Netflix Renews Pablo Escobar Drama NARCOS for a 2nd Season
Netflix's original scripted programming hot streak continues. The streaming service has renewed Pablo Escobar drama Narcos for a second season, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The drama stars Wagner Moura as Escobar and tells the story of the Medellin Cartel, once the world's most ambitious and violent trafficking organization. Adam Fierro (The Shield) will take over as showrunner for Chris Brancato (Hannibal), who oversaw the freshman series and departed to board ABC's now-midseason biblical drama Of Kings and Prophets.
With production in Colombia wrapped on season one, Brancato will continue to be credited as a co-creator on Narcos. The series had been ramping up its writers room back in April in anticipation of an expected second-season renewal. Fierro will exec produce alongside Jose Padilha and Eric Newman.
Although the creative team originally envisioned Narcos as a movie, producers told reporters in July at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour that they realized it worked better as an ongoing series. "When you get into the complexities of the drug world, of the characters,