Docuseries On Ryan Wedding, Olympic Snowboarder Turned FBI Most-Wanted Fugitive, Coming From Dogwoof, Visitor Media

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EXCLUSIVE: Dogwoof and Visitor Media are hot on the trail of Ryan Wedding, the ex-Olympic snowboarder turned FBI most-wanted fugitive.

Dogwoof, the doc specialist based in London, and Toronto-based Visitor are partnering with Rolling Stone Films, the CBC, and La Corriente del Golfo on the development of Snow King: From Olympian to Narco, a docuseries on Wedding’s alleged switch from descending Olympic slopes to mountains of cocaine. “The series, which draws from the comprehensive investigative reporting of Rolling Stone and the Toronto Star, charts the astonishing journey of Ryan Wedding – a former Olympic snowboarder who is now one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted fugitives, accused of running a violent, billion-dollar drug empire for Mexico’s most notorious cartel,” notes a release. “The verité-driven documentary series takes viewers inside the hunt to uncover how Wedding transformed from national hero to alleged cartel boss and international fugitive.” The FBI added Wedding to its 10 Most Wanted list last week, accusing him of “allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking network that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other locations in the United States, and for orchestrating multiple murders and an attempted murder in furtherance of these drug crimes.” The U.S.

State Department is offering a $10 million reward for Wedding’s capture and conviction, adding to a $50,000 reward from the FBI.

Filming of the docuseries began in January in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with the production team working alongside journalists and investigators, among them Rolling Stone’s Jesse Hyde, the Toronto Star’s Calvi Leon and operatives in Mexico,