Netflix Drug Drama ‘Narcos’ Blows Across the Border in First Trailer

A few weeks ago, Netflix’s Narcos smuggled out its first teaser, and now the Pablo Escobar drug drama wants to get away with a full kilo. The drug war is on by the first official Narcos trailer, setting Boyd Holbrook and Pedro Pascal against one of the most notorious drug smugglers in history.

Premiering all 10 episodes on August 28 and  captained by RoboCop director José Padilha, Netflix’s Colombian drug drama is summarized thusly:

Narcos chronicles the gripping real-life stories of the drug kingpins of the late 1980s and the corroborative efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. It details the conflicting forces - legal, political, police, military and civilian - that clash in an effort to control the world’s most powerful commodity: cocaine.

The series re-partners creator and executive producer José Padilha (Elite Squad, RoboCop) with acclaimed Brazilian actor Wagner Moura (Elite Squad, Elysium) as a captivating Pablo Escobar alongside Boyd Holbrook (Gone Girl) and Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones) as real-life DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peña. The series also features powerful performances by Colombia’s Juan Pablo Raba (El corazón del océano), British theater star Joanna Christie (Once), Mexican sensation Stephanie Sigman (also seen later this year in the next Bond installment, Spectre), Colombian actor Manolo Cardona (Covert Affairs), Brazil’s renowned André Mattos (Elite Squad), beloved Puerto Rican actor Luis Guzman (Boogie Nights) and the stunning Ana de la Reguera (Eastbound & Down, Nacho Libre) from Mexico.

Eric Newman (Children of Men), the team of Doug Miro and Carlos Bernard (Sorcerer’s Apprentice) and Chris Brancato (Hannibal) also serve as executive producers on the series. Narcos is produced by Gaumont Television for Netflix.

Put your nose to work by the first full trailer for Netflix’s Narcos above, and stay tuned for the full shipment this August.