Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna star and produce a new series for Hulu

Thirty years after they first worked together, diego luna Y Gael Garcia Bernal They share a set again, albeit streaming this time. It will be on Machinea series of Hulu spoken in Spanish about a boxer and the criminal world.

The friends of that Televisa melodrama grandfather and me (1992), Mexican actors starred in several films, including And your mother too (2001), Rude and Corny (2008, with Guillermo Francella) and My father’s house (2012).

But this will be their debut together in a current television production. In the story, which will last just one season, García Bernal plays a veteran boxer whose wily manager (Luna) gives him one last chance to fight for a title and retire as champion.

However, in order for the pair to make it to match night, they must face a mysterious and powerful force from the underworld. The playwright Marco Ramírez, screenwriter of Reckless, Orange is the new black Y The twilight zonewrote this supernatural drama and is also an executive producer.

While Gabriel Ripstein (600 miles, a strange enemy), an experienced Mexican film and television producer and director, will be in charge of directing the entire series. It is expected that Machine will go into production later this year, with the tracks premiering at the end of 2023.

Co-produced by them, Hulu and Searchlight

Produced by La Corriente del Golfo – a production company shared by Luna and García Bernal -, the series marks the third project in the fledgling alliance between Searchlight Television and Hulu Originals. recently produced projector The abandonmentthe Elizabeth Holmes series, and will soon premiere the comedy World History Part II.

“It is a real honor to join Gael and Diego on screen again Machineit’s a pleasure to experience their friendship and chemistry, “said Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum, presidents of Searchlight.

“And we are thrilled to be working with Marco, whose unique voice and vision allow us to explore this world in a totally original way,” they added.

Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment, was thrilled with the union between Ramírez, Luna and Bernal. “Gael, Diego and Marco are world-class storytellers. We look forward to engaging audiences with this story and living with them this last chance that their characters have, “he told Variety.

What are the prospects for both

García Bernal comes as a protagonist Oldthe last film by the master of horror M. Night Shyamalan, and had a supporting role in Eleven StationHBO’s dystopian series Max.

The actor’s upcoming projects include a Marvel-produced Halloween special for Disney + and Cassandrothe biopic of gay wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, from Amazon Studios.

As for Luna, it will premiere on August 31st Andorthe new universe series Star Wars which can be seen on Disney + and which follows from the popular character -Cassian Andor- who he played in the film a rogue in 2016.

In addition, he gave his voice to the super powerful squirrel of DC League of Super Petsthe DC Comics animated film that will debut this weekend in Argentina and the United States.

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