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Cannes — There’s a scene in “Bayoneta,” Mexican Kyzza Terrazas’ second fiction feature, where Miguel, played by “Club of Crows’” Luis Gerardo Méndez, is asked to sing a song. He does so, Chalino Sanchez’s “Nieves de enero,” a lovely spare ballad about heartbreak. Miguel knows something about that sentiment. An up-and-coming Mexican boxer, a Sydney Olympics medal winner who floors “Matador” Madrigal Ríos, Tijuana’s Miguel “Bayoneta” Galíndez’s prospects look bright until he kills his opponent in the ring.

Looking for atonement, even punishment and out of a sense of shame – as a father, he can’t look his daughter in the eye after failing in basic human ethics – he seeks exile in the snowy wastes of Tirku, a town in Finland, where he trains boxers. “Bayoneta” is a film about immigration, but for emotional need, not economic necessity. Picturing training as relief for Miguel, framing an affair...

Marc Buxton Oct 18, 2018

The big Daredevil season 3 villain has a crazy Marvel history. Here's everything you need to know about Bullseye.

Things are about to get deadly on the mean streets of Marvel because Bullseye is coming to Netflix’s Daredevil season 3. Fans have been awaiting Bullseye’s arrival since the first season, and with good reason. Over the years, many writers and artists have done their creative best to make Bullseye one of the most fearsome foes in the Marvel Universe. So let us go back in time and discover the deadly secrets of Bullseye, the man who never misses. Be warned though, as we travel back and find these greatest Bullseye stories, the journey is littered with the corpses of men and women who crossed Bullseye. Victims punctured with playing cards, pierced with paper clips, and penetrated by ninja weapons.

The first character known as Bulls-Eye (not Bullseye...

Follow a long strip of one-lane blacktop through the woods off New York State Route 28 and you’ll find a spooky old estate called Big Indian Springs. A 20-bedroom Victorian hall perched on 37 acres of rolling Catskill foothills, it was once a summer camp for young women who worked in garment factories; now it’s an Airbnb. With faded portraits lining the walls and spiders and frogs crawling across the mossy lawn, the vibe is somewhere between Dirty Dancing and The Shining, depending on how paranoid you’re feeling. Don...

Indie singer-songwriters Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers unveiled their new supergroup, Boygenius, with three songs, “Bite the Hand,” “Me and My Dog” and “Stay Down.” The tracks will appear on the group’s self-titled debut Ep, out November 9th via Matador.

Baker, Dacus and Bridgers each helm one of the three songs, and though their respective offerings bear the hallmarks of their solo work, a distinct Boygenius style emerges, especially in the stunning vocal harmonies. On “Bite the Hand,” Dacus leads the group through a crackling ballad that...

AMC and Channel sci-fi drama Humans is being remade in China after Endemol Shine China partnered with local producer Croton Media.

Chinese stars Ray Ma and Stephy Qi are fronting the local Mandarin-language remake, which has just begun filming in Shanghai. There is no broadcaster attached.

Kudos, which produces the UK version of the drama, and Matador, which produced the original Swedish series, are also working on the series. Humans is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar in appearance to human beings.

Set in the fictional year 2035, when technology, in particular artificial intelligence will infiltrate and influence every aspect of daily existence, the series will keep the sinister, thrilling and emotional narrative of the original English-language version, while exploring the rapidly evolving relationship between humanity and technology, asking what it really means to be human.

Mike Cecchini Joseph Baxter Feb 28, 2019

Rambo 5: Last Blood, Sylvester Stallone's last go-around in the franchise, now has a release date.

John Rambo is at it again. Rambo 5 is underway, with Sylvester Stallone returning as the wayward one-man army from whom society drew first blood. Apropos to that description, it has just been revealed that the fifth film will go by the full title, Rambo 5: Last Blood.

Adrian Grunberg (Get the Gringo) will serve as director, working off a screenplay by Stallone, joined by producer Avi Lerner. Rambo 5: Last Blood will see Stallone's John headed south of the border to take on the drug cartels.

Here's everything you need to know about Rambo 5: Last Blood...

