TVLine Items: Betty la Fea Release Date, Mayor of Kingstown Adds City on a Hill Actor and More
Betty is gearing up for a Hot Girl Summer.
Betty la Fea, The Story Continues, based on the beloved telenovela Yo soy Betty, la Fea, will premiere Friday, July 19 on Prime Video.
The continuation follows an empowered and wiser Beatriz Pinzón Solano 20 years after the original series’ ending. “As she works hard on rebuilding her relationship with her teenage daughter Mila,” the synopsis reads, “her relationship with Armando begins to deteriorate, making her question if she made the right decision 20 years ago.”
Ana María Orozco and Jorge Enrique Abello will reprise their original series roles as Betty and Armando, respectively. Additional returning cast includes Julián Arango, Natalia Ramírez, Lorna Cepeda, Luces Velásquez, Marcela Posada, Mario Duarte, Julio Cesar Herrera, Ricardo Vélez, Alberto León Jaramillo and Estefanía Gómez.
Rodrigo Candamil, Juanita Molina, Zharick León and Sebastián Osorio are new to the ensemble.
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well…
* City on a Hill actor Matthew Del Negro will recur in Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 — premiering Sunday, June 2 — as Will Breen, a charming and seemingly good natured corrections officer at the Kingstown Women’s Prison, per our sister site Deadline.
* ID has set a Monday, May 13 at 9/8c premiere for Spacey Unmasked, a documentary outlining new revelations and allegations against actor Kevin Spacey. The docu will also stream on Max. Watch a trailer:
* NBC has ordered a second season of the Joe Manganiello-hosted reality competition Deal or No Deal Island, which finds players competing in daring challenges for briefcases that will be used in the night’s “Deal or No Deal” game.
* Marvel has announced that What If…? – An Immersive Story, the first-ever interactive Disney+ original story, is “coming soon” to Apple Vision Pro via Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive.
“Throughout your journey in this immersive story, you will come face-to-face with Multiversal variants of your favorite characters, learn the mystic arts, and be tasked with harnessing the power of the Infinity Stones,” says the early synopsis. “Experience breathtaking environments featuring new and iconic MCU locations, with stunning visuals and spatial audio.”
* MGM+ has released a new trailer for Hotel Cocaine, centering on Roman Compte — a Cuban exile and general manager of The Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene of late 1970s and early 1980s — and premiering Sunday, June 16:
