News that's popped up recently involves Canana Films, the company Diego and Gael run together.

According to Variety, a new financing company, Mundial, has teamed with Canana and Stuart Ford’s IM Global and has entered Brazil. It has the world sales rights for A Wolf at the Door, a drama-thriller by Fernando Coimbra, which premieres at Toronto ( Read more... )

Film News UK has a competition for a Casa de mi Padre DVD (check in for details) and the Playlist talks about Diego going to star, produce and direct an adaptation of Travesuras de la niña mala by Mario Vargas Llosa.

Diego’s also mentioned in an article at the Inquirer, for Chavez. Diego was also mentioned in a video regarding Libro Hermosillo ( Read more... )

Canana Films has inked a distribution deal with Engine Latino for two series; that’s right: two TV shows!

Getty Images have a video of Camila and Diego arriving at a Casa de mi Padre premiere and the Playlist has a synopsis for Elysium; you know, that Neill Blomkamp movie Diego’s in?

And Guanabee is saying that Diego and Gael are Calle 3 groupies ( Read more... )

Canana has been busy at Cannes according to Variety.

What have they done?

Canana (a company headed by Diego, Gael, Pablo Cruz and Julian Levin) scooped up films such as Gael’s No, The Hunt and A Glimpse Into the Mind of Charles Swan III (they also co-produced NoSound interesting? You bet! However, these films have been purchased by Canana for ( Read more... )

There’s been some big Chavez news this week: Diego’s added to the cast!

According to Cinema Blend, the Film Stage, the Playlist, the Chicago Tribune and Bang Style, Wes Bentley has been added to the cast of Chavez. Also according to all these sources, Michael Cudlitz, Jacob Vargas, Yancey Arias and Mark Moses have also joined the cast. Michael ( Read more... )

Yahoo! News has an article (in Spanish) about Gael and Diego starring in Casa de mi Padre.

Next Movie has an interview with Génesis Rodriguez who co-stars in Casa de mi Padre What did she have to say about Diego and Gael?
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OK magazine US has some photos of Diego with Will Ferrell and Genesis Rodriguez from February 29 when they were in Miami, Florida, for an advanced screening of Casa de mi Padre at the South Beach Comedy Festival.

There was also a video of Will Ferrell and Diego speaking of Casa de mi Padre! Check it out below (it can also be found at Katel Media): ( Read more... )

Collider has some Casa de mi Padre goodies! First, a 15 minute ‘making of’ featurette. Second? 14 clips from the movie - that’s almost 9 minutes of footage!

Check it out!

Variety has a couple of articles. The first is about Mexican productions targeting US audiences, the second is how crossing over into Hollywood is not easy and the third is ( Read more... )

Hey You Guys UK have a teaser trailer and the UK poster for Casa de mi Padre. Entertainment Weekly have a preview (a quick synopsis of the film), as does Film Equals, and Austin 360 mentions Diego and Gael being in the film in an article about Will Ferrell spoofing telenovelas in Casa de mi Padre. CSPnet.com also mentions the boys starring in the ( Read more... )

At Guanabee, Canana Films is working on a film about a performer who gets blackmailed by the mafia; the lead role is being offered to Alejandro Fernandez. Also, Univision has an article about a group of Mexican actors seeking empathy for drug war victims. Amongst those involved? Diego.

The campaign is called En los Zapatos del Otro (trans.: In ( Read more... )