Rambo 5 Release Date

Per The Hollywood Report, Rambo 5: Last Blood, will premiere on September 20, 2019. The fall is as good a time as any for John Rambo's last go-around.

Rambo 5 Cast...

Mike Cecchini Joseph Baxter Oct 11, 2018

Rambo 5 is in production, with Sylvester Stallone's Rambo returning to wage a one-man war on a Mexican drug cartel.

John Rambo is at it again. Rambo 5 is getting underway with a shoot in Bulgaria, with Sylvester Stallone returning as the wayward one-man army from whom society drew first blood. Apropos to that description, it has just been revealed that the fifth film will go by the full title, Rambo 5: Last Blood.

Adrian Grunberg (Get the Gringo) will serve as director, working off a screenplay by Stallone, joined by producer Avi Lerner. Rambo 5: Last Blood will see Stallone's John headed south of the border to take on the drug cartels.

Here's everything you need to know about Rambo 5: Last Blood...

Rambo 5 Cast

Sergio Peris-Mencheta will play the Rambo 5 villain, reports Deadline. His character will be Hugo Martinez, the leader...

Entertainment One and Hulu have sealed an exclusive streaming deal for multiple eOne series totaling 240 hours. The pact includes rights to dramatic thriller Cardinal, dramedy Gap Year and other series. Also included in the deal are the fish-out-of-water comedy Welcome to Sweden, series; The Dating Guy, a animated comedy about dating, sex and friendship with a twist; and Matador, the action-thriller from executive producer Robert Rodriguez; and the medical drama Saving Hop…...

Are you overwhelmed by how much television is available right now? Is life getting in the way of keeping up with the shows you wanna try out? We feel your tube-related pain. Here’s a handy feature that’ll help you locate the hidden gems in this era of Peak TV.

One Day At A Time

Network | Netflix

Created By | Norman Lear; adapted by Mike Royce and Gloria Calderon Kellett

RelatedPeak TV Treasure: Halt and Catch Fire

Number Of Episodes | 13 episodes (in Season 1)

Episode Length | 30 mins.

Premise | This reimagining of the Lear classic puts the focus on Penelope Alvarez (Six Feet Under...

Stars: Keith Sutliff, Brandon Pearson, Micheal Ryan Whelan, Mathew Webb, Julien Cesario, Tim Park, Carlotta Montanari, Erica Souza, Steve Bethers, Pelé Kizy | Written and Directed by Keith Sutliff

It has been some time since I sat down to watch a good heist movie, so when I received The Mason Brothers and read things like “Inspired by films like The Untouchables and Reservoir Dogs,” well call me an old romantic for those films in particular but that comparison made me give this one a shot for sure.

I’m going to put something right on front street when it comes to this movie. When it says “Inspired by Reservoir Dogs” it Really means inspired by… However as my esteemed podcast co-host said “there are worse movies to be inspired by”.

The Mason Brothers is the story of a group of bank robbers who as you may imagine are also brothers. We...

Things just got more real with Dark/Web. The Lrm Exclusive digital series just locked down Ghost Rider himself, Gabriel Luna, to partake in “Zero." Luna definitely made his presence felt on the most reason season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and was also the star of El Rey's Matador. His Dark/Web episode, "Zero," is one of the anthology portions of the show.

For those confused by what we mean by “anthology portion,” it’s probably best to recap the unique format that Dark/Web utilizes.

Dark/Web's structure combines the classic, standalone stories traditionally found in an anthology series with an overarching, season-long mystery. Each episode consists of two parts:

A portion of the serialized tale that continues week after week. A stand-alone horror/sci-fi short, presented in the form of stories that Molly left behind; each written and directed by a different filmmaker.

As mentioned above, Luna will star in “Zero,...

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland alum Peter Gadiot has landed the role of the nefarious Mr. Mxyzptlk on Supergirl, a rep for The CW confirms for TVLine.

In DC Comics lore, Mr. Mxyzptlk is an impish, reality-bending trickster from the 5th Dimension who is best known for tormenting Superman and who can be “sent home” only by tricking him into saying/spelling his own name backwards. There is no word yet on how the character will figure into Kara’s world, or if he’ll be sporting that fetch hat.

VideosSupergirl Reveals [Spoiler]’s Return,...

