EXCLUSIVE: In what ought to be one of the hot packages in next week’s Cannes market, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz are firmed to star in Escobar, with Fernando Leon de Aranoa directing his script. It’s based on a true story of the unlikely relationship with his polar opposite, the upscale TV host Virginia Vallejo, which she detailed in her book Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar.