Family Drama ‘Queen Of The Jungle’ In The Works At AMC Networks From Michal Zebede & Michael London
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks is developing Queen of the Jungle, a Latinx family drama created and executive produced by Michal Zebede (The Humbling, Party of Five) with Oscar-nominated Michael London (SMILF, Snowfall) executive producing via his Groundswell Productions banner.
The series follows the estranged granddaughter of the Cortez family, which has the largest eco-luxury hotel real estate empire in Costa Rica.
When her grandfather dies, she pulls the thread that unravels her family’s dark past, as descendants and rivals fight to the death for control of the lucrative Cortez empire.
Queen of the Jungle tackles themes of power, machismo, greed, family betrayal, Latin American classism, ancestral wounds, and modern colonialism. “At a time when our world is in crisis, Queen of the Jungle offers the escapism we all crave, while addressing through the microcosm of one family the wounded societal patterns which no longer serve us,” said Zebede in a statement to Deadline. “In a sense the entire Cortez family is the show’s underdog, as it battles against the far more powerful Western hotel families colonizing Costa Rica and neighboring countries.
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