Netflix tackles the production of five new Spanish projects

All titles will be available in 190 countries starting in 2020 for Netflix's nearly 140 million subscribers.

Netflix It continues its commitment to Spanish content. Francisco Ramos, Vice President of Original Series, has announced the production of five new Spanish projects that will premiere on Netflix from 2020. All titles will be available in 190 countries for Netflix's nearly 140 million subscribers.

The five new series feature a wide variety of genres and formats that will offer consumers a diverse and interesting range of stories, including a comedy about a superhero that is most earthly in the world. The neighbor, an extraordinary drama in The mess you leave behind, a miniseries with a magnificent female cast in Christmas Days, an adaptation of the bestseller Memoirs of Idhún in anime format and finally Valeria, a drama mixed with touches of comedy with an excellent script.

Francisco Ramos acknowledges that "at Netflix we want to produce local stories with a global appeal and Spain has continuously generated great audiovisual content both nationally and for the rest of the world. With this new selection of projects, all different from each other and with writers of the highest level, new stories will be created that will excite users in all parts of the world."

In addition to these five new productions that are currently in various stages of development, Netflix is also in full production of the new seasons of The Cable Girls, Elite and Money Heist, in addition to the series Hache, High Seas and Criminal, the latter adding even more diversity to the catalog with episodes recorded in German, French and Spanish shot in Netflix's production studio located in Madrid. In terms of cinema, the family animated film Klaus by director Sergio Pablos continues to be produced at the SPA studios in Madrid and titles such as Seventeen and Home they are already in post-production for release in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Ramos has been excited "with the announcement of these five new series. They are an excellent addition to our catalogue and give us the opportunity to work with great Spanish talent. Our commitment to this market will continue to increase, not only with series but also with films, documentaries, unscripted content and thus we will continue to support the vision of incredible voices that offer unique stories and quality entertainment to our almost 140 million users around the world<2.

The projects

The Neighbor

Things are not going too well for Javier. He barely makes ends meet with a precarious job, his T-shirt business with demotivating phrases does not quite succeed and his relationship with Lola has been stumbling for a couple of months. The last thing Javier needed was for an alien to fall on him and pass on his superpowers before he died. Now, Javier is a superhero, and he doesn't do a little better than before. It turns out that superpowers are useless when you're fired from your job or when your girlfriend decides you have to take some time. Luckily there she has José Ramón, her neighbor, who is going to teach her how to use her powers for good and hide her secret identity, especially Lola, who has decided to turn her mediocre career as a journalist around by investigating Titan, the mysterious superhero.

• Directed by Nacho Vigalondo
• Carlos de Pando and Sara Antuña are the showrunners
• Written by Miguel Esteban and Raúl Navarro
• Based on the graphic novels El Vecino created by Santiago García and Pepo Pérez and published by Astiberri
• Nahikari Ipiña and Eneko Gutierrez are executive producers
• Production company: Zeta Audiovisual
• Main cast: Quim Gutiérrez, Clara Lago, Catalina Sopelana and Adrián Pino

The mess you leave behind

With the intention of giving her marriage a second chance, Raquel, a young literature teacher, accepts a job in the town where her husband grew up. He soon discovers that another teacher committed suicide, possibly a victim of bullying by her own students. Raquel will begin her own quest to discover the truth in a place where everyone seems to keep secrets.

• Written and created by Carlos Montero, it is based on the novel published by Planeta, winner of the 2016 Primavera Novel Prize

Christmas Days

Christmas Days features the Christmas celebration of four sisters in their family home during three different seasons that, in turn, represent three key stages in their lives: adolescence, adulthood and old age. Through the passage of time and different perspectives, family dynamics, secrets and personal confrontations can be seen.

• Created and directed by Pau Freixas
• Written by Pau Freixas and Clara Esparrach
• Produced by Filmax (Arca Audiovisual)
• Main Cast: Verónica Echegui, Anna Moliner, Nerea Barros, Elena Anaya, Victoria Abril, Verónica Forqué, Charo López, Ángela Molina

Valeria

Valeria is a writer in crisis, both because of her novels and because of her husband and the emotional distance that separates them. She takes refuge in her three best friends: Carmen, Lola and Nerea, who support her during her journey. Valeria and her friends are immersed in a whirlwind of emotions about love, friendship, jealousy, infidelity, doubts, heartbreaks, secrets, work, worries, joys and dreams about the future.

• Written by María López Castaño with Aurora Gracià, Almudena Ocaña and Fernanda Eguiarte
• Created by María López Castaño based on the novels by Elísabet Benavent published by Penguin Random House
• Creative consultant: Elísabet Benavent
• Produced by Plano a Plano

Memories of Idhun

On the day when the astral conjunction of the three suns and the three moons took place in Idhún, Ashran the Necromancer seized power and began the reign of terror of the winged serpents. The first battle for Idhún's freedom is fought on Earth, where Jack and Victoria fight to stop Kirtash, the assassin sent by Ashran to wipe out the Idhunites who fled his tyranny. However, the protagonists unknowingly follow the designs of a prophecy that will intertwine their destinies in a plot of love and hate that will trigger duels to the death and forge unusual alliances.

• Directed by Maite Ruiz de Austri
• Executive producers Pilar Blasco and Alexis Barroso
• Written by Laura Gallego and Andrés Carrión
• Produced by Zeppelin, a company of the Endemol Shine group
• Based on the trilogy Memoirs of Idhún by Laura Gallego (First season in Memoirs of Idhún I: The Resistance. Editorial SM)

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