Having just wrapped up the production of Frank Miller's "The Spirit", Eva Mendes, the co-star of Will Smith in dramedy "Hitch" has set her eyes on another feature film project. The 34-year-old Cuban-American actress is set to topline drama thriller for Warner Independent Pictures entitled "Queen of the South".
Taking the role of the main character, Mendes is going to portray a Mexican woman who becomes a Spanish drug lord to avenge the death of her boyfriend. For the movie, she will be teaming up with fellow actors, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley, as well as with helmer Jonathan Jakubowicz.
"Queen" is adapted from Arturo Perez Reverte's best selling novel with the title of "La Reina del Sur". Made using the script provided by Jakubowicz and Albert Torres, the film will be filmed in Mexico and Spain in September 2008.
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Wow, I was just recommending this book to my girlfriend and went online to see if I could find a synopsis and lo-and-behold a film is in the works! Arturo Perez-Reverte has been one of my favorite authors for years, ever since I first read The Flander’s Panel and if this adaptation has even a quarter of the pacing, depth and spectacle of the novel, it’s sure to be fantastic. Definitely looking forward to this! Also, if you’ve never read this book or any Perez-Reverte, this ones a great place to start, the Alatriste series is phenomenal (although slow to be released in English)The Flander’s Panel is likely my favorite and The Club Dumas is a real nail-biter. Great to see Hollywood taking inspiration from not only a great writer, but an international one at that!
How come they never cast Mexican women to play Mexican Women? Catherine Zeta Jones as Zorro's Wife, Jennifer Lopez as Selena, and now Eva Mendes as Teresa Mendoza aka Teresa La MEXICANA. What the hell is wrong with people? These women are very beautiful hispanc women, but they're not Mexican.