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They say the truth is stranger than fiction, but in the real world of Griselda Blanco, the truth is more brutal.

Inspired by the true story of Colombian drug trafficker Griselda Blanco and starring Sofía Vergara (who also serves as executive producer) as the ambitious and murderous Miami cartel head, Griselda tracks the dramatized life, business acumen, and downfall of “the Godmother,” one of America’s highest earning drug traffickers in the ’70s and ’80s… and one of the most deadly.

She went by many nicknames: “La Madrina,” “The Black Widow,” “La Dama de la Mafia.” But for her foes, the name Griselda became synonymous with death.

With six hour-long episodes, Griselda was created by Eric Newman (Painkiller) and Andrés Baiz — who directs every episode — reuniting the team behind Narcos and Narcos: Mexico. Newman, Doug Miro, Ingrid Escajeda, and Carlo Bernard serve as co-creators and executive produced the series...

Matt Damon is currently in the middle of filming The Odyssey, the next film from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan, but arguably the most controversial project of the star’s career has stumbled into streaming success almost 10 years later. Damon stars alongside Pedro Pascal in The Great Wall, the 2016 historical action epic following a group of European mercenaries who encounter a secret army that defends the Great Wall of China against deadly creatures. The Great Wall began streaming on HBO Max at the start of July, and it’s become one of the most popular movies in America, sitting at #5 at the time of writing. The film earned abysmal scores of 35% from critics and 42% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and it even turned a profit off its $150 million budget by grossing $334 million globally.

The Great Wall was plagued with controversy even before its release, but once the film hit theaters, things didn’t get any easier.

Matt Damon is one of the biggest movie stars and many of his films have become a hit. However, his team-up with Pedro Pascal in The Great Wall didn't lead to the expected success.

The creature feature premiered on Dec. 6, 2016 in Beijing, and was followed by a worldwide release in the U.S. on Feb. 17, 2017. The Great Wall had a lot of potential and a big budget, but it ended up receiving mixed reviews and failing a the box office. However, almost nine years later, The Great Wall is finding a new life on streaming, dominating the charts on HBO, per FlixPatrol.

The Great Wall was one of the many additions to Max, and it hit the platform on July 1. The creature feature didn't immediately rise to the charts, but it finally entered the Top 10 on July 4. The action fantasy debuted in seventh place on the domestic charts.

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Exclusive: Tovah Feldshuh, Loretta Devine, Tyler Tomás Perez and Paul Ben-Victor have joined Peacock’s upcoming South Florida-set crime drama M.I.A. from Ozark co-creator Bill Dubuque. The quad will appear as recurring guest stars.

They join previously announced series regulars Shannon Gisela, Brittany Adebumola, Dylan Jackson, Maurice Compte, Danay Garcia, Cary Elwes, Gerardo Celasco, and Marta Milans, and guest stars Edward James Olmos, Billy Burke, and Sonia Braga.

Running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze (Gisela) in M.I.A. But when the family business is threatened, she is thrust into a life she never expected, forcing her to use her wits to survive as she navigates Miami’s criminal underground.

Mia is the airport code for Miami. The SoFla area includes Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe counties.

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In terms of earnings, video games are the most significant source of entertainment worldwide, with millions and millions of fans. Which is a solid reason for Hollywood to think that if they make them into films, they will attract the same kind of audience and even though in the beginning it seemed like that they will never be able to make a good film based on video games but now it seems like they are getting the hang of things. We have compiled a list containing the names of the highest-grossing films based on video games, but just because they are in this and have earned a lot of money, doesn’t mean that all of them are good.

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Exclusive:Highland Film Group has locked key international deals in all media for crime thriller The Deputy starring Duke Nicholson, William H. Macy, Tiffany Haddish, Stephen Dorff, and Julia Fox as it continues sales in Cannes.

Director Matt Sukkar is preparing to go into production in Mississippi this week on his feature directorial debut about part-time Deputy Toby Sawyer (Nicholson) who is tasked by his boss with (Macy) with guarding a corpse until the coroner arrives. When the body goes missing, he unwittingly uncovers decades of wrongdoing and risks his life to unravel the town’s deep web of corruption.

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Exclusive: Alberto Guerra has joined Peacock’s upcoming South Florida-set crime drama M.I.A. as a series regular along with Edward James Olmos, Billy Burke and Sônia Braga in guest star roles.

They join previously announced series regulars Shannon Gisela, Brittany Adebumola, Dylan Jackson, Maurice Compte, Danay Garcia, Cary Elwes, Gerardo Celasco, and Marta Milans.

From Ozark creator Bill Dubuque, Running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze (Gisela) in M.I.A. But when the family business is threatened, she is thrust into a life she never expected, forcing her to use her wits to survive as she navigates Miami’s criminal underground.

