VARIETY: TriStar Lands Cartel Book ‘Wolf Boys’; Antoine Fuqua Attached to Direct
Following a competitive auction, TriStar Pictures has won the rights to the Mexican cartel book “Wolf Boys” with Antoine Fuqua attached to direct and produce.
Written by Dan Slater, the book follows two American teens recruited as killers for a Mexican cartel, and their pursuit by a Mexican-American detective who realizes the War on Drugs is unwinnable.
Insiders have described the book as “Goodfellas” in the Mexican cartel landscape. Given the sudden interest in cartels following the arrest of drug kingpin El Chapo, the book was in high demand after coming on the market last week.
Fuqua’s deal is still be worked out but the choice seems spot-on since his credits include “Training Day” and “The Equalizer.”
The book will be released by Simon & Schuster later this year.
Fuqua is in post-production on “The Magnificent Seven” starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt.
He is repped by CAA.
Lawyer-turned-journalist Dan Slater's WOLF BOYS, a narrative account of Mexico's drug cartels, told through the stories of several teenage operatives and the homicide detective in pursuit of them, to Tristar Pictures with Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY, THE EQUALIZER) attached to direct, by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates on behalf of Farley Chase at Chase Literary Agency.