Netflix said on Thursday its original series
Narcos will launch on Aug. 28.
The announcement included unreleased photos, featuring Brazil’s top star
Wagner Moura (
Elite Squad,
Elysium) as Colombia’s legendary crime lord
Pablo Escobar, and
Boyd Holbrook (
Gone Girl) and
Pedro Pascal (
Game of Thrones) as DEA agents. A promo reel featuring the slogan "Success is measured in grams" was also released.
Created and directed by
Jose Padilha (
Elite Squad, RoboCop), the show will depict “the true story of how cocaine became such a huge problem in the U.S. and Europe – and how it all started here in Medellin,”
according to him.
The cast features several other LatAm stars, such as Colombians
Juan Pablo Raba (
El corazón del océano), and
Manolo Cardona (
Covert Affairs), Brazil’s renowned
André Mattos (
Elite Squad), Mexico’s
Stephanie Sigman (
Spectre) and
Ana de la Reguera (
Eastbound & Down, Nacho Libre), and Puerto Rico’s own
Luis Guzman (
Boogie Nights). British stage actress
Joanna Christie (
Once) is also credited.
Shot on location in Colombia,
Narcos is produced by Gaumont International Television for Netflix, with
Eric Newman (
Children of Men),
Doug Miro, and
Carlos Bernard (
Sorcerer’s Apprentice) as exec producers. Showrunner
Chris Brancato recently exited the show and moved into ABC's
Of Kings and Prophets under a two-year overall deal (with an option for a third) with producers ABC Studios.
Netflix also
recently set an Aug.7 release for its Spanish-speaking dramedy
Club de Cuervos, made by Mexico’s own
Gaz Alazraki alongside
Mike Lam and producer
Leonardo Zimbron, responsible for the local
box office hit Nosotros los Nobles (
The Noble Family).