EXCLUSIVE: Criminal Code is a breakout hit for Netflix. The Brazilian action drama, based on real events, has landed well at home and internationally. Season 2 drops soon and Deadline got some time with series director and showrunner Heitor Dhalia. We can also exclusively share the first pictures from the upcoming season.
Criminal Code scaled Netflix’s top 10 in 70 countries, including the U.S. and Canada. On home turf, it was the most-watched Brazilian series in the second half of 2023 when it launched, and also one of the most-watched shows through 2024.
Set in the crime world in and around the Triple Frontier, a three-border area where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet, the drama was inspired by a robbery that took place in 2017 and ensuing real-life events. The new season involves a prison break and follows a criminal group, the Phantom Gang, undertaking more daring heists while
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