Incwadana ethi "La Reina del Sur" nguArturo Pérez Reverte iya kuba nefilimu yayo hollywood, eya kuthi ikhokelwe yiVenzuelan uJonathan Jakubowicz ("UkuThimba uKubonisa"). Kwaye indima ephambili kukho ezintathu abaviwa: akekho omnye ngaphandle kukaEva Mendes, uJennifer López noPenélope Cruz.
Incwadana epapashwe ngo-2002 imalunga noMexico, uTeresa Mendoza, obaleka esuka eMexico esiya eSpain, apho athe wazibandakanya nokuthutyeleziswa kunye nokuthutyeleziswa kweziyobisi. Incwadana ibaliswa kumntu wesithathu ngentatheli ephanda ubomi be-protagonist.
Kwaye ngelixa kungekho zikhokelo okanye idatha ekuqaleni kwe ukudubula, eyona nto inokwenzeka kukuba kula manani mathathu kuphuma umntu onika uTeresa ubomi. Kwaye ngololiwe ukukhetha, ndihlala noJ.LO (mfa nekiso): Udlala indawo yaseMexico (ngaphandle kokuba enemvelaphi yasePuerto Rican), uthetha ngeSpanish kwaye xa ejonga kuqala ungoyena injakazi kwabathathu ukudlala umlinganiswa.