Development News - October 26, 2018
Showtime's Untitled Undocumented America Project.
SHOWTIME NEW PILOT PRODUCTION COMMITMENT
- UNTITLED UNDOCUMENTED AMERICA PROJECT (Drama) - Starring Gael García Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle, Coco). Written by Jonás Cuarón (Gravity, Desierto). Executive produced by Cuarón, Bernal, Sam Baum, Brad Weston, Pam Abdy, Scott Nemes and Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Produced by Makeready. Logline: When his wife is detained by ICE, desperate and resourceful undocumented immigrant Marco (Bernal) assumes the identity of an immigration officer to rescue her. It's an emotional thriller about a man enmeshed in a dangerous double life; torn between his desire to help in any way possible and his family. Based on the upcoming book Undocumented America by Villavicencio.
