Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Development News - Amazon Orders Pilot for 'The Horror of Dolores Roach' Starring Justina Machado

Development News - June 2, 2021

Amazon's The Horror of Dolores Roach.






AMAZON NEW PILOT ORDER
  • THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH (Drama) - Based on the podcast by Gimlet. Starring Justina Machado (One Day at a Time). Written by Aaron Mark. Directed by Roxann Dawson. Executive produced by Mark, Dawson, Dara Resnik, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, Chris Giliberti and Justin McGoldrick. Produced by Blumhouse Television and Spotify. Logline: Dolores Roach (Machado) 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.