Thanks to Canadagraphs, we have some new pics from the Vancouver set of The CW's Supergirl, one of which gives us a first look at the latest small-screen incarnation of classic Superman baddie, Mr. Myxlplyx. The character will be played by British actor Peter Gadiot (Once Upon a Time, Fresh Meat, Matador), who will guest-star in an upcoming episode. As you can see, this incarnation of Myx looks nothing like the impish comic book version, but perhaps he'll also have a "true form" on the show. Supergirl Season 2 returns with the Kevin Smith-directed "Supergirl Lives" on Monday, January 23rd at 8pm.

This is it — This. Is. It.: The One Day at a Time reboot trailer has arrived.

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My initial reaction: It doesn’t look terrible!

Premiering Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, the new series — which is being billed as a “reimagining” of the iconic Norman Lear sitcom — follows a Cuban-American family led by a recently separated, former military mom (Queen of the South‘s Justina Machado) as she navigates a new single life while raising her radical teenaged daughter (Matador‘s Isabella Gomez) and ‘tween son (Marcel...

In the tense border drama “Transpecos,” the line between right and wrong blurs as the heat rises in the desert. The film follows three border patrol agents — the rookie Benjamin Davis (Johnny Simmons), the seasoned pro Lance Flores (Gabriel Luna), and the callous veteran Lou Hobbs (Clifton Collins Jr.) — who man a check point on a remote highway. One day on a routine stop, Hobbs examines a suspicious vehicle, but when the car tries to take off Hobbs shoots the passenger as they discover a trunk filled with cocaine. Before they can call it in, Davis pulls a gun on the two agents and claims that he must smuggle the drugs to a drop-off point or else his family will die. Drawn into a violent journey, all three must contend with dark secrets, malleable morality, and a potentially terrible fate. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.

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Netflix (perhaps in a happenstance manner) celebrated Norman Lear’s 94th birthday by announcing on Wednesday a premiere date for its “reimagining” of One Day at a Time, one of myriad sitcoms the TV legend shepherded over the decades.

Premiering Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, the new series follows a Cuban-American family led by a recently separated, former military mom (Queen of the South‘s Justina Machado) as she navigates a new single life while raising her radical teenaged daughter (Matador‘s Isabella Gomez) and ‘tween son (Marcel Ruiz), with the “help” of her old-school, Cuban-born mom (Egot winner Rita Moreno) and a...

The characters fortunate enough to survive the blood-splattered brawl at the end of Season 2 will return in the upcoming third season of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, and to help hold over fans with a culebra-like thirst for new episodes, Miramax and El Rey Network have revealed Season 3’s directors and additional cast members.

Press Release: June 7, 2016 (Los Angeles, CA / Austin, TX) – Miramax® and El Rey Network released today the list of directors that will helm the 10 episodes of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series season three. Additionally, Nicky Whelan (House of Lies, The Wedding Ringer) and Maurice Compte (Breaking Bad, Narcos) have joined the cast of season three. Compte will play Brassa a mysterious Rasputin-like figure who takes on the Gecko brothers. Whelan’s character will be revealed on air.

The list of directors includes several newcomers to the series including Eagle Egilsson, who is known for...

Showtime has unveiled the first trailer for its new music series Roadies, the first TV show written, created, directed, and executive produced by Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Fast Times at Ridgemont High). Here's the official description:

Roadies gives an insider’s look at the reckless, romantic, funny and often poignant lives of a committed group of “roadies” who live for music and the de facto family they’ve formed along the way. The series chronicles the rock world through the eyes of music’s unsung heroes and pays homage to the backstage workers who put the show on the road while touring the United States for the successful arena-level group, The Staton-House Band.

Luke Wilson, Carla Gugino, Imogen Poots (The Look of Love), Rafe Spall (One Day), Academy Award® nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), Peter Cambor (NCIS: Los Angeles), Colson Baker a.k.a. Machine Gun Kelly (Beyond the Lights...

