James Marsters Filming New TV Show CASA GRANDE (original) (raw)
ETA 05/05/23: James Marsters CASA GRANDE S1x05 "We Are More American - Somos Mas Americanos" Screencaps x 198
ETA 04/05/23: FYI For anyone not able to find & watch Casa Grande:
ETA 30/04/23: James Marsters CASA GRANDE S1x02 "The King - El Rey" Screencaps x 72
ETA 24/04/23: James Marsters CASA GRANDE S1x01 "Let Me Live - Deja Vivir" Screencaps x 146
UPDATED 06/04/23: A couple new sneak peeks at James in Casa Grande, thanks to exec producer/director Gabriela Tagliavini & cinematographer Pierluigi Gigi Malavasi:
UPDATED 01/04/23: First look at James in character as Miller Dalton in Casa Grande!! ComingSoon.net exclusively shared 10 preview photos, including this one featuring James:
This also confirms (for my own personal amusement!) that I did spot James (& his funky hat!) in the trailer!
UPDATED 31/03/23: For Aussie James fans, look for Casa Grande streaming on BINGE (all 5 episodes) & on Foxtel Now (airing weekly on Mondays) from 24/4; it will also be available on Paramount+. Sadly no free streaming option, but both BINGE & Foxtel Now offer free trials.
For Canadian fans, the show will be available On Demand on TELUS Presents, but exact date is TBA; they shared the trailer on their channel.
UPDATED 21/03/23: Variety announces Casa Grande will stream on Amazon Freevee premiering May 1! Also, check out the trailer! And a tiny update to James' character name; he's playing Miller Dalton.
Amazon Freevee Picks Up Bilingual California Migrant Workforce Limited Series ‘Casa Grande’ (EXCLUSIVE)
ESX Entertainment
Amazon Freevee has landed the exclusive first-run U.S. rights to “Casa Grande,” a bilingual limited series that follows the tales of California’s hardworking, often undocumented migrant workforce, as well as the wealthy landowners in Northern California.
The series, which consists of five one-hour episodes, premieres May 1 on Freevee. Lauren Swickard (“A California Christmas”) and Ali Afshar created “Casa Grande,” which comes from Afshar’s ESX Entertainment shingle.
Series stars include John Pyper-Ferguson (“The 100,” “Suits”), Christina Moore (“That ‘70s Show,” “90210”), Madison Lawlor (“Juniper”), Karen Bethzabe (“Babylon”), Javier Bolaños (“All American”), Raquel Dominguez (“Chicago Med”), James Marsters (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer”), Kate Mansi (“Days of Our Lives”), Daniel Edward Mora (“Coco”), Loren Escandon (“The Baxters”) and Ali Afshar (“He’s Just Not That Into You”).
Latin filmmaker Gabriela Tagliavini (“Despite Everything”) directed the series; Swickard serves as showrunner and also wrote the series with Alex Ranarivelo and Michael Cruz. Other executive producers include Ava Rettke and Daniel Aspromonte.
This is the debut series from ESX Entertainment, which has mostly focused on holiday films including “A California Christmas,” “I Believe in Santa,” “Holiday Harmony” and “A Christmas Mystery.”
“We molded ‘Casa Grande’ as a Hispanic-influenced ‘Yellowstone’ and feel the story will resonate powerfully with audiences appreciating elevated western themes and cultures presented through a different prism,” Afshar said in a statement. “Amazon Freevee is the perfect service for audiences to discover and binge the world of ‘Casa Grande’ where the intensity never lets up and the traditional good vs. evil trope becomes skewed and more challenging to accept.”
The “Casa Grande” logline describes the series as “an upstairs/downstairs story transposed from turn-of-the century English countryside to rural America. The show uses the framework of conventional character drama to explore universal themes of class, immigration, culture and family. The grand theme is that of peeling back the curtain on how the machine we all live in runs: The glimmering, upper-crust culture could not exist without the unyielding, backbreaking, labor of the socially invisible migrant workforce laboring behind the scenes. With the Clarkman Farm and its neighboring property, Dalton Farm, employing, housing and feeding much of the Mendocino County’s undocumented immigrants, ‘Casa Grande’ explores the dramatic, truth of our country’s allure for immigrants and what mankind will endure for a taste of the American dream.
Amazon Freevee Picks Up Bilingual California Migrant Workforce Limited Series ‘Casa Grande’ (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/cWAipAIPQv
— Variety (@Variety) March 20, 2023
UPDATED 18/03/23: Exciting news! Look for James' limited series Casa Grande releasing May 1 on Amazon!
