Victoria connected with us last year through the inaugural Jamaica Film Festival and has been working alongside the film commission ever since. “We're absolutely thrilled to be facilitating Victoria's project and to see the progression of this initiative. However, she hinted at a possible end-of-year theatrical release and possibly a Jamaican premiere.įilm Commissioner Renee Robinson said Jamaica Promotions Corporation welcomed the news of the The Rich and the Ruthless production and the partnership with Victoria Rowell.
There is no definitive date on when The Rich and the Ruthless will be released, as Rowell revealed the negotiations are at a delicate stage at this time.
These include a script supervisor, sound technicians, make-up artists, hair stylists, as well as other areas such as ground transportation.” “We are utilising key technical personnel in addition to the on-camera talent. Her co-producer John Michael Reefer told the Observer that the production will also provide employment for a number of people. “There is such a depth of talent in Jamaica, when you think of line producers like a Kimala Bennett, the capabilities of Phase 3 and others, we know we are in good hands.” While on set in Jamaica, Rowell will utilise a heavy concentration of local talent behind the camera, noting she has long recognised the breadth of talent which exists locally to satisfy the technical needs of a production. “In a time of breathtaking discord around race, gender, and economic inclusion, I am proud as executive producer, director and co-writer to present The Rich and the Ruthless, which embodies all that entertainment and media can and should be,” said Rowell. Jamaica's comedy king Oliver Samuels is also part of the cast for this series, which includes Alesha Renee, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Chrystale Wilson, Michael Colyar, Elizabeth Carlisle, Shadoe Stevens, Valenzia Algarin, Starletta Dupois, and Michael Tucci. “I always knew that I would be able to use this for cinematic purposes one day. been going there since the 1980s and the beauty of the island is seen in its music, dance, visual and culinary arts, as well as the beauty of the country has always intrigued me,” she told the Jamaica Observer, as she took a shooting break in Los Angeles yesterday. COME next Tuesday, cameras will roll in Montego Bay on a television series being helmed by American actress Victoria Rowell.īest known to Jamaicans for her long-standing role in the television soap opera The Young and the Restless, Rowell and her team will be in the island for a few days to film segments of a new prime-time soap opera television movie, The Rich and the Ruthless.
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