Killing Pablo
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 First edition | ||
| Author | Mark Bowden | |
|---|---|---|
| Set in | ||
| Published | 2001 | |
| Publisher | ISBN 978-0802123787 | |
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (2001) is a book by
the United States and Colombia, their respective military and intelligence forces, and Los Pepes to stop illegal activities committed by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and his subordinates. It relates how Escobar was killed and his cartel dismantled. Bowden originally reported this story in a 31-part series published in The Philadelphia Inquirer[3]
and in a companion documentary of the same title.
Documentary
The True Story of Killing Pablo (2002) is a companion documentary film to Bowden's 2001 book. It was produced by Wild Eyes Productions for
The History Channel.[4]
Film
A feature film adaptation was being developed by producers
Mark Gordon, to be directed and written by Joe Carnahan, but the film's producer, Yari, filed for bankruptcy in 2008.[5]
As of 2019, a film has yet to be produced.
Appearances in pop culture
The book is featured in the
Entourage, when the actor at the center of that show, Vincent Chase, agrees to play Escobar in a film called Medellin despite being utterly unsuited to the role. The story line was something of an inside Hollywood joke, in that a real movie version of Killing Pablo was infamously lost in backwaters of Tinseltown deal-making.[citation needed
]
References
- ^ "What is actor Christian Bale doing next?". Journal Now. December 25, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
- ^ McNary, Dave (October 1, 2007). "Yari fast-tracking Escobar biopic". Variety. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
- ISBN 978-0871137838.
- ^ The True Story of Killing Pablo. A&E Home Video. 2002 – via Amazon.com.
- ^ Chitwood, Adam (April 11, 2012). "Director Joe Carnahan Talks Mark Millar's NEMESIS O". Collider. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
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