AF Films has acquired the rights to Guillermo Arriaga’s original screenplay Perro Blanco, Perro Negro, the work that inspired Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2000 breakthrough film Amores Perros, and is developing it as a high-end scripted television series with Sofia Vergara’s LatinWe. The project is being positioned as an international drama and is not an adaptation of Amores Perros itself, but rather a new series inspired by the screenplay and its narrative world.
A source close to the project says Arriaga will serve as a creative advisor, while AF Films founder Frank Ariza will produce. AF Films and LatinWe are overseeing development, packaging and production, and have already started early conversations with global partners and streaming platforms. The companies describe the series as an expansion of the themes first explored in the screenplay, including interconnected lives, moral fracture and the emotional intensity of urban life, reframed for contemporary audiences and long-form storytelling.
Amores Perros, Iñárritu’s directorial debut, premiered at Cannes, where it won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize and helped launch the careers of both Iñárritu and Arriaga. The film later received a BAFTA win and an Academy Award nomination, and is widely regarded as one of the defining films of the early 21st century. The new series will draw on the screenplay’s thematic foundations and character universe, with Arriaga helping shape narrative direction, character arcs and continuity.
Ariza said the material is among the most important pieces of cinematic intellectual property to emerge from Latin America in the past 25 years, adding that returning the project to its original creator offers a way to preserve its legacy while adapting it for a modern global audience. The collaboration also reflects AF Films’ broader push into international genre and prestige projects.
The announcement follows AF Films’ recent acquisition of remake rights to Follomente, the 2025 Italian box office hit, for a Mexican version titled Love and Mind. LatinWe, founded by Luis Balaguer and Vergara, was created to connect Latino talent with the U.S. mainstream and has produced projects including Killer Women, El Secreto de Selena, Su Nombre Era Dolores and the animated feature Koati.
The move signals renewed industry interest in Latin American storytelling with global appeal, especially projects rooted in acclaimed cinematic works that can be expanded into serialized formats for international platforms.