Mia is the airport code for Miami. The SoFla area consists of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties.

The series comes from studio MRC (Poker Face), with Karen Campbell serving as executive producer and showrunner. Alethea Jones will direct and executive produce. Dubuque will write Episode 101 and executive produce alongside Campbell and Jones, who will also direct.

M.I.A. is the latest series to explore SoFla’s seedy underbelly including Chris Brancato’s Hotel Cocaine—based on Compte’s father’s life— for MGM+ and two Netflix series: the Sofia Vergara-led Griselda and the early seasons of Narcos focused on Pablo Escobar, both with executive producers including Eric Newman, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard. Narcos was co-created by Brancato. Showtime’s original Dexter series was also famously set in Miami, and its Paramount+ with Showtime prequel spinoff series, Dexter: Original Sin.

Guerra is repped by UTA, Artists First, and Coloürs.

Olmos is repped by Untitled Entertainment and CAA.

Burke is repped by Ellen Meyer Management and Gersh Agency.

Braga is repped by Bond Artist Management, Untitled Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello.

Exclusive: Gerardo Celasco and Marta Milans join Peacock’s upcoming South Florida-set crime thriller M.I.A. from Ozark co-creator Bill Dubuque.

They join the series regular cast led by Shannon Gisela, who plays ‘Etta Tiger Jonze,’ Brittany Adebumola, as ‘Lovely,’ and Dylan Jackson as ‘Stanley.’ Maurice Compte, Danay Garcia and Cary Elwes are also series regulars, though their characters’ names, like Celasco and Milans’, have yet to be revealed.

Running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze (Gisela) in M.I.A. But when the family business is threatened, she is thrust into a life she never expected, forcing her to use her wits to survive as she navigates Miami’s criminal underground.

Mia is the airport code for Miami. The SoFla area consists of Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.

The series comes from studio MRC (Poker Face), with Karen Campbell serving as executive producer and showrunner. Alethea Jones will direct and executive produce. Dubuque will write Episode 101 and executive produce alongside Campbell and Jones, who will also direct.

M.I.A. is the latest series to explore SoFla’s seedy underbelly including Chris Brancato’s Hotel Cocaine—based on Compte’s father’s life— for MGM+ and two Netflix series: the Sofia Vergara-led Griselda and the early seasons of Narcos focused on Pablo Escobar, both with executive producers including Eric Newman, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard. Narcos was co-created by Brancato. Showtime’s original Dexter series was also famously set in Miami, and its Paramount+ with Showtime prequel spinoff series Dexter: Original Sin.

Celasco is a Salvadoran actor, born in Miami and raised in El Salvador, who has called Los Angeles home since 2005. He made his TV debut with a lead role on the NBC Daytime show Passions, which he followed with various film and TV roles, including Moneyball, Battleship, the Fox series Bones and Person of Interest for CBS.

Celasco was the male lead on the Netflix limited series National Parks for ABC, with guest arcs in Good Sam for CBS and ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder. He also played the male lead of Roku’s Swimming With Sharks opposite Diane Kruger and Kiernan Shipka. He will next be seen in Netflix’s The Waterfront and Carlton Cuse’s Pulse for Peacock. He is repped by Entertainment 360, The Gersh Agency and Goodman Genow Schenkman.

Milans starred in Warner Brother’s “Shazam!” franchise and Netflix’s hit original series White Lines from the Emmy award winner producer Álex Pina. Additionally, she starred in Pina’s Spanish television series The Pier and the Netflix Spain series The Minions of Midas, directed by Academy Award winner Mateo Gil. She is repped by Jwm Entertainment Group, The Kohner Agency, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Exclusive: Maurice Compte, Danay Garcia and Cary Elwes (Saw) have joined the series regular cast of Peacock’s upcoming South Florida-set crime thriller M.I.A. from Ozark co-creator Bill Dubuque.

Compte, Garcia and Elwes join the previously announced series leads Shannon Gisela, who plays ‘Etta Tiger Jonze,’ Brittany Adebumola, who plays ‘Lovely’ and Dylan Jackson, who plays ‘Stanley.’ The new trios’ character names are under wraps.

Running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze (Gisela) in M.I.A. But when the family business is threatened, she is thrust into a life she never expected, forcing her to use her wits to survive as she navigates Miami’s criminal underground.

Mia is the airport code for Miami. The SoFla area consists of Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.

Dubuque will write Episode 101 and executive produce alongside showrunner Karen Campbell...

“Narcos” creator Chris Brancato’s next project, a 1980s crime drama about a New York-based Irish gang, has been ordered to series at MGM+.

