Tri-Border Movie Updates

Wed., May. 25, 2011

from The Hollywood Reporter

Duo Tackle South America's 'Tri-Border'

Brazilian filmmaker Jose Padilha has teamed up with Gran Torino scribe Nick Schenk for Tri-Border, a political action film that will be in English. Padilha is self-financing development.

• added Jose Padilha to the credits
• added Nick Schenk to the credits
• added a synopsis

• A Boston-based DEA agent is unwillingly sent to Paraguay for having busted the son of an US senator during a drug raid. He is exposed to the ins-and-outs of the different crime organizations and law enforcement agencies in the tri-border zone and he ... show all strives to understand how the place works in order to capture his ticket back home, a leading drug dealer.

• changed the production status to Announced
• created the movie profile