Mexican luchador Blue Demon Jr is taking his act from the ring to the comic book world and the big screen with an action movie. The masked wrestler attended his first Comic Con in San Diego to promote his upcoming comic book which he says will serve as a prologue to the movie. Blue Demon along with writers/Moxie 88 production executives Dan Carrillo Levy and Eugenio Villamar reveal details about what to expect from the luchador's new projects. ...
- 8/1/2023
- by luperhaas@cinemovie.tv (Lupe R Haas)
- CineMovie
A Blue Demon Jr. Lucha Libre Universe is in the works. Candle Media’s Exile Content Studio and L.A.-based film company Moxie 88 have joined forces to produce a range of content based on Mexican wrestling icon, Blue Demon Jr.
The new 360-degree pact aims to expand the use of Blue Demon Jr.’s likeness in the areas of film, television, animation and merchandising on a worldwide scale.
As the adopted son of Blue Demon, the legendary 1950s Mexican wrestling (Lucha Libre) icon who inspired hundreds of comic books and nearly 30 feature films, Blue Demon Jr. has continued the noble tradition, stamping his own style on the wildly popular sport. He became the first Mexican and second masked wrestler to claim the prestigious Nwa World Heavyweight Championship and has sold out shows at Madison Square Garden.
Not unlike a superhero, Blue Demon Jr.’s mask represents justice and an unwavering pursuit of righteousness.
The new 360-degree pact aims to expand the use of Blue Demon Jr.’s likeness in the areas of film, television, animation and merchandising on a worldwide scale.
As the adopted son of Blue Demon, the legendary 1950s Mexican wrestling (Lucha Libre) icon who inspired hundreds of comic books and nearly 30 feature films, Blue Demon Jr. has continued the noble tradition, stamping his own style on the wildly popular sport. He became the first Mexican and second masked wrestler to claim the prestigious Nwa World Heavyweight Championship and has sold out shows at Madison Square Garden.
Not unlike a superhero, Blue Demon Jr.’s mask represents justice and an unwavering pursuit of righteousness.
- 6/7/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell have delighted fans with their tap dancing and singing abilities in the first trailer for their new holiday movie Spirited.
The forthcoming comedy puts a musical spin on Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol and stars Ferrell as Reynolds’s Christmas ghosts.
On Wednesday (12 October), Apple TV+ tweeted the official teaser for the film, which highlighted colourful and intricate dance numbers and comedic riffs between the two lead actors.
Octavia Spencer will also feature in the upcoming movie.
In response to the trailer, thrilled fans on Twitter have shared their anticipation for the film.
“Really excited about this one. Christmas Is Almost Here!!!” wrote one.
Another lamented that the trailer for a holiday movie was out this far in advance, before conceding: “But this does look delightful. By delightful I mean I just want to see Will Ferrell sing.”
Will Ferrell in a Christmas movie - I'm sold!
The forthcoming comedy puts a musical spin on Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol and stars Ferrell as Reynolds’s Christmas ghosts.
On Wednesday (12 October), Apple TV+ tweeted the official teaser for the film, which highlighted colourful and intricate dance numbers and comedic riffs between the two lead actors.
Octavia Spencer will also feature in the upcoming movie.
In response to the trailer, thrilled fans on Twitter have shared their anticipation for the film.
“Really excited about this one. Christmas Is Almost Here!!!” wrote one.
Another lamented that the trailer for a holiday movie was out this far in advance, before conceding: “But this does look delightful. By delightful I mean I just want to see Will Ferrell sing.”
Will Ferrell in a Christmas movie - I'm sold!
- 10/12/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Film
Exile Content Studio and Moxie 88 are partnering to develop a new scripted television series titled “The Illusionist Club,” Alejandro Uribe, CEO of Exile, and Moxie 88 co-founders Dan Carrillo Levy and Eugenio Villamar, announced on Thursday.
Latino writing duo Carrillo Levy and Villamar created the series. “The Illusionist Club” will tell the story of “Simon Santana, a 13-year-old aspiring card illusionist and sleight-of-hand artist who assembles a ragtag group of suburban teenage magic enthusiasts to solve the mystery of the long-ago disappearance of his grandfather, a famed stage illusionist known as The Great Isaac,” per the studio. “The troupe is quickly swept up into incredible adventures as they discover an underground society that holds the boy’s grandfather responsible for stealing the society’s most guarded treasure, the Book of Secrets.”