Titled “The Westies,” the eight-episode series follows the notoriously violent Irish gang of the same name. The series takes place during the construction of the Jacob Javitz Convention Center on the Westies’ home turf in Hell’s Kitchen, which promises a financial windfall.

“Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies’ legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile détente,” reads the logline. “But internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into the Italian mafia.”

Brancato created “The Westies” with Michael Panes, and both serve as executive producers.

Peacock’s new crime thriller M.I.A. from writer and EP Bill Dubuque (Ozark) will star Shannon Gisela (Chasers), Brittany Adebumola (The Other Black Girl) and Dylan Jackson (City on Fire) in series regular roles. The project was given a straight-to-series order in August.

The South Florida-based series hails from showrunner and executive producer Karen Campbell. Alethea Jones will direct and executive produce. The studio is MRC.

Running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze (Gisela) in M.I.A. But when the family business is threatened, she is thrust into a life she never expected, forcing her to use her wits to survive as she navigates Miami’s criminal underground.

Adebumola will portray Lovely and Jackson will portray Stanley.

Mia is the airport code for Miami. The South Florida area consists of Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.

M.I.A. is the latest series...

Exclusive: Wagner Moura (Narcos), Sofia Carson (Purple Hearts), Oscar nominee Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway), and Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) have been set to star in comedy-drama Last Night At The Lobster, which Moura will direct.

Bankside Films is launching international sales on the project ahead of the American Film Market. WME Independent is handling North American rights.

Based on the well-received novel by Stewart O’Nan with a screenplay written by Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro, Jane Anderson and Eboni Booth, the film is currently in pre-production and is due to shoot early next year.

Pic will be Moura’s second feature following Marighella in 2019 and having directed episodes of Narcos: Mexico, and an acting career with credits including Civil War, Narcos and Elite Squad.

The synopsis reads: “Manny, manager of a chain seafood restaurant, arrives to work a week before Christmas to discover that the restaurant is...

You’ve never seen Sofía Vergara like this. In the drama series Griselda, the veteran comedian (Modern Family) is La Jefa (“The Boss”) through and through. Vergara stars as the eponymous Griselda Blanco and also serves as an executive producer on the project, streaming now. On July 17, Vergara was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category.

With six hour-long episodes, Griselda was created by Eric Newman (Painkiller) and Andrés Baiz — who directs every episode — reuniting the team behind Narcos and Narcos: Mexico. Newman, Doug Miro, Ingrid Escajeda, and Carlo Bernard serve as co-creators and executive produced the series alongside Baiz, Vergara, and Luis Balaguer with Latin World Entertainment. Escajeda and Miro are the series’ co-showrunners.

“From the earliest days of my research for what became Narcos, [Griselda] leapt out at me as a fascinating character,” Newman tells...

Jennifer Lopez has always balanced her singing career with her acting and she always has multiple projects in the works. A few years ago, Lopez joined a biopic about drug lord Griselda Blanco but the recent update isn't encouraging.

During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote the upcoming season of Tulsa King, Emmy-winning writer Terrence Winter also addressed the Griselda biopic. Winter served as a producer for the film, titled The Godmother, with Lopez set to executive produce and star in the drama. However, the recent Netflix series Griselda seems to have put an end to the project.

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The Godmother was officially announced in 2020, but little information came out after. In the meantime, the Sofia Vergara...

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to the South Florida-set, female-led crime thriller M.I.A. from Ozark co-creator Bill Dubuque.

Mia is the airport code for Miami. The South Florida area consists of Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.

In M.I.A., running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze. But when her family is slaughtered before her eyes, Etta sets out to exact justice on those responsible – avenging her blood family. At the same time, she builds her chosen family, igniting her series journey from powerless orphan to South Florida’s most powerful criminal Queenpin.

M.I.A. is the latest series to cover SoFla’s seedy underbelly following the recently released titles including Chris Brancato’s Hotel Cocaine for MGM+ and two Netflix series: the Sofia Vergara-led Griselda and the early seasons of Narcos focused on Pablo Escobar, both of which had executive producers that include Eric Newman,...

National Treasure 3 has bounced in and out of development hell for many years, but the long awaited threequel just got its biggest update yet from screenwriter Ted Elliot. National Treasure, released 20 years ago in 2004, starred Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Gates, a history fanatic turned treasure hunter on a mission to steal the Declaration of Independence. Despite middling reviews, both National Treasure and its sequel, National Treasure Book of Secrets, have developed a devout following and fans have been desperate for a third installment to wrap up the second film's biggest mystery.

Appearing on the National Treasure Hunt podcast, Ted Elliot dropped some bombshells about the third installment. The screenwriter confirmed that he's completed the first draft of the script. News surrounding National Treasure 3 has given fans mixed messages about the project's existence, but Elliot's reveal confirms it is finally happening. Elliot then revealed the direction the third...

