EXCLUSIVE: Carolina Gaitán, the Colombian actress and singer who voiced Pepa in Disney’s Encanto and will perform at the Oscars on Sunday, is leading the cast of survival thriller Quicksand.Gaitán will star alongside Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle, Jack Ryan) in the English-language movie, which follows a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest.
It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba, Tarumama) is directing the pic.
The project is produced by Las Vegas-based production company Sangre Films, which is a joint venture between Colombian outfit Elemental Stories and U.S.
companies 222 Pictures and Dawn’s Light Movies.Producers are Jason Cherubini of Dawn’s Light Media, Nicolas Reyes of Elemental Stories and Sean Patrick Burke of 222 Pictures.
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