The Life of Pablo Escobar Taken to the Big Screen

Production Company Verasur Films took into their hands what has been a frustrating project to adapt to theaters, the life of Colombian Narc Pablo Escobar. 

The film will be released to aspire for an Oscar and will have a budget of between 25 and 30 million dollars.

This week, director Antoine Fuqua will be contracted, and he will be in charge of the movie, with which he committed to in 2007.

Spain native Javier Bardem, who was previously involved with another film about Pablo Escobar that didn’t happen either (Killing Pablo), is the first option to showcase Escobar. Al Pacino and Sofia Vergara are also speculated to be part of the cast for the movie, whose names have not been decided.

The movie is expected to be released in September 2014.