James R | On 30, Jan 2020

No high lasts forever, warns the new trailer for Narcos: Mexico Season 2.

The spin-off series is testament to that, as Netflix decided after several seasons to stop its narcotics thriller focused on Colombia in favour of a new story across the border.

There, the show reaches new heights as we met Diego Luna’s Félix Gallardo, who took the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s and began to build an empire. Michael Peña co-starred in Season 1 as Kiki Camarena, the DEA agent trying to bring him down. The end of Season 1, though, saw a secret member of the cast unveiled: Scoot McNairy as DEA agent Walt Breslin, the show’s narrator throughout the season.

He takes over DEA duties for Season 2, with the two going head-to-head – and judging by the new trailer, the show’s high is set to last for some time to come. All episodes of Season 2 premiere on Netflix on 13th February 2020.

Here’s the video:

 

Narcos: Mexico is available on Netflix UK, as part of an £9.99 monthly subscription.

 

Watch: First clip for Narcos Mexico Season 2

7th January 2020

No one is untouchable. That’s the message behind the new trailer for Narcos: Mexico, which returns for Season 2 next month.

The fourth entry in the Netflix’s franchise, the spin-off continues a new story exploring the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots – the Mexican trafficking world when it was a loose and disorganised confederation of independent growers and dealers.

The series stars Diego Luna as Félix Gallardo, who takes the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s and begins to build an empire. Michael Peña co-starred in Season 1 as Kiki Camarena, the DEA agent trying to bring him down. The end of Season 1, though, saw a secret member of the cast unveiled: Scoot McNairy as DEA agent Walt Breslin, the show’s narrator throughout the season.

He takes over DEA duties for Season 2, with the two going head-to-head and the very real stakes made fatally clear. All episodes premiere on 13th February 2020. Here’s the video:

 

First look: Narcos: Mexico returns in February

19th December 2019

Narcos: Mexico returns in February for a Season 2, and we’ve got our first look at the show back in action.

The fourth entry in the Narcos franchise, Narcos: Mexico is a spin-off that starts a brand new story, exploring the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots – the Mexican trafficking world when it was a loose and disorganised confederation of independent growers and dealers.

The series stars stars Diego Luna as Félix Gallardo, who takes the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s and begins to build an empire. Michael Peña co-starred in Season 1 as Kiki Camarena, the DEA agent trying to bring him down. The end of Season 1, though, saw a secret member of the cast unveiled: Scoot McNairy as DEA agent Walt Breslin, the show’s narrator throughout the season.

He will take over the DEA investigation for Season 2, and the first pictures tease his arrival proper on the Narcos scene. You can see the two go head-to-head on 13th February 2020, when the show returns to Netflix. Here are the images:

 

Scoot McNairy joins Diego Luna for Narcos: Mexico Season 2

15th December 2018

Scoot McNairy will co-star with Diego Luna in Season 2 of Narcos: Mexico.

The fourth entry in the Narcos franchise, Narcos: Mexico is a spin-off that starts a brand new story, exploring the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots – the Mexican trafficking world when it was a loose and disorganised confederation of independent growers and dealers.

Narcos: Mexico is produced by Gaumont Television for Netflix, with Eric Newman as showrunner and José Padilha, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard on board as Executive Producers. The series stars Diego Luna as Félix Gallardo, who takes the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s and begins o build an empire.

Season 1 also starred Michael Peña as Kiki Camarena, a DEA agent trying to bring him down. The end of Season 1, though, saw McNairy unveiled as the show’s narrator throughout the season, playing DEA agent Walt Breslin, who will take over the DEA investigation for Season 2.

“What happened in Guadalajara in the early ’80s was the beginning,” his narrator declared at the end of the season. “Spun out of control. It was that moment when it all fell apart.”

“[McNairy’s introduction] is just the continuing revolving doors of, ‘Here comes the new guy and this time we’re going to get it right,'” showrunner Eric Newman told The Hollywood Reporter. “We’ve now seen that with agents Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) and Pena (Pedro Pascal) in seasons one and two, Pena alone in season three… and now a new guy, who is basically going to come down and probably get nothing done and the cycle will continue. Of course, if we do continue, that’s something we could explore.”

 

Narcos: Mexico renewed for Season 2

6th December 2018

Narcos: Mexico will return for a second season, Netflix has confirmed.

The fourth entry in the Narcos franchise, Narcos: Mexico is a spin-off that starts a brand new story, exploring the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots – the Mexican trafficking world when it was a loose and disorganised confederation of independent growers and dealers.

Narcos: Mexico is produced by Gaumont Television for Netflix, with Eric Newman as showrunner and José Padilha, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard on board as Executive Producers. The series stars Diego Luna as Félix Gallardo, who takes the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s and begins o build an empire.

Opposite him is Michael Peña as DEA agent Kiki Camarena. who moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, only to learn that his assignment will be more challenging than he imagined. As Kiki garners intelligence on Félix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfold, affecting the drug trade and the war against it for years to come.