Sofia Vergara has earned her fifth Emmy Award nomination today for her portrayal of real-life drug queenpin Griselda Blanco in the Netflix miniseries Griselda, the first dramatic role of her career. The recognition makes Colombia-born Vergara the first Latina, born in a Latin country, nominated in the “Lead Actress in a Limited Series” category.

Latin American Anya Taylor-Joy—who won in the category for The Queen’s Gambit—was born in Miami to an Argentine father.

Vergara’s four prior Emmy nominations (2010-2013) were under the “Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series” category for her portrayal of Gloria Pritchett in ABC’s Modern Family.

From creators Eric Newman, Doug Miro, Ingrid Escajeda and Carlo Bernard, Griselda chronicles the life of Colombian-born Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. In 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her expertly navigate between business and family.

When it premiered on Netflix, Narcos became a massive hit. Following the rise of Pablo Escobar as the most powerful drug lord in Latin America, the series came from co-creators Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Since the three-season series ended, we have gotten a Mexico-set spin-off and the promise of more. The creators have gone their separate ways with Miro running Netflix series Griselda, also based on a true story about the infamous title queenpin. Now, Brancato has reunited with Narcos director Guillermo Navarro for a new series, Hotel Cocaine, also inspired by a true crime tale but heavily fictionalized for a pulpy good time.

Set at the Hotel Mutiny in 1978, this Miami-set drama centers on Roman Compte, the hotel manager. Compte is a Cuban refugee who has forged a new life with his daughter. With drugs freely used through the hotel and at large, Compte is approached...

National Treasure 3 is set to bring back the original cast in an action-packed race against the Illuminati's plot. Despite the franchise's critic ratings, audiences have loved Nicolas Cage's adventure roles over the years. While Cage may not need National Treasure 3, he continues to surprise with stellar performances in various films and roles.

The recent news that National Treasure 3 could be finally about to get off the ground, with the original cast returning, comes as a surprise following Nicolas Cages previous comments that There is no National Treasure 3. However, original National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub has defended Cages attitude towards the idea of continuing the franchise, noting that the actor has had a long enough career to know that things dont always pan out as planned.

National Treasure 3 ActionAdventure Main GenreActionWritersAaron Benay, Matthew Benay, Carlo Bernard, Doug MiroStudioWalt Disney Pictures

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2024 is nearly half over and while it’s a wasteland at the box office this year for television fans it is one of the better years as we have gotten many brilliant shows both at the big and small scale. With incredible series like Masters of the Air starting the year, there was no way that the rest of the year could go bad and that’s what happened because we got powerful and thrilling shows like Shōgun, Fallout, and 3 Body Problem. So, if you want to know the best new shows that came out this year here are the top picks for you. We have only added the shows that came out with their first season this year and excluded the shows that returning with a new season.

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Baby Reindeer is a psychological thriller and dark comedy series created by Richard Gadd. Based on Gadd...

Exclusive: Duke Nicholson (Us), William H. Macy (Fargo), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), Stephen Dorff (Blade), Jake Weary and Julia Fox (Uncut Gems) are set to star in action-Thriller The Deputy, which Highland Film Group is launching for the Cannes market.

The film is directed by Matt Sukkar in his feature directorial debut and written by Narcos co-creator and co-writer Carlo Bernard based on the eponymous novel by Victor Gischler.

The official synopsis reads: “Part-time Deputy Toby Sawyer (Duke Nicholson) is jolted awake by Chief Krueger (William H. Macy) and assigned to guard a dead body until the coroner arrives. When the corpse mysteriously vanishes, Toby launches a frantic search and unwittingly discovers decades of wrongdoing…and several cops who have turned a blind eye, including Deputy Billy Banks (Stephen Dorff) who pressures Toby to ignore his findings. Only Deputy Amanda Jackson (Tiffany Haddish) appears trustworthy. Desperate to keep his job,...

The Great Wall, starring Matt Damon, has made it to the Netflix top 10 in the US, ranking No. 4 for the week. The movie faced criticism for promoting a white savior narrative and whitewashing the cast, among other issues. Despite making $334.9 million worldwide on a $150 million budget, The Great Wall is considered a flop in Matt Damon's career.

Matt Damons The Great Wall has made it onto the Netflix top 10 in the US. Released in 2016, The Great Wall is a Zhang Yimou movie about a group of European mercenaries who are imprisoned in China and are conscripted to help out a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall from fantastical enemies. In addition to Damon, The Great Wall features an ensemble cast that includes Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal, Tian Jing, Andy Lau, Zhang Hanyu, Lu Han, and Kenny Lin.

