Spouses Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz have signed on to star in a new film about the life of the legendary Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, reports The Hollywood Reporter . The plot of the biographical drama will be based on the memoirs of Virginia Vallejo titled Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar . The biopic, which has received the laconic name "Escobar" , tells how the Cocaine King came to success, which then gave way to shame and oblivion. Filming is scheduled to begin later this year. This news came to us from the recently launched Cannes Film Festival, from a press conference at which director and producer Luc Besson announced his intention to start producing this project through his company EuropaCorp . The Topic of Article: Love Bardem, play Escobar. |