Melissa Barrera braves the elements in Keep Breathing, a gripping tale of survival coming to Netflix July 28. The In the Heights star shows herself in a brand new light in the rugged six-episode story, most of which she acted in alone. In Keep Breathing, Barrera plays New York lawyer Liv, a workaholic who doesn’t let anyone in. After her private plane crashes in the remote Canadian frontier, she finds herself as the lone survivor. Liv must battle both an unforgiving wilderness and past personal demons to stay alive in the survival thriller. Barrera had her work cut out for her in this show. As if plunging into freezing cold water and exerting her body to the point of exhaustion weren’t daunting enough, she had to deliver a compelling emotional performance to boot. Here, Barrera breaks down the work put into Keep Breathing and why ...
- 7/27/2022
- TV Insider
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For TV critics, this week’s theme is less-buzzy new versions of some of the buzziest shows of the past year. It will be a fun game to see how many reviews discuss Peacock’s The Resort without mentioning HBO’s The White Lotus in the first paragraph (when the more apt comparison is actually Apple TV+’s Acapulco) or Amazon’s Paper Girls without mentioning Netflix’s Stranger Things (when the more apt comparison is actually Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club).
The answer may be close to “zero.” (I won’t even try when it comes to Paper Girls.)
I have at least successfully avoided mentioning Showtime’s Yellowjackets until several sentences into my review of Netflix’s Keep Breathing, a so-called limited series that is unquestionably most easily described as a one-woman version of Yellowjackets without any of the sensationalistic — or “fun,...
For TV critics, this week’s theme is less-buzzy new versions of some of the buzziest shows of the past year. It will be a fun game to see how many reviews discuss Peacock’s The Resort without mentioning HBO’s The White Lotus in the first paragraph (when the more apt comparison is actually Apple TV+’s Acapulco) or Amazon’s Paper Girls without mentioning Netflix’s Stranger Things (when the more apt comparison is actually Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club).
The answer may be close to “zero.” (I won’t even try when it comes to Paper Girls.)
I have at least successfully avoided mentioning Showtime’s Yellowjackets until several sentences into my review of Netflix’s Keep Breathing, a so-called limited series that is unquestionably most easily described as a one-woman version of Yellowjackets without any of the sensationalistic — or “fun,...
- 7/27/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Say this much about “Keep Breathing”: It’s admirably immune to streaming-era bloat.
Could its story, of a woman confronting the pain of her past while trying to stay alive after a plane crash, have been told in a ninety-minute film? Well, sure. But in six episodes that hew pretty close to the half-hour mark, the series makes its points, underlines them a couple of times, and then moves on.
Here, Melissa Barrera plays Liv, who is clinging to life (get it?). Liv had the misfortune to wheedle her way into a seat on a small plane headed into a remote area of Canada, which — after an astoundingly unconvincing crash that indicates just how little Netflix is spending on its non-marquee content — becomes her new home. Like a grown-up, corporate-lawyer version of the protagonist of the YA classic novel “Hatchet,” Liv is surprisingly adept at delving into her own...
Could its story, of a woman confronting the pain of her past while trying to stay alive after a plane crash, have been told in a ninety-minute film? Well, sure. But in six episodes that hew pretty close to the half-hour mark, the series makes its points, underlines them a couple of times, and then moves on.
Here, Melissa Barrera plays Liv, who is clinging to life (get it?). Liv had the misfortune to wheedle her way into a seat on a small plane headed into a remote area of Canada, which — after an astoundingly unconvincing crash that indicates just how little Netflix is spending on its non-marquee content — becomes her new home. Like a grown-up, corporate-lawyer version of the protagonist of the YA classic novel “Hatchet,” Liv is surprisingly adept at delving into her own...
- 7/27/2022
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Keep Breathing Trailer — Netflix‘s Keep Breathing (2022) TV show trailer has been released. The Keep Breathing trailer stars Melissa Barrera, Joselyn Picard, Jeff Wilbusch, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Austin Stowell, and Florencia Lozano. Crew executive produced by co-showrunners and writers Brendan Gall and Martin Gerro and Maggie Kiley TV Show Trailer: Lawyer Melissa Barrera has to Survive the Wilderness after a Plane Crash [Netflix]...