Executive Producer Ali Afshar on his career from actor to Christmas mogul and what he sees for the future of ESX Productions | https://t.co/szZoKkvOAo
— ESX Entertainment (@ESXentertain) March 17, 2023
UPDATED 01/04/21: James is filming additional footage this week!
— James Marsters News➕ (@jamie_marsters) March 31, 2021
UPDATED 19/12/20: We have a character name! We have an epic character name! James will be playing Miller Riverland!
UPDATED 13/12/20: James' IMDb page now has the show & 3 episodes listed; also check out the ESX Entertainment on KRON talking about New Limited Series "CASA GRANDE" video featuring a bunch of cast & crew talking about the show!
UPDATED 26/11/20: Variety article with a few more details on Casa Grande. TL;DR: It looks to be a limited series of 5 1-hour episodes inspired by true events, with an award winning creative team working behind the scenes.
James tweeted earlier this week that he's currently filming a television pilot in Northern California (see tweet below the video), & now, thanks to Geek City's new interview with James, we have a few more details from the man himself, including the show's title, Casa Grande! Watch the video to find out more (& hear him chat a little about Buffy, Joss, & all that good stuff!):
Love your fashion! I’m doing great. I’m on a TV pilot shoot in Northern CA. Here’s your sticker! pic.twitter.com/DQ4Wo6WBd9
— James Marsters (@JamesMarstersOf) October 27, 2020
TEM CONTEÚDO SURPRESA SIM! 💛🧛🏻
'Buffy, A Caça Vampiros' representa uma verdadeira era na televisão! O Geek City traz hoje este presente para os fãs da série: uma entrevista exclusiva com James Marsters, o eterno Spike!
Às 21h no nosso canal do YouTube: https://t.co/iFY7Q5m4qr pic.twitter.com/WJPf8xpbHK
— Geek City (@geekcityoficial) October 30, 2020
ESX Entertainment on KRON talking about New Limited Series "CASA GRANDE"
IMDb details:
Casa Grande (TV Series) 2023
Miller Dalton
- We Are More Americans - Somos Mas Americanos ... Miller Dalton (#1.5)
- The King - El Rey ... Miller Dalton (#1.2)
- Let Me Live - Deja Vivir ... Miller Dalton (#1.1)
Warner Bros. Snags Sales Rights to Gabriela Tagliavini-Directed Series ‘Casa Grande’ (EXCLUSIVE)
By Anna Marie de la Fuente
Credit: Supersonix PR
Warner Bros. has picked up the worldwide sales rights to ESX Entertainment’s political drama series “Casa Grande,” which award-winning Argentine director Gabriela Tagliavini (“How to Break Up With Your Douchebag”) has been tapped to direct.
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution will handle international sales while Warner Bros. Television Group does domestic.
Inspired by true events, the dramatic series of five one-hour episodes follows several families in the farmland of Northern California as it navigates universal themes of class, immigration, culture and family.
“There’s a war about race in our country taking place right now, and we decided to take the bull by the horns,” said Tagliavini, adding: “We show in provocative scenes how hate and violence are originated by fear.”
“I’m proud to be part of this political series; this controversial show will have people talking,” she asserted.
John Pyper-Ferguson (“The Last Ship”) and Christina Moore (“Claws”) lead the ensemble cast that includes actors from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Creator-showrunner Lauren Swickard has worked with writers Alex Ranarivelo and Michael Cruz to craft the series. ESX Entertainment CEO Ali Afshar, Ava Rettke and Daniel Aspromonte serve as producers.
Founded in 2015, ESX Entertainment has a mandate to develop and finance six projects a year, either feature films or digital/TV series. Its recent releases include “Roped” featuring Josh Swickard and Casper Van Dien; “Lady Driver,” with Grace Van Dien and Sean Patrick Flanery; “The Ride,” toplined by Shane Graham and Ludacris; and “The Stand at Paxton County,” starring Jacqueline Toboni and Michael O’Neill.
Production of “Casa Grande” kicked off in Sonoma County, California this November.
Tagliavini’s Netflix Original “Despite Everything” (2019) was released in 190 countries and ranked for some days as the most viewed film in Spain. Among her multiple credits are Disney/Buena Vista “Ladies’ Night” and “How to Break Up with Your Douchebag,” both of which had #1 box office openings in Mexico. She has directed the likes of Sharon Stone, Eva Longoria and Christian Slater, among others.