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EXCLUSIVE: Rakontur has wrapped production on The Last of the Cocaine Cowboys, a four-part documentary miniseries on Medellín Cartel co-founder Carlos Lehder.

bombshell defamation trial, Johnny Depp’s next act will be in a docuseries.Premiering July 22 on streaming site Fandor, “Boston George” follows drug trafficker and smuggler George Jacob Jung, who Depp portrayed in the 2001 film “Blow.”The five-part docuseries will feature interviews from Depp, 58, marking his first official on-screen content since his courtroom battle with ex-spouse Amber Heard – unless you count his TikTok videos.Jung, described by Depp as “one of my favorite people instantly” and “a very charming outlaw,” who lived a prolific life of “sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and lawbreaking,” per the series’ IMDb page. While Jung filmed the series prior to passing away last year, characters from his life came together to tell his story, including the author of the New York Times bestseller “Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All.” Also featured will be his partner Ronda Clay Spinello, friend Waino “Tuna” Tuominen and two DEA agents, undercover agent Tom Tinnerington and Special Agent Mike McManus, who caught Jung in 1994.Jung – who was also known as Boston George or El Americano – played a vital role in the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Long-in-the-works docuseries Boston George, about drug trafficker and smuggler George Jacob Jung, is set to premiere on streaming service Fandor on July 22.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: 123 Go Films has taken world rights to Boston George Famous Without The Fortune, a five-part docuseries about infamous drug trafficker George Jung, aka Boston George.Johnny Depp played George in 2001 movie Blow, and the real-life man, now 76, lives off the proceedings of that film. Once a world-renowned drug smuggler and part of the notorious Medellín Cartel, which was responsible for an estimated 90% of the cocaine trade into the U.S.

Emerging Pensacola, Fla., rapper LBS Kee'vin has inked a deal with Visionary Records, the label announced Wednesday (Jan. 15).