- 7/1/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"There's nobody coming for you... because nobody cares about you." Ouch. Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a new survival series titled Keep Breathing, formerly known as simply Breathe. When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone survivor must battle the elements — and her personal demons— to stay alive. The series stars Melissa Barrera as Liv, a New York lawyer who has to figure out how to survive. I'm not sure if this is based on a true story, it doesn't mention it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's inspired by a true story about someone surviving. It was filmed up in the forests of British Columbia, and in Vancouver. In addition to Barrera, the cast includes Joselyn Picard, Jeff Wilbusch, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Austin Stowell, and Florencia Lozano. Ooh this series looks like it might be good, not only the survival...
- 6/30/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The upcoming Netflix drama series “Breathe” has cast Austin Stowell, Variety has learned exclusively.
In the series, Melissa Barrera stars as Liv, a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her small plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and she must battle for survival. Juan Pablo Espinosa, Florencia Lozano, and Jeff Wilbusch will also appear in the series.
Stowell will next be seen in “The Hating Game” opposite Lucy Hale. His other credits include the recent Blumhouse feature reboot of “Fantasy Island,” “Swallow,” “Battle of the Sexes,” “12 Strong,” “Colossal,” and “Bridge of Spies.” He also recently starred in Hulu’s “Catch 22” and the “Amazing Stories” reboot at Apple.
He is repped by CAA and Morris Yorn.
Netflix has ordered six one-hour episodes of “Breathe.” Martin Gero and Brendan Gall are co-writing and executive producing the series, with Gero executive producing under his Quinn’s House Production company.
In the series, Melissa Barrera stars as Liv, a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her small plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and she must battle for survival. Juan Pablo Espinosa, Florencia Lozano, and Jeff Wilbusch will also appear in the series.
Stowell will next be seen in “The Hating Game” opposite Lucy Hale. His other credits include the recent Blumhouse feature reboot of “Fantasy Island,” “Swallow,” “Battle of the Sexes,” “12 Strong,” “Colossal,” and “Bridge of Spies.” He also recently starred in Hulu’s “Catch 22” and the “Amazing Stories” reboot at Apple.
He is repped by CAA and Morris Yorn.
Netflix has ordered six one-hour episodes of “Breathe.” Martin Gero and Brendan Gall are co-writing and executive producing the series, with Gero executive producing under his Quinn’s House Production company.
- 9/2/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Florencia Lozano (Life After You) and Juan Pablo Espinosa (Half Brothers) are set for recurring roles opposite Melissa Barrera in Breathe, Netflix’s one-hour drama series from Blindspot creator Martin Gero and writer-executive producer Brendan Gall, and Warner Bros. Television.
In Breathe, written by Gero and Gall, when a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone woman (Barrera) must battle the elements and odds to survive. Barrera’s Liv is a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her plane crashes and she must battle for survival.
Lozano and Espinosa will play Liv’s mother and father, respectively.
Gero executive produces via his Quinn’s House production company, along with Gall. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
Lozano co-wrote and stars in Life After You, which was awarded Best Feature and Best Actress at the Nice International Film Festival.
In Breathe, written by Gero and Gall, when a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone woman (Barrera) must battle the elements and odds to survive. Barrera’s Liv is a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her plane crashes and she must battle for survival.
Lozano and Espinosa will play Liv’s mother and father, respectively.
Gero executive produces via his Quinn’s House production company, along with Gall. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
Lozano co-wrote and stars in Life After You, which was awarded Best Feature and Best Actress at the Nice International Film Festival.
- 7/26/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
So many movies intended for the big screen are having to forgo it these days, it seems odd when something as apt for home viewing as “Half Brothers” makes the Covid-defying move of opening on 1,200-plus American screens. Those looking for undemanding entertainment may give it a passing grade, but or the collective viewing experience. Nor does writer-producer Eduardo Cisernos’ concept add much to culture-clash politics beyond contrivance and reinforced stereotypes. It’s a slick film that’s forgettable at best, annoyingly broad and unfunny at worst.
