Video Version of this Article Photo: Xochitl Gomez/Shutterstock/DFree Sixteen-year-old actress Xochitl Gomez (pronounced So-Chee) has stolen everyone’s hearts in just a matter of months. Known for her break-out performance as America Chavez in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,’ Gomez has gone from a newcomer Marvel actress to a fashion icon since her rise to fame. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. The actress first became a familiar face with her role as Dawn Schafer in the Netflix series, ‘The Baby-Sitters Club,’ (a role which...
- 8/5/2022
- by Rachel Beltowski
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Exclusive: Xochitl Gomez has inked with Hyperion for representation in all areas, Deadline has learned. Gomez is set to star opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which hits theaters May 6.
Gomez plays America Chavez in the pic, a groundbreaking Marvel LGBTQ Latin American character who ultimately joins the Young Avengers. Chavez is known for her strength, and the power of flight, particularly exceeding the speed of light. She also has a talent for kicking open star-shaped holes in reality, allowing her and her teammates to travel through the multiverse.
Gomez previously starred as Dawn Schafer, the lead of the Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club. In 2020, she won a Young Artist Award for Supporting Teen Artist for her work in the film Shadow Wolves. That same year, her short film The Letter was licensed by HBO.
The actress is an alum of the Sundance Institute,...
Gomez plays America Chavez in the pic, a groundbreaking Marvel LGBTQ Latin American character who ultimately joins the Young Avengers. Chavez is known for her strength, and the power of flight, particularly exceeding the speed of light. She also has a talent for kicking open star-shaped holes in reality, allowing her and her teammates to travel through the multiverse.
Gomez previously starred as Dawn Schafer, the lead of the Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club. In 2020, she won a Young Artist Award for Supporting Teen Artist for her work in the film Shadow Wolves. That same year, her short film The Letter was licensed by HBO.
The actress is an alum of the Sundance Institute,...
- 2/16/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Xochitl Gomez, the young actor who recently starred in Netflix’s “The Baby-Sitters Club” reboot, has joined the cast of Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”
Sam Raimi, whose highlights include the Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man” trilogy, is directing the sequel, which sees Benedict Cumberbatch return as the Sorcerer Supreme.
Plot details, as what has become de rigueur for Marvel entries, are being kept under wraps, so it’s unclear what role Gomez will be playing in the comic book sequel. Benedict Wong and Chiwetel Ejiofor are also expected to reprise their characters from 2016’s “Doctor Strange.” Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch is also joining the follow-up.
“Doctor Strange” has been delayed multiple times due to the pandemic and is currently slated to debut on March 25, 2022. Before Cumberbatch graces the screen in another solo venture, he will appear next in the upcoming Tom Holland-led “Spider-Man” installment. The...
Sam Raimi, whose highlights include the Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man” trilogy, is directing the sequel, which sees Benedict Cumberbatch return as the Sorcerer Supreme.
Plot details, as what has become de rigueur for Marvel entries, are being kept under wraps, so it’s unclear what role Gomez will be playing in the comic book sequel. Benedict Wong and Chiwetel Ejiofor are also expected to reprise their characters from 2016’s “Doctor Strange.” Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch is also joining the follow-up.
“Doctor Strange” has been delayed multiple times due to the pandemic and is currently slated to debut on March 25, 2022. Before Cumberbatch graces the screen in another solo venture, he will appear next in the upcoming Tom Holland-led “Spider-Man” installment. The...
- 10/16/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“The Baby-Sitters Club” star Xochitl Gomez has joined the cast of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” according to an individual with knowledge of the project. Benedict Cumberbatch is set to return as the sorcerer supreme in the upcoming sequel and “Spider-Man” director Sami Raimi is set to direct.
Benedict Wong and Chiwetel Ejiofor are also expected to return as sorcerers Wong and Karl Mordo. Elizabeth Olsen is also reprising her role as Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch. Olsen’s upcoming Disney+ series “WandaVision” will premiere on the streamer in December.
Details of the film are still under wraps, but during the Marvel presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige said the “Doctor Strange” sequel will be “the first scary McU film.” But, Feige joked “It’s gonna be PG-13 and you’re going to like it!” Up-and-coming screenwriter Jade Bartlett wrote the latest draft...
Benedict Wong and Chiwetel Ejiofor are also expected to return as sorcerers Wong and Karl Mordo. Elizabeth Olsen is also reprising her role as Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch. Olsen’s upcoming Disney+ series “WandaVision” will premiere on the streamer in December.
Details of the film are still under wraps, but during the Marvel presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige said the “Doctor Strange” sequel will be “the first scary McU film.” But, Feige joked “It’s gonna be PG-13 and you’re going to like it!” Up-and-coming screenwriter Jade Bartlett wrote the latest draft...
