HBO orders Fred Armisen's Spanish-language comedy Los Espookys

Deadline

Lorne Michaels is reteaming with Armisen for their first post-Portlandia project, a half-hour Spanish-language comedy that follows a group of friends in a strange and dreamy version of present-day Mexico City, who turn their love of horror into a peculiar business. The 10-episode Los Espookys, formerly known as Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen, stars Armisen and counts SNL writer and Tonight show contributor Julio Torres among its stars. The cast also boasts Mexican actors Bernardo Velasco and Cassandra Ciangherotti. According to Deadline, Velasco plays "Renaldo, the leader of Los Espookys. He’s noble, kind, serene and obsessed with gore. He’s always running out of cellphone minutes." Torres will play Renaldo's best friend and Armisen will take on the role of Tico, Renaldo's uncle in Los Angeles, who's "a prodigious valet driver living his dream of parking cars."