Overview

• Eva Longoria will direct and produce the project through her Hyphenate Media Group alongside producers Cris Abrego and Jada Miranda.
• Xochitl Gonzalez is set to write the screenplay based on her 2024 bestseller about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers a forgotten female artist’s work after a suspicious death.
• Searchlight Pictures has tapped SVP of Production Taylor Friedman and creative executive Daniel Yu to oversee development under co-heads DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.
• Anita de Monte Laughs Last was a New York Times bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club Pick that featured on best-of-2024 lists from Kirkus, TIME, NPR, Goodreads and Electric Lit.
• This marks Longoria’s second feature with Searchlight after her directorial debut Flamin’ Hot, following her upcoming Netflix comedy The Fifth Wheel and a new installment in her travel series.