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If you're looking to watch a drama series full of thrills and suspense, find out where to watch La Reina del Sur, a Spanish-language series that offers insight into the world of drug trafficking and what it takes to make it to the top.

La Reina del Sur is a crime and drama series that follows the life of Teresa Mendoza and her rise from a naive young girl to one of the most powerful drug traffickers in Southern Spain. It allows viewers an insight into the world of drugs, violence, and death and shows what it means to be the most powerful in the field. It serves as the inspiration for the English language remake, Queen of the South.

Based on the novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte and produced by the American-Spanish television network Telemundo, the first series of La Reina del Sur premiered on February 23, 2011, to critical acclaim. There...

“La Reina del Sur” (“Queen of the South”) is a groundbreaking Spanish-language telenovela series that depicts a naive and innocent young woman from Mexico who becomes the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain.

In season two, the “La Reina del Sur” series won an Emmy for Best Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program. Ronald Day, EVP, Entertainment, Telemundo Networks, which co-produced the series, states: “It is the show that propelled the network to the top of the charts and kicked off Telemundo’s Super Series franchise as the most successful Super Series in the network’s history. It was the show that redefined Hispanic media and set a new standard in our content offering.”

Where Can You Watch “La Reina del Sur?”

Premiering on February 28, 2011, the first “La Reina del Sur” was produced by the American television network Telemundo (a division of NBCUniversal) in conjunction with the Antena 3 network and Rti Producciones.

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix reveals a first look at Season 5 of “Last Chance U,” and Telemundo brings back a third season of “La Reina del Sur” starring Kate del Castillo.

Renewals

Telemundo has greenlit a third season of its original series “La Reina del Sur,” starring Kate del Castillo as Teresa Mendoza. Also scheduled to reprise their roles are Isabella Sierra, Humberto Zurita and Kika Edgar. “La Reina del Sur” is a Spanish-language series based on a novel of the same name by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The third season will premiere in 2021.

First Looks

Netflix released a trailer for Season 5 of the Emmy-nominated series “Last Chance U,” which premieres July 28. The fifth season takes place in a new setting to give viewers a “raw, authentic look” at the junior football program at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., where its players navigate injuries and stress while finding support in the community.

Kate del Castillo, the star of La Reina del Sur, does not regret becoming a major player in the El Chapo saga but admitted that she “hated” the fact that she had to have a double for Mexico-set scenes of the Telemundo narco drama.

Del Castillo, speaking on day one of TCA, said that she was not able to shoot her scenes of the drama, which returns to the NBCU-backed Spanish-language broadcaster after eight years, because of “her little thing” with the drug lord. However, she revealed that she has since returned to Mexico.

The Jane the Virgin star helped set up a meeting between Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán in 2015 and Sean Penn in 2015. She was not charged with any crimes as a result of the incident but has accused former President Enrique Pena Nieto’s prosecutors of leaking information that she was linked to drug trafficking.

“That was...

After nearly a decade, Kate Del Castillo will reprise her role as Teresa Mendoza in the return of the Narco drama La Reina del Sur, set to debut in 2019 on Telemundo. The original story, based on the novel of the same by Arturo Perez-Reverte, follows Mendoza’s climb to the top of the male-dominated Narco world that trafficked drugs on a global scale.

Joining Del Castillo in the new season, which shot on location in seven countries, are a mix of returning actors and new multilingual, international talent including Raoul Bova (Under the Tuscan Sun), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Paola Nuñez (The Son), Antonio Gil (Quantum of Solace), and legendary novela actor Humberto Zurita.

The series will pick up eight years after the events of the finale where audiences learned that Mendoza was pregnant and unsure of her future. When La Reina returns, audiences learn she’s disappeared into the U.

Bajo La Sal, a Spanish independent film, has been released in the United States as of Tuesday, November 10th. The film covers a series of murders near a salt mine in Santa Rosa de la Sal and the film's mystery will be solved by a puzzling young man. Very few other details are available, other than Maya Entertainment is releasing the film, so fans will have to sit tight until an English language trailer is released. Check out the synopsis and other available film details below.

A synopsis for Bajo La Sal here:

"Commander Trujillo travels to Santa Rosa de la Sal, a small town located near a salt mine in order to solve the mystery behind a series of murders. There he will discover the many secrets that the town holds and meet Victor, a dark youth who will be the key to uncovering the truth behind the murders...

The 2008 Mexican thriller Bajo La Sal (aka Under The Salt) has been making the festival 'rounds for awhile, most recently screening last month at La's Screamfest.

Released in Mexico by Warner Bros., Mario Muñoz' terrifying tale hit DVD in the 'States today via Maya Entertainment, and to spread the word they've sent over the latest trailer along with full details on the film, which has thus far remained under-the-radar for many fright fans.

Synopsis

Commander Trujillo travels to Santa Rosa de la Sal, a small town located near a salt mine in order to solve the mystery behind a series of murders. There he will discover the many secrets that the town holds and meet Victor, a dark youth who will be the key to uncovering the truth behind the murders.

Warner Bros. Pictures present a Películas Imaginarias production; co-produced by Fondo de Inversión, Estímulos al Cine (Fidecine) México and Grupo Financiero Inbursa.

Many thanks go out to Aaron Soto for passing along word of upcoming Mexican thriller Bajo La Sal (or Under The Salt), a dark murder mystery about to hit Mexican screens. Starring Humberto Zurita - a leading Mexican actor of the 70s and 80s - and Blanca Guerra - who you may remember from Santa Sangre - the film revolves around a series of corpses discovered buried in a salt mine. If the trailer is to be believed this is one seriously well made, very creepy piece of work and Warner Brothers’ Mexican arm certainly seems to think they’ve got a major picture on their hands here: they’re running the trailer for it in front of Mexican screenings of The Dark Knight.

A series of murders leads commander Trujillo to Santa Rosa de la Sal a town close to a salt mine, where he meets VÍCTOR Zepeda -...