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Actress Sofia Vergara is synonymous with the role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in the ABC sitcom Modern Family. The actress recently featured in the Netflix drama series Griselda, about the life of Griselda Blanco, an infamous Colombian drug lord. While promoting the series, Vergara discussed the challenges of portraying a real-life drug lord.

Sofia Vergara in Griselda

During one of her interviews, Vergara revealed a shocking detail about her process, which required her to learn how to smoke and use cocaine for a convincing portrayal of the character. However, Vergara had to clarify her stance after making a hilarious goof-up. At the same time, the actress also revealed how she prepared for the role of Griselda Blanco, and here is what Vergara said.

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Most remember Griselda Blanco as the “Black Widow,” a ruthless Colombian drug lord whose network flooded Miami with cocaine, brought in $80 million a month nationally, and who’s been personally implicated in a rumored 200 murders. Michael Corleone Blanco, her youngest son raised at the height of her drug-trafficking empire, admits she was a rigid, stern woman he affectionately called cariñosa — an endearing term given to loved ones.

“As a kid, you can’t really comprehend what is wrong, what is right, and what is the family business,” Blanco tells Rolling Stone.

In the Netflix series "Griselda," Rafa Salazar tries to convince Griselda Blanco to sell her business, but she turns down his offer. Rafa Salazar was killed in 1987 while Griselda Blanco was in prison, and the cartel behind his murder remains unknown. The Netflix series changed some details about Rafa Salazar, including his relationship with Marta Ochoa.

Griselda is based on a true story and features a slew of characters inspired by real people, including Rafael Cardona "Rafa" Salazar, a high-ranking member of the Medellín Cartel and Griselda Blanco's rival. The 2024 Netflix biographical crime drama television show, created by Doug Miro, Eric Newman, Carlo Bernard, and Ingrid Escajeda, revolves around Blanco, played by Sofia Vergara, and her life as the "Godmother of Cocaine." Blanco was a Colombian drug lord based in Miami, Florida, and the six-episode limited series depicts her rise and fall within the cocaine-based drug trade world, including her rivalry with Salazar.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Griselda.

In real life, Griselda Blanco is gunned down in Medellín six years after her release from prison. Creator Eric Newman reveals that Griselda does not to show the death of the real-life drug lord because her tragic arc had already been completed. The real tragedy of Griselda's story is that she spends years of her life in prison and loses almost everyone she cares for.

Griselda creator Eric Newman explains why the show's ending excludes a key character death. After shepherding Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, Newman and co-creators Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, and Ingrid Escajeda use their new Netflix series to tell the story of real-life drug lord Griselda Blanco, with Sofia Vergara taking on the lead role. All six episodes of the show hit the streamer at the end of January, but the finale ends without showing Blanco's assassination, which occurred in 2012.

In a recent interview with Collider,...

Sofía Vergara's miniseries Griselda is dominating Netflix's global chart, becoming a hit series at Number 1 on the charts for its debut week. The show has received positive reviews despite some historical inaccuracies. Griselda jumped onto the Top 10 list in 89 countries during its debut week, showing global success.

Sofía Vergara's new miniseries Griselda is now dominating Netflix's global chart on its debut week, becoming another hit series for the streaming platform. The show sees Vergara step into the role of its titular character, Griselda Blanco, a real-life Colombian drug lord prominent in the 1980s. The miniseries has gotten positive reviews from critics and viewers alike, who say that, despite some historical inaccuracies, the show manages to be entertaining.

Now, Netflix reports that Vergara's Griselda series is the Number 1 show on the platform globally for the week of January 22 through January 28, 2024. The series amassed 113.8 million hours viewed from a total of 20.6 million viewers.

Karol G entered her acting era with Griselda — and she’s slaying in it.

In a new interview with TheWrap, Griselda director Andrés Baiz revealed that the singer was so good in her part as Carla — Griselda’s confidante and a sex worker who helped the drug lord smuggle product to the U.S. — that they wrote her more lines.

“We actually started writing more for her because she was doing so great,” Baiz said. “She brought a lot of authenticity to her character. [Karol] is from Medellín, so the way she speaks,...

Griselda, the new Netflix crime series, is a perfect replacement for Narcos and has received critical acclaim. Sofia Vergara delivers a transformative performance as the real-life queenpin Griselda Blanco, showcasing her unprecedented rank in the Colombian cartel. Griselda maintains the stylistic and thematic similarities of Narcos, but focuses more acutely on its protagonist and differentiates itself from the Escobar-centric series.

The new Netflix crime series Griselda is the perfect replacement for the celebrated series Narcos, even three years after its successful spinoff Narcos: Mexico. The original Narcos series was one of the earliest popular original series on the giant streaming platform, premiering back in 2015 only two years after House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. Narcos, which was created by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, and Chris Brancato, quickly earned critical acclaim and is still considered one of the greatest Netflix series ever made.

