Queen of the South USA Network’s latest Launches this week!

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USA Network latest Queen of the South debuts this week (Thursday night). Q.O.S. tells the powerful story of Teresa Mendoza, a woman who is forced to run and seek refuge in America after her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico.  In the process, she teams with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the very drug trafficking ring that has her on the run. I didn’t get a chance to watch the screeners, so look for a review next week. In the meantime check out some of these clips.

 Starring Alice Braga (“I Am Legend”) as Teresa, the original drama series is based on the global best-selling novel “La Reina Del Sur,” by internationally-acclaimed author Arturo Pérez-Reverte.  The literary page-turner also yielded a popular super series for USA’s sister network, Telemundo.

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH also stars Verónica Falcón (“Besos de Azúcar”) as Camila Vargas, Justina Machado (“Six Feet Under”) as Brenda Parra, Peter Gadiot (“Tut”) as James, Hemky Madera (“Weeds”) as Pote Galvez and Gerardo Taracena (“Apocalypto”) as Cesar “Batman” Guemes.  Guest stars include Joaquim de Almeida (“Our Brand is Crisis”), Jon Ecker (“Narcos”) and James Martinez (“Breaking Bad”).
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH -- "Piloto" Episode 101 -- Pictured: (l-r) Hemke Madera as Pote, Lobo Sebastian as Rubin -- (Photo by: Eniac Martinez/USA Network)

QUEEN OF THE SOUTH — “Piloto” Episode 101 — Pictured: (l-r) Hemke Madera as Pote, Lobo Sebastian as Rubin — (Photo by: Eniac Martinez/USA Network)

The drama is executive produced by David T. Friendly (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Courage Under Fire”), along with M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller (“The Final Girls”).  Scott Rosenbaum (“Gang Related”) serves as showrunner.  The pilot was written by Fortin and Miller, directed by Charlotte Sieling and executive produced by Pancho Mansfield (“Damien”).  Fox 21 Television Studios developed and produced the pilot and runs lead on the co-production with Universal Cable Productions.