Overview

• Eva Longoria will direct and produce the Anita de Monte Laughs Last adaptation through her Hyphenate Media Group alongside Cris Abrego and Jada Miranda.
• Xochitl Gonzalez is writing the screenplay for her bestseller about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers a female artist’s lost work.
• The novel earned a Reese’s Book Club selection and appeared on best-of-2024 lists from Kirkus, Time, NPR, Goodreads and Electric Lit.
• Searchlight Pictures has appointed SVP Taylor Friedman and creative executive Daniel Yu to oversee the project, reporting to co-heads DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.
• The collaboration reunites Longoria with Searchlight after her directorial debut Flamin’ Hot and highlights Hyphenate Media Group’s commitment to creator-led stories.