Prime Video has ordered the conspiracy drama El Gato to series. Telling the story of a man who is the black sheep of his family, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy after discovering his father was a 1970s vigilante.
What’s El Gato about?
The series centers on Frank. He returns home to Mexico after the death of his father to find himself deep “in a nest of vipers”, per the official synopsis. The nest of vipers is Frank’s estranged family. They’re vying for control of his father’s business empire. However, Frank’s grief takes a backseat once he finds out that his only inheritance, an ostensibly worthless piece of land on the border, “sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante.”
His father was “El Gato.” That puts Frank in the crosshairs. To survive, he has to solve mysteries decades in the making and also unlock the truth about his father’s connections to a modern-day terror plot. El Gato, which is the working title, is based on the comic book series El Gato Negro by Richard Dominguez. It will star Diego Boneta (Luis Miguel: The Series, Father of the Bride). Boneta will play Frank Guerrero.
The series was created by Eric Carrasco (Foundation, Supergirl), who will serve as showrunner and executive producer along with co-showrunners Turi Meyer & Alfredo Septién (Stargirl, Smallville). Production is anticipated to begin this spring in Mexico.
In addition to Carrasco, the series is executive produced by Boneta, Meyer, Septién, Steve Stark (Wednesday, The Handmaid’s Tale) of Toluca Pictures, Mittman (Wednesday, The Consultant) of 1.21, and Gonzalez Vargas (Luis Miguel: The Series, Libre de Reír); and co-executive produced by Kai Dolbashian (The Consultant), Marilu G. Carranza and Joel Novoa-Schneider. The series is being produced by MGM Television, a division of Amazon MGM Studios.
“This is a pulp thriller,” said Carrasco. “It’s a family drama, it’s everything I love about spies and masks and secret identities. A lot of us on this team — Diego, and Andrew Mittman, and Steve Stark, and Carla Gonzalez Vargas, and I — have been at this for a long time now, and it’s a genuine thrill to finally make the show with MGM Television and Prime Video.”
“Sharing El Gato with audiences around the world is a dream come true,” Boneta added. “This has been a passion of mine since I started Three Amigos. Eric Carrasco and the entire team have built a character and universe that honors the superhero genre and still feels completely epic and original. It is an absolute honor to play Frank and produce this with my amazing partners at Amazon, MGM, and all other producers on this epic story. Get ready for a wild ride.”
“Eric Carrasco has created a brilliant take on the superhero genre that is refreshing and honest. It explores the life of the man behind the mask and the complicated legacy he leaves behind,” Lindsay Sloane, Head of MGM Television shared. “Under the leadership of creative executive Max Kisbye, I believe we will create a series that will keep audiences enthralled.”
“Rooted by a tremendous sense of civic duty and wrapped in complex family dynamics, El Gato is an unconventional yet captivating take on a familiar genre that we believe our global Prime Video customers will enjoy,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. “The incredible team behind the series including Diego Boneta, Eric Carrasco, Turi Meyer, and Alfredo Septien, as well as our colleagues at MGM Television are bringing this groundbreaking tale to life.”
