Lead Photo: Edgar Ramirez attends the photo call for 'Wasp Network' during the 76th Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2019 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Kurt Krieger/Corbis via Getty Images
Edgar Ramirez attends the photo call for 'Wasp Network' during the 76th Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2019 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Kurt Krieger/Corbis via Getty Images
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CineInforme is a weekly film and television news column that keeps you up to date on the Latinx stories happening on the big and small screens. From casting choices to studio briefs in Hollywood and beyond, CineInforme is your one-stop-shop for film and TV updates. Swing by every Friday to make sure you don’t miss the latest happenings.
Actor Edgar Ramírez (Yes Day) has joined the ensemble cast of Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Black for the film Borderlands, which is based on a sci-fi video game set in the year 2864. Ramírez will star as Atlas, an arms manufacturer and businessman who wields massive power from his position. [Variety]
Actor and comedian Al Madrigal (Night School) will star in the sequel Stargirl 2 for Disney. Madrigal will play Iggy, an MC at a club. He joins a cast that includes Uma Thurman, Judy Greer and Judd Hirsch. [Deadline]
Director Antonio Campos (Christine) will direct six of the eight episodes for a limited-series drama on HBO Max based on the 2004 documentary The Staircase. The story follows a crime novelist named Michael Peterson who is accused of killing his wife Kathleen, who is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in 2001. [Deadline]
Marquis Freeman (TV’s When They See Us) joins the cast as a recurring guest star on the sixth season of Queen Sugar. He will play Isaiah, a college student who befriends actor Nicholas Ashe’s character Micha West. [The Futon Critic]
Alex Hernandez (TV’s Hemlock Grove) will star in Amazon’s upcoming original series The Peripheral based on the best-selling novel by William Gibson. Hernandez will portray the character Tommy Constantine. [Deadline]