After trading some risqué jokes with Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, Mel Gibson hit the town with his girlfriend. The Expendables 3 star, 60, and Rosalind Ross, 24, were spotted exiting hand-in-hand from the CAA award show afterparty at Sunset Tower Hotel on Sunday night, TMZ report. Gibson wore a black tux with a matching bowtie, while Ross opted for a strapless, purple gown with a flowing train. Earlier in the evening, Gibson received some friendly, expletive-laden jabs from host Gervais while onstage as a presenter. Gervais joked about the actor's past drinking habits, and Gibson fired back that seeing the...

After trading some risqué jokes with Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, Mel Gibson hit the town with his girlfriend. The Expendables 3 star, 60, and Rosalind Ross, 24, were spotted exiting hand-in-hand from the CAA award show afterparty at Sunset Tower Hotel on Sunday night, TMZ report. Gibson wore a black tux with a matching bowtie, while Ross opted for a strapless, purple gown with a flowing train. Earlier in the evening, Gibson received some friendly, expletive-laden jabs from host Gervais while onstage as a presenter. Gervais joked about the actor's past drinking habits, and Gibson fired back that seeing the...

Kent Grainger (Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl) is a man of many alleged trades: a record label executive, a talent agent to the stars, and most importantly, a secret admirer.

In ABC’s Wicked City, the CW alum plays a copycat serial killer in the drug-fueled murder capital of the world — 1982 Los Angeles — where, much like Billy Idol’s then-eventual hit, he’s got nothing but flesh for fantasy.

RelatedWicked City Review: Time, Place and a Killer Ed Westwick on Its Side

Set on making a name for himself as more than just the second coming of the “Hillside Strangler,...

“That was weird. And kind of amazing,” sighs Wicked City‘s Betty Beaumontaine (Erika Christensen), moments after a sexual encounter remarkable for its unspoken agreement that she pretend to be a corpse.

RelatedWicked City Star Erika Christensen on Playing a Sociopath: Parenthood Fans ‘Needed to Be Warned’

Like Betty before she fully succumbs to the twisted charms of Ed Westwick’s Kent, you too might experience intermittent misgivings about the one-hour pilot of ABC’s latest crime drama (premiering Tuesday, 10/9c) — albeit for very different reasons. While Kent’s twisted script threatens to push Christensen’s secretly sadistic nurse...

If you’re trying to decipher the title of ABC’s freshman series Wicked City, look no further than the following sneak peek.

Set against the backdrop of the Sunset Strip circa 1982, the crime drama — premiering Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 10/9c — focuses on two Los Angeles cops in search of a Bonnie & Clyde-esque team of serial killers (played by Gossip Girl‘s Ed Westwick and Parenthood‘s Erika Christensen).

RelatedABC’s Wicked City, Best It Can, Will Be Mindful of Violence Against Women

In the video above, Detectives Jack Roth (Suburgatory‘s Jeremy Sisto) and Paco Contreras (Matador‘s Gabriel Luna...

After cinematic adventures such as We Bought A Zoo and the recent Aloha, Cameron Crowe is returning to his music-filled Almost Famous wheelhouse – albeit on the small screen – with the Showtime series Roadies, for which we now have the first teaser trailer. Characterized as a comedy show, Roadies has been picked up for 10 episodes, and centres on the backstage crew of a touring rock band.

The series brings together some impressive talent, both onscreen and off, with Winnie Holzman lined up as showrunner, and J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk set for executive producing duties. The cast will feature Carla Gugino, Luke Wilson, Imogen Poots and Rafe Spall, among many others, and expectations of excellence are high.

Check out the press release from Showtime below for more:

“Created by Cameron Crowe, Roadies is an insider’s look at the reckless, romantic, funny and poignant lives of a committed group of ‘roadies...

It is perhaps something of an understatement to suggest that there is little love lost between Hollywood and North Korea. If the events of last year, surrounding the controversial film The Interview, caused a stir within the totalitarian regime, then the project currently being developed by Daniel Dae Kim – Escaping North Korea – will certainly ruffle some repressive feathers also, since it tells the very real story of Korean-American hero, Mike Kim.

The film will be the adaptation of Escaping North Korea: Defiance And Hope In The World’s Most Repressive Country – written by Mike Kim, and published in 2008. The fascinating memoir details how he gave up his life in the Chicago business community, and relocated to China in 2003. Living close to the North Korean border, he posed as a student of North Korean Taekwondo for four years, and quietly founded Crossing Borders.

