Based on the comic book ‘El Gato Negro’ by Richard Dominguez, the series will star Diego Boneta with a script by Frank Guerrero; Eric Carrasco is attached to executive produce and co-showrun with Turi Meyer and Alfredo Septién.
Amazon MGM Studios is set to develop a series adaptation of the comic book “El Gato Negro” by Richard Dominguez for Prime Video, according to Variety. Currently titled El Gato, the series will be shot in both English and Spanish and will star Diego Boneta (Terminator: Dark Fate, Father of the Bride) as Frank Guerrero. Eric Carrasco will pen the script.
“Sharing El Gato with audiences around the world is a dream come true,” says Boneta. “This has been a passion of mine since I started Three Amigos. Eric Carrasco and the entire team have built a character and universe that honors the super hero genre and still feels completely epic and original. It is an absolute honor to play Frank and produce this with my amazing partners at Amazon, MGM, and all other producers on this epic story. Get ready for a wild ride.”
The official description states that Frank “returns home to Mexico after the death of his father and finds himself neck deep in a nest of vipers – his estranged family – who are vying for control of his father’s business empire. But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he learns his only inheritance, a seemingly worthless parcel of land on the border, sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante. His father was ‘El Gato.’ Now, Frank is in the crosshairs. To survive, he’ll have to solve mysteries decades in the making and unravel the truth about his father’s connections to a modern-day terror plot.”
“Rooted by a tremendous sense of civic duty and wrapped in complex family dynamics, El Gato is an unconventional yet captivating take on a familiar genre that we believe our global Prime Video customers will enjoy,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television for Amazon MGM Studios. “The incredible team behind the series including Diego Boneta, Eric Carrasco, Turi Meyer, and Alfredo Septien, as well as our colleagues at MGM Television are bringing this groundbreaking tale to life.”
Carrasco also executive produces and will co-showrun with Turi Meyer and Alfredo Septién. Boneta executive produces under his Three Amigos production banner, alongside Steve Stark of Toluca Pictures, Andrew Mittman of 1.21 and Carla Gonzalez Vargas. Kai Dolbashian, Marilu G. Carranza, and Joel Novoa-Schneider co-executive produce. MGM Television produces. No word yet on who will handle the VFX.
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