Exclusive: Shakira Barrera has signed with Innovative Artists for representation.
Barrera is an actress, dancer, producer and humanitarian who is best known for her breakout role in Netflix’s G.L.O.W. as Yolanda Rivas, a lady wrestler. Most recently, she starred as First Officer Jensen Corbyt in Star Wars: Ahsoka opposite Rosario Dawson and in the series regular role of Gloria, a college-educated scam artist who discovered her love for conning people at a young age, in Greg Garcia’s Sprung from Prime Video alongside Garret Dillahunt and Martha Plimpton.
Upcoming projects include a guest-starring role on HBO’s Hacks and a series regular role on Marvel’s Ironheart starring Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos. Additional TV credits include Showtime’s Shameless, TNT’s Animal Kingdom, Netflix’s It’s Bruno! and OWN’s All Rise for Season 3.
Most recently, Barrera has been producing and creating projects of her own. In addition to acting and producing,...
Barrera is an actress, dancer, producer and humanitarian who is best known for her breakout role in Netflix’s G.L.O.W. as Yolanda Rivas, a lady wrestler. Most recently, she starred as First Officer Jensen Corbyt in Star Wars: Ahsoka opposite Rosario Dawson and in the series regular role of Gloria, a college-educated scam artist who discovered her love for conning people at a young age, in Greg Garcia’s Sprung from Prime Video alongside Garret Dillahunt and Martha Plimpton.
Upcoming projects include a guest-starring role on HBO’s Hacks and a series regular role on Marvel’s Ironheart starring Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos. Additional TV credits include Showtime’s Shameless, TNT’s Animal Kingdom, Netflix’s It’s Bruno! and OWN’s All Rise for Season 3.
Most recently, Barrera has been producing and creating projects of her own. In addition to acting and producing,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Italian actor-turned-director Andrea Di Stefano, whose sleek cop thriller “Last Night of Amore” just had its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, is in advanced stages of development on “Karski” a feature about Jan Karski, the World War II Polish resistance fighter who risked his life to blow the whistle on the Holocaust.
Di Stefano’s high-profile project, which is titled “Karski,” is being developed by New York City-based production company Phiphen Pictures, the indie founded by Molly Conners most recently behind Netflix’s “Like Father” and “It’s Bruno!,” the director said. Italy’s expanding Indiana Production, which shepherded “Amore,” is also on board.
Karski in 1942, defying great danger, twice infiltrated Warsaw’s Jewish Ghetto to witness its horrors and managed to give first-hand accounts of the Holocaust from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Allies, including U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943. But his alarm cries fell on deaf ears.
Di Stefano’s high-profile project, which is titled “Karski,” is being developed by New York City-based production company Phiphen Pictures, the indie founded by Molly Conners most recently behind Netflix’s “Like Father” and “It’s Bruno!,” the director said. Italy’s expanding Indiana Production, which shepherded “Amore,” is also on board.
Karski in 1942, defying great danger, twice infiltrated Warsaw’s Jewish Ghetto to witness its horrors and managed to give first-hand accounts of the Holocaust from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Allies, including U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943. But his alarm cries fell on deaf ears.
- 6/15/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has released the official trailer for “Mo,” the upcoming A24-produced comedy series from executive producers and creator Mohammed “Mo” Amer and Ramy Youssef. The series reunites Youssef with A24 after his Emmy-nominated work on the Hulu series “Ramy,” while bringing the comedy creator to Netflix for the first time. The series, which drops on the streaming platform August 24, is based on Amer’s own experiences as a Palestinian refugee growing up in Texas.
In “Mo,” Mo Najjar (Amer) straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a ton of Bs as a Palestinian refugee constantly living one step away from asylum and on the path to U.S. citizenship. His family — including his resilient and spiritual mother, sister and older brother — flee to Houston, Texas. Laughing the pain away, Mo learns to adapt to his new world, though getting ahead in life comes with several setbacks.
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In “Mo,” Mo Najjar (Amer) straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a ton of Bs as a Palestinian refugee constantly living one step away from asylum and on the path to U.S. citizenship. His family — including his resilient and spiritual mother, sister and older brother — flee to Houston, Texas. Laughing the pain away, Mo learns to adapt to his new world, though getting ahead in life comes with several setbacks.
Teresa Ruiz...
- 8/9/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Demascus, the AMC sci-fi comedy drama series, has found a director.
Solvan “Slick” Naim will helm the first two episodes of the series and will exec produce. Naim recently directed all of the episodes of Netflix’s upcoming A24 and Ramy Youssef-produced series Mo starring Mo Amer.