Levy and Villamar serve as writers, creators and executive producers on the series.
“We are thrilled to be joining forces with Dan and Eugenio,...
Latino writing duo Carrillo Levy and Villamar created the series. “The Illusionist Club” will tell the story of “Simon Santana, a 13-year-old aspiring card illusionist and sleight-of-hand artist who assembles a ragtag group of suburban teenage magic enthusiasts to solve the mystery of the long-ago disappearance of his grandfather, a famed stage illusionist known as The Great Isaac,” per the studio. “The troupe is quickly swept up into incredible adventures as they discover an underground society that holds the boy’s grandfather responsible for stealing the society’s most guarded treasure, the Book of Secrets.”
Levy and Villamar serve as writers, creators and executive producers on the series.
“We are thrilled to be joining forces with Dan and Eugenio,...
- 4/14/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Mexican star Omar Chaparro is set to lead and produce the English-language TV comedy/action series Coyotes M.C. from Moxie 88. The project is currently being pitched to streamers/buyers.
Chaparro portrays a business ethics professor whose life is upended when he is called to step in for his father, the infamous Latino criminal biker gang leader Los Coyotes Mc.
Moxie 88 co-founders Eugenio Villamar and Dan Carrillo Levy created Coyotes M.C. as a star vehicle for Chaparro’s first English-language TV series and currently holds the rights to the project.
Carrillo Levy and Villamar will act as executive producers, writers, and creators on the show. Chaparro and Jay Weisleder will serve as executive producers. Moxie 88’s VP of Development, Eugenia Esponda, will serve as a co-executive producer.
Chaparro currently holds the record as the highest-grossing actor in the Mexican box office,...
Chaparro portrays a business ethics professor whose life is upended when he is called to step in for his father, the infamous Latino criminal biker gang leader Los Coyotes Mc.
Moxie 88 co-founders Eugenio Villamar and Dan Carrillo Levy created Coyotes M.C. as a star vehicle for Chaparro’s first English-language TV series and currently holds the rights to the project.
Carrillo Levy and Villamar will act as executive producers, writers, and creators on the show. Chaparro and Jay Weisleder will serve as executive producers. Moxie 88’s VP of Development, Eugenia Esponda, will serve as a co-executive producer.
Chaparro currently holds the record as the highest-grossing actor in the Mexican box office,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Moxie 88, the production company behind the upcoming Disney Channel luchadora series Ultra Violet & Blue Demon, is elevating Maria Eugenia Esponda to EVP Development. In the new role, she will oversee development for Moxie’s slate of film and TV projects and lead the company’s outreach to potential collaborators, keying on highlighting diverse voices.
Additionally, Esponda will be tasked with creating a bridge between film and TV production in Mexico and Latin American and production in the U.S. via Moxie’s production arm.
Esponda launched her career at Moxie with her first project as producer, Little Bitches, the 2018 pic starring Kiersey Clemons, Jennette McCurdy and Virginia Gardner. She had been a junior producer at the company and has helped grow out its newest venture, Moxie 88 Animation.
Moxie 88, co-founded by Dan Carrillo Levy and Eugenio Villamar, has several projects in development and recently saw its Ultra Violet...
Additionally, Esponda will be tasked with creating a bridge between film and TV production in Mexico and Latin American and production in the U.S. via Moxie’s production arm.
Esponda launched her career at Moxie with her first project as producer, Little Bitches, the 2018 pic starring Kiersey Clemons, Jennette McCurdy and Virginia Gardner. She had been a junior producer at the company and has helped grow out its newest venture, Moxie 88 Animation.
Moxie 88, co-founded by Dan Carrillo Levy and Eugenio Villamar, has several projects in development and recently saw its Ultra Violet...
- 4/2/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney Channel has given a series order to Ultra Violet & Blue Demon, a superhero coming-of-age luchador action-comedy from a girl’s point of view, starring Mexican luchador and professional wrestler Blue Demon Jr. as a version of himself and Scarlett Estevez (Bunk’d) as Ultra Violet. The project had received a cast-contingent pilot order in January 2020, and now has received a formal series greenlight. The series, which introduces a relatable Mexican American family with a very special legacy, will showcase a predominately Latinx main cast and producing team.
