM: Preview screening and conversation
Featured talent from Chasing the Cure includes: Ann Curry, Anchor and Executive Producer Kim Bondy, Showrunner and Executive Producer Michael Bloom, SVP, Unscripted Series and Specials, TNT/TBS
ABC Presents mixed-ish, Emergence, and Stumptown: Saturday, September 14, 2019 1 PM: Preview reception 1 PM: mixed-ish preview screening and conversation
Featured talent from mixed-ish includes: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, “Paul Johnson” Tika Sumpter, “Alicia Johnson” Christina Anthony, “Denise” Arica Himmel, “Bow Johnson” Ethan William Childress, “Johan Johnson” Mykal-Michelle Harris, “Santamonica Johnson” Gary Cole, “Harrison Johnson” Karin Gist, Executive Producer, Showrunner Peter Saji, Executive Producer
Netflix Presents Disenchantment: Sunday, September 15, 2019 6 PM: Preview Reception 7 PM: Preview screening and conversation
Featured talent includes: Matt Groening, Creator & Executive Producer Josh Weinstein, Executive Producer Abbi Jacobson, “Bean” Nat Faxon, “Elfo”
The 32-year-old Latina actress will star in the adult animated show Undone, which has received a straight-to-series order from Amazon Studios.
Co-created by Bob-Waksberg and BoJack Horsemanwriter-producer Kate Purdy, Undone is a half-hour animated dramedy that explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma, voiced by Salazar.
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
Also cast in the series is Angelique Cabral (Life in Pieces) as Alma’s younger sister.
Undone is in pre-production and expected to premiere in 2019 on Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories.
Dutch artist Hisko Hulsing will oversee the production design and direct a team of animators working in the Netherlands. The animation will be done with Dutch co-producer and Amsterdam-based studio Submarine, and Austin-based studio Minnow Mountain.
Salazar will next be seen in the title role of the Robert Rodriguez-directed and co-writtenAlita: Battle Angel, which James Cameron co-wrote and is producing for Twentieth Century Fox. Additionally, she will be seen in upcoming films Bird Box and The Kindergarten Teacher.
Gael Garcia Bernal is headed back to elementary school…
The 38-year-old Mexican actor has joined the cast of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s drama The Kindergarten Teacher, according to Variety.
Maven Pictures is producing the film, based on Nadav Lapid’s Israeli film of the same name.
Sara Colangelo is directing from her own adapted screenplay in which a kindergarten teacher who grows more and more numb each day she remains stuck in her mundane Staten Island life.
When she discovers what may be a prodigious five-year old poet in her class, she becomes obsessed with the child and his talent– risking her career, family, and freedom.
Garcia Bernal joins a list of new cast additions that includes Rosa Salazar, Michael Chernus, Anna Baryshnikov, Daisy Tahan, Samrat Chakrabarti and Ajay Naidu.
Filming is starting on July 12 in New York.
Bernal’s credits include The Motorcycle Diaries and Mozart in the Jungle.
Salazar is the lead in the upcoming Alita: Battle Angel.
The original Israeli film won the Grand Prize and $20,000 at the new talent competition at the 2015 Taipei Film Festival.
The 48-year-old Mexican American filmmaker will direct Escape From New York, the remake of John Carpenter’s iconic 1981 film for 20th Century Fox.
The studio won a bidding battle for rights to the reboot in early 2015, with Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman’s The Picture Company set to produce.
Neil Cross is penning the script.
The original was released by Avco Embassy, and the rights were owned by Studiocanal. Carpenter will be an executive producer and have a big say in the tone of the project. Fox’s Mike Ireland, who brought in the movie, will oversee for the studio. The hope is to reinvent the property with an eye toward launching a Planet Of The Apes-like franchise.
The deal cements the relationship with Rodriguez and Fox; the director just helmed the studio’s Alita: Battle Angel, the film based on Yukito Kishiro’s manga graphic novels that was written by James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis. Set in a 26th century dystopian future, the film follows the story of an amnesiac cyborg who, after being rescued from a scrap heap by a doctor, becomes a bounty hunter tracking down criminals. Rosa Salazar and Christoph Waltz star in the film, which has a July 20, 2018 release date mapped out.
The cynical original Escape From New York, hatched by Carpenter after the Watergate scandal, was set in a futuristic Gotham circa 1997. Kurt Russell played Snake Plissken, an eyepatch-sporting tough guy who is conscripted to rescue the President of the United States after Air Force One — en route to a summit that could head off World War III — goes missing after it crashes in New York, which has been relegated to a maximum security prison. Plissken, a former special forces operative convicted of trying to rob the Federal Reserve, is given 22 hours to liberate the president and a tape he carries which holds the key to peace. If he fails, he’s wired to explode.
Rodriguez and Carpenter have collaborated before. Rodriguez’s El Rey Network last fall announced the launch of The People’s Network Showcase, a series of specials featuring short films from emerging indie filmmakers. Carpenter hosted the premiere episode, The People’s Network Showcase: Horror Edition.
The 30-year-old Latina actress andMaze Runner star will star in Battle Angel Alita, an adaptation of the popular Manga by Yukito Kishiro being produced by James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Set in the 26th century, the story follows an amnesiac female cyborg rescued from a scrapyard and rebuilt. Possessing no memories of her life before being rebuilt but retaining an impressive set of fighting skills, she becomes a bounty hunter while seeking to discover more about her past.
Salazar has previously appeared in Insurgent, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and FX’s Man Seeking Woman among other credits.
Salazar will star opposite Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield in the project.
