Sofia Vergara is ‘The Godmother’ of the Underworld in ‘Griselda’ Teaser
by Alex Billington
September 21, 2023
Source: YouTube
“I heard that you like my product… We can make a lot of money together.” Netflix has revealed the first teaser trailer for a new criminal underworld series called Griselda, arriving for streaming January right the beginning of 2024. The series is about the life of Griselda Blanco, a real person, and a devoted mother who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. Though of course it’s a fictionalized version of her story, created by the writers of “Justified” and “Narcos” before this. Here’s the tagline: “La Jefa is coming.” Sofia Vergara transforms in this series, inspired by Griselda Blanco, a woman who rose from obscurity to become “the Godmother” of the underworld in Colombia. Witness her lethal blend of charm & ruthlessness in this captivating series. The full ensemble cast includes Alberto Guerra, Vanessa Ferlito, Martin Rodriguez, Alberto Ammann, Christian Tappan, Diego Trujillo, Paulina Dávila, Gabriel Sloyer, Juliana Aidén Martinez, and José Zúñiga. This is just a first look intro, showing us the “one in charge.”
Here’s the first look teaser trailer for Netflix’s series Griselda, direct from Netflix’s YouTube:
Griselda is inspired by the life of the savvy and ambitious Griselda Blanco (Sofia Vergara), who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. In 1970s-80s Miami, Blanco’s lethal blend of unsuspected savagery and charm helped her expertly navigate between business and family, leading her to become widely known as “the Godmother.” Griselda is a series co-created by Eric Newman & Doug Miro & Ingrid Escajeda & Carlo Bernard. It’s showrun by TV creator Ingrid Escajeda, of “Better Off Ted”, “Justified”, “Sneaky Pete”, and “Silo” previously. All episodes are directed by filmmaker Colombian filmmaker Andrés Baiz, director of the films Satanás, The Hidden Face, Roa, and on the series “El cartel 2 – La guerra total”, “Metástasis”, “Narcos”, “Narcos; Mexico”, “The Sandman”. Exec produced by Andrés Baiz, Luis Balaguer, Carlo Bernard, Ingrid Escajeda, Doug Miro, Eric Newman, and Sofía Vergara. Netflix debuts the 6-episode Griselda series streaming on Netflix worldwide starting January 25th, 2024 at the start of the New Year.