Netflix Fires Up Original Production in Argentina

La Casa de Papel, better known in the English-speaking world as Money Heist, has wrapped on its fifth and final season for Netflix.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Mexican filmmaker Yulene Olaizola’s fifth feature, “Tragic Jungle” (“Selva Tragica”), which snagged two awards at the 77th Venice Festival, debuts June 9 on Netflix.Loosely inspired by the novel “Caribal: El Infierno Verde” by Mexican novelist-diplomat Rafael Bernal, “Tragic Jungle” is set in 1920 on the border between Mexico and Belize.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMorena Films, one of Spain’s biggest movie production forces, has closed Spanish distribution on “On the Fringes,” starring Penelope Cruz and Luis Tosar (“The Minions of Midas”).The feature debut of actor-turned-director Juan Diego Botto (“White Lines,” “Good Behavior”), “On the Fringes” (“En las margenes”) will be released in Spain by the Wild Bunch-owned Vértice Cine.Scheduled to shoot in Madrid from October and sold by the U.K.’s Bankside Films,

Jamie Lang Global streaming sports platform DAZN and Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo have closed a multi-project development deal kicking off with “El Presidente,” a docu-series chronicling the former striker’s tenure as part owner of Spanish club Valladolid FC, which will launch globally on May 20.Best known for its live sports streams and the headaches it initially caused pay TV broadcasters when it crashed in on the scene in 2015, DAZN is now establishing itself as a platform for high-end

The Mexican comedy Nosotros Los Nobles (We Are the Nobles) is getting an English-language feature take at Netflix from producers Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe for 26th Street Pictures as part of their overall deal with the streamer.

Jamie Lang Netflix is about to introduce one of Mexico’s most legendary fictional families to the English-speaking world with “We Are the Nobles,” a new U.S.

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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has landed Sharp, an action script set in the world of expert knife fighting by José Padilha & Nicolette Noble that Padilha will direct. Stampede Ventures will produce. Deal is in the seven-figure range.

Netflix has revealed plans to open a new office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region.

Manori Ravindran International EditorITV Studios is growing its sizeable global footprint with a new Spanish scripted production company that extends one of the super-indie’s most recognizable banners.Leading Italian producer Cattleya, the makers of “Gomorrah,” “Suburra” and “ZeroZeroZero,” will expand into Spain with Cattleya Producciones.

With 75 million copies of his novels in circulation around the globe, American author Harlan Coben has conquered the world of print with his popular brand of crime thrillers, including the Myron Bolitar series.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentManolo Caro’s cult series “The House of Flowers”(La Casa de las Flores), one of Netflix’s pioneering Mexican series breakouts, will get a movie spinoff, Netflix has revealed.The title was announced as part of a peak into the streamer’s 2021 Mexican production-distribution slate, which formed the Mexican leg of a multi-territory Netflix Roadshow.It also came just one day after Netflix confirmed in a letter to investors that Mexican mystery thriller

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentNetflix is doubling its studio capacity in Spain, growing its sound stages from five to 10 at its complex in Tres Cantos, just north of Madrid.The U.S. streaming giant will also incorporate new post-production facilities, plus a filming lab and state-of-the-art editing suites.

Argentinian filmmaker Alejandro Brugués is attached to direct the Netflix horror film, The Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy. It’s based on Chris LaMont and Joe Russo’s original screenplay that was featured on the 2018 BloodList and was sold to the streamer.

Mexican thriller series Who Killed Sara? has become Netflix’s most popular non-English language title ever with an estimated 55M subscribers tuning in since its launch last month.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla It’s always hard to recount and reveal truths about the life of a widely-recognized celebrity in a biopic format.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Hailed as a fast-rising new talent from Mexico, actor Diego Calva has surfaced from small but notable Mexican and Argentine films to landing pivotal roles in Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon,” the Oscar-winning director’s follow-up to “La La Land,” and the third iteration of Netflix’s wildly popular “Narcos: Mexico.” He has studied directing and has shot a few shorts over the past few years.What do you attribute to your being cast in “Babylon” and “Narcos: Mexico 3”?  Do you

Netflix has unveiled a new slate for Spain, including three dramas, a couple of original features, and some non-scripted formats, among them a new docu-reality show focused on Instagram star Georgina Rodríguez.

Netflix is to open an office in Bogota, Colombia, this year, the streamer has announced.