Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures is developing America Ferrera’s feature directorial debut, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, after the project was previously set up at Netflix.
Ferrera is set to direct from a script by Linda Yvette Chávez that adapts author Erika Sánchez’s best-selling 2017 young adult novel of the same name. The story centers on Chicago-based teen Julia Reyes, who aspires to become a successful writer but struggles to live up to her family’s expectations following the tragic death of her seemingly perfect sister Olga.
The movie hails from Anonymous Content and Macro Film Studios. Producers include Doreen Wilcox Little, Charles D. King, Poppy Hanks and David Kuhn, while Sánchez and Greta Talia Fuentes serve as executive producers.
The Hollywood Reporter reported in February 2021 that the feature adaptation of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter was in development at Netflix. Chávez co-created the Netflix series Gentefied,...
Ferrera is set to direct from a script by Linda Yvette Chávez that adapts author Erika Sánchez’s best-selling 2017 young adult novel of the same name. The story centers on Chicago-based teen Julia Reyes, who aspires to become a successful writer but struggles to live up to her family’s expectations following the tragic death of her seemingly perfect sister Olga.
The movie hails from Anonymous Content and Macro Film Studios. Producers include Doreen Wilcox Little, Charles D. King, Poppy Hanks and David Kuhn, while Sánchez and Greta Talia Fuentes serve as executive producers.
The Hollywood Reporter reported in February 2021 that the feature adaptation of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter was in development at Netflix. Chávez co-created the Netflix series Gentefied,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
America Ferrera’s directorial debut, “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter,” based on Erika Sánchez’s bestselling novel of the same name, is in development at Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures. It was previously set up at Netflix, which is no longer attached to the film.
“Flamin’ Hot” screenwriter Linda Yvette Chávez wrote the script, which follows Julia Reyes, a teen with dreams of becoming a famous writer and leaving her traditional Mexican immigrant parents in Chicago. They wish she was more like her sister Olga, now eternally perfect since her tragic death. As Julia seeks to break free of her oppressive home, she tries to uncover her sister’s truth, and in the process gains a deep understanding of the wounds her family carries.
Producers include Doreen Wilcox Little, Macro Film Studios’ Charles D. King and Poppy Hanks, Aevitas Creative Management’s David Kuhn, and Anonymous Content. Erika...
“Flamin’ Hot” screenwriter Linda Yvette Chávez wrote the script, which follows Julia Reyes, a teen with dreams of becoming a famous writer and leaving her traditional Mexican immigrant parents in Chicago. They wish she was more like her sister Olga, now eternally perfect since her tragic death. As Julia seeks to break free of her oppressive home, she tries to uncover her sister’s truth, and in the process gains a deep understanding of the wounds her family carries.
Producers include Doreen Wilcox Little, Macro Film Studios’ Charles D. King and Poppy Hanks, Aevitas Creative Management’s David Kuhn, and Anonymous Content. Erika...
- 2/5/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
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