Julio Iglesias, Jr. to Star in New Weekly Drama

LOS ANGELES: Julio Iglesias, Jr. is to headline the cast of the new weekly hour-long drama Hacienda Heights, which is being filmed in both English and Spanish.

Vida Guerra is also to be featured in the cast of bilingual actors. Aimed at a network distribution sometime in 2011, Hacienda Heights will be similar to a novela format, but will not end at a predetermined point and for the first time, will be offered in both English- and Spanish-language formats, which are not dubbed. Each episode is shot in dual languages. The show, distributed by Trifecta Entertainment & Media, has 13 episodes in the works, to be slated for the 2011-12 TV season.

"We are ecstatic to have Julio on board to head the cast of this exciting new television venture," said executive producer Desmond Gumbs. "He is a talented and charismatic performer who is sure to have tongues wagging at water coolers each week. And Vida is certainly going to raise the temperature in Hacienda Heights by more than a few degrees. To quote the press release that announced her 10-page Playboy pictorial ‘VA-VA-VA-VIDA!!!!!!’"