The project first began development in February when Boneta first teamed with MGM Television to develop the adaptation to star and executive produce through his production company Three Amigos, but after not finding anyone that could properly script the project, the adaptation began to stall until summer at San Diego Comic-Con when Boneta heard a pitch from Supergirl scribe Eric Carrasco and the project gained new traction.
The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that the series adaptation of the comic book El Gato Negro has been picked up by Apple TV+.
Diego Boneta now signing on to direct and executive produce.
The series will mark the latest collaboration between Rodriguez and MGM Television, with the two previously partnering on Lucha Underground for the director’s cabler El Rey Network, as well as his first full foray back into television since El Rey’s adaptation of his 1996 hit From Dusk Till Dawn, for which he acted as showrunner and the occasional writer/director.