This non-profit organization provided humanitarian aid to North Korean refugees,...

"Hawaii Five-o" star Daniel Dae Kim is developing Mike Kim's "Escaping North Korea" memoir into a feature film through his CBS-based production company 3Ad along with Sriram Das' Das Films.

Daniel Dae Kim will star as Mike Kim in the film which follows his first-hand account of a high-risk mission to lead a group of refugees over the North Korean border through Southeast Asia using a modern-day Underground Railroad.

Over the course of four years in Asia, he ended up aiding thousands of people of all ages find safe haven through his humanitarian missions. Rosalind Ross ("Matador") is attached to pen the adaptation while Chris S. Lee is producing.

Source: Deadline...

Exclusive: Hawaii Five-o star Daniel Dae Kim and his CBS-based production company 3Ad are partnering with Sriram Das' Das Films (November Man) to develop Mike Kim’s Escaping North Korea: Defiance And Hope In The World’s Most Repressive Country, as a feature film. Rosalind Ross (Matador) is attached to pen the adaptation, and the South Korean-born Daniel Dae Kim will star as Mike Kim (no relation). The 2008 memoir chronicles a first-hand account of a high-risk mission to…...

"We're gonna eat you guys." A cannibal horror comedy set on Halloween night, Gravy has been slated for an October 2nd limited theatrical release and an October 6th Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release from Shout! Factory. If you're hungry for a taste of this new film, the official trailer has been revealed.

Equally funny and frightening, doused in blood, and featuring plenty of toe-curling moments (including a cheese grater to the face snippet), the trailer for Gravy should place this film prominently on the watch list of horror hounds looking for a unique melding of Halloween, blood-splattered horror comedy, and cannibalistic scares.

"An irreverent, daring and wickedly-fun horror comedy, Gravy walks a perfect line of tension and release, laughs and scares. It’s Halloween night. A trio of costumed misfits with very special dietary requirements seizes a Mexican cantina and force the staff to engage in a late night of gluttony.

Australian actor Tanc Sade (Matador, Gilmore Girls) is set for a guest role in Showtime’s hourlong comedy pilot Roadies, from Cameron Crowe and J.J. Abrams. Roadies follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of music's unsung heroes – the crew members who get the show on the road. Sade, repped by Untitled Entertainment and Don Buchwald & Associates, will play Christopher House, the tortured songwriter and guitarist for the Staton-House…...

The actress will play a Us Marine in the drama inspired by the real-life female soldiers who deployed alongside Special Forces under the Lioness Program.

James Dahl is producing Lioness from a screenplay by Rosalind Ross about a female operative on an anti-Taliban mission in Afghanistan.

Page will next be seen opposite Julianne Moore and Michael Shannon in Freeheld, which Lionsgate will release on October 2. She is currently filming Tallulah opposite Allison Janney for Route One Entertainment and Ocean Blue Entertainment.

Dahl’s credits include The End Of The Tour starring Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segal that A24 will release on July 31. Ross wrote El Rey Network’s Matador.

In other casting news, Courteney Cox and Roselyn Sanchez have joined Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci, Paul Wesley and Eva Amurri Martino on Paul Duddridge’s drama Mothers Day. Danielle James and Amy Williams are producing the film, currently in production in Los Angeles.

The folks at Shout! Factory have acquired North American rights to the Halloween horror comedy Gravy.

Press Release: "Los Angeles, Calif. (June 22, 2015) – Shout! Factory, a leading multi-platform entertainment company, has acquired North American rights to the unhinged horror comedy Gravy directed by actor-writer-producer-director James Roday. The announcement was made today by Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, and the film’s director James Roday.

In this picture deal, Shout! Factory has secured exclusive distribution rights to Gravy, including digital, home entertainment, broadcast and theatrical for cross-platform releases in the U.S. and Canada. Shout! Factory plans a strategic rollout of the movie on a variety of entertainment distribution platforms and in all packaged media through its horror entertainment brand Scream Factory™.

“James Roday has made a wonderfully demented blend of horror and comedy that fits perfectly into our Scream Factory family. The substantial talent behind...

