SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican actor and director Manny Pérez announced the making of his new film, “La vida chueca” (Crooked Life), a film that, he advanced, will be made in the underworld, for everyone. Written and directed by the protagonist of "Rope", "Crooked Life" will feature the participation of Pérez, Carlos Sánchez, Lia Lockhart, Juan Fernández, Dominique Telemaque and the special participation of Ovandy Camilo, La Pitonisa, El Nephew and Splou.

"Life chueca will not romanticize the underworld. It will humanize it. Here there are no cartoon villains. There are decisions, there is pride, there are open wounds. It is a story born on the corner, but told for everyone, because everyone, at some point, has bent," said Manny Pérez.

The story will be about a formerly half-lame shoeshine man who believes he can fix his life by paying off a mortal debt. However, between a lost son, a love that still burns, and a brother who won't let go, he discovers that the real price is not the debt, but family.

Under the executive production of Ramón and Celines Verás of Un Chin Media, the comedy "La vida chueca" will be filmed in Santiago de los Caballeros and in La Ciénega, Dominican Republic.

John Leguizamo has joined the head-spinning cast of Mike Flanagan’s untitled The Exorcist feature, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Morgan Creek Entertainment’s new take on the horror classic.

Flanagan wrote the script and is directing and producing the new feature, promising a “fresh and bold” take on the demonic possession story.

And the feature, which begins production next week, is easily the most brightly starred Exorcist project in years. Scarlett Johansson, Jacobi Jupe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane are already loading up on the holy water.

Flanagan wrote the script and is directing and producing the new feature that is not a remake nor a sequel but set in the Exorcist “universe.”

While plot details are being kept under the sheets, it is known that Johansson plays a mother and Jupe her son. Leguizamo may be playing an antagonist.

Universal Pictures will release the new film theatrically and has set a March 12, 2027, release date.