Starz is developing the new one-hour drama “Gringo,” about an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent who goes undercover in one of Mexico’s deadliest cartels, from veterans of the network’s “Spartacus.”
The project is inspired by “The Shadow Catcher,” a non-fiction book by U.S. Immigration Officer Hipolito Acosta. It follows a Mexican-American ICE agent who infiltrates a cartel that smuggles drugs and people. It is written by “Spartacus” alums Aaron and Todd Helbing and executive produced by Steve Lee Jones of Bee Holder Productions.
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“‘Gringo’ provides a thrilling and uniquely personal look into international organized crime, never seen by the American public, from the viewpoint of a federal undercover agent on the front lines,” said Carmi Zlotnik, managing director of Starz.