Y’all ready for Soflotus?

Scandal has cast Lauren Bowles (True Blood) as Harmony, the sister of Bellamy Young’s first lady Mellie, in the ABC drama’s April 2 episode.

Per EW.com, Harmony’s presence will not only reveal Mellie’s past, but possibly jeopardize her presidential ambitions.

RelatedScandal Stars Preview Gladiators’ Return, State of the Olivia/Fitz Union

Bowles has previously guest-starred on Stalker, Mom and — on a road trip through Shondaland — Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice.

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* Calling all Community fans! The comedy’s Season 6 premiere will...

Matador star Gabriel Luna is set as the co-lead opposite Adam Rothenberg in ABC's drama pilot L.A. Crime, from ABC Studios and Mandeville. The character-driven "true crime" procedural, written by Steven Baigelman and directed by Tom Shankland, explores sex, politics and popular culture across various noteworthy eras in Los Angeles history. In the first installment, L.A. Crime: The Sunset Strip, L.A. cops Jack Roth (Rothenberg) and Paco Contreras (Luna) will be searching…...

Entourage The Movie

The stars of "Entourage" popped up on the red carpet on the Golden Globes on Sunday ahead of the crowds to film some last-minute footage for the upcoming movie version of the HBO series. Said movie opens June 5th in cinemas.

The scene in question is said to be a "special ending" for the film according to Jeremy Piven. The actor along with Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Jerry Ferrara all reportedly participated in the filming. [Source: Variety]

Untitled Lowrider Project

Yvette Monreal ("Matador") has signed on for the female lead in the untitled Lowrider project at Universal Pictures alongside Demian Bichir, Theo Rossi and Gabriel Chavarria. The story is set in the East Los Angeles world of lowrider cars and street tagging

Chavarria plays a teen caught between his traditional father (Bichir) and his estranged, criminal brother Ghost (Rossi), both of whom are competing in the annual lowrider "Supershow.

The original action drama series, Matador, which launched on El Rey Network in July, will not return for a second season. The show was created by Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman, and ended its 13 episode run in October. Despite initial high hopes for the drama – the pilot of which was directed by network founder Robert Rodriguez – low international sales apparently played a significant part in the network’s decision not to renew. In a statement regarding the cancellation, El Rey Network explained its choice.

“Ultimately, it was a business decision but to be clear, we were very proud of the series on every level – creatively it hit the mark and we are gratified that it celebrated diversity in front of the cameras and behind the scenes. We want to thank everyone involved, from the extraordinarily talented cast and crew to the amazing production team. We appreciate all that they have...

Network: El Rey

Episodes: 13 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: July 15, 2014 -- October 7, 2014.

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Gabriel Luna, Alfred Molina, Nicky Whelan, Neil Hopkins, Jude Ciccolella, Tanc Sade, Peter Gadiot, and Louis Ozawa Changchien.

TV show description:

This action TV series revolves popular soccer star Antonio "Tony" Bravo (Gabriel Luna). A world-class athlete from Boyle Heights known as "Matador," Tony is known for his ventures both on and off the field.

Charismatic, successful, and a player who can turn a game around with his presence and skill, Tony is a swinging bachelor with an active social life. But he's not a member of the La Riot soccer team simply to help grow his ego.

Unbeknownst to the public and his family, Tony was recruited from...

Remember when El Rey renewed their Matador TV show for a second season? Well, the cable channel wants to forget that July 2014 announcement. They've now cancelled Matador and that includes their plans for season two.

An action series, Matador revolves a popular and swinging bachelor soccer star (Gabriel Luna) who is recruited by a clandestine spy organization in the United States Government. He's to infiltrate the life of billionaire team owner Andrés Galan (Alfred Molina) who is suspected of using his network of communications satellites for wildly illegal purposes. The rest of the cast includes Nicky Whelan, Neil Hopkins, Jude Ciccolella, Tanc Sade, Peter Gadiot, and Louis Ozawa Changchien.

The first season's 13 episodes concluded last month. According to Deadline, the series wasn't cheap to produce. And, though the first season performed well enough domestically, there wasn't enough interest internationally to proceed with a...

