Netflix’s $1B Mexican drive is taking shape with cameras rolling on four new series starring the likes of Gael García Bernal and Paulina Dávila. Meanwhile, another new show out of Mexico, Mal de Amores (Lovesick), the adaptation of Ángeles Mastretta’s novel, has wrapped.
Netflix boss Ted Sarandos said in Feb. that the streamer will splash $1B on Mexican originals over the next four years. The quartet of new series includes Santita starring Garcia Bernal and Dávila. It is billed as an unconventional love story about a woman forced to confront her life choices. From Panorama Entertainment, Rodrigo García directs.
Love 9 To 5 is an office rom-com from Carolina Rivera, creator of Daughter from Another Mother. Produced by La Granja, it stars Diego Klein and Ana González Bello as workplace rivals. He is an entitled nepo baby and she is a star employee. They initially despise each other,
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