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EXCLUSIVE: Banijay is pushing into the premium feature doc space with a show about Pablo Escobar’s son’s extraordinary reconciliation with Colombian Politician Rodrigo Lara’s son Jorge, whose father’s death was ordered by the drug kingpin. Lara vs. Escobar is being produced by Banijay Benelux JV…

Pablo Escobar's widow Victoria Eugenia Henao has spoken out about her life with the world's most notorious drug kingpin in a two-part documentary that will launch at Mip TV. Henao will feature in Tata – Escobar's Widow; the doc series, which is produced by Canada's Telegramme Media in collaboration with Escobar's son…

The brother of the late Pablo Escobar has requested to review the second season of Netflix’s drama Narcos before the series’ release or distribution. “I am submitting a formal, friendly request to review this material solely on an informational basis, said Roberto Escobar Tuesday in a statement from Escobar Inc. “It…

Sony Pictures Television said today that production has begun in Colombia on Bloque De Búsqueda, an original drama about the group that brought down cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. Sony TV will distribute the 70-episode, hourlong series to Latin America, the U.S. Hispanic market and around the world. Bloque de Búsqueda…

EXCLUSIVE: Benjamin Bratt has been set to star alongside Bryan Cranston and Diane Kruger in The Infiltrator, a fact-based thriller that will be directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer). The pic is produced by Good Films' Miriam Segal, and production begins shortly. Based on the Robert Mazur autobiography with a…

EXCLUSIVE: Radius-TWC has closed a deal to pay $2 million to Pathe for North American rights to Paradise Lost. The Andrea Di Stefano-directed film stars The Hunger Games‘ Josh Hutcherson as a young surfer who visits his brother in Colombia and falls in love with the country, especially when he meets and marries the…

EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media has signed on for King Of Cocaine, and the long–gestating Brad Furman-directed biopic of Medellin Cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar is finally in shape to start production in Colombia in January. In an intriguing development, John Leguizamo has been set to play the lead role. After watching…

EXCLUSIVE: Brad Furman will finally get behind the camera on a feature film about Colombian drug cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar. The Lincoln Lawyer director has long sought a way into a biopic of Escobar and now has Inside Llewyn Davis star Oscar Isaac aboard for the lead role, which is based on the Black List script by…

EXCLUSIVE: Brady Corbet, who stars in the upcoming IFC release Simon Killer, has signed on to star with Benicio Del Toro and Josh Hutcherson in Paradise Lost. The drama is about notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and it was written and marks the directing debut of Andrea di Stefano. Corbet plays the brother of…

BREAKING: Relativity Media acquired Silver Or Lead, a script that tells the story behind the manhunt for cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. Relativity will produce the film with Atmosphere Entertainment MM. Enrique Urbizu, whose gritty crime thriller No Rest For The Wicked swept the Spanish Goya’s last year, will direct…

EXCLUSIVE: Gaumont International Television and Netflix may soon be re-teaming for a drama series about notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. GIT is producing one of Netflix’s first original series, Eli Roth's monster thriller Hemlock Grove, which premieres April 19. Now the U.S.-based production arm of…