Xochitl Gomez | Photo credit: Mario Anzuoni
Actor Xochitl Gomez, best known for playing Marvel heroine America Chavez in the studio Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessis shooting Bee -HiveA horror short film from emerging Colombian-American filmmaker Felipe Vargas The Hollywood Reporter,
Vargas wrote and directed Bee -Hivein which Gomez plays a teenage babysitter who loses the little girl she is babysitting at a beautiful playground and is forced to contend with a terrifying creature lurking among the children. Gomez stars opposite Lorelei Olivia Mote, a child actress who has starred in American Horror Story and Daisy Jones and the Six.
The story is being told in real time and is set outdoors in bright light, something the filmmakers feel sets their project apart from most horror projects.” Working with Felipe Bee -Hive “It brought me back to the pure joy of filmmaking,” Gomez explained. The Hollywood Reporter. “He is precise and playful, aware of every detail and at the same time maintains a lively atmosphere on the set.”
Bee -Hive Produced by Nick Scully, Nicole Crespo and Bijan Kazerooni and co-financed by Film Independent. The film is in post-production and is expected to be shown on some festival circuits later in the year.
Vargas capped her breakthrough with a stylish 2020 viral short milk teethWhich brought him to the attention of Hollywood. He made his feature film debut in Rosariois an independent horror thriller starring Emeraude Toubia and David Dastmalchian and produced by Mucho Mas Media and Silk Mass. Vargas then maintains his upward trend by directing the next installment of Lionsgate’s horror franchise little man and a writing Bob the Builder Film for Mattel Films.
Gomez is set to be part of the voice cast for Warner Bros’ new adaptation of “The Mistake.” the cat in the Hat, It will feature Bill Hader and Quinta Brunson, among others.
