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WIP and Jakubowicz bow to the ‘Queen’

Published on June 29, 2007

Warner Independent Pictures are banking on an unproven director to helm an adaptation of a femme Scarface tale set in Spain. Jonathan Jakubowicz became a hot property after his debut kidnapping thriller Secuestro Express caused a stir on the international circuit. He’ll direct some more action thriller elements with latin flair for Queen of the South – production is expected to begin this fall. Eva Mendes, Penelope Cruz and Jennifer Lopez are being mentioned as possible leads for the title role.

Scripted by Hanna Weg with a rewrite by Albert Torres, this is based on Arturo Perez-Reverte's bestselling novel. The story revolves around a Mexican woman who escapes to Spain after her drug mule boyfriend is killed, then becomes a drug kingpin and seeks revenge for her boyfriend's murderers.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).