Remy Hii To Star In JANE THE NOVELA

Deadline reports Remy Hii will be the male co-lead opposite Hunter Parrish in Jane the Novela, the CW's JANE THE VIRGIN spinoff pilot. JANE THE VIRGIN co-star Ivonne Coll has also been cast as series regular, along with Benito Martinez (The Shield) and Holland Roden (Teen Wolf).

Jane the Novela is a soapy, telenovela-inspired anthology series in the tradition of Jane the Virgin, where each season is based on a different fictional novel "written by" Jane Villanueva and narrated by the author herself (Gina Rodriguez).

The first installment takes place at the intersection of Napa Valley wine country and the San Francisco art scene and pairs family SECRETS and sins of the past with twists, tropes and a bloody bottle of red. It centers on Estela (Lopez), an up-and-coming art curator who has spent years playing it safe and coloring within the lines. But a shocking secret changes everything and forces her to live a double life.

Jane the Novela mirrors the setup of the original series. It follows a driven, imaginative twentysomething Latina woman (Lopez) who is torn between her boyfriend, Luen (Hii), and Felix (Parrish), a handsome, rich guy. In this case, Luen is head of security while Felix is in the wine business vs. Jane Villanueva's cop boyfriend Michael and love interest Rafael, a hotel heir.

Hii's Luen is Estela's sweet, dependable, long-term boyfriend. When the life he's planned for himself and Estela is threatened by Felix, Luen will stop at nothing to win back the woman he loves.

Coll will play Camila, Estela's adoptive mother. On Jane the Virgin, Coll plays Jane's grandmother Alba.

Martinez plays Raul, the winery's enigmatic riddler. Nobody knows Napa's terroir like he does - he specializes in collecting DIRT on everyone.

Roden plays Sienna, Felix's not-so-regular sister who is determined to save the world, one endangered animal at a time; hopefully using her family's moolah.

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