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El Rey Network has released key art and an extended trailer for their highly anticipated spy thriller Matador premiering July 15th at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The new adrenaline-filled series from the writer/producer of Mission Impossible 3 , Transformers , Star Trek and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , stars Gabriel Luna ( NCIS: Los Angeles , Prison Break ) in the title role of Tony "Matador" Bravo; Alfred Molina ( The Da Vinci Code , Spider Man 2 ) , Nicky Whelan ( Left Behind , Chosen , The Wedding Ringer ) and Neil Hopkins ( Bones , True Blood ). Matador chronicles the unlikely rise of Tony "Matador" Bravo (Luna), a professional soccer player for the LA Riot who comes to be known as much for his antics off the field as his moves on it. But what his fans and family don't realize is that it's all a cover—in truth, he is a skilled covert operative executing missions for the CIA. The series serves as the second scripted original to air on filmmaker Robert Rodriguez...

Photo Credit:  Richard Foreman/El Rey Network Set to premiere Tuesday, July 15th at 9 p.m. ET/PT, the irreverent and action-packed series Matador chronicles the unlikely rise of Tony "Matador" Bravo (Gabriel Luna), a popular soccer star who comes to be known as much for his playboy antics off the field as his dynamic moves on it. But what his fans and family don't realize is that it's all a cover—in truth, he is a skilled covert operative executing missions for a little-known branch of the CIA. “Matador” has the kind of fame and notoriety that affords him access to powerful circles of corruption and villainy. But, in balancing the dueling roles in which he's been cast, he will be forced to confront the question of his true identity… and it is this mission which will prove to be his most dangerous.

During a presentation at the bi-annual gathering of television critics, El Rey Network announced that "Matador" (WT), an original, scripted action series produced by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman's K/O Paper Products, will premiere in Summer 2014. The coveted writing/producing team (Sleepy Hollow, Fringe, Star Trek and Transformer franchises) will begin production on the 13-episode, hour-long drama, marking the second original series from Robert Rodriguez's genre-busting network. The first scripted project, Rodriguez's highly-anticipated "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series," will premiere on March 11, 2014. Production on "Matador" will begin in Los Angeles early this year.