Mitch Bykerk and I have begun developing a project, alternating between the tentative titles "Culiacán" or "Narco". It deals with the extremely fascinating and currently ongoing drug war in Mexico. A war which, to date, has been described as twice as worse as the War on Terrorism in terms of casualties, both civilian and military. This is going to be a "script first and ask questions later" project, meaning that budgetary concerns are not in play here.
We have discovered a main player in this true story that we think would make for an interesting central character. Our plan is to make this as accurate as we can to the real life situation and to fictionalize as little of it as possible. Once you've delved into the media and wealth of other material available, I think you'll find the concept gripping without much need for embellishment.
I have compiled a list of reading material for those interested in working on this. Contact either one of us with questions, concerns, ideas, and so on if you are interested.
