Demian Bichir Joins A Bunch Of SAVAGES

Last night I attended the press screening of Summit Entertainment’s new movie, A BETTER LIFE, and though I’m not allowed to say anything about the movie until its opening weekend, I kinda understand now why some folks consider the film’s star, Demian Bichir as Mexican George Clooney. I recognize Bichir from my favorite Showtime series, Weeds and he also played young Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh‘s epic biopic of Che. Variety reported that Bichir has joined the cast of Oliver Stone‘s SAVAGES adaptation…

In SAVAGES, based on Don Winslow‘s novel, Aaron Johnson will play Ben and Taylor Kitsch will play Chon, they’re Laguna Beach best friends who are pot growers in Laguna and they’re also friends with a girl named O who has relations with each
And then they got visited by a drug enforcer named Lado to be played by Benicio Del Toro, who tells them they will have to work for his boss, a Mexican cartel matriarch. They say no, O gets kidnapped and next thing, they’re forced to come up with ransom money.

Blake Lively will play O
John Travolta will play a burned out DEA agent named Dennis
Uma Thurman will play O’s mom, Paqu.
Salma Hayek will play Mexican cartel queen-pin Elena
Demian Bichir plays a two-timing attorney named Alex who works for Hayek’s character
Also starring Emile Hirsch.
Scripted by Shane Salerno and Don Winslow, rewritten by Stone

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