Jason Blum is expanding his relationship with Syfy and USA Network.
The NBCUniversal-owned cablers, already working on Blum’s The Purge TV series, have handed out a pilot order to the supernatural thriller Run for Your Life from the horror master.
Josh Segarra (‘Arrow’) and Andrew Jacobs ('Paranormal Activity: Marked Ones’) will star. If the supernatural thriller gets picked up to pilot, a network home would be determined at that time.
The drama takes place on the last night of Dia de Los Muertos (otherwise known as the Day of the Dead) and follows a grieving detective who is thrust into a deadly game to bring someone back from the grave. Josh Segarra (Arrow) leads a cast that also includes Andrew Jacobs (Paranormal Activity: Marked Ones), Carlos Leal (The Last Ship), Danube Hermosillo (Everything, Everything), Angela Alvarado (Kingpin), Jennifer Landon (Animal Kingdom), Kadeem Hardison (K.C. Undercover) and Fernanda Andrade (The Devil Inside Me).
i think this could be useful for the people who is not totally sure about spend their money in this movie, it has their good and bad points, but generally is a great movie, so please, let’s show them that “A Hispanic story” can be as good as any other one, or even better!.
Seriously, go see the movie. It’s filled with many wonderful things depicting one of our most sacred traditions that invite everyone regardless of their culture to be part of (not offensive at all—we always enjoy sharing our traditions and rich folklore).
It explains very simply how we despite mourning our loss ones, we celebrate them by remembering them and the life they led, how death is just another part that we will all cross, and it’s filled with celebration.
The colors, the language—everything is point on. Even the mannerisms of familial characteristics of long ago that are still present in various degrees.
¡FELIZ DÍA DE MUERTOS! OMG, I really love Coco and it’s on my top 10 of Disney Pixar movies. I cried a lot and I don’t cry with movies. Anyway, I hope you like it (both, the movie and the drawing xD).
So, I haven’t been on Tumblr in such a long time and even though I’ve not been very active online I have been super busy creating lots of new work and I cannot wait to start sharing it with you all! xx
This last November 2, I decided to celebrate Día De Los Muertos with my intellectual and artistic hero Sergei Eisenstein.
On an objective level, it felt like my duty as a Mexican-American Eisenstein researcher living in Moscow at this time of year to adorn the grave of one of Russia’s greatest artists who had a deep creative and emotional affinity for Mexican culture (and its traditions surrounding the dead in particular).
On a personal level, it felt like a spiritual quest to unite the strands of my inner lives. I grew up with Día De Los Muertos (although I never actually got to celebrate in a graveyard because none of my ancestors are buried near where we lived) and Mexican art. Both my parents make art that draws inspiration from Mezoamerican folk traditions, and my dad also loves and emulates early Soviet art. He was the one who introduced me to Eisenstein’s films too. And here I am now, living in Russia on a research scholarship for a project deeply tied to Eisenstein’s work.
I hope that some day, the powers that be here will allow for a dedicated group of Eisenstein’s spiritual heirs to give him the full ofrenda and late-night grave party treatment. This year, Novodevichiye Cemetery closed as usual at 5 pm so I just left a modest offering of paper marigolds (handmade with love by me after I realized that it was not possible to find live marigolds in Moscow in November) and incense.
Bueno, antes de que acabe el día de muertos quiero postear ese “autoretrato” con temática del día de muertos ♡ me gustó mucho como quedó y creo que la dejaré como foto de perfil todo noviembre ♡ Además de que la metí al concurso de #XPPenCR espero ganar algo, aunque sea ♡ jaja
Mexico’s Indigenous communities have long practiced the tradition of honoring death as part of the cyclical nature of life and reconnecting families with deceased loved ones. Today’s Doodle celebrates a holiday handed down from the nation’s Indigenous ancestors—Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), an annual celebration of life in honor of those that have passed.
The Aztec people, who are from what is today central Mexico, are believed to be the first to celebrate the Day of the Dead by using skulls to honor their dead over 3,000 years ago. Skull symbology has remained an essential element of the day’s celebrations, often seen in the form of colorful calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls) or paper maché calaveras (skulls) laid on altars in family homes to welcome the spirits of the departed. In today's Doodle artwork, a family member drops marigold petals for loved ones to follow home.
Although many common themes connect Mexican communities celebrating the Day of the Dead, each region across the nation observes the holiday with a unique spin, as cultural traditions continue to evolve every year.
The days are getting darker and soon it will be Samhain/Día de los Muertos/Halloween/whatever this time may signify to you.
I got the goddess statue at Joanne Crafts, the butterfly from the Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, and the Lotería cards on amazon. I’ll hopefully be adding some family photos over the next month to prepare for the day and invite my ancestors in.
The Book of Life’s ‘La Catrina’:
