Amazon has given out a pilot order to the series adaptation of “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” with Justina Machado set to star in the title role. The project, based on the podcast of th…
The project, based on the podcast of the same name, was first announced as being in development at Amazon back in May. Along with Machado’s casting, Roxann Dawson has come onboard to direct the pilot and executive produce.
In the show, “Magic Hands” Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely-gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her boyfriend missing, her family long gone, her apartment now occupied by strangers, Dolores finds respite in the dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca around the corner, the only remnant of her former life.
“The Horror of Dolores Roach” was originally developed as a one-woman show by Aaron Mark with Daphne Rubin-Vega starring. Mark subsequently adapted it into the podcast with Rubin-Vega again starring. Mark wrote the pilot script and will executive produce along with Rubin-Vega and Dara Resnik. Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold of Blumhouse Television and Chris Giliberti and Justin McGoldrick of Spotify will also executive produce.
Machado is best known for starring in the reboot of “One Day at a Time” that originally aired on Netflix for three seasons before moving to Pop for its fourth and final season. Her other TV roles include “Jane the Virgin,” “Six Feet Under,” and “Queen of the South,” while she has also starred in films like “The Purge: Anarchy,” “All Together Now,” and “Pedro.”Dawson got her start directing television on “Star Trek: Voyager,” on which she also starred as chief engineer B’Elanna Torres.
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