Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Julio Macias' coveted series may have come to an end this year, but for these two stars, it's only the beginning.
These Latin(x) talents are two to watch, coming off highly buzzed-about roles on their hit series, each deep-diving into select communities and giving viewers insight into the lives of the underrepresented.
From following an Afro-Latinx trans woman and her Found Family through the height of the AIDS epidemic in NYC --- or a complex cholo with a heart of gold protecting loved ones in a fictionalized Californian hood, Rodriguez and Macias have only just begun to regal viewers with their storytelling.
And thus, the two grace the digital covers of the iconic Latina magazine (which is celebrating 25 years) in a special dual feature.
Twenty-Five years later, Latina continues to revamp itself and evolve, and their cover stars prove as much as the magazine hits...
These Latin(x) talents are two to watch, coming off highly buzzed-about roles on their hit series, each deep-diving into select communities and giving viewers insight into the lives of the underrepresented.
From following an Afro-Latinx trans woman and her Found Family through the height of the AIDS epidemic in NYC --- or a complex cholo with a heart of gold protecting loved ones in a fictionalized Californian hood, Rodriguez and Macias have only just begun to regal viewers with their storytelling.
And thus, the two grace the digital covers of the iconic Latina magazine (which is celebrating 25 years) in a special dual feature.
Twenty-Five years later, Latina continues to revamp itself and evolve, and their cover stars prove as much as the magazine hits...
- 11/23/2021
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Netflix has announced that the second half of Selena: The Series will premiere on May 4th on the streaming platform.
A new teaser, released Monday to coincide with the announcement, shows the Queen of Tejano Music (portrayed by Christian Serratos) performing with her family band Selena y Los Dinos. This includes her brother A.B. Quintanilla (Gabriel Chavarria) and sister Suzette Quintanilla (Noemi Gonzalez), along with guitarist Chris Pérez (Jesse Posey) and keyboardists Ricky Vela (Hunter Reese Peña) and Joe Ojeda (Carlos Alfredo Jr.).
Part 2 of the series will pick up...
A new teaser, released Monday to coincide with the announcement, shows the Queen of Tejano Music (portrayed by Christian Serratos) performing with her family band Selena y Los Dinos. This includes her brother A.B. Quintanilla (Gabriel Chavarria) and sister Suzette Quintanilla (Noemi Gonzalez), along with guitarist Chris Pérez (Jesse Posey) and keyboardists Ricky Vela (Hunter Reese Peña) and Joe Ojeda (Carlos Alfredo Jr.).
Part 2 of the series will pick up...
- 4/5/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
With the release of “Selena: the Series” on Netflix, a wave of nostalgia has hit fans of all generations and introduced the Texas singer to countless others who may not have been familiar with her music or her tragic story. The show portrays how the “Queen of Tejano Music” became an icon in Latino culture both in the United States and beyond. With Christian Serratos playing Selena Quintanilla, the series details in surprising granularity the many steps she and her family took to grow the singer’s following from local sensation to global superstar and to shape her musical identity.
Just as when the film “Selena” was released in 1997, with Jennifer Lopez portraying the artist — a defining role in her career in that it launched her successful run in movies — Selena’s most famous tracks are celebrated throughout the series with Serratos performing along to the artist’s most popular...
Just as when the film “Selena” was released in 1997, with Jennifer Lopez portraying the artist — a defining role in her career in that it launched her successful run in movies — Selena’s most famous tracks are celebrated throughout the series with Serratos performing along to the artist’s most popular...
- 12/9/2020
- by Cata Balzano
- Variety Film + TV
Popular-music-focused dramatizations have found new life, thanks to recent cinematic offerings like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, with many more currently on the industry docket. It’s a notion that Netflix might have taken into consideration with a television project it just unveiled, set to chronicle the story of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the 1990s-era Mexican-American crossover pop sensation whose rise was tragically cut short upon being murdered by her friend and agent.
The Walking Dead‘s Christian Serratos temporarily put aside the zombie apocalypse to star on the Netflix television offering, titled Selena: The Series. The show is being released in “parts” (rather than seasons), with Part 1 arriving with six 1-hour episodes. Serratos – who’s played Rosita Espinoza on the AMC series since 2014 – has major shoes to fill, not just because of the loftiness of portraying the still-beloved singer, but also because of director Gregory Nava’s 1997 Selena film, which elevated star Jennifer Lopez to A-list status.
