Monday, August 12, 2013

Leguizamo Playing Pablo Escobar?

The Playlist reports that John Leguizamo is one of two names in contention to star as Colombian drug cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar in the biopic "The Ballad Of Pablo Escobar".


The film will see the man's rise to become the head of the largest criminal organization in the world.

Oscar Isaac was previously castin the lead but has had to pull out of the project for unknown reasons. Wagner Moura (Elite Squad) was due to take over but has since vacated the part

Matthew Aldrich wrote the screenplay from which Brad Furman’s (The Lincoln Lawyer) set to call action

Scott Steindorff  will produce the film with Dylan Russell and Scott Lastaiti.

Production begins in September in Colombia.

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