CANNES, France, May 14 (UPI) -- Javier Bardem and wife Penelope Cruz are attached to new Pablo Escobar biopic Escobar.
The 46-year-old actor will portray the notorious Colombian drug lord, with Cruz as Escobar's real-life former lover, Virginia Vallejo. The movie is based on Vallejo's memoir Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar.