NBC has greenlighted a number of projects in the last couple of days, and though the number of Latinos involved is sadly low, there is one particular bright spot: Alfonso Cuarón’s Believe is slated for the Fall 2013 season.
Created by Cuarón and Mark Friedman, this eerie drama “centers on a young girl with supernatural powers who’s on the run from dark forces who changes the lives of the people she encounters while being protected by an unlikely guardian who was given a reprieve from death row.” Cuarón is working with some powerful partners, even though it’s his first foray into television. J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek, and so much more) is one of the executive producers, and his company Bad Robot Productions is the company producing it all.
No word yet on NBC’s Latino/Anglo love story/dramedy Welcome to the Family, starring Ricardo Chavira (Desperate Housewives) and Justina Machado (among others). It’s the story of a white family and a Latino family, bonded together by their children who fall in love…followed quickly by an unplanned pregnancy. But spots are filling up fast.
More to come…
