M3 Studios Tapped to Provide Production Expertise for “El Capo 2” While Shooting in South Florida
MIAMI – Nov. 26, 2012: Spanish-language network MundoFox is currently airing new episodes of the successful drama “El Capo 2”. “El Capo 2” will run weekdays at 9:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. CST. “El Capo” is one of the biggest Spanish language series to come out of Colombia, with 2.2 million likes on its Facebook page as well as a rating of 7.1 out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). It is also the most expensive, costing 18 billion Colombian pesos (10 million USD) to produce. “El Capo” is the story of Pedro Pablo Jaramillo, a man who becomes one of Colombia’s most notorious drug traffickers. It’s only after he’s discovered by the law that everything starts coming apart, which is where “El Capo 2” picks up.
“El Capo 2” starts with Jaramillo traveling to Miami to do two things: escape the detective who is chasing him, and break his wife and daughter out of prison. The geographical move in the TV show translated to a geographical move for production as well: after a whirlwind of schedule changes due to upcoming hurricanes, producer Lyonel Montells, almost singlehandedly brought production of “El Capo 2” to Miami for 15 consecutive days of shooting wile working with Plural Entertainment and M3 Studios. The production took place on land with car chases, crashes and gun shootouts, on the air with helicopters landing in the middle of downtown Miami, and at sea with fleets of over 15 vessels. M3 Studios handled all the logistics of vessels, stunt vehicles and coordinations, weapons & ammunition, special effects, security and even location scouting and casting. Even the Head of M3 Studios, Raul Rodriguez, was put back in action as Stuntman, Gun Wrangler, FX, Stunt and safety coordinator for the duration of the Miami shoot.
To get a behind the scenes look at the scenes shot in Miami, visit M3 Studios website at http://www.M3StudiosMiami.com, the blog section will have an in-depth look at “El Capo 2” shooting in Miami, along side crew list who’s roles we would like to acknowledge for their contribution in making “EL Capo’s” Miami based production a success for Fox Telecolombia. Action sequences included multiple machine gun shootouts throughout the city of Miami. A daring car crash where a bus sidelined a police transport unit in the streets of Downtown Miami. This scene was filmed just three blocks from the real Federal Courthouse. Viewers can see this on episode 54.
The production took talent and crew to shoot at the Fowey Rocks Lighthouse, No Name Harbor at Bill Baggs State Park, Marine Stadium, Rickenbacker Causeway, Palm Island, the streets of midtown and downtown Miami, Bayside Marketplace, Bayfront Park and even the streets of Allapatah.
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