Global streamers released 228 original European fiction titles in 2022, up from 2021’s 127, in an uptick led by Netflix, according to research by the European Audiovisual Observatory.
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UPDATED with Carlos Montero statement: Netflix‘s longest-running Spanish scripted series Elite is coming to an end. Just two days ahead of its Season 7 premiere, the streamer announced Wednesday on X (fka Twitter) that the teen drama will end with its eighth season.
Elite was renewed for Season 8, which is currently in production, in July, but there was no mention at the time that it would be the final season. Series creator Carlos Montero confirmed at a press conference for Season 7, that Season 8 would be the series’ last, saying the series “ended on a high note”.
“We are shooting the eighth season, which will be the last season of Élite, Montero said. “We ended on a high note. Jaime [Vaca, co-showrunner for season 7], Netflix and I thought it was time to end it. I say this with great regret because it’s been several incredible years in which I’ve met wonderful actors, we’ve worked with all the directors we wanted to work with and we’ve had the luxury of having Maribel these last two seasons. Élite changed everyone’s life, there are actors who started with us and it has been their springboard to be now world stars, it is happening to this cast and it is a pride to have contributed to that and to know that they have seen us all over the world and liked it.”
The eighth season will see newcomer Ane Rot (Killer Book Club) and Nuno Gallego (UPA Next), while Mina el Hammani, who recurred in the first three seasons, reprises the role of Nadia.
Created by Carlos Montero and Jaime Vaca, Elite has been airing since 2018 and is set in a fictional high school. The teen drama revolves around the relationships among three working-class students enrolled at the elite school through a scholarship program and their wealthy
Global streamers released 228 original European fiction titles in 2022, up from 2021’s 127, in an uptick led by Netflix, according to research by the European Audiovisual Observatory.
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