Sony Pictures Television and Teleset are set to adapt Robert Rodriguez's 1992 indie film "El Mariachi" into a one-hour drama series for the Latin American Market.
The series will follow the exploits of Martin Aguirre (Iván Arana), a musician at war with the drug cartels over honor, love and revenge. Also starring are Marta Higareda as Celeste Sandoval and Julio Bracho as Fernando Sandoval.
Sony TV is set to produce 70 episodes of the scripted series to start, and it will be the first series to be produced by Spt and Teleset entirely in Mexico.
Source: Deadline...
The series will follow the exploits of Martin Aguirre (Iván Arana), a musician at war with the drug cartels over honor, love and revenge. Also starring are Marta Higareda as Celeste Sandoval and Julio Bracho as Fernando Sandoval.
Sony TV is set to produce 70 episodes of the scripted series to start, and it will be the first series to be produced by Spt and Teleset entirely in Mexico.
Source: Deadline...
- 8/21/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Robert Rodriguez's movie El Mariachi is to be adapted for TV.
Based on the 1992 movie of the same name, El Mariachi will tell the story of a young mariachi musician, Martín Aguirre, who is mistaken as a legendary fugitive and becomes embroiled in a war with the cartels.
The same character was previously portrayed by Antonio Banderas in Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, while actor Carlos Gallardo played the role of Martín Aguirre in Rodriguez's film.
A press release has stated that the plot will see Aguirre "seek revenge against those who wronged him, regain his honour and fight for the woman he loves" after he is wrongly imprisoned.
Sony Pictures announced today (August 20) that the new drama will be filmed in Mexico and air in Latin America, and that 70 episodes - each an hour long - will be produced.
The drama will star Iván Arana as Martín Aguirre,...
Based on the 1992 movie of the same name, El Mariachi will tell the story of a young mariachi musician, Martín Aguirre, who is mistaken as a legendary fugitive and becomes embroiled in a war with the cartels.
The same character was previously portrayed by Antonio Banderas in Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, while actor Carlos Gallardo played the role of Martín Aguirre in Rodriguez's film.
A press release has stated that the plot will see Aguirre "seek revenge against those who wronged him, regain his honour and fight for the woman he loves" after he is wrongly imprisoned.
Sony Pictures announced today (August 20) that the new drama will be filmed in Mexico and air in Latin America, and that 70 episodes - each an hour long - will be produced.
The drama will star Iván Arana as Martín Aguirre,...
- 8/20/2013
- Digital Spy
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