According to Variety Spanish actor Javier Bardem has been tapped to play infamous drug capo Pablo Escobar in an upcoming film. Bardem (image) is best known for his role as Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas in the 2000 film “Before Night Falls” which led to an Academy Awards nomination.The movie- “Killing Pablo”- will be based on the Mark Bowden book of the same name, and is scheduled to star Christian Bale and begin shooting next June according to the producers.
However, an article on Rotten Tomatoes points out that another film on Escobar is set to begin production almost simultaneously as “Killing Pablo.” In fact, the director chosen for “Killing Pablo” passed on the script to the other biopic, creatively titled “Escobar.”
In August of 2006 it was reported that rapper Timbaland had planned to produce a film on the deceased kingpin. Who knows what happened to that idea?
Sources- Variety, IMDB.com, Cinematical, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, The Latin Americanist
Image- elpais.com
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