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Kate del Castillo, Gaston Pavlovich’s ‘El Agente Mexicano’ Heats Up Endemol Shine Boomdog Production (EXCLUSIVE)
Anna Marie de la Fuente In an unprecedented move, Kate del Castillo’s Cholawood and Fabrica de Cine’s Gaston Pavlovich, producer of Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and “Silence,” have teamed up with Endemol Shine Boomdog (ESB) to co-produce “El Agente Mexicano” (“The Mexican Agent”).The series is loosely based on the true story of Francisco García, a young photographer who is recruited by the CIA after inadvertently saving President Kennedy from an assassination attempt during a 1962 visit to Mexico.In the first season, now being penned by Rodrigo Ordoñez (“This is Not Berlin,” “Diablo Guardian”), the naive photographer transforms into a genuinely ruthless spy.
