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Ridley Scott is going to direct an adaptation of The Cartel

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott is eyeing the Don Winslow novel The Cartel as a future directorial project. Scott will also product the film through his Scott Free Productions banner.

The novel is said to be “a fictional take on the notorious Sinaloa drug boss whose daring July 18 escape from a Mexican prison dominated international news headlines.”  Deadline are reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio is potentially looking at taking the lead in the planned production, which would reunite hime with Scott for the first time since Body Of Lies.

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We’ve found a more detailed synopsis of the book via Amazon below.

From the internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping true-to-life epic, ripped from the headlines, of power, corruption, revenge and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican–American drug wars.

It’s 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thirty years in a blood feud against Adan Barrera, the head of El Federación, the world’s most powerful cartel, and the man who brutally murdered Keller’s partner. Finally putting Barrera away costs Keller dearly – the woman he loves, the beliefs he cherishes, the life he wants to lead.

Scott’s next project is the adaptation of The Martian with Matt Damon. That movie releases later in the yer.

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