Finally! Latino comics El Peso Hero is coming to the silver screen
Ten years of the beloved strip’s life will celebrate in the best possible way: El Peso Hero will soon be the protagonist of a movie. Great news in a period when film lovers are hungry for new quality productions. There are ways and ways to spend your leisure and have fun. A proven one is to grab a Unibet Casino Bonus and challenge your luck, an excellent way to enjoy your free time. But sometimes you need, a deep dive into reality and challenging its ugly side head-on. A North Texas teacher did just that, and a Latino superhero was born. Hector Rodriguez began to write stories for his protagonist Ignacio Rivera, a.k.a. El Peso Hero, many years ago, in 2003. He was born and raised in Eagle Pass, Texas, with half his family living in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, the Eagle Pass’s sister city. That was “the other side,” his father’s side.
Rodriguez’s abuelito was a continuous source of stories. He told him about ex-federal special forces from the Mexican military who were breaking up to form their criminal underworld. The abuelito was a member of the Bracero Program that organized seasonal work in the US for millions of Mexican, based on short-term contracts between 1942-1964. Young Rodriguez, a heavy consumer of Santo Comics and Lucha Libra, was impressed by his abuelito’s real-life border stories. He thought it would be amazing to have a Norteño superhero from the Southwest fighting these criminal organizations and started writing El Peso Hero’s first stories. He didn’t think of publishing as a comics series, though, and kept his writings and sketches for himself. Then something happened and pushed him into action.
In 2010, Rodriguez became a bilingual educator in the Dallas Independent School District. “My first year teaching, one of my fourth-grade students came in crying. I asked him, ‘Mijo, what’s wrong?’ He said, ‘They took my dad. La Migra took him.’ The reality hit me,” the author remembers. “That’s when I said, ‘El Peso Hero needs to happen.’ ” The self-publication began in the summer of 2011 and has so far resulted in eleven books. Ignacio Rivera, the Hero, is a defender of Latino immigrants gifted with the superpower of being a “protector,” his creator says. The character is inspired by a series of real-life heroes from Rodriguez’s experience. Visually, he is mostly a normal guy who wears no special uniforms, but a simple white, long-sleeved shirt and jeans tucked into cowboy boots. The only distinctive trait is a large “P.H.” buckle on his belt.
El Peso Hero is usually busy fighting criminal cartels, helping immigrants, and, more recently, participating in anti-pandemic relief efforts. The Hero hands out protective masks to farmworkers, first responders, and delivery drivers. He has been seen using his super strength to push a truck that’s run out of gas or helping farmworkers carrying boxes of watermelons.
The film project is led by Javier Chapa of Mucho Mas Media. The team includes director Ricardo de Montreuil, writer Sean Tretta, and producer Eli Roth. Jay Hernandez (Magnum P.I.) has been cast in the leading role.
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