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Mexican actress-producer Kate del Castillo, already busy with a number of upcoming new series, including season three of Netflix’s “La Reina del Sur” and “Armas de Mujer,” a new dark comedy for NBCUniversal’s Peacock, is planning a docuseries about the wonders of tequila that will be shot in and around Jalisco and Guadalajara.

Speaking online for the Conecta Fiction Reboot confab on Tuesday, Del Castillo discussed her career and upcoming productions as well as the blossoming partnership between her Cholawood Productions and Endemol Shine Boomdog, the Mexico City-based division of Endemol Shine North America.

Del Castillo said she hoped to begin production this year on “Tequillando,” a reality format she described as “seven nights drinking tequila with Kate.”

“I will bring celebrities, not just actors but also sports stars, baseball players and scientists, from the United States and show them Guadalajara and Jalisco, where tequila is made.”

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Kate del Castillo, a soap opera star with a string of hit telenovelas that have made her a household name in Latin America, might just be the most famous actress you’ve never heard of.

While the Mexico City native became famous playing fiercely strong women, it was her turn as a no-holds-barred drug trafficker in the 2011 Telemundo soap La Reina del Sur — a show with season finale ratings that beat English language broadcast networks in major markets — that cemented del Castillo’s status as one of Latin America’s most popular celebrities. Now she’s prepared to stun fans...

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Dallas' Vistas Latino Film Festival is celebrating its eleventh annual appearance with a great line up of Latin American films and visits from several of the minds and faces behind them.  Vistas runs from October 28th through the 31st and showcases some of the best recent Latino film of recent years.  The Mexican omnibus film, Revolucion opens the festival on October 28th at the Angelika Film Center at Mockingbird Station.  This is Revolucion's Us debut and stars Jaime Camil, Blanca Soto, Alejandra Barros, Liz Gallardo, Adal Ramones, Alejandra Ambrosi, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Jeannine Derbez, Gustavo Sanchez-Parra, Humberto Busto, Erik del Castillo, and Maria Soleno will be in attendance, it should be a fun night!  Twitch readers will probably recognize Seres: Genesis among the films being screened this year.  The film opened a couple of weeks ago in Mexico and is getting good notices, this could be a new landmark in Latin American Sci-fi,...