- 10/16/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The Casting Society of America will host a town hall on Thursday to explore diversity, equity and inclusion in the casting process. The virtual gathering is co-sponsored by the Csa’s Black, Indigenous and People of Color Alliance and will be moderated by Dr. Darnisa Amante-Jackson, CEO of the Disruptive Equity Education Project and a lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
The town hall, which starts at noon Pt, is the first in a new series of panel discussions called “Closer to Equity” that the Csa will host. The town hall is open to all casting professionals, including Csa members and non-members. To register, email: BIPOCAlliance@CastingSociety.com
Thursday’s panelists will include casting directors Angelique Midthunder, Erica Jensen, Kim Coleman and Zora DeHorter; casting director and producer Kim Heil (San Diego Repertory Theatre); Kim Williams, VP Casting at Touchstone Television; and casting associates Margie Vargas and Xavier Rubiano.
“The objective of this first conversation,” Csa says, “is to provide a space for casting professionals to have the difficult conversations around diversity, belonging, equity and inclusion, and move toward healing and change.” Dr. Amante-Jackson said that she strives to create “space and experiences that foster conversations around equity and dismantling systemic oppression and racism in pursuit of advancing equitable outcomes for all.”
The panelists had this to say in advance of Thursday’s town hall:
Angelique Midthunder: “As people of color ourselves, Bipoc casting directors have an intimate understanding of the complexities of different cultures as well as an ingrained obligation to represent them with integrity. We are the bridge between producers and the Bipoc acting community.”
Kim Heil: “Many Bipoc professionals in the arts and entertainment industry like ourselves have been working for years – if not decades – with equity, diversity, and inclusion in mind. So what’s different about now? This moment now demands that we examine not just those principles, but the infrastructure and the systems that those principles are circulated. The systems themselves are flawed. So how can we restructure a better way of working?”
Kim Williams: “I’m excited to go beyond just talking and, with the help of Dr. Darnisa, move towards addressing the critical issues and changes that are necessary to bring about true progress towards equity both in front of and behind the camera.”
Margie Vargas: “Diversity and inclusion in casting is about bringing something unique to the table that no one else can. Each unique perspective can only build a better, stronger, and more unified casting community.”
Zora DeHorter: “As a woman, a black woman, I have dealt with my share of assumptions and presumptions; at times an unnecessary burden to carry. Being part of an open, safe space to have dialogues about how to affect changes is so exciting. I am so looking forward to having discussions about hiring practices, workplace practices, and how we, as Bipoc casting professionals, can effectively and positively move forward to a better, enlightened, hopeful future.”
Erica Jensen: “I’m encouraged by the continued conversation happening in the casting community. The only way to achieve equity in casting is if we operate as a unit rather than individuals. We need to have consistency on this topic from office to office and be positive examples to the rest of the entertainment industry.”
Xavier Rubiano: “It’s a privilege and an honor to be able to speak on this panel and I look forward to amplifying the voices of our Bipoc colleagues in casting and to educate our White peers to help create a safer, inclusive and anti-racist casting community both in our audition rooms and in our offices.”...
The town hall, which starts at noon Pt, is the first in a new series of panel discussions called “Closer to Equity” that the Csa will host. The town hall is open to all casting professionals, including Csa members and non-members. To register, email: BIPOCAlliance@CastingSociety.com
Thursday’s panelists will include casting directors Angelique Midthunder, Erica Jensen, Kim Coleman and Zora DeHorter; casting director and producer Kim Heil (San Diego Repertory Theatre); Kim Williams, VP Casting at Touchstone Television; and casting associates Margie Vargas and Xavier Rubiano.
“The objective of this first conversation,” Csa says, “is to provide a space for casting professionals to have the difficult conversations around diversity, belonging, equity and inclusion, and move toward healing and change.” Dr. Amante-Jackson said that she strives to create “space and experiences that foster conversations around equity and dismantling systemic oppression and racism in pursuit of advancing equitable outcomes for all.”
The panelists had this to say in advance of Thursday’s town hall:
Angelique Midthunder: “As people of color ourselves, Bipoc casting directors have an intimate understanding of the complexities of different cultures as well as an ingrained obligation to represent them with integrity. We are the bridge between producers and the Bipoc acting community.”
Kim Heil: “Many Bipoc professionals in the arts and entertainment industry like ourselves have been working for years – if not decades – with equity, diversity, and inclusion in mind. So what’s different about now? This moment now demands that we examine not just those principles, but the infrastructure and the systems that those principles are circulated. The systems themselves are flawed. So how can we restructure a better way of working?”
Kim Williams: “I’m excited to go beyond just talking and, with the help of Dr. Darnisa, move towards addressing the critical issues and changes that are necessary to bring about true progress towards equity both in front of and behind the camera.”
Margie Vargas: “Diversity and inclusion in casting is about bringing something unique to the table that no one else can. Each unique perspective can only build a better, stronger, and more unified casting community.”