The Walking Dead‘s Christian Serratos temporarily put aside the zombie apocalypse to star on the Netflix television offering, titled Selena: The Series. The show is being released in “parts” (rather than seasons), with Part 1 arriving with six 1-hour episodes. Serratos – who’s played Rosita Espinoza on the AMC series since 2014 – has major shoes to fill, not just because of the loftiness of portraying the still-beloved singer, but also because of director Gregory Nava’s 1997 Selena film, which elevated star Jennifer Lopez to A-list status.
- 10/6/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Julio Macias (On My Block), Jesse Posey, Hunter Reese Peña (Morning Ritual), and Carlos Alfredo, Jr. (Mutt and Chopps) are set as series regulars, and Juan Martinez, Daniela Estrada and Paul Rodriguez, Jr. (The Curse of La Llorona) will recur opposite Christian Serratos in Netflix’s Selena: The Series, its upcoming scripted series about Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla.
Selena: The Series is a coming-of-age story following Selena (Serratos) as her dreams come true and all the heart-wrenching and life-changing choices she and her family have to make as they navigate success, family, and music.
Macias will play Pete Astudillo, a charming singer and member of a two-man band known as Los Bad Boys, who is discovered along with Joe Ojeda and ultimately helps write a few of Selena’s most popular songs.
Posey will play Chris Perez, the eventual...
Selena: The Series is a coming-of-age story following Selena (Serratos) as her dreams come true and all the heart-wrenching and life-changing choices she and her family have to make as they navigate success, family, and music.
Macias will play Pete Astudillo, a charming singer and member of a two-man band known as Los Bad Boys, who is discovered along with Joe Ojeda and ultimately helps write a few of Selena’s most popular songs.
Posey will play Chris Perez, the eventual...
- 11/27/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Nov 27, 2019
The Walking Dead’s Christian Serratos will star as the iconic late singer, Selena, in a Netflix series.
Popular-music-focused dramatizations seem to have found new life, thanks to recent cinematic offerings like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, with many more currently on the industry docket. It’s a notion that Netflix might have taken into consideration with a television project it just unveiled, set to chronicle the story of Selena Quintanilla, the 1990s Mexican-American crossover pop sensation whose rise was tragically cut short upon being murdered by her friend and agent.
The Walking Dead's Christian Serratos will field the starring role on the Netflix television offering, titled Selena: The Series. The show will be released in “parts” (rather than seasons), with Part 1 arriving with six 1-hour episodes. Serratos – who's played Rosita Espinoza on the AMC series since 2014 – has major shoes to fill, not just because of...
The Walking Dead’s Christian Serratos will star as the iconic late singer, Selena, in a Netflix series.
Popular-music-focused dramatizations seem to have found new life, thanks to recent cinematic offerings like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, with many more currently on the industry docket. It’s a notion that Netflix might have taken into consideration with a television project it just unveiled, set to chronicle the story of Selena Quintanilla, the 1990s Mexican-American crossover pop sensation whose rise was tragically cut short upon being murdered by her friend and agent.
The Walking Dead's Christian Serratos will field the starring role on the Netflix television offering, titled Selena: The Series. The show will be released in “parts” (rather than seasons), with Part 1 arriving with six 1-hour episodes. Serratos – who's played Rosita Espinoza on the AMC series since 2014 – has major shoes to fill, not just because of...
- 11/12/2019
- Den of Geek
Before "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom," there was "Itty Bitty Bubbles". This rare video surfaced of Selena Quintanilla singing to the beat of "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom, " but in English and no, the lyrics are not the same. In fact, the song's subject matter is completely different. In the clip, we hear the late star sing, "If I had just one wish, I would like to be a fish." Wait, what? According to Pete Astudillo, the song was born out of Selena testing out words. The former band member of Los Dinos explained on Univision's El Gordo y La Flaca that Selena, her husband Chris Perez and her brother A.B. Quintanilla were all improvising with...
- 10/20/2017
- E! Online
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Just days after the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History released rare footage of a 1994 interview with Selena Quintanilla, another video surfaced. In the latest video from 1993, the beloved late singer is in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas performing her hit single “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” but with a twist: She’s performing the Spanish-language song in English.
In English, the love song had an entirely different title, “Itty Bitty Bubble,” and subject matter. The clip shows the Grammy-winner singing about...
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Just days after the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History released rare footage of a 1994 interview with Selena Quintanilla, another video surfaced. In the latest video from 1993, the beloved late singer is in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas performing her hit single “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” but with a twist: She’s performing the Spanish-language song in English.
In English, the love song had an entirely different title, “Itty Bitty Bubble,” and subject matter. The clip shows the Grammy-winner singing about...
