FIRST LOOK
First Look: Benicio del Toro as Pablo Escobar in 'Paradise Lost' Drama
by Ethan Anderton
July 2, 2013
Source: Pathe
Though several films featuring drug cartel mastermind Pablo Escobar have been gestating for years, a more unique feature utilizing the real life criminal is getting off the ground first. Paradise Lost takes an interesting angle on Escobar (played by Benicio del Toro), using him as a tangential figure to the main story. The plot surrounds Nick (Josh Hutcherson), a surfer who visits his brother in Colombia and falls in love with a gorgeous local girl named Maria. But the couple's romance is disrupted when Nick discovers that Pablo Escobar is Maria's uncle. Now we have our first look at del Toro as Escobar, and it's perfect. Look!
Here's the first look at Andrea di Stefano's Paradise Lost from Pathe (via Bleeding Cool):
Paradise Lost marks the feature directorial and writing debut of actor Andrea di Stefano (Nine, Eat Pray Love). Young surfer Nick (Josh Hutcherson) thinks all his dreams have come true when he goes to visit his brother in Columbia. Against an idyllic backdrop of blue lagoons and white beaches he falls madly in love with a beautiful Colombian girl called Maria. It all seems perfect until he meets her uncle, one Pablo Escobar (Benicio del Toro). The film is currently in post-production, and while an official release date isn't set yet, the film is expected sometime in 2014, and might even hit the film festival circuit as well. Cool?
10 Comments
1
Sounds interesting, i've liked Josh Hutcherson since Zathura, and well of Course we've all been waiting for Benicio to play Escobar
Sky on Jul 2, 2013
2
Looks better than Vincent Chase as Escobar.
Perry Pijnenburg on Jul 2, 2013
3
Medellin was a masterpiece okay?
Chiroptera Exsanguination on Jul 12, 2013
4
Modern day Robin Hood.
DAVIDPD on Jul 2, 2013
5
How ignorant are you? The man was a drug dealing murderer. Take it from someone who lived in Colombia during the 80s, there was nothing heroic about the man. He brought nothing but pain, grief, and humiliation to the country. Get your head out of your ass.
asd on Jul 2, 2013
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Fair enough. I understand he was a calculating murderer, but Escobar also did a lot to support Columbia's infrastructure. Futbol stadiums, Churches, & schools, a lot of people liked him. Of course he financed all his endeavors with blood money. I know this must be a sensitive topic for you, but you did not need to attack me directly for trying to make a stupid joke about a stupid man. Personal attacks just show how incapable some one is of making rational/reasonable/logical arguments. I am sorry that I offended your sensibilities as a proud Colombian.
DAVIDPD on Jul 2, 2013
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So let me guess...this movie will present him as a hero
Bob on Jul 2, 2013
8
What I want to know is who pulled the trigger that killed him...some say police, some say a CIA agent....actually, that will never come out but I would like to see how this plays out
Flounder on Jul 2, 2013
9
Delta did. But allowed Los pepes to take credit
Eh on Jul 14, 2013
10
i was expecting a movie based entirely on Pablo, not some shitty "tangential figure" to the main story and that too a love story, damn ruined everything
ak on Jul 3, 2013
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