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One of Netflix's new series that I'm most excited about is Narcos, a drug drama set in South America in the 1980s, when Pablo Escobar ruled the cocaine scene down there and became a kingpin smuggling drugs into the United States.
You might recognize Jose Padilha as the man who directed the 2014 RoboCop remake, but he's better known for his amazing Brazilian Elite Squad films, especially the superior Elite Squad: The Enemy Within. Padilha created and executive produces Narcos, which reteams him with Elite Squad star Wagner Moura (Elysium) and also stars Game of Thrones actor Pedro Pascal, who memorably portrayed Oberyn Martell, The Red Viper of Dorne.
The streaming service just unveiled the first teaser trailer for the show as well as the release date for its entire 10-episode first season. You can watch the teaser below, and the show will be available to stream on August 28th at 12:01am Pacific Time. EW also has a couple of photos for us, one of which you can see above, and then there's an image of Moura as Pablo Escobar below the teaser.
Narcos chronicles the gripping real-life stories of the drug kingpins of the late 1980s and the corroborative efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. It details the conflicting forces – legal, political, police, military and civilian – that clash in an effort to control the world’s most powerful commodity: cocaine.
The series re-partners creator and executive producer José Padilha (Elite Squad, RoboCop) with acclaimed Brazilian actor Wagner Moura (Elite Squad, Elysium) as a captivating Pablo Escobar alongside Boyd Holbrook (Gone Girl) and Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones) as real-life DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peña. The series also features powerful performances by Colombia’s Juan Pablo Raba (El corazón del océano), British theater star Joanna Christie (Once), Mexican sensation Stephanie Sigman (also seen later this year in the next Bond installment, Spectre), Colombian actor Manolo Cardona (Covert Affairs), Brazil’s renowned André Mattos (Elite Squad), beloved Puerto Rican actor Luis Guzman (Boogie Nights) and the stunning Ana de la Reguera (Eastbound & Down, Nacho Libre) from Mexico.