Griselda features Emmy Award nominee...

It’s not all laughs for Sofía Vergara in Griselda.

Beneath the glitz and glamour of ’70s and ’80s Miami lies a much darker side — and an antihero playing a dangerous game. Inspired by a true story, the limited series from creators Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz follows Griselda Blanco, an ambitious business woman and devoted mother who’s responsible for creating one of the most profitable cartels in history. With her lethal blend of savagery and charm, Griselda navigates business and family as she rises to the top of the industry, earning the title of “the Godmother.”

Available to stream on Netflix now, Griselda reunites the team behind Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, including Newman, Baiz, Doug Miro, Ingrid Escajeda, and Carlo Bernard, who all serve as executive producers, alongside Vergara and Luis Balaguer with Latin World Entertainment. Griselda Blanco is a boss in...

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from Griselda on Netflix.

The Netflix miniseries "Griselda" does not depict the death of Griselda Blanco, a Colombian drug lord. Blanco was released from prison in 2004 due to health issues and lived a quiet life until she was assassinated in 2012. The producers of "Griselda" chose not to show Blanco's death as they prioritized capturing the emotional truth of her story.

The miniseries Griselda chronicles the life and crimes of Griselda Blanco, a Colombian drug lord who was ultimately killed. The 2024 Netflix biographical crime drama television show was created by Doug Miro, Eric Newman, Carlo Bernard, and Ingrid Escajeda and produced by Sofia Vergara, who plays the titular character in the limited series. Blanco's story is told over the course of six episodes, starting from her move from Medellín, Colombia, to Miami, Florida, and ending with her imprisonment in the United States. However, the...

Griselda has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 88% with 33 reviews, though this score could fluctuate as more reviews are added. This score puts the show just behind Narcos (89%) and Narcos: Mexico (90%), which both hail from the same creators. Griselda is similar to its two predecessors in terms of its setting, strong performances, and approach to tackling real-life historical events and figures.

Griselda's Rotten Tomatoes score is here, and it fails to beat some other very similar Netflix crime shows. Created by Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, Eric Newman, and Ingrid Escajeda, the first two of whom also created Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, the new Netflix series stars Sofia Vergara as real-life figure Griselda Blanco. The show charts Blanco's life from Medellín to Miami as she rises to become the leader of one of the most powerful cartels in history.

Following Griselda's release on Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes reveals the show's critics score to be,...

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Cast: Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Juliana Aiden Martinez, Martin Rodriguez, and Vanessa Ferlito

Creator: Carlo Bernard and Ingrid Escajeda

Director: Andres Baiz

Streaming On: Netflix

Language: English and Spanish (with subtitles)

Runtime: 6 episodes, around 1 hour each.

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Narcos became one of the most impressive early Netflix hits, and that success allowed the creators to come up with several seasons of the show and a number of spin-offs. Griselda, the new miniseries from Netflix, serves as one of those spin-offs bringing the story of Griselda Blanco to the screen and giving the role to Sofía Vergara in a role that certainly feels out of her comfort zone, and yet, the actress is wholly committed to it. Griselda is an intense and entertaining miniseries from the streaming giant.

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While Sofía Vergara was delighting millions of viewers for more than a decade as Gloria Pritchett on Modern Family, she was thinking about Griselda Blanco.

For 15 years, Vergara pored over the life of the woman known as the cocaine trade pioneer — who also earned the nicknames “The Godmother” and “The Black Widow” — for transforming the drug trade from Colombia to the United States, making her biggest mark in Miami, in the 1970s to the early 2000s.

Narcos boss Eric Newman had also spent time thinking about Blanco. The executive producer behind Netflix’s hit drug cartel franchise says he always wanted to tell the Colombian queenpin’s story and even considered bringing her into the Narcos fold while working the flagship series and spinoff Narcos: Mexico.

“The challenge that I found immediately with Griselda [Blanco] is that her story is so compelling; she’s such an anomaly,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter.

If you watch enough TV, you should place bets on Netflix’s “Griselda.”

The limited series, from Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz of “Narcos,” stars Sofia Vergara as real-life drug boss Griselda Blanco. Even though it’s based on a real person, the limited series’ beats are visible from miles away, and it’s the rare show that feels like it could’ve used two extra episodes if only to avoid an abrupt ending.

Baiz directs the series, with Vergara on the executive production team that also includes co-creators Doug Miro, Ingrid Escajeda, and Carlo Bernard (Escajeda and Miro serve as showrunners). To drive home the “Narcos” parallels — or at least to pull in the hit show’s audience — “Griselda” opens with a quote from Pablo Escobar himself: “The only man I ever feared was a woman named Griselda Blanco.”

The quote is revealed in three parts — the beginning, the...

