Pablo Escobar is the new Steve Prefontaine! …

Pablo Escobar is the new Steve Prefontaine! Or the new Truman Capote! Undeterred by the possibility that no matter how seriously they approach the material, they may never be able to erase Entourage’s indelible, Tony Cliftonesque image of the Colombian drug lord, no fewer than three Escobar-related movies (including ones by Smoking Aces director Joe Carnahan, Oliver Stone, and Bob Yari) will be competing for attention at the American Film Market this week, where the projects’ producers will try their best to laugh at each, “You can get me Vinnie Chase in this, right?” just as good-naturedly as if it’s the first time they’ve heard it. [NY Times]