Tonight MGM+ kicks off the new series Hotel Cocaine, from creator Chris Brancato (Godfather of Harlem, Narcos). The drama is set at the Mutiny Hotel in Miami and its very exclusive Mutiny Club in the late 70s/early 80s. Much like John Wick‘s Continental, the property is a neutral zone where drug dealers and DEA agents alike can hang out and have fun. The series follows Cuban exile Roman Compte (Danny Pino), the manager of the hotel, who finds himself sucked into a dangerous world when he is pressed by a DEA agent (Michael Chiklis) to inform on his estranged brother, Nestor Cabal (Yul Vazquez), the biggest drug dealer in Miami. The series also stars Mark Feuerstein as the wild, partying hotel/club owner Burton Greenberg.

I’ve checked out the first 4 episodes of the series and am really enjoying it. There’s a surprising amount of humor in a show about a drug turf war and a a man forced to turn and inform on his brother. Though the series does get a bit darker as the episodes progress.

At this year’s ATX Television Festival, I got the chance to sit down with some of the folks involved in the show to discuss this exciting and fun new series. Check out my interviews with creator/executive producer Chris Brancato & co-executive producer Maurice Compte (whose father actually was the manager of the real hotel, just without the whole drug aspect), and stars Danny Pino, Mark Feuerstein & Yul Vazquez.

Chris Brancato (Creator/EP) & Maurice Compte (Co-EP)

Danny Pino (“Roman Compte”), Mark Feuerstein (“Burton Greenberg”) and Yul Vazquez (“Nestor Cabal”)