He also created, directed, wrote, produced and starred in Netflix series It’s Bruno, the story of a man and his beloved puggle dog, that scored an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category in 2019.
The Algerian-American rapper, director, and writer has also directed episodes of AMC’s 61st Street, Starz’ Power and Bmf, FX’s Snowfall and NBC’s The Blacklist. His debut feature was Full Circle and he is currently developing a series for Hulu with Onyx and Macro.
Demascus is a comedic sci-fi series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and exec produced by Breaking Bad...
Solvan “Slick” Naim will helm the first two episodes of the series and will exec produce. Naim recently directed all of the episodes of Netflix’s upcoming A24 and Ramy Youssef-produced series Mo starring Mo Amer.
He also created, directed, wrote, produced and starred in Netflix series It’s Bruno, the story of a man and his beloved puggle dog, that scored an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category in 2019.
The Algerian-American rapper, director, and writer has also directed episodes of AMC’s 61st Street, Starz’ Power and Bmf, FX’s Snowfall and NBC’s The Blacklist. His debut feature was Full Circle and he is currently developing a series for Hulu with Onyx and Macro.
Demascus is a comedic sci-fi series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and exec produced by Breaking Bad...
- 6/23/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Elaine Chin, formerly the senior vice president of narrative film at Participant, has joined Warner Bros.’ studio Stage 13 as its head of scripted content, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
In the role, Chin will lead the Stage 13 scripted creative team and its slate of development projects and original productions in short-form, half-hour and one-hour episodic, and feature formats.
Stage 13 launched in late 2017. Its scripted series have received six Emmy nominations. The studio is behind The CW’s “Two Sentence Horror Stories” and Netflix’s “Special.” The latter of those two is responsible for two-thirds of those Emmy nods. Stage 13 also produces Netflix’s “It’s Bruno!” and “I Love Bekka & Lucy.” Stage 13’s head of unscripted is Shari Scorca. Its head of production is Jenny McNicholas.
“We’re thrilled to have Elaine join the Stage 13 team at such a key inflection point in accelerating and amplifying multidimensional stories and storytellers while blazing the most innovative,...
In the role, Chin will lead the Stage 13 scripted creative team and its slate of development projects and original productions in short-form, half-hour and one-hour episodic, and feature formats.
Stage 13 launched in late 2017. Its scripted series have received six Emmy nominations. The studio is behind The CW’s “Two Sentence Horror Stories” and Netflix’s “Special.” The latter of those two is responsible for two-thirds of those Emmy nods. Stage 13 also produces Netflix’s “It’s Bruno!” and “I Love Bekka & Lucy.” Stage 13’s head of unscripted is Shari Scorca. Its head of production is Jenny McNicholas.
“We’re thrilled to have Elaine join the Stage 13 team at such a key inflection point in accelerating and amplifying multidimensional stories and storytellers while blazing the most innovative,...
- 2/4/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
A hip-hop musical take on Romeo and Juliet is in the works at Netflix with Will Smith and Queen Latifah set to produce.
The film is described as a contemporary musical take on William Shakespeare's tragedy set against the urban rhythms of New York. The love story follows a young waitress from the streets of Brooklyn and an aspiring musician from a wealthy family whose unconventional romance forces them to confront their life choices.
Solvan "Slick" Naim, who is behind the streamer's upcoming series It's Bruno, will direct from a script he wrote with Dave Broome.
Latifah ...
The film is described as a contemporary musical take on William Shakespeare's tragedy set against the urban rhythms of New York. The love story follows a young waitress from the streets of Brooklyn and an aspiring musician from a wealthy family whose unconventional romance forces them to confront their life choices.
Solvan "Slick" Naim, who is behind the streamer's upcoming series It's Bruno, will direct from a script he wrote with Dave Broome.
Latifah ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A hip-hop musical take on Romeo and Juliet is in the works at Netflix with Will Smith and Queen Latifah set to produce.
The film is described as a contemporary musical take on William Shakespeare's tragedy set against the urban rhythms of New York. The love story follows a young waitress from the streets of Brooklyn and an aspiring musician from a wealthy family whose unconventional romance forces them to confront their life choices.
Solvan "Slick" Naim, who is behind the streamer's upcoming series It's Bruno, will direct from a script he wrote with Dave Broome.
Latifah ...
The film is described as a contemporary musical take on William Shakespeare's tragedy set against the urban rhythms of New York. The love story follows a young waitress from the streets of Brooklyn and an aspiring musician from a wealthy family whose unconventional romance forces them to confront their life choices.
Solvan "Slick" Naim, who is behind the streamer's upcoming series It's Bruno, will direct from a script he wrote with Dave Broome.
Latifah ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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