Selena Gomez Developing Comedy Spin on ‘Sixteen Candles’ With Tanya Saracho, Gabriela Revilla Lugo
variety.comEthan Shanfeld Selena Gomez, Tanya Saracho and Gabriela Revilla Lugo are teaming up to develop a TV comedy spin on John Hughes’ beloved 1984 coming-of-age film “Sixteen Candles.”Titled “15 Candles,” the half-hour series will follow four young Latinas in high school, navigating feelings of invisibility while exploring what it means to leave childhood behind as quinceañera season approaches.
The series hails from Universal Content Productions and is set at Peacock.Saracho, under her Ojalá Production banner, and Lugo write and executive produce “15 Candles,” while Gomez also executive produces under her July Moon Productions.
Ojalá’s Christine Dávila co-executive produces.Gomez starred in the recently renewed Hulu comedy “Only Murders in the Building” alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Saracho served as a writer, director and producer of the Starz drama “Vida.” Lugo is a writer, director and producer who has worked on projects like “Whiplash,” “Palm Springs” and “A Million Little Things.” Written and directed by Hughes, “Sixteen Candles” starred Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling and Anthony Michael Hall.
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