The article appeared earlier this month in Los Angeles Magazine and was one of two earth-shattering pieces detailing how Puig, now a star player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, tried to escape his home country of Cuba several times. He finally succeeded when he worked with a wealthy but shady sponsor and smugglers working for Mexico’s murderous drug cartel picked him up in a speed boat and took him to the Yucatan Peninsula.
But when his backer allegedly did not immediately pay up, the cartel held the famed baseball player captive for around 20 days. His journey ended successfully -- he now has a seven-year, $42 million contract with the National League baseball team – for the piece also highlighted the dangers for other Cubans trying to find a better life in the U.S.
RatPac's James Packer and John Cheng will executive produce.
Scott Sheldon, who just joined FPC as a creative executive, will oversee development with RatPac's Agustine Calderon. A search for writers is underway.
The Puig project reunites Ratner and Flynn after their partnership on Hercules, the action tentpole starring Dwayne Johnson which opens July 25. Ratner directed the movie and produced it with Flynn. Ratner is also producer on Horrible Bosses 2, which just wrapped production.
RatPac is in the middle of a multi-year producing partnership with New Regency. They are producing and co-financing such projects as The Revenant which will star Leonardo DiCaprio and The Operators, which has Brad Pitt attached to portray Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Flynn is currently in production on San Andreas, a disaster movie from New Line that also stars Johnson.
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