Legal complexities arise for Netflix and Sofia Vergara's series Griselda as they face a lawsuit over unauthorized use of personal narratives and likenesses. Blanco's family seeks an injunction to halt the show, claiming infringement on their privacy rights through the incorporation of personal anecdotes and family history. The lawsuit centers around interviews conducted by Blanco's son, Michael, which he believes were used by Netflix without his consent, prompting demands for compensation.

Netflix and star-producer Sofia Vergara find themselves entangled in legal complexities with the upcoming series, Griselda. A lawsuit stemming from Blanco's estate has thrust the series, focusing on the infamous Griselda Blanco, into the legal spotlight.

The legal action, as reported by TMZ, specifically names Vergara and the streaming giant, citing the unauthorized use of the Blanco family's personal narratives and likenesses. Griselda, set to grace screens on January 25, might face delays or impediments, as Blanco's progeny...

Sofia Vergara may have drawn some critical acclaim with early reviews for her role in Griselda, but the series could end up getting blocked from its imminent release.

Per TMZ, Vergara has been named as a defendant alongside Netflix in a new lawsuit filed by Griselda Blanco's estate. The adult children of Blanco, played by Vergara in the series, say that Griselda was made with the "unauthorized use of their family's image and likeness." Griselda is officially set to debut on Netflix on Jan. 25, and Blanco's children are asking for an injunction to block the series from getting released.

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Hollywood likes to pretend that it’s in a constant state of self-improvement, and that the days of blackface and Mickey Rooney as Mr. Yunioshi are far in the past. But we aren’t that far removed from Zoe Saldaña playing Nina Simone, FX casting a white British actor as a budding Middle Eastern despot in Tyrant or Catherine Zeta-Jones playing notorious Colombian drug kingpin Griselda Blanco in Lifetime’s Cocaine Godmother.

I hope we can all agree that whatever divine and legal sanctions she deserved for being, by all accounts, quite monstrous at times, Griselda Blanco did not deserve the throughly bizarro accent and makeup job that accompanied Zeta-Jones’ performance in Cocaine Godmother.

If nothing else, Netflix’s six-part Griselda is an adequate representational corrective. Colombian actress Sofía Vergara plays Blanco, with a latex job that doesn’t really make her look like Griselda Blanco, but definitely makes her look like “Not Sofía Vergara.

Sofia Vergara as Griselda in episode 101 of Griselda. Cr. Elizabeth Morris/Netflix © 2023

Following the success of the Narcos franchise, Netflix is diving headfirst back into another biographic series about the drug empire led by Griselda Blanco with Sofia Vergara. The new limited series, consisting of six episodes, is coming to Netflix globally in January 2024. Here’s what you need to know about Griselda.

News of the show first came about in November 2021, with Illuminerdi first reporting that a Narcos spin-off was in development with the same team. Days later, we also reported that the show was in development, and just a day after that, Netflix officially unveiled the title but was keen to stress that “there is no association or crossover between the shows.”

It’s taken a long time for Griselda to come to our screen. It reportedly took Latin World Entertainment eight years for the series to be picked up by a network.

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Griselda is Netflix’s latest narco-drama, starring Sofía Vergara in the titular role. The streaming giant has just released the first trailer for the series. This inaugural look at Vergara’s portrayal of Griselda Blanco shows the Godmother of Miami’s rise through the ranks of the cartel, all the way to the top.

Netflix released the trailer on their official YouTube channel, with the description reading “Queenpin. Innovator. Mother. Killer. Griselda is a woman of substance. From the minds that brought you Narcos comes Griselda.” The limited drama series is being executive produced by Eric Newman, who was involved in Narcos and Narcos: Mexico. It follows the titular Griselda Blanco, who ran the Miami drug scene in the 1980s.

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The trailer opens to...

Emmy nominee Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) stars as Griselda Blanco, known as The Godmother of the underworld, in Netflix’s Griselda. The new trailer reveals Griselda’s not just a savvy businesswoman and mother, she’s also a killer who basically owns Miami.

“From the earliest days of my research for what became Narcos, [Griselda] leapt out at me as a fascinating character,” said series creator Eric Newman in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “I have always endeavored to humanize complicated people, many of whom have been considered evil, and Griselda offered both the greatest challenge and opportunity.”

In addition to Vergara, the six-episode limited series stars Alberto Guerra as Dario Sepúlveda, Christian Tappan as Arturo Mesa, Martín Rodríguez as Rivi Ayala, Juliana Aidén Martinez as June Hawkins, and Vanessa Ferlito as Carmen Gutiérrez. Carolina Giraldo (a.k.a Karol G), Fredy Yate, Paulina Dávila, José Zúñiga, Camilo Jiménez Varón,...