- 10/19/2017
- by Thatiana Diaz
- PEOPLE.com
Selena was on the verge of crossing over to a mid-American audience just as her life ended. With this film, she will possibly make the leap posthumously, a jump she was not able to realize during her lifetime. Certain to win a following among her Mexican-American fans, "Selena" will also touch the hearts of those who appreciate a film about making it in America. Warner Bros.' challenge with this finely made film will be to reach an audience that, at her death, had never heard of Selena.
Writer-director Gregory Nava has distilled Selena's short lifetime into a somewhat standard movie framework, but that is not to diminish her short, meteoric life or the decency of this work. This is a film about dreams, and we are taken inside Selena Quintanilla Perez's short lifetime and her desire to make it as a major American singer and entertainer. Her dream was fueled vicariously by her father Edward James Olmos), whose own dreams were quashed when he was caught between Mexican-Americans who resented his infatuation with rock 'n' roll and whites who resented Mexican-Americans.
In this intelligent, reverential film, writer-director Nava has portrayed Selena's essence: We see her rise from a little girl with a flair for performance to a mature singer-performer who seized stardom and was not intimidated by it. Best, we see her overcoming cultural prejudices.
What makes this movie work is Jennifer Lopez's electric performance as Selena, capturing the charismatic aspects of Selena's stage persona and the essence of her maturity as a growing woman. Olmos is particularly powerful as her ambitious father; he conveys both the strength of determination as well as the underside to ambition.
SELENA
Warner Bros.
A Productions-Esparza/Katz production
A Gregory Nava film
Producers Moctesuma Esparza, Robert Katz
Screenwriter-director Gregory Nava
Executive producer Abraham Quintanilla
Co-executive producer David Wisnievitz
Co-producer Peter Lopez
Director of photography Edward Lachman
Production designer Cary White
Editor Nancy Richardson
Costume designer Elisabetta Beraldo
Music Dave Grusin
Associate producers Carolyn Caldera,
Nancy De Los Santos
Casting Roger Mussenden
Color/stereo
Cast:
Selena Jennifer Lopez
Abraham Quintanilla Jr. Edward James Olmos
Chris Perez Jon Seda
Marcela Quintanilla Constance Marie
Abie Quintanilla Jacob Vargas
Yolanda Saldivar Lupe Ontiveros
Suzette Quintanilla Jackie Guerra
Young Selena Rebecca Lee Meza
Joe Ojeda Ruben Gonzales
Pete Astudillo Pete Astudillo
Running time -- 125 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Writer-director Gregory Nava has distilled Selena's short lifetime into a somewhat standard movie framework, but that is not to diminish her short, meteoric life or the decency of this work. This is a film about dreams, and we are taken inside Selena Quintanilla Perez's short lifetime and her desire to make it as a major American singer and entertainer. Her dream was fueled vicariously by her father Edward James Olmos), whose own dreams were quashed when he was caught between Mexican-Americans who resented his infatuation with rock 'n' roll and whites who resented Mexican-Americans.
In this intelligent, reverential film, writer-director Nava has portrayed Selena's essence: We see her rise from a little girl with a flair for performance to a mature singer-performer who seized stardom and was not intimidated by it. Best, we see her overcoming cultural prejudices.
What makes this movie work is Jennifer Lopez's electric performance as Selena, capturing the charismatic aspects of Selena's stage persona and the essence of her maturity as a growing woman. Olmos is particularly powerful as her ambitious father; he conveys both the strength of determination as well as the underside to ambition.
SELENA
Warner Bros.
A Productions-Esparza/Katz production
A Gregory Nava film
Producers Moctesuma Esparza, Robert Katz
Screenwriter-director Gregory Nava
Executive producer Abraham Quintanilla
Co-executive producer David Wisnievitz
Co-producer Peter Lopez
Director of photography Edward Lachman
Production designer Cary White
Editor Nancy Richardson
Costume designer Elisabetta Beraldo
Music Dave Grusin
Associate producers Carolyn Caldera,
Nancy De Los Santos
Casting Roger Mussenden
Color/stereo
Cast:
Selena Jennifer Lopez
Abraham Quintanilla Jr. Edward James Olmos
Chris Perez Jon Seda
Marcela Quintanilla Constance Marie
Abie Quintanilla Jacob Vargas
Yolanda Saldivar Lupe Ontiveros
Suzette Quintanilla Jackie Guerra
Young Selena Rebecca Lee Meza
Joe Ojeda Ruben Gonzales
Pete Astudillo Pete Astudillo
Running time -- 125 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 3/21/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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