Residente and Bad Bunny are joining forces on a new film that tells Puerto Rico’s story through historical drama

Viggo Mortensen, Edward Norton and Javier Bardem have also been cast in the historical drama that will be executive produced by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, more widely known as Bad Bunny, is making his debut as a lead actor in the upcoming film Porto Rico. Ocasio is starring in the film directed by Grammy-winner René Pérez Joglar (known as artist Residente),

Porto Rico has been in development since 2023. At the time, the screenplay by Residente and Alexander Dinelaris reportedly centered on the life of José Maldonado Román, a 19th century Puerto Rican revolutionary known as the Águila Blanca.