EXCLUSIVE: Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) has signed on to star alongside Aida Rodriguez, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Elvis Nolasco and Jerry Minor in Hurricane Seasons, the indie dramedy from director Nicole Gomez Fisher (Good Egg), on which we were recently first to report.
Shooting in New York this month and in Puerto Rico later this year, the film takes place in the aftermath of a hurricane, as a Brooklyn artist (Rodriguez) and her daughter (Pascual-Peña) embark on a last-wish road trip across Puerto Rico with their terminally ill matriarch — only to uncover deep family secrets and the adventurous side of the “Abuela” everyone thought they knew.
Penned by first-time feature writer Xavier Ortiz, the film marks Gomez Fisher’s third as director, following Good Egg and Sleeping with the Fishes. Producers on the project include Gomez Fisher, Ortiz, Rodriguez, Anthony James Faure and Nadia Barbarossa. Production in Puerto Rico will take place as part of the territory’s Department of Economic Development & Commerce’s film tax incentive program, administered by the Puerto Rican Film Commission.
Over the summer announced by Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva as joining CBS’s hit legal drama Matlock for Season 2, Machado debuted last week on the show as Eva, a formidable, smart and ambitious attorney who is Jacobson Moore managing partner Howard “Senior” Markston’s (Beau Bridges) fourth ex-wife. Best known for roles on series like Netflix’s One Day at a Time reboot and Six Feet Under, the actress recently wrapped a Broadway run in Real Women Have Curves, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination.
Other recent credits for Machado include Netflix’s medical drama Pulse, the Amazon/Blumhouse series The Horrors of Dolores Roach, and Mario Garcia’s indie The Throwback. She is repped by D2 Management, UTA and attorney Rick Genow of Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.