A Million Little Things Season 3 Scoop: James Roday Rodriguez Teases That Art Could Imitate Life for Gary

RELATED STORIES Fresh off his high-profile moniker makeover, James Roday Rodriguez teases that his Million Little Things character may experience a similar awakening with regard to his ethnicity. Earlier this month, the Mexican-American actor — in an exclusive interview with TVLine — detailed his “deeply personal” decision to reclaim his birth name of Rodriguez after […]

James Roday Details ‘Deeply Personal’ Decision to Reclaim Birth Name Rodriguez: ‘I Want to Be the Most Honest Ally for My Community’

RELATED STORIES James Rodriguez was a freshman at New York University when the then-aspiring actor first learned that his Mexican-American heritage was going to be a problem for Hollywood. He had just nailed an audition for a big feature film, but the casting director was put off by the fact that his Caucasian-like skin tone […]

The Mandalorian: Robert Rodriguez Confirmed as a Season 2 Director

RELATED STORIES Once Upon a Time in… Nevarro? Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez — whose credits include El Mariachi, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sin City and Spy Kids — confirmed that he is among those who directed a Season 2 episode of Disney+’s flagship series The Mandalorian. The news came on May 4 aka “Star Wars […]

Daybreak’s Krysta Rodriguez Talks Eating Bugs, Surviving the Apocalypse and Inspiring Young Girls to ‘Get Loud’

RELATED STORIES There’s a moment in the fourth of episode of Netflix’s Daybreak when a barely recognizable Krysta Rodriguez clutches an enormous bowl of maggots, assigns a name to each individual squirmer, then proceeds to devour them all with a sickening grin on her gross (sorry!) face. Sure, it sounds like the stuff of nightmares […]

Brooklyn 99 Finale Video: Rosa Falls For Special Guest Star Gina Rodriguez

Has Detective Rosa Diaz finally met her match? TVLine has your exclusive sneak peek at Sunday’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine season finale (Fox, 8:30/7:30c), which introduces Jane the Virgin‘s Gina Rodriguez as a potential love interest for Rosa. RELATEDBrooklyn Nine-Nine Saved, by NBC: Cast Shares ‘Gobsmacked’ Reactions! Hit PLAY on the video above to watch Rosa become entranced by […]

Robert Rodriguez explains why his movie adaptation of famous manga ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ won’t make the mistake ‘Ghost in the Shell’ did

Fox Robert Rodriguez and producer Jon Landau (“Avatar”) talked to Business Insider at CinemaCon about the evolution of bringing “Alita: Battle Angel” to the screen. It was originally a project James Cameron was to make, after he discovered the manga around 2000. However, the success of “Avatar” changed everything. Rodriguez has resurrected the project, and […]

Some Kind of Robert Rodriguez Cinematic Universe Project is in the Works

Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the first film franchise to take multiple film series and bridge them together on such a large scale, it’s not the first time movies have shared the same universe on the big screen outside of traditional sequels. Universal’s classic monster movies all existed in the same world, Kevin Smith […]

Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, and Richard Jenkins to Star in Miranda July’s Heist Film

Female-led heist films are officially a trend. With Ocean’s 8 and Widows coming up later this year, a third heist movie is now in the works from indie filmmaker Miranda July. The project is still untitled, but she’s managed to secure Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld) and Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) as two of her lead actors, […]

Robert Rodriguez preps VR action series ‘The Limit’

Director Robert Rodriguez has been teasing a virtual reality video project for a while, and now it’s clear just what it entails. He’s partnering with STX on The Limit, a short-form VR action series starring long-time collaborator Michelle Rodriguez as a “genetically enhanced weapon of mass destruction” bent on destroying her creators. It’s not a […]

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Trailer: Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron Make a Cyborg Movie

James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez make very different kinds of movies, which makes their collaboration on Alita: Battle Angel all the more intriguing. After years of delays, Cameron left the director’s chair on this big-budget adaptation of the Japanese manga, opting instead to produce while Rodriguez stepped behind the camera. But what does a film directed […]