Cornelius Boards Lantica Studio’s ‘My Uncle’s Movie,’ With ‘Better Call Saul’s’ Steven Bauer, Dominican Newcomer Maia Otero (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent In a sterling example of the globalized nature of the international film business, Barcelona-based Cornelius Films, behind Basque Country-set “Negu Herbilak” and buzzy upcoming stop-motion feature “Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake,” has boarded “My Uncle’s Movie,” a Dominican Republic feature starring “Better Call Saul’s” Steve Bauer.
Now in pre-production and set to shoot in 2024, ““My Uncle’s Movie” (“La Película de Mi Tío”) marks the follow-up of Dominican Natalia Cabral and Catalan Oriol Estrada’s auspicious fiction feature debut “Miriam Lies” (2018) and multi-prized “Una Película Sobre Parejas” (2021).
It is Cabral’s first solo directorial outing without Estrada since her 2005 short “DiscoDecada.” Set to be presented mid-August at Locarno’s networking initiative Match Me!,“My Uncle’s Movie” is now set up as a production of Faula Films, Estrada and Cabral’s label, based between the Dominican Republic and Barcelona; mega filming facility Lantica Studios, whose now sole owner Lantica Media is building a new fourth soundstage; independent production house Casa Latina Films, headed by Gregorio Rodríguez and Cornelius Films.
Written by Estrada and Cabral, “My Uncle’s Movie” is directed by Cabral is her solo directorial feature debut. “My Uncle’s Movie” stars newcomer Maia Otero who is joined by the Cuban-born Bauer, who played Manolo “Manny” Ribera, the right-hand man of Cuban drug lord Tony Montana, in “Scarface.” and drug cartel leader Don Eladio Vuente in “Breaking Bad” (2011) and in “Better Call Saul” (2017–2022).
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