Johanna Colón is zeroing in on a Hollywood career…
The 9-year-old Latina dancer and YouTube sensation has joined the cast of Amazon Studios’Troupe Zero, which also stars Viola Davis, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps and Mckenna Grace.
A tutu-wearing Colon stole the show at her school’s dance recital at the age of 6, while performing to Aretha Franklin’s Respect, in a YouTube video that went viral.
The film is being directed by Bert & Bertie from a script by Beasts of the Southern Wildscribe Lucy Alibar. While no details have been released about the story, Todd Black, who produced Fences, the film which earned Davis the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, is producing the project for Amazon.
Colón previously had a small, guest-starring role in TBS’ The Guest Book.
This time around, she plays a girls who never speaks but is a character known as Smash, a sidekick to another character named Hell-No. Smash is Hell No’s muscle, the lunch-stealing, bullying girl who joins a misfit Brownie troupe and then finds a sense of belonging.
She may not be nominated this year, but Sofia Vergara will still be taking the stage at the Primetime Emmy Awards. The 42-year-old Colombian actress and Modern Family star has been added to the presenters list for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. Along with Vergara, the new additions to the…
Ramón Rodríguez is ready for action… The 44-year-old Puerto Rican actor has joined the star-studded cast Amazon MGM Studios and MRC’s action thriller G20, produced by and starring Viola Davis. The project has resumed production. In addition to Rodriguez, who stars in Will Trent, new cast additions include Anthony Anderson,…
Selena Gomez will be Transform(ania)ing around the globe January… Amazon’s Prime Video will stream Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, featuring the 29-year-old Mexican American actress/singer, on January 14, 2022, in 240 countries and territories. Amazon licensed the rights to the fourth installment in the franchise from Sony earlier this year, extending…