The series unfolds as a magical luchador mask selects 13-year-old Violet (Estevez) to become Ultra, the superhero successor to her uncle, who is the famous Mexican wrestler Blue Demon Jr. and a superhero-in-disguise. Ultra begins her own secret superhero training with her uncle, all while having to navigate the ups and downs of middle school. As they start to work together, Uncle...
The series unfolds as a magical luchador mask selects 13-year-old Violet (Estevez) to become Ultra, the superhero successor to her uncle, who is the famous Mexican wrestler Blue Demon Jr. and a superhero-in-disguise. Ultra begins her own secret superhero training with her uncle, all while having to navigate the ups and downs of middle school. As they start to work together, Uncle...
- 1/28/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Disney Channel has given a cast-contingent pilot order to Ultra Violet & Blue Demon, a superhero coming-of-age luchador action-comedy from a girl’s point of view, starring and executive produced by Mexican luchador and professional wrestler Blue Demon Jr.
Written/executive produced by Pokémon Detective Pikachu writers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, Ultra Violet & Blue Demon centers on 13-year-old Violet, who is stunned when a magical luchador mask “chooses” her to be the successor to her uncle, the famed luchador Blue Demon Jr. who is actually a secret superhero. Violet will now begin her own secret superhero training, all while having to navigate the universal ups and downs of coming-of-age while keeping her new alter-ego a secret.
The pilot greenlight is cast-contingent, largely on finding the young lead opposite Demon Jr. Casting is underway in Los Angeles and Mexico under the direction of...
Written/executive produced by Pokémon Detective Pikachu writers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, Ultra Violet & Blue Demon centers on 13-year-old Violet, who is stunned when a magical luchador mask “chooses” her to be the successor to her uncle, the famed luchador Blue Demon Jr. who is actually a secret superhero. Violet will now begin her own secret superhero training, all while having to navigate the universal ups and downs of coming-of-age while keeping her new alter-ego a secret.
The pilot greenlight is cast-contingent, largely on finding the young lead opposite Demon Jr. Casting is underway in Los Angeles and Mexico under the direction of...
- 1/22/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The ninth annual HollyShorts Film Festival will open on Aug. 15 with "Zero Hour," a film written by "Babel" and "21 Grams" screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and directed by his protégé Dan Carrillo Levy, and will also feature an opening-night screening of "Punisher: Dirty Laundry," directed by Phil Joanou ("Three O'Clock High," "Rattle and Hum") and starring Thomas Jane, HollyShorts organizers told TheWrap on Tuesday. The opening-night event, which kicks off the largest short-film festival in Los Angeles, will take place at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Aug. 15. Prior...
- 7/30/2013
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
HollyShorts has announced that Dan Carrillo Levy’s Zero Hour will open the 9th annual HollyShorts Film Festival on Aug 15.
Thomas Jane and Phil Joanou will also screen the short Punisher: Dirty Laundry.
Zero Hour, starring Camilla Belle and Jaime Camil, centres on a young couple who take a fateful road trip. Oscar nominee Guillermo Arriaga wrote the screenplay.
Punisher: Dirty Laundry, written by Chad St John and directed by Phil Joanou, will also make its big screen debut after a long presence on the internet. Dirty Laundry is an unofficial Punisher short film described as a “love letter for all Frank Castle and Punisher fans.”
“Dan Carillo Levy is a next-generation visionary filmmaker and we couldn’t be more pleased that he’s chosen HollyShorts as the platform to showcase Zero Hour,” said festival co-founders and co-directors Daniel Sol and Theo Dumont.
“Punisher: Dirty Laundry has been the topic of conversation online quite a while and we...
Thomas Jane and Phil Joanou will also screen the short Punisher: Dirty Laundry.
Zero Hour, starring Camilla Belle and Jaime Camil, centres on a young couple who take a fateful road trip. Oscar nominee Guillermo Arriaga wrote the screenplay.
Punisher: Dirty Laundry, written by Chad St John and directed by Phil Joanou, will also make its big screen debut after a long presence on the internet. Dirty Laundry is an unofficial Punisher short film described as a “love letter for all Frank Castle and Punisher fans.”
“Dan Carillo Levy is a next-generation visionary filmmaker and we couldn’t be more pleased that he’s chosen HollyShorts as the platform to showcase Zero Hour,” said festival co-founders and co-directors Daniel Sol and Theo Dumont.
“Punisher: Dirty Laundry has been the topic of conversation online quite a while and we...
- 7/30/2013
- ScreenDaily
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