A 1994 prologue has engineer Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa) enjoying a close, playful relationship with only child Renato (Ian Inigo) in their native San Miguel de Allende. But a steep economic downturn forces dad to leave his wife (Bianca Marroquin) and son behind in order to seek work up north, along with many others. While he promises he’ll soon return, that promise is broken.
A 1994 prologue has engineer Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa) enjoying a close, playful relationship with only child Renato (Ian Inigo) in their native San Miguel de Allende. But a steep economic downturn forces dad to leave his wife (Bianca Marroquin) and son behind in order to seek work up north, along with many others. While he promises he’ll soon return, that promise is broken.
- 12/5/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
As this year thankfully nears an end we’re between those two big holidays that are all about family. So after we’ve eaten the big feast with them we’re gearing up for the big gift-giving season, full of brightly wrapped presents that often hide big surprises. But what if the biggest surprise isn’t in the package festooned with shiny paper and ribbons? How might you react upon finding out about a parent’s other family, complete with a sibling? That, along with riddles and a long road trip, is at the heart of the new comedy Half Brothers.
The story begins 26 years ago down in Mexico as pre-teen Renato Murguia is enjoying an idyllic childhood, flying his remote-control model airplane with his best pal, his adoring papa Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa). All is bliss until the economic crash and the peso is devalued. With tears in his eyes,...
The story begins 26 years ago down in Mexico as pre-teen Renato Murguia is enjoying an idyllic childhood, flying his remote-control model airplane with his best pal, his adoring papa Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa). All is bliss until the economic crash and the peso is devalued. With tears in his eyes,...
- 12/4/2020
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
An emotional rollercoaster from minute one, director Luke Greenfield’s Half Brothers ultimately taps into something earnest. Renato (Luis Gerardo Méndez) is a salty engineer living in Mexico City, days away from marrying Pamela (Pia Watson), when he gets a phone call from the States. His estranged father Flavio (Juan Pablo Espinosa) is dying and has asked to speak with his son. Reticent to acknowledge a man who abandoned him and his mother so many years before, Renato is pushed by Pamela, who is convinced her fiancee needs closure in order to become a good father to their son, a young boy struggling with his own eccentricities.
Moments after arriving in Chicago, Renato learns that he’s got a half-brother named Asher (Connor Del Rio), with whom he could not be more different. Upon Flavio’s death, the brothers are called into a mystery of their father’s creation. A strained-but-ultimately cathartic road trip ensues,...
Moments after arriving in Chicago, Renato learns that he’s got a half-brother named Asher (Connor Del Rio), with whom he could not be more different. Upon Flavio’s death, the brothers are called into a mystery of their father’s creation. A strained-but-ultimately cathartic road trip ensues,...
- 11/30/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Spyglass Media Group has set a remake of the 1986 film Short Circuit, bringing on the writing team of Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman to put a Latinx twist on the screenplay for the family film. The original was directed by John Badham and starred Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg and Fisher Stevens in a comedy that centered around Number 5, an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a human-like intelligence.
Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein and William Sherak will produce with Rehab Entertainment’s John W. Hyde stepping back into his original role as executive producer alongside Terissa Kelton. Production prexy Peter Oillataguerre and production veep Chris Stone will oversee for Spyglass.
Cisneros co-wrote the Eugenio Derbez-directed Instructions Not Included, and Cisneros and Shuman co-wrote the upcoming Half Brothers for Focus Features, starring Luis Gerardo Mendez, Connor Del Rio and Juan Pablo Espinosa.
Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein and William Sherak will produce with Rehab Entertainment’s John W. Hyde stepping back into his original role as executive producer alongside Terissa Kelton. Production prexy Peter Oillataguerre and production veep Chris Stone will oversee for Spyglass.
Cisneros co-wrote the Eugenio Derbez-directed Instructions Not Included, and Cisneros and Shuman co-wrote the upcoming Half Brothers for Focus Features, starring Luis Gerardo Mendez, Connor Del Rio and Juan Pablo Espinosa.
