Baldoni steps into the ring alongside a familiar face and longtime friend Gina Rodriguez for a new indie film. Rodriguez is writing and directing her feature directorial debut with boxing drama House of Guerrero. With a script by Bernardo Cubra (Acapulco), House of Guerrero is in preproduction, with castmembers still to be announced.

Production firms producing include Wayfarer Studios' Baldoni and Andrew Calof, and the team of Scott Budnick and Ameet Shukla for 1Community, as well as Molly Breeskin for Rodriguez's I Can And I Will Productions, along with Clare LoCicero and Sherrese Clarke for Harbour View Media Group.

Wayfarer Studios, 1Community, Harbour View Media Group and Clare LoCicero are cofinancing, with tax credit financing from Three Point Capital.Based on an original story by Rodriguez and Cubra, House of Guerrero follows a promising young boxer's attempt to make a comeback in the ring and the life he envisioned for himself. 

Clayton J. Barber (Creed III) and Eric Brown (John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum) will oversee the fight choreography. Executive producers include Steve Sarowitz and Jamey Heath for Wayfarer, Clark and Kim.

UTA Independent Film Group is representing worldwide sales. It will be the first time Baldoni and Rodriguez have teamed since they starred together as love interests Jane Villanueva and Rafael Solano on the ABC series Jane the Virgin. 

The project will be the first major production Baldoni has announced since he and Blake Lively came to a settlement in the lawsuit that followed their collaboration on Sony's 2024 hit It Ends With Us.

Baldoni posted a video to Instagram of himself wrapping his arms around Rodriguez on House of Guerrero's first day of preproduction, with the caption, "Hey Director @hereisgina Day 1 - God is good" along with a boxing glove emoji.

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Lakshya