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Life Rights of Notorious Drug Lord, Griselda Blanco, Optioned for Biopic The Godmother

3 February 2012 7:39 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

When discussing cinema in the context of “best crime films,” The Godfather is bound to come up. While I agree that it’s a fantastic film both cinematically and thematically, there’s something the Corleone family just doesn’t have: a strict basis in reality. Contrast that against upcoming biopic The Godmother, chronicling the rise of the infamous drug lord Griselda Blanco, and you’ve got a new contender in the ring. Blanco, known as “The Godmother of Cocaine,” was the first and only female drug lord in history and her narcotics network (which she ran partially from prison for a time) decimated Miami throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Producing the project will be multiple Academy Award-winner Branko Lustig (Schindler’s List) and Daniela Cretu (The Third Wish), with a screenplay by Frank Baldwin. Production is scheduled to start this fall and producers are currently scouting locations. Hit the jump »

- Dave Trumbore

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Branko Lustig And Daniela Cretu Launch First Born Films With Drug Queenpin Biopic

3 February 2012 1:03 PM, PST | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »

Exclusive: Branko Lustig and Daniela Cretu have launched a new film production company. First Born Films gets off the ground with The Godmother, the true story of Griselda Blanco, who is also known as “The Godmother of Cocaine” and “Black Widow,” who became the first and only woman in history to head a major Colombian drug network. Lustig and Cretu have made a life rights deal with Blanco and her family, and also her youngest son Michael Corleone (named from The Godfather character) for a film that chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who became the wealthiest, deadliest, most notorious and most wanted drug lord in the world. Her exploits were chronicled in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys 2. Frank Baldwin is writing the script, and Goodfellas author Nicholas Pileggi will produce with Lustig and Cretu. They are aiming for a fall start and are currently scouting shooting locations and will be traveling to Colombia, »

- MIKE FLEMING

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