Gina Rodriguez to Lead "Last Known Position" for Amazon
William Smith
Updated on March 18, 2026
Gina Rodriguez has announced today that she will lead Last Known Position, Amazon’s upcoming thriller series centered around the mystery of a plane that’s vanished into thin air. Rodriguez has signed onto the show as lead actress and executive producer, along with boasting previous appearances on the podcast that inspired the show.
Last Known Position, currently in development under Amazon Studios, is originally based on a podcast of the same name created by Luke Passmore (Teen Wolf) in December 2021. The podcast, produced by QCode Media, charted the flight of a commercial jet that disappeared on its maiden flight over the Pacific, and then the ensuing air crash investigation that uncovers that something dark and sinister may have been responsible for the plane’s disappearance.
What we know about Gina Rodriguez in “Last Known Position” on Amazon
The Amazon Studios adaptation of Last Known Position will star Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez as Mikaela Soto, a submersible pilot and a member of the investigation team looking into the case of the disappeared plane. Soto and her coworkers are dispatched on their mission by a grieving billionaire searching for the plane his wife and daughter disappeared on, but according to TVLine, the investigation crew soon finds themselves in “increasingly perilous” situations, facing the threat of a saboteur within their ranks and a deadly threat in the deep waters all around.
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Along with Rodriguez, James Purefoy, Manny Jacinto, Olivia Cheng, Ashley Bell, JR Bourne, Travis Joe Dixon, Matthew Henerson, Jessica Oyelowo, Venk Potula, and Giovanna Quinto all appeared in the eight-episode Last Known Position podcast, but whether or not they will be joining the cast of the Amazon adaptation is unknown.
According to Deadline, in addition to Luke Passmore and Gina Rodriguez, the executive producers for Last Known Position on Amazon include Rob Herting (Blackout), Sandra Yee Ling (Gretel & Hansel), and Michele Zarate (The Burned Photo) for QCode; Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Upgrade), Fred Berger (La La Land), Justin Levy (Jigsaw), and Jeremy Platt (The Lords of Salem) for Automatik Entertainment; and Molly Breeskin (Sorry for Your Loss) for I Can and Will Productions.
Further information on Last Known Position on Amazon, including cast details and a release date, has not yet been released.
