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Bad Bunny takes on a leading role in Residente's directorial debut, 'PORTO RICO'
- On Wednesday, René Pérez Joglar, Grammy-winning Puerto Rican rapper known as Residente, announced his feature directorial debut with Porto Rico, starring Benito "Bad Bunny" Martínez Ocasio in his first leading film role.
- Co-Written with Alexander Dinelaris, the screenplay draws on José Maldonado Román's life and confronts Puerto Rico's contested history, including its name use under U.S. rule and Jones Act citizenship issues.
- Produced via 1868 Studios, the film is backed by Live Nation Studios, Class 5 Films, and strategic partners including Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Initiative, with UTA handling sales.
- Following Bad Bunny's February 8 Super Bowl performance, Nielsen reports 128.2 million viewers and Expedia records a 245% spike in flight searches to Puerto Rico.
- The production banner emphasizes that Porto Rico aims to reaffirm Puerto Rican identity, with Residente stating the true history has long been surrounded by controversy.
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Bad Bunny takes on his first leading role in the historical drama "Porto Rico". He will be on show alongside Edward Norton and Javier Bardem.Benito Martínez Ocasio alias Bad Bunny (31) is simply unstoppable. No music anyway, he was the most streamed artist on Spotify worldwide in 2025 and performed this year at the half-time show of the Super Bowl. Earlier this month, Bad Bunny wrote Grammy story when he was the first Spanish-speaking artist to …
Not only did he make history as the first full Spanish issue in the Super Bowl, or as winner of the Grammy Album of the Year. Bad Bunny, the world’s biggest star in music, will star in his first film. Although he has already participated in productions such as Bullet Train with Brad Pitt and Caught Stealing by director Darren Aronofsky, this time the “Bad Rabbit” will have the main role. According to Variety, the film is called Porto Rico, and w…
After his success in the Grammy and the part-time show at the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny will make a new leap in his artistic career by taking on his first leading role in film in “PORTO RICO”, the feature film with...
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxBad Bunny starring 'Porto Rico', a rich historical drama directed by Resident on the island's genes, alongside Norton and Bardem.
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