Actor and television personality Sofía Vergara is set to star as Colombian drug lord based on Griselda Blanco's life, in the upcoming drama series titled Griselda. The actor will also serve as the executive producer.

Griselda will tell the story of the titular personality, and how she went on to create the profitable cartels. The series will consist of six episodes, one hour each.

Created by Eric Newman, Doug Miro, Ingrid Escajeda, and Carlo Bernard, the series will also reunite Eric with Andres Baiz after Narcos and Narcos: Mexico. The duo will be directing Griselda. Alberto Guerra, Vanessa Ferlito, Alberto Ammann, Christian Tappan, Diego Trujillo, Paulina Davila  among others are part of the cast.

While the production of the series has been wrapped up, a release date for the crime drama series is yet to be announced.