- 11/13/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
"My father's last wish is for me to go on a scavenger hunt with a brother I never knew I had!" Road trip time! Focus Features has released an official trailer for an adventure comedy titled Half Brothers, from American filmmaker Luke Greenfield. Follow the clues. Uncover the mystery. Find your family. The story follows a successful Mexican aviation executive who is shocked to discover he has an American half-brother he never knew about. The two very different half-brothers are go on a road journey together masterminded by their ailing father, tracing the path their father took as an immigrant from Mexico to the US. Meant to be a metaphor of the relationship between neighboring countries America and Mexico. Starring Luis Gerardo Méndez and Connor Del Rio as the brothers, along with José Zúñiga, Vincent Spano, Pia Watson, Juan Pablo Espinosa, and Jwaundace Candece. Looks like wholesome, cheesy road trippin' goofiness.
- 10/8/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The made-for-tv movie was a programming staple for the broadcast networks in the 1970s and 1980s. While it fell out of favor in the 1990s and was even dropped as an Emmy Awards category for three years beginning in 2011, it has been on an upswing as of late. This year, 34 telefilms are in contention for the five nominations that will be revealed on July 12.
All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 25 to cast their ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. Last year, that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.
Unlike comedy and drama series, which are simply listed on the ballot by name, the television...
All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 25 to cast their ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. Last year, that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.
Unlike comedy and drama series, which are simply listed on the ballot by name, the television...
- 6/13/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from "Cocaine Godmother", a biographical crime-drama directed by Guillermo Navarro starring Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones as 'Griselda Blanco', aka the 'Cocaine Godmother', airing on the 'Lifetime' channel, January 20, 2018:
"...'Cocaine Godmother' is based on the life of the Miami 'Cocaine Cowboys' who pioneered the drug trade between Colombia and the Us in the 1970's and early 1980's..."
Cast also includes Raúl Méndez, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Matteo Stefan, Spencer Borgeson and José Julián.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Cocaine Godmother"...
"...'Cocaine Godmother' is based on the life of the Miami 'Cocaine Cowboys' who pioneered the drug trade between Colombia and the Us in the 1970's and early 1980's..."
Cast also includes Raúl Méndez, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Matteo Stefan, Spencer Borgeson and José Julián.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Cocaine Godmother"...
- 12/27/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Welcome back, Catherine Zeta-Jones. After starring as Olivia de Havilland in FX’s “Feud: Bette and Joan” earlier this year, the Oscar winner is set to headline Lifetime’s new original movie, “Cocaine Godmother.” The drama is based on the life of Griselda Blanco Restrepo, the most notorious female drug kingpin in history who was responsible for nearly 200 murders while facilitating the cocaine drug trade between Cocaine and the United States.
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Zeta-Jones is appearing in the title role and stars opposite Carlos Rodriguez, Juan Pablo Espinosa, and Raul Mendez. At the age of 17, Griselda traveled to the U.S. with a fake passport and went into business with local drug runners. According to the film’s official synopsis, she “masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules...
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Zeta-Jones is appearing in the title role and stars opposite Carlos Rodriguez, Juan Pablo Espinosa, and Raul Mendez. At the age of 17, Griselda traveled to the U.S. with a fake passport and went into business with local drug runners. According to the film’s official synopsis, she “masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules...
- 11/16/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Complete casting has been announced for the May Concert For America Stand Up, Sing Out. Ben Vereen Roots, Juan Pablo Espinosa La Fan, Mary Birdsong Reno 911, Stacey Oristano Friday Night Lights, Anthony Federov American Idol, Quinn Cummings The Goodbye Girl and Mary Bond Davis Hairspray join the previously announced Chita Rivera The Visit, Rachel Bloom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Wayne Brady Whose Line Is It Anyway, recording artist Helen Reddy, Megan Hilty Smash, Barrett Foa NCIS Los Angeles, Marissa Jaret Winokur Hairspray Live and more.
- 5/16/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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