Catherine Zeta-Jones will play a colombian drug lord in The Godmother

Catherine Zeta-Jones has landed the title role in the biopic of Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco. THE GODMOTHER will tell the story of Blanco who was nicknamed Cocaine Godmother and La Madrina (which translates to "Black Widow") for her infamous reputation involving hundreds of violent assassinations. She was responsible for a large portion of the drug trade in Miami in the 70’s and early 80’s.

Here's a brief bio:

Born in Cartagena, Colombia, she rose from her roots as a teenage runaway and prostitute and emigrated to New York where she started a cocaine business with her husband. Indicted on federal charges, she fled back to Colombia but resurfaced in Miami. There she established a distribution network connecting New York, Miami, LA, and Colombia that made her a multi-millionaire by her forties. After a 1985 arrest the mother of four served 18 years in prison before being released in 2004. She was deported back to Colombia, where she was killed in a motorcycle drive-by assassination in 2012.

Deadline ads that the real life kingpin was the first and only woman to rise to the higher echelons of Colombia’s Medellin drug cartel. THE GODMOTHER will be directed by Eva Sørhaug (90 MINUTES, COLD LUNCH), with a screenplay by Frank Baldwin, and Nicholas Pileggi (GOODFELLAS) will serve as executive producer.

Interestingly enough Catherine Zeta-Jones was nominated for a Golden Globe thanks to her great performance as the wife of a drug lord in 2000’s masterpiece TRAFFIC. Could this be another award contender for the great actress? It definitely sounds like a movie I’m going to keep my eyes on.

THE GODMOTHER is looking to shoot in early 2015.