"Matador" is no more. Robert Rodriguez's cable channel El Rey Network has made its first major cancellation, after declining to pick up the spy series "Matador" for a second season.   After premiering in in July, the 13-episode first season aired its final episode in October, according to Deadline. "Matador" starred Gabriel Luna as a DEA agent who goes undercover as a pro soccer player. The series was created by the former writing team of Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman (the "Transformers" films, "Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Star Trek Into Darkness"). Rodriguez directed the premiere episode. "Matador" also starred Nicky Whelan, Neil Hopkins, Alfred Molina and Tanc Sade. "Ultimately it was a business decision but to be clear, we were very proud of the series on every level-creatively it hit the mark and we are gratified that it celebrated diversity in front of the cameras and behind the scenes," reads a press release from El Rey.

The El Rey network has cancelled its action-drama series "Matador" after one season. Gabriel Luna starred in the show as Tony Bravo, a soccer player who uses his position of access to powerful people around the globe to pull off his other job - being an undercover agent for the CIA.

The news comes as a minor surprise as the show was already picked up for a second season before it premiered in July. However, and despite performing well in the U.S., the series was a dud internationally and so the network has opted to axe it.

In a statement, the network said: "Ultimately, it was a business decision, but to be clear, we were very proud of the series on every level. Creatively, it hit the mark, and we are gratified that it celebrated diversity in front of the cameras and behind the scenes. We want to thank everyone involved,...

It’s game over for El Rey Network’s Matador.

The action-drama series, which starred Gabriel Luna as Tony Bravo, a soccer player and CIA mole, has been cancelled after one season, our sister site Deadline is reporting.

Related Cable Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?

This decision will likely come as a surprise to Matador fans, as the series was picked up for a second season before it premiered in July. According to Deadline, Matador performed well in the U.S., but the network had hoped for more international success.

“Ultimately,...

After starring as a gifted but troubled computer hacker in ABC.s The Code, Ashley Zukerman is set to play a guy whose children have psychic powers in Childhood.s End.

Zukerman joins Charles Dance and emerging star Osy Ikhile in the miniseries for the Us Syfy network, based on a classic Arthur C. Clarke novel, which begins filming in Melbourne next month.

Published in 1953, Clarke.s novel details life on Earth while it is under the benign control of a race of aliens, the Overlords. From their hovering UFOs, the Overlords spend decades turning Earth into a Utopia, which in the process also destroys humanity's identity.

Dance, who plays Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones and starred in Mark Hartley.s Patrick, is cast as an Overlord named Karellen, who is an ambassador for his species on Earth.

Zukerman will play Jake Greggson, an American production designer with artistic...

Sadly on October 14, 2014, actress Elizabeth Peña died far too young at age 55 from a preventable disease, addiction to alcohol.Her death was directly related to drinking. The Los Angeles County Coroner has ruled that the “Modern Family” and “Matador” actress, was due to severe alcohol abuse reported People.The El Rey network, home to the hit series “Matador” that featured Ms. Peña as the matriarch of the family, released a statement on her passing:We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague, Elizabeth Peña. She was a role model, a truly extraordinary performer and an inspiration […]...

Sad news to report as actress Elizabeth Peña, known for early roles in films like ‘La Bamba,’ ‘Down and Out in Beverly Hills,’ and ‘*batteries not included,’ has died. Ms. Peña was 55, according to her nephew. Peña had recently wrapped an excellent first season of the El Rey Network series ‘Matador.’The news first broke at Latino Review, written by Peña’s nephew that the beloved actress had passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last night.In his article he writes:Tonight, my family is heartbroken. There’s now a void that will never be filled. All we can do now is […]...

Elizabeth Peña, the TV and movie actress, died on Tuesday after a brief illness. She was 55.

Elizabeth Peña Dies

Peña’s manager confirmed her untimely death to CNN. Details on the illness that took her life have not been revealed.

On Modern Family, Peña proved to be a scene stealer playing the mom of Gloria (Sofia Vergara), Pilar, in the show’s 2013 season. She’s also had memorable guest-starring roles on Major Crimes, Prime Suspect, Ghost Whisperer, Without a Trace, NCIS and more. Peña’s most recent leading role on a TV show was as Maritza Sandoval in Matador.