Sofia Vergara jettisons her funny, family-friendly persona as she steps into the shoes of a notorious boss lady who held a grip on the Miami drug scene in the late 70s and early 80s. Narcos and Narcos: Mexico showrunners return to the hectic cartel drama with the new series. This new Netflix show features Vergara as a drug cartel kingpin, or rather queenpin. Not only is it a serious turn for Vergara, who is known for her popular comedy series Modern Family with Julie Bowen, but she also showcases an extreme ruthlessness as the villainous Griselda. The series is based on true events and comes from creators Eric Newman & Doug Miro & Ingrid Escajeda & Carlo Bernard. Netflix has just released the new trailer as well as new images, courtesy of Deadline.

The official synopsis from Netflix reads,

“Griselda is inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Griselda Blanco, who...

Griselda is coming soon to Netflix. The streaming service has announced a premiere date with the release of a trailer. The limited drama series is from Eric Newman, Doug Miro, Ingrid Escajeda, and Carlo Bernard. Six episodes have been produced.

Starring Sofía Vergara, Alberto Guerra, Christian Tappan, Martín Rodríguez, Juliana Aidén Martinez, and Vanessa Ferlito, the series takes viewers back to the 1970s and 1980s and follows the life of Griselda Blanco (Vergara) as she becomes the "Godmother" of the Miami crime scene.

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Sofía Vergara is in charge.

On Thursday, Netflix dropped the first teaser for the new series “Griselda”, from the creators of “Narcos”, in which the former “Modern Family” star plays the leader of a drug cartel.

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“‘Griselda’ is inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history,” the official description reads. “In 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as ‘the Godmother.”

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The short teaser opens with Vergara, in voice-over, saying, “I heard that you like my product,” over shots of drugs being packaged.

“We can make a lot of money together,” she continues.

Sofia Vergara looks unrecognizable in Netflix’s Griselda teaser trailer in which she stars as the Colombian drug lord.

Vergara plays the drug lord in the titular role on the limited series and gets down to business in the short trailer. Griselda is a production from the minds behind Narcos and Narcos: Mexico, brought to life by the creative duo Eric Newman and Doug Miro. Joining them as executive producers are Ingrid Escajeda, who also shares co-showrunner responsibilities with Miro and Carlo Bernard. All episodes are directed by Andrés Baiz, while Vergara and Luis Balaguer, representing Latin World Entertainment, serve as executive producers.

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Griselda Blanco was known by aliases such as the Black Widow, La Madrina, and the Cocaine Godmother, held a position of immense influence as one of the leading cocaine traffickers during the 1980s and played a...

In case you were unaware, the teaser trailer for Netflix’s Griselda is quick to point out that the limited series comes from the creative minds behind Narcos. The 40-second video concentrates the action in one room, with a dark and gritty color palette helping deliver the teaser’s ominous vibe.

Four-time Emmy Award nominee Sofia Vergara stars as the titular character in the six-episode series inspired by the life of Griselda Blanco. Per Netflix: Blanco “created one of the most profitable cartels in history. In 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as ‘the Godmother.'”

Sofia Vergara as Griselda in episode 1 of ‘Griselda’ (Photo Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023)

Joining Vergara are Alberto Guerra as Dario Sepúlveda, Christian Tappan as Arturo Mesa, Martín Rodríguez as Rivi Ayala, Juliana Aidén Martinez as June Hawkins,...

Netflix has just released a teaser trailer for the period crime drama Griselda. The show is a new serious turn for Sofía Vergara. Vergara is usually known for comedies in which she plays glamorous characters, such as Modern Family, Hot Pursuit with Reese Witherspoon, Chasing Papi, and Chef. Lately, you can catch the comedic actress as one of the voices in the Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx dog comedy Strays. This new Netflix show features Vergara as a drug cartel kingpin, or rather queenpin. Not only is it a serious turn for Vergara, but she also showcases her ruthlessness as Griselda. The series comes from creators Eric Newman & Doug Miro & Ingrid Escajeda & Carlo Bernard.

The official synopsis from Netflix reads,

“Griselda is inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. In 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal...

Netflix has dropped its first teaser trailer for “Griselda,” a new limited series starring Sofia Vergara in her first dramatic role. The Emmy nominee also serves as an executive producer alongside “Narcos” and “Narcos: Mexico” creators Eric Newman and Andrés Baiz (who also directs all six episodes). “Griselda” will debut globally on Netflix on January 25, 2024. Watch the trailer below.

According to the streamer, “‘Griselda’ is inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Colombian, Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. In the 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as ‘the Godmother.'”

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“Griselda” consists of six one-hour episodes. Starring alongside Vergara are Alberto Guerra (Dario Sepúlveda), Christian Tappan (Arturo Mesa...