Tanya Saracho, Gabriela Revilla Lugo & Selena Gomez Developing Comedy Series That Reconfigures The World Of John Hughes’ ’16 Candles’

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EXCLUSIVE: Tanya Saracho (Vida), Gabriela Revilla Lugo (Whiplash, Palm Springs), and Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building, 13 Reasons Why) are developing the single-camera comedy 15 Candles, a reconfiguration of the world of John Hughes‘ 16 Candles.

The half-hour series—from UCP for Peacock—follows four young Latinas starting high school as they overcome their feelings of invisibility while exploring what it means to leave childhood behind through the lens of the traditional female coming-of-age rite: the quinceañera.Saracho, under her Ojalá Production banner, and Lugo serve as writers and executive producers of the project.

Gomez also executive produces under her July Moon Productions. Christine Dávila of Ojalá Productions co-executive produces.Saracho is a playwright and TV writer who most recently served as creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Vida on Starz.She co-founded the Untitled Latinx Project, whose mission is to increase Latine representation in TV, broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms through content created by Latine writers, along with co-founding the Writers Access Support Staff Training Program, to help increase representation and opportunities for underrepresented communities.Saracho is repped by UTA, Writ Large, and J.R.

McGinnis at Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson.Lugo is a dramedy feature/TV writer/director/producer and formerly undocumented immigrant.