Exclusiva: Actor Jacob Vargas Gives Us The Lowdown On 'Devil'

By Michael Lopez

As we’ve mentioned before, Halloween is fast approaching which means tricks, treats and tons of scary movies hitting theatres. And one of this fall’s most anticipated horror flicks has got to be “Devil.” What’s it all about? We’ve got its main Latino lead, Jacob Vargas to give us the lowdown!

Having worked on such critically-acclaimed films as "Traffic", "Jarhead", and "Selena" (where he was cast at A.B. Quintanilla), Jacob’s got a great track record for picking projects that we love! And now being involved with supernatural movie god, M. Night Shyamalan, in "Devil", you know he’s on to something good.

Speaking exclusively with Team Blogamole, Jacob revealed that "Devil" is the first in a movie trilogy series called the Night Chronicles. "I play Ramirez, who is one of the security guards in this office building," he said, "One of the elevators gets stuck and things start getting stranger and stranger."

Anyone who’s seen the much talked about trailer has an idea of where things go from there. Could someone in the elevator actually be El Diablo himself?! Jacob says his character is "a man of faith", which we can expect to get tested at some point in the film.

And how about the rest of those Chronicles? Jacob admitted that he was a huge Shyamalan fan, but since M. Night was only a producer on this one, most of the "Devil" credit goes to directors, John and Drew Dowdle. "[Night] was more of an observer on it," Jacob said. He revealed that part two of the series would be a version of “12 angry men with a supernatural setting" and part three may very well be "the sequel to 'Unbreakable'!" How cool is that?!

It’s unclear whether Jacob will be involved with the rest of the Night Chronicles, but he’s got plenty on his plate otherwise. “I’m developing a TV show with Cheech Marin. It’s a father/son thing and it’s going to be awesome! I’ve also got a website called TheTVFantastic.com. It’s kind of like my own Funny Or Die thing.”

And yes, Jacob was just as glued to last weekend’s VMA’s as we were. “I thought Usher totally killed it!” No argument here.

Check out more of Jacob Vargas at his personal site and don’t miss “Devil”, when it hits theaters Friday, September 17th!

Are you excited about “Devil”? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3!

Tags Devil, Halloween, Hot Stuff, interview, Jacob Vargas, M. Night Shyamalan, Night Chronicles