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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Sunday, August 14, 2011

New Video: This is Colombia



A great video to promote tourism in the wonderful country of Colombia.

Official Video: EXPEDICIÓN CÓNDOR DE LOS ANDES
Esto es Colombia
With Mary Hellen y Kiño
Directed by: Jorge Roldan y Felipe López "Pope"
4 Producciones -- Señalcolombia

Friday, August 12, 2011

La Colombiana Trailer


Zoe Saldana is la Colombiana

COLOMBIANA
A young woman grows up to be a stone-cold assassin after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target - the mobster responsible for her parents' death.



Colombian movie trailer




Friday, July 29, 2011

New Pablo Escobar Feature Takes Flight


The Life and Death of Pablo Escobar, Medellin Cartel Godfather

"This is the Latino 'Godfather'," producer Scott Steindorff tells THR.

A new take on notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar is on its way to the big screen.

Brad Furman, who directed the spring hit The Lincoln Lawyer, is in negotiations to direct the untitled feature, while Matt Aldrich, who made a big splash in May when his spec Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses sold to Warner Bros., is writing the script.

Scott Steindorff, most recently a producer on The Lincoln Lawyer, is producing via his Stone Village Pictures.

The life of Escobar, the charismatic and murderous Colombian blood lord, has long captivated Hollywood. In recent years there were two competing projects: Escobar, which Oliver Stone was developing, and Killing Pablo, based on a Mark Bowden book, with Joe Carnahan attached to direct. Both movies have since been put on hold.

The Hollywood Reporter (complete article.)

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Colombian salsa singer Arroyo dies


Colombian salsa singer Joe Arroyo

Famed Colombian singer Joe Arroyo, composer of such salsa classics as La Rebelion and Echao pa'lante and Tania. died Tuesday after a monthlong hospitalization. He was 55.

The singer, whose given name was Alvaro Jose Arroyo, died at a hospital in Barranquilla, where he was being treated for hypertension and fluid in his lungs, his manager, Luis Ojeda, told The Associated Press.

Arroyo composed some 200 songs and performed with artists including Celia Cruz and Shakira.

He first appeared in the 1970s with the orchestra Fruko y sus Tesos, and formed his own band in Medellin in 1981 called La Verdad. Two years later, he moved to Barranquilla. (complete article.)

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Colombiana Trailer 2011



COLOMBIANA - 2011
A young woman grows up to be a stone-cold assassin after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target - the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

Sony Pictures presents Colombiana, which stars Avatar's Zoe Saldana as a stone-cold assassin. It's directed by Olivier Megaton. Colombiana movie was written by the Taken team of Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Now Available: Exclusive Pablo Escobar Tours

The late kingpin of the Medellin Cartel, Pablo Escobar, gained notoriety in the 1980s as the world’s most successful drug trafficker, responsible for building a billion-dollar global drug market.


Pablo Escobar with his son in front of the White House while on a family vacation in the USA

At the height of his power, Forbes ranked him as the world’s 7th richest man in 1989. Thousands died on his orders: torture, drive-by shootings and car bombs were his favorite methods of terror throughout Colombia. Despite the gruesome tactics he employed in eliminating his adversaries, Escobar has remains a hero to many Colombians, considered by many as a modern-day Robin Hood who donated millions of dollars to the poorest population living high above in the hillside shanty towns in Medellín.

The Pablo Escobar Tour is authorized by the Escobar family

Our travel guide has been a long-life family friend of the Escobar family. Guest in Roberto's home will be able to ask questions as well as take photos with one of the last original members of the infamous Medellín Cartel.

Information on the Pablo Escobar Tours (click here)