EXCLUSIVE: Monica Ojeda’s coming-of-age horror novel Jawbone is being developed for television by Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Kyzza Terrazas’ La Corriente del Golfo, as well as Nick Antosca and Alex Hedlund’s Eat the Cat.
Jaquen Castellanos (Good American Family, The Affair) will serve as writer and executive producer, and Michelle Garza Cervera (Huesera: The Bone Woman) as director and executive producer of the English-language project from Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Jawbone tells the story of Fernanda and Annelise, who are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise?
Interweaving pop culture references and horror influences, Jawbone is an ominous story that explores the terror inherent in adolescence and the fine line between desire and fear.
Michelle Garza Cervera, Jaquen Castellanos and Monica Ojeda
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Ojeda is the author of the novels La desfiguración Silva (Premio Alba Narrativa, 2014), Nefando (Candaya, 2016), and Mandíbula (Candaya, 2018), as well as the poetry collections El ciclo de las piedras (Rastro de la Iguana, 2015) and Historia de la leche (Candaya, 2020). In 2019, she received the Prince Claus Next Generation Award in honor of her outstanding literary achievements. She is repped by Scenic Rights and CBQ Literary Agency.
Castellanos is a WGA Award-nominated writer currently working as a co-executive producer on Netflix’s adaptation of Ubisoft’s hit video game franchise, Assassin’s Creed. Before that, she was a co-executive producer on the Hulu series, Good American Family, and Apple’s series, Sunny, produced by A24. Additional credits include Showtime’s The Affair and American Rust, Netflix/OWN’s David Makes Man, as well as the Starz series Sweetbitter. On the feature side, she is currently writing a biopic on Roberto Clemente for Teton Ridge with Reinaldo Marcus Green attached to direct. The Miami-native is repped by TFC Management and attorney Jeff Frankel.
Garza Cervera‘s directorial debut, Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The NY Times named it the best of the festival, with Garza Cervera winning both Best Narrative Director and the Nora Ephron Award. Her next film is a reimagining of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle for 20th, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, and Martin Starr in the lead roles. The movie is slated to release on Hulu on October 22nd. Garza Cervera is repped by WME, Untitled, and Jssk.
Eat the Cat has Murdaugh: Death in the Family, a limited series based on the real-life Murdaugh murders, premiering on Hulu on October 15th. They are also producing the upcoming Apple TV+ drama series Cape Fear, based on the novel The Executioners, which inspired the 1962 film starring Gregory Peck. Eat the Cat has an overall deal at UCP.
Antosca is best known for his series Candy, The Act, A Friend of the Family, Brand New Cherry Flavor, Chucky, and Channel Zero. He is repped by WME and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.
Luna is an internationally acclaimed actor, director and producer. He starred in and executive produced Disney+’s Emmy-nominated series Andor, reprising his role from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. For the series, he has received Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations, and as a producer won a Peabody Award. Next, he will star opposite Jennifer Lopez in Bill Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Woman, and is set to appear in Netflix’s México 86, the thriller Eleven Days opposite Taylor Kitsch, and as producer on On the Road. He is repped by WME and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum.
Garcia Bernal is an award-winning actor, producer, and director with credits that include The Motorcycle Diaries, Prime Video’s Mozart in the Jungle, Rosewater, Neruda, Coco, Old, Station Eleven, The Mother, and Holland. Most recently, Bernal headlined Magellan, which premiered at the 2025 International Festival de Cannes and 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by Janus Films. Bernal is repped by WME and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Luna and Bernal first captivated global audiences with Y Tu Mamá También and in 2018 co-founded La Corriente del Golfo, producing film, television and theater projects in Mexico.
The company most recently produced the Hulu series La Maquina, starring Bernal and Luna. Additional titles include Aquí En La Tierra, Chicuarotes, Everything Will Be Fine, and ASCO: Without Permission, which premiered at SXSW earlier this year.
