Parrish, who’s best known for his role on Showtime’s Weeds, has been tapped to star as Jane the Novela’s male lead opposite Jacqueline Grace Lopez.

Jane the Novela focuses on Lopez’s character Estela, an art curator who finds out a shocking secret that changes everything and forces her to live a double life. The first installment is set in a Napa Valley vineyard, where Parrish will play Felix, the rich kid who co-owns the vineyard with his mother Renata (Marcia Cross). Per the character’s official description, Felix “is Napa’s most eligible bachelor and heir apparent to his family’s winery. But though Felix’s future looks bright, he is tortured by the secrets of his past.”

The spinoff hails from Jane creator Jennie Snyder Urman and star Gina Rodriguez. Penning the script is Jane scribe Valentina Garza. The pilot will be directed by Jane helmer Brad Silberling.

Parrish’s other credits include roles on This Is Us, The Good Wife, Quantico, Good Girls Revolt and The Following. 

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Deadline reports that Marcia Cross landed a lead role in the highly anticipated spin-off pilot to The CW’s Jane the Virgin titled Jane the Novela. 

According to the outlet, Cross, who best known for playing Bree on Desperate Housewives, will play Renata, Felix’s manipulative and glamorous mother, who will stop at nothing to secure her son’s legacy, even if it means standing in the way of his happiness.

The spin-off hails from Jane creator and executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, original seres star Gina Rodriguez,and exec producers Ben Silverman and director Brad Silberling. Silberling will direct from a script penned by Jane writer, Valentina Garza. 

The series is described as a telenovela anthology series in which each season is based on a different fictional novel “written by” Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez) and narrated by the author herself. The first installment takes place at a Napa Valley Vineyard, where family secrets (and family members) don’t stay buried for long. 

The fifth and final season of Jane the Virgin debuts March 27.

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Parrish, who’s best known for his role on Showtime’s Weeds, has been tapped to star as Jane the Novela’s male lead opposite Jacqueline Grace Lopez.

Jane the Novela focuses on Lopez’s character Estela, an art curator who finds out a shocking secret that changes everything and forces her to live a double life. The first installment is set in a Napa Valley vineyard, where Parrish will play Felix, the rich kid who co-owns the vineyard with his mother Renata (Marcia Cross). Per the character’s official description, Felix “is Napa’s most eligible bachelor and heir apparent to his family’s winery. But though Felix’s future looks bright, he is tortured by the secrets of his past.”

The spinoff hails from Jane creator Jennie Snyder Urman and star Gina Rodriguez. Penning the script is Jane scribe Valentina Garza. The pilot will be directed by Jane helmer Brad Silberling.

Parrish’s other credits include roles on This Is Us, The Good Wife, Quantico, Good Girls Revolt and The Following. 

The post Hunter Parrish to Star in Jane the Virgin Spinoff appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Deadline reports that Marcia Cross landed a lead role in the highly anticipated spin-off pilot to The CW’s Jane the Virgin titled Jane the Novela. 

According to the outlet, Cross, who best known for playing Bree on Desperate Housewives, will play Renata, Felix’s manipulative and glamorous mother, who will stop at nothing to secure her son’s legacy, even if it means standing in the way of his happiness.

The spin-off hails from Jane creator and executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, original seres star Gina Rodriguez,and exec producers Ben Silverman and director Brad Silberling. Silberling will direct from a script penned by Jane writer, Valentina Garza. 

The series is described as a telenovela anthology series in which each season is based on a different fictional novel “written by” Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez) and narrated by the author herself. The first installment takes place at a Napa Valley Vineyard, where family secrets (and family members) don’t stay buried for long. 

The fifth and final season of Jane the Virgin debuts March 27.

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