Zora DeHorter: “As a woman, a black woman, I have dealt with my share of assumptions and presumptions; at times an unnecessary burden to carry. Being part of an open, safe space to have dialogues about how to affect changes is so exciting. I am so looking forward to having discussions about hiring practices, workplace practices, and how we, as Bipoc casting professionals, can effectively and positively move forward to a better, enlightened, hopeful future.”
Erica Jensen: “I’m encouraged by the continued conversation happening in the casting community. The only way to achieve equity in casting is if we operate as a unit rather than individuals. We need to have consistency on this topic from office to office and be positive examples to the rest of the entertainment industry.”
Xavier Rubiano: “It’s a privilege and an honor to be able to speak on this panel and I look forward to amplifying the voices of our Bipoc colleagues in casting and to educate our White peers to help create a safer, inclusive and anti-racist casting community both in our audition rooms and in our offices.”...
- 10/13/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
UTA Independent Film Group represents North American rights.
Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) heads to Afm this week with international sales rights on Katharine O’Brien’s Lost Transmissions starring the red-hot British pair of Simon Pegg and Juno Temple.
Alexandra Daddario, Tao Okamoto, Bria Vinaite, and Robert Schwartzman also feature in the cast of the Royal Road Entertainment production, in association with Underlying Tension and presented by Pulse Films.
Lost Transmissions premiered at Tribeca Film Festival earlier in the year and follows Hannah (Temple), a shy songwriter who discovers that her friend, respected record producer Theo Ross (Pegg), has lapsed...
Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) heads to Afm this week with international sales rights on Katharine O’Brien’s Lost Transmissions starring the red-hot British pair of Simon Pegg and Juno Temple.
Alexandra Daddario, Tao Okamoto, Bria Vinaite, and Robert Schwartzman also feature in the cast of the Royal Road Entertainment production, in association with Underlying Tension and presented by Pulse Films.
Lost Transmissions premiered at Tribeca Film Festival earlier in the year and follows Hannah (Temple), a shy songwriter who discovers that her friend, respected record producer Theo Ross (Pegg), has lapsed...
- 11/4/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Analeigh Tipton star.
Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) leaves for Cannes with two female-led thrillers from Howard Barish’s Kandoo Films.
Peg has acquired international rights to Hospitality (pictured) starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Broken Star with Analeigh Tipton as the leads.
Chriqui plays a mother with a checkered past in Hospitality; a mother who must protect her son when an ex-con (Sam Trammell) checks into her isolated bed and breakfast searching for money he stashed on her property years ago.
Jr Bourne, Conner McVicker, and Jim Beaver round out the key cast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed the film,...
Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) leaves for Cannes with two female-led thrillers from Howard Barish’s Kandoo Films.
Peg has acquired international rights to Hospitality (pictured) starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Broken Star with Analeigh Tipton as the leads.
Chriqui plays a mother with a checkered past in Hospitality; a mother who must protect her son when an ex-con (Sam Trammell) checks into her isolated bed and breakfast searching for money he stashed on her property years ago.
Jr Bourne, Conner McVicker, and Jim Beaver round out the key cast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed the film,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In Tuesday’s roundup, Netflix sets the “Fuller House” Season 4 premiere date, and Hulu announces the leads for its adapted series, “Looking for Alaska.”
Dates
Netflix’s “Fuller House” will return for Season 4 on Dec. 14. It was previously announced in January that the reboot was renewed for a fourth season. The show is a continuation of the 1990s ABC series “Full House,” and features veterinarian D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Candace Cameron-Bure), D.J.’s younger sister/aspiring musician Stephanie Tanner (Jodie Sweetin), and D.J.’s lifelong best friend/fellow single mother Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) moving in together to raise Kimmy’s daughter and D.J.’s three boys. “Fuller House” is executive produced by Bob Boyett and produced by Miller-Boyett Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television for Netflix.
Renewals
Netflix has renewed the animated comedy series “Paradise Pd” for Season 2. Created by Waco O’Guin and Roger Black (“Brickleberry”), the show premiered Aug.
Dates
Netflix’s “Fuller House” will return for Season 4 on Dec. 14. It was previously announced in January that the reboot was renewed for a fourth season. The show is a continuation of the 1990s ABC series “Full House,” and features veterinarian D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Candace Cameron-Bure), D.J.’s younger sister/aspiring musician Stephanie Tanner (Jodie Sweetin), and D.J.’s lifelong best friend/fellow single mother Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) moving in together to raise Kimmy’s daughter and D.J.’s three boys. “Fuller House” is executive produced by Bob Boyett and produced by Miller-Boyett Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television for Netflix.
Renewals
Netflix has renewed the animated comedy series “Paradise Pd” for Season 2. Created by Waco O’Guin and Roger Black (“Brickleberry”), the show premiered Aug.
- 10/30/2018
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
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