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Netflix Eyes Pablo Escobar Series From Gaumont International TV & José Padilha

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 6, 2013 @ 10:28am PSTTags: Big Deals TV, Gaumont International Television, Jose Padilha, Netflix, Pablo Escobar
Nellie Andreeva

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 European feature studio Gaumont has teamed with another feature director, Brazilian-born Jose Padilha, for Narcos. The series will chronicle the life and death of Escobar, the ruthless boss of the Medellin Cartel and a known terrorist who was also a congressman, a family man and revered by the poor as a new Robin Hood. Padilha, on whose idea the project is based, is slated to oversee and direct the 13-episode first season, which is eying a 2014 debut on Netflix. Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard (Sorcerer’s Apprentice) are writing. Eric Newman (Children Of Men) will executive produce. READ MORE »

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Sony Pictures To Distribute MGM’s ‘Robocop’ Remake

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday March 5, 2012 @ 2:15pm PSTTags: Joel Kinnaman, Jose Padilha, MGM, RoboCop, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

Robocop RemakeEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is signing on to distribute MGM‘s Robocop, the remake of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven-directed science fiction film that will star Joel Kinnaman in the role originated by Peter Weller. The film’s being … Read More »

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‘King Of Kong’ Director Seth Gordon Ready To Play ‘War Games’ In MGM Reboot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 23, 2011 @ 5:27pm PDTTags: Ally Sheedy, Colin Farrell, Gary Barber, Horrible Bosses, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jose Padilha, Kevin Spacey, Matthew Broderick, MGM, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Roger Birnbaum, Seth Gordon, War Games
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: MGM will reboot the 1983 thriller War Games, and the studio has set Seth Gordon to develop the film to direct. Gordon, who made his breakthrough with the gaming documentary The King of Kong, most recently directed the New … Read More »

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MGM Hires Josh Zetumer To Script ‘Robocop’ Reboot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 10, 2011 @ 6:01pm PSTTags: Jose Padilha, MGM, RoboCop
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: MGM has found its Robocop writer. The studio is hiring Josh Zetumer to script the reboot of the 1987 science fiction film about a cop brought back from death and drafted to become a remorseless and ruthless cyborg cop. … Read More »

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MGM In Talks With Jose Padilha To Direct ‘Robocop’ Reboot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 1, 2011 @ 1:44pm PSTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Jose Padilha, MGM, Movie Deals, Movies, Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: MGM is negotiating with Brazilian director Jose Padilha to direct Robocop, the remake of the futuristic 1987 film originally helmed by Paul Verhoeven. The original was about a cop who was near death and was drafted to become a … Read More »

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