{"id":18421,"date":"2023-03-24T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-freevee-picks-neo-western-casa-grande\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T08:41:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:41:18","slug":"amazon-freevee-picks-up-neo-western-casa-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-freevee-picks-up-neo-western-casa-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Freevee Picks Up Neo-Western Casa Grande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Casa Grande<\/em>, a bilingual limited series examining California\u2019s migrant workforce, has been picked up to stream exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Lauren Swickard (<em>A California Christmas<\/em>) and Ali Afshar, <em>Casa Grande<\/em> follows the intertwining lives of various families in the farmlands of northern California. It uses the framework of conventional character drama to explore universal themes of class, immigration, culture and family.<\/p>\n<p><em>Casa Grande<\/em> dramatizes the everyday realities and conflicts between California\u2019s hardworking, often undocumented migrant workforce and the wealthy landowners who reap the profits.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble cast includes John Pyper-Ferguson (<em>The 100<\/em>, <em>Suits<\/em>), Christina Moore (<em>That &#8217;70s Show<\/em>, <em>90210<\/em>), Madison Lawlor (<em>Juniper<\/em>), Karen Bethzabe (<em>Babylon<\/em>), Javier Bola\u00f1os (<em>All American<\/em>), Raquel Dominguez (<em>Chicago Med<\/em>), James Marsters (<em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em>), Kate Mansi (<em>Days of Our Lives<\/em>), Daniel Edward Mora (<em>Coco<\/em>), Loren Escandon (<em>The Baxters<\/em>) and Ali Afshar (<em>He\u2019s Just Not That Into You<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>It is directed by Gabriela Tagliavini (<em>Despite Everything<\/em>) and written by Alex Ranarivelo, Michael Cruz and Swickard, who also serves as the series showrunner. Series executive producers are Ava Rettke and Daniel Aspromonte.<\/p>\n<p>All five one-hour episodes of the English- and Spanish-language limited series will premiere on May 1 exclusively on Freevee in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><em>Casa Grande <\/em>marks\u00a0the debut series from Afshar\u2019s ESX Entertainment (<em>A California Christmas<\/em>, <em>I Believe in Santa<\/em>, <em>Holiday Harmony<\/em>, <em>A Christmas Mystery<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Afshar said, \u201cWe molded <em>Casa Grande<\/em>\u00a0as a Hispanic-influenced <em>Yellowstone<\/em>\u00a0and feel the story will resonate powerfully with audiences appreciating elevated western themes and cultures presented through a different prism. Amazon Freevee is the perfect service for audiences to discover and binge the world of <em>Casa Grande<\/em>,\u00a0where the intensity never lets up, and the traditional good versus evil trope becomes skewed and more challenging to accept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m immensely proud of the <em>Casa Grande<\/em>\u00a0team for bringing authenticity to the forefront in ESX Entertainment\u2019s debut series,\u201d added Swickard. \u201cNow more than ever, it\u2019s important to deliver powerful, genuine stories, and <em>Casa Grande<\/em>\u00a0does just that. By touching on real-life themes related to family, class, culture and the never-ending pursuit of the American dream, our multi-layered narrative will captivate audiences of all backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ensemble cast of <em>Casa Grande<\/em>\u00a0is made of rich and in-depth characters from both Latin and American families as they toil with the pressures of old tradition versus the promises of the new,\u201d said Rettke. \u201cWe hope this will resonate as much with our audiences as it has with the filmmakers and real-life farmers and landowners with whom we worked closely to make this series.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casa Grande, a bilingual limited series examining California\u2019s migrant workforce, has been picked up to stream exclusively on Amazon Freevee in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6354,4963,6355,6356,6357],"class_list":["post-18421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ali-afshar","tag-amazon-freevee","tag-casa-grande","tag-gabriela-tagliavini","tag-lauren-swickard","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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