‘Narcos: Mexico’ Season 3 Renewed By Netflix, With A New Showrunner And Without Diego Luna
Narcos: Mexicowill smuggle onto Netflix for a third season, amid showrunner changes asEric Newmansteps down and hands the day-to-day showrunning duties to co-creator and longtime collaboratorCarlo Bernard. Netflix has renewedNarcos: Mexicofor season 3, withNarcosalumWagner Mouraconfirming his return as Pablo Escobar — and as a director of multiple episodes.Narcos: Mexicowill see the return of familiar faces on the camera, just as it loses a few of its familiar faces onscreen and behind the camera.Colliderreports that Eric Newman is stepping down as showrunner after 5 years running the Netflix crime drama, and will be replaced byNarcosco-creator Carlo Bernard. Newman will continue to executive produceNarcos: MexicoalongsideJosé Padilha,Sidonie Dumas,Christophe Riandee,Nicolas Atlan,Doug Miro,Andrés Baizand Bernard.
“I am grateful for my five years at the helm ofNarcosandNarcos: Mexicoand am immensely proud of what this spectacular team has achieved with these shows,” Newman said in a statement. “Carlo Bernard is the first person I ever spoke to about this project, over ten years ago, and I am extremely pleased to leave the steering of Season 3 ofNarcos: Mexicoin his very capable hands.”
But looking to shake things up further inNarcos: Mexicoseason 3 is none other than Pablo Escobar himself. The drug kingpin who played a central part inNarcos, the two-season predecessor toNarcos: Mexico, is returning to the series, with Moura confirming to Collider that he is set to reprise his role as Escobar, as well as direct two episodes of the season. However,Diego Luna, who plays Mexican drug lord Felix Gallardo, is not confirmed to be returning.
Returning to the cast ofNarcos: MexicoareScoot McNairy,José Maria Yazpik,Alberto Ammann,Alfonso Dosal,Mayra Hermosillo,Manuel Masalva,Alejandro Edda,Gorka LasaosaandMatt Letscher.
Meanwhile, additional season 3 directors includeAndi Baiz,Alejandra Márquez Abella,Luis OrtegaandAmat Escalante.
See the announcement teaser forNarcos: Mexicoseason 3 below.
There is no confirmed release date yet forNarcos: Mexicoseason 3. Season 2 debuted in February 2020 and is now streaming on Netflix.
This continuation of “Narcos” explores the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, starting at a time when the Mexican trafficking world was a loose, disorganized confederation of independent growers and dealers. It’s the 1980s, and Felix Gallardo takes the helm of the Guadalajara Cartel, unifying traffickers to build an empire. As DEA agent Kiki Camarena moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he learns his assignment is more challenging than he imagined. A tragic chain of events unfolds as Camarena gains intelligence on Gallardo and becomes more entangled in the mission.
