EXCLUSIVE: Remy Hii (Marco Polo) is about because the male co-lead alongside Hunter Parrish in Jane the Novela, the CW’s Jane the Virgin spinoff pilot headlined by Jacqueline Grace Lopez and narrated and government produced by Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez. Also, offering continuity from the unique sequence in entrance of the digital camera, Jane The Virgin co-star Ivonne Coll has been set as a sequence common within the telenovela anthology offshoot, together with Benito Martinez (The Shield) and Holland Roden (Teen Wolf).
Written/exec produced by Jane author Valentina Garza, directed/exec produced by Jane EP Brad Silberling and exec produced by Jane creator/EP Jennie Snyder Urman, Jane the Novela is a soapy, telenovela-inspired anthology sequence within the custom of Jane the Virgin, the place every season relies on a distinct fictional novel “written by” Jane Villanueva and narrated by the writer herself.
The first installment takes place on the intersection of Napa Valley wine nation and the San Francisco artwork scene and pairs household secrets and techniques and sins of the previous with twists, tropes and a bloody bottle of crimson. It facilities on Estela (Lopez), an up-and-coming artwork curator who has spent years enjoying it protected and coloring throughout the traces. But a stunning secret modifications the whole lot and forces her to dwell a double life.
Being “in the tradition” of Jane the Virgin, Jane the Novela mirrors the setup of the unique sequence. It too follows a pushed, imaginative twentysomething Latina lady (Lopez) who’s torn between her boyfriend, Luen (Hii), and Felix (Parrish), a good-looking, wealthy man. In this case, Luen is head of safety whereas Felix is within the wine enterprise vs. Jane Villanueva’s cop boyfriend Michael and love curiosity Rafael, a resort inheritor.
Hii’s Luen is Estela’s candy, reliable, long-term boyfriend. When the life he’s deliberate for himself and Estela is threatened by Felix, Luen will cease at nothing to win again the girl he loves.
Coll will play Camila, Estela’s adoptive mom. Camila would do something to guard her daughter and the life they’ve constructed, even misinform her. On Jane the Virgin, Coll performs Jane’s grandmother and Xo’s mom Alba.
Martinez portrays Raul, the vineyard’s enigmatic riddler. Nobody is aware of Napa’s terroir like he does – he focuses on accumulating filth on everybody.
Roden performs Sienna, Felix’s not-so-regular sister who is decided to save lots of the world, one endangered animal at a time; hopefully utilizing her household’s moolah.
Rodriguez, Urman and Silberling exec produce with Ben Silverman, Joanna Klein, Emily Gipson, Jorge Granier and Gary Pearl.
Australian actor Hii, who performed a lead function on Netflix’s Marco Polo, lately accomplished the Sony/Marvel movie Spider Man: Far From Home. He additionally appeared in Warner Bros. hit Crazy Rich Asians and is wrapping a sequence common function on the Australian sequence Harrow.He’s repped by Innovative Artists, RGM Artists, and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Coll’s different TV credit embrace Switched at Birth, Teen Wolf, Glee, East Los High and Nip/Tuck. She is repped by Buchwald.
Martinez is understood for his portrayal of Los Angeles politician David Aceveda for seven seasons on FX police drama The Shield. He had a starring function in John Ridley’s anthology sequence American Crime alongside Felicity Huffman and Regina King and might subsequent be seen within the upcoming seasons of 13 Reasons Why, The Blacklist, Jack Ryan, and the characteristic movie Queen & Slim. He’s repped by SDB Partners.
Roden is finest recognized for her function as Lydia Martin on Teen Wolf, which aired for six seasons on MTV. She most lately starred within the lead function of SyFy’s anthology sequence Channel Zero, and appeared in Amazon’s anthology sequence Lore. She’s repped by Paradigm and Management 360.
