?Smokin?? Joe Carnahan (Narc, Smokin' Aces, The A-Team) has endured his fair share of ill-fated projects and setbacks, but his passion project Killing Pablo remains a priority. And while the fate of White Jazz remains opaque, Carnahan shared optimism for his long-gestating Pablo Escobar biopic while promoting his existential survival pic The Grey last weekend in Los Angeles. If all goes well and the Liam Neeson-led The Grey takes off upon release later this month, he says he hopes to make Pablo his next project.
The characteristically candid Carnahan, who recently dropped out of the director's chair on Umbra, expressed hope that a successful debut for The Grey will allow him to finally bring Killing Pablo to the screen after years of research. ?I feel like Pablo?s the undernourished orphan that I?ve been looking after for years,? he said. ?I?ve got to get this kid a meal. Yes, [Killing Pablo] would be, in a perfect world, the film that I?d want to make next. I still think it?s the best script I?ve written and I see these other kinds of things ramping up, and I just can?t get beat by these other movies.?
Adapted from Mark Bowden?s book of the same name, Killing Pablo chronicles the efforts of the United States and Colombian governments to wage war against drug lord Escobar, who was killed by Colombian forces in 1993. Escobar?s legend, and a lingering fascination with his death, kept Carnahan fixated on making the film even through years of development hell that saw his creative struggle mirrored on HBO?s Entourage.
?As much as The Grey is about attrition and going out and earning it, you know, I?ve been to Colombia three times, Medellin and Bogot�, I?ve done all this research,? Carnahan said. ?I think…
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