Jennifer Lopez is going to build herself a drug empire in The Godmother, the story of Griselda “La Madrina” Blanco. Blanco a Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel and a major part of the Miami cocaine drug trade during the ’80s. Blanco was a major focus of the Cocaine Cowboys documentaries.
A feature inspired by the documentary Cocaine Cowboys has been knocking around Hollywood for a while now. The plan was for Mark Wahlberg to produce, with Jennifer Lopez appearing in one of the lead roles – but nothing ever happened. Now it looks like Lopez got tired of waiting for Wahlberg, and in true badass fashion, said: “Fuck it, I’ll do it myself.” Now Lopez will produce and star in The Godmother for STX Films.