Peña, who had her first film role in 1979, has been in tens of moves. Over the decades, she’s appeared in They All Laughed, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, La Bamba, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Rush Hour, Tortilla Soup and voiced the part of Mirage in The Incredibles.

Hollywood actress Elizabeth Peña had died, aged 55.

Peña's nephew Mario-Francisco Robles confirmed that she passed away on Tuesday (October 14) in an obituary for Latino Review.

In a career spanning almost 40 years, Peña appeared in a number of movies and television roles after her big break in Spanish-language film El Super.

She went on to star in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, La Bamba and Blue Steel in the '80s, before making noteworthy appearances in Rush Hour, Jacob's Ladder, Resurrection Blvd and also voicing Mirage in The Incredibles.

More recently, Peña played Gloria's (Sofia Vergara) mother in Modern Family and finished up work on El Rey Network's action series Matador.

"We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague, Elizabeth Peña," the El Rey Network said in a statement.

"She was a role model, a truly extraordinary performer and an inspiration in every sense of the word.

Pena, best known for her roles in 'Rush Hour', 'Modern Family', 'Lone Star', and 'The Matador', passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Actress Elizabeth Pena, most recently seen on the crime drama series Matador on the El Rey Network, has died at the age of 55.

The news of Pena's passing came from her nephew Mario-Francisco Robles, a writer for Latino Review, who posted an obituary on the site.

According to Robles, Pena passed away on Tuesday after being admitted to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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No information regarding the actress' cause of death has yet been released.

During her decades-long career, Pena appeared in a number of huge projects including, the 1990 psychological horror drama Jacob's Ladder, the 1996 crime drama Lone Star, the 1998 action comedy Rush Hour, and Pixar's The Incredibles (voicing the sinister and seductive Mirage).

Recently, she also guest...

Prolific actress Elizabeth Peña, whose acting career spanned nearly 40 years, has died at age 55. Peña died Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, her nephew Mario-Francisco Robles told the Latino Review. Her cause of death was not immediately available. Also read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2014 (Photos) Peña was raised by Cuban immigrant parents in her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey. She started in theater and debuted in her first film in 1978 — director León Ichaso's “El Super.” Most recently, she wrapped up filming seven episodes of El Rey Network's “Matador.” “We are deeply saddened by the passing of our.

La Bamba and Lone Star actress Elizabeth Peña has died. She was 55. Peña's manager, Gina Rugolo, says the actress died Tuesday in Los Angeles of natural causes after a brief illness. No other details were provided. Peña's career spanned four decades and included roles in films like Rush Hour, Jacob's Ladder and Free Willy 2. She also appeared on such TV shows as L.A. Law, Dream On, Resurrection Blvd. and Modern Family, where she played the mother of Sofia Vergara's character, Gloria. She also provided her voice to The Incredibles, the Justice League cartoon series and American Dad. Peña recently...

Actress Elizabeth Pena died October 14 of natural causes after brief illness. She was 55.

Pena received an Independent Spirit Award for her work in John Sayles’ Lone Star. She was perhaps best known for her roles in La Bamba and Down And Out In Beverly Hills, and for a recurring role in Modern Family as Pilar, the mother of Sofia Vergara‘s character. She also recently played the mother of the principal character in the recently wrapped first season of El Rey Network‘s Matador, and recently appeared in TNT’s Major Crimes.

The El Rey Network issued a statement about Pena’s death: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague, Elizabeth Peña. She was a role model, a truly extraordinary performer and an inspiration in every sense of the word. Our thoughts are with Elizabeth’s family and friends during this difficult time. She ‎will be deeply missed.

Elizabeth Peña, whose TV career included roles on Modern Family and Matador, died Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was 55.

Peña’s nephew, Mario-Francisco Robles, confirmed her death in an obituary he penned for Latino-Review.

Her most recent role was that of Maritza, mother of the title character on El Rey’s Matador. She also played Gloria’s mother, Pilar, in two episodes of Modern Family.

Peña’s career spanned nearly four decades and included stints on series like Major Crimes, Off the Map, Resurrection Blvd., and NCIS. She also led her own short-lived comedy, I Married Dora,...