El Chapo drama series coming to Netflix and Univision

The original series will debut in 2017.

Oh, Chapo. (Alfredo Estrella/Getty)

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious Mexican drug lord who was recently recaptured, will soon receive his own television series.

Netflix and Univision announced on Tuesday that they will team up to co-produce and stream the drama series, obviously titled El Chapo, to Netflix subscribers after making its debut on UniMas in 2017. Univision Story House will help develop the series based on Guzman’s life story.

“El Chapo is a great example of how Univision continues to innovate and evolve with premium storytelling formats. The IP we’ve developed from more than 50 years of award-winning news and investigations gives us unique and innovative ways to tell stories in a way no other network can,” Randy Falco, president and CEO of Univision Communications Inc, said in a statement. “We are pleased to deliver this groundbreaking series to audiences in the US and around the world.”

“We are thrilled to partner with the award-winning Univision Story House on the timely and globally relevant drama series based on the life story of El Chapo,” added Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer.

Back in January, Guzman was captured by Mexican authorities after his infamous escape from prison. Shortly before the deadly standoff that lead to his recapture, he met with Sean Penn and Kate del Castillo, becoming the subject of a highly criticized Rolling Stone profile written by Penn himself.

“Netflix knows Hispanics are a growing market,” Univision's Chief Marketing Officer Jessica Rodriguez said, Deadline reports, during the company's 2016-2017 presentation to advertisers at New York's Lyric Theater.

The broadcasting company will also air the Netflix original dramas Narcos and the Spanish language series Club de Cuervos. The deal marks one of the few times a Netflix original series will appear on broadcast television, as the streaming services hopes to expand it's reach to Hispanic viewers. Terms were not publicly disclosed for the partnership, but one source with knowledge of the deal told The New York Times that Univision will pay residuals to performers and that Netflix will not pay for promotion.