“Luna and Peña bring a grounded weight to their parts in this sculpted version of history, which lends this patient thriller a classy tone more reminiscent of The Godfather than Brian De Palma’s Pacino-fest,” we wrote in our review of Season 1. “In the background of every scene, a low-level guy keeps popping up called Chapo, teasing the generations of gun-toting, drug-dealing and law-avoiding to come. Narcos: Mexico sees Netflix’s series rebuilding its empire – long may it continue.”

Now, Netflix has announced that the story will continue for another season. Here’s the video announcing the renewal. Not seen Narcos: Mexico? Read why you should catch up here.

 

Narcos: Mexico gets a new trailer

18th October 2018

“What I’m doing here… I’m building an empire.”

That’s Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna) in the new season of Narcos talking about the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s. He might as well be talking about Netflix’s narcotics franchise, as it expands from its existing three seasons to tell a new story with Narcos: Mexico.

The new series will explore the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, beginning at a time when the Mexican trafficking world was a loose and disorganised confederation of independent growers and dealers. Enter Gallardo, who takes the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel,unifying traffickers together. When DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined. As Kiki garners intelligence on Félix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfold, affecting the drug trade and the war against it for years to come.

Narcos: Mexico is produced by Gaumont Television for Netflix. Eric Newman is Executive Producer and showrunner. José Padilha, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard are Executive Producers.

The series premieres on Friday 16th November. Here’s the first full trailer:

 

Trailer: Narcos: Mexico gets November release date

6th September 2018

¡Bienvenidos a México! Netflix is headng across the border this November for the fourth season of narcotics thriller Narcos.

Starring Diego Luna & Michael Peña, Narcos: Mexico will explore the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, beginning at a time when the Mexican trafficking world was a loose and disorganized confederation of independent growers and dealers. Witness the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire. When DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined. As Kiki garners intelligence on Félix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfold, affecting the drug trade and the war against it for years to come.

Narcos: Mexico will premiere globally on Friday 16th November. Here’s your first proper look at the season in a video announcing its release date:

 

First look: Michael Peña and Diego Luna in Narcos: Mexico

18th July 2018

Narcos returns to Netflix this year, but not as we know it: Diego Luna and Michael Peña will star in Narcos: Mexico, a new original series that takes the drug-trafficking thriller to new territory.

The spin-off series, originally thought to be a more straightforward Season 4, will launch as a new Netflix original show, the anthology-like approach following the drugs and the money onto Mexican soil, leaving behind Colombia, where the show spent three seasons. Narcos: Mexico will explore the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, beginning at a time when the Mexican trafficking world was a loose and disorganised confederation of independent growers and dealers.

Diego Luna will star as Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna), who takes the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire. Michael Peña will co-star as DEA agent Kiki Camarena, who moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, but quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined. As Kiki garners intelligence on Félix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfold, affecting the drug trade and the war against it for years to come.

Camarena is a family man who garnered valuable intel undercover through a series of informants around Félix and his newly minted Guadalajara cartel, but quickly found he had completely underestimated the sophistication of Gallardo’s system. Gallardo, meanwhile, is more than a match for Pablo Escobar’s shoes: one of the biggest narcos in the history of Mexico, he’s the founder of the modern Mexican drug trade – quiet but bold, inscrutable but sharp-minded, to all appearances a benevolent leader and loyal to his friends, associates, and employees… but his ambition comes before all else.

Now, we’ve got our first look at both of them in character, paving the way for a thriller of two opposable forces on a path of collision.

The duo will be joined by Aaron Staton (Mad Men) as Butch Sears; Alejandro Edda (Fear the Walking Dead) as Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman; Alfonso Dosal (Hazlo como hombre) as Benjamin Arellano Felix; Alyssa Diaz (Ray Donovan, The Rookie) as Mika Camarena; Clark Freeman (We Go On) as Ed Heath; Ernesto Alterio (Cable Girls) as Salvador Osuna Nava; Fermín Martinez (Lady of Steel) as Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno (“El Azul”); Fernanda Urrejola (Bala Loca) as Maria Elvira; Gerardo Taracena (Apocalypto) as Pablo Acosta; Gorka Lasaosa (Brain Drain) as Hector Palma; Guillermo Villegas (Sin Nombre) as Sammy Alvarez; Horacio Garcia Rojas (Texas Rising) as Tomas Morlet; Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, Little Children) as Jim Ferguson; Joaquín Cosío (Quantum of Solace) as Don Neto (Ernesto-Fonseca Carillo); José María Yazpik (Narcos) reprises his role as Amado Carrillo Fuentes; Lenny Jacobson (Nurse Jackie) as Roger Knapp; Manuel Masalva (Mi corazón es tuyo) as Ramon Arellano Felix; Matt Letscher (Scandal, The Flash) as James Kuykendall; Tenoch Huerta (Sin Nombre) as Rafael Caro Quintero; Teresa Ruiz (Here on Earth) as Isabella Bautista; Tessa Ia (The Burning Plain) as Sofia Conesa ; Yul Vazquez (The Looming Tower, Magic City) as John Gavin.

Eric Newman is Executive Producer and showrunner for the series, with José Padilha, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard on board as Executive Producers. Narcos: Mexico will launch on Netflix later this year.

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