Netflix to stream ‘The Secret Agent’ in Brazil

To celebrate its 15th anniversary in Brazil, Netflix announced the news that it will exclusively distribute the Oscar-nominated film “The Secret Agent” in the country. The company has also opened a spacious new office in São Paulo, demonstrating the company’s commitment to the region where it debuted its first Brazilian original, 3%, in 2016.

“Opening our new office in São Paulo is a natural next step in the journey our local team has made with Brazil’s creative community over the past 15 years,” said Greg Peters, co-CEO of Netflix, who attended the opening ceremony. “We support Brazilian cinema in many ways, because we want to be the best partner and be flexible so that local producers can decide the best way to bring their projects to life,” he said. “That’s why we were so excited to partner with the producers of The Secret Agents to finance this film and pre-license it for Netflix in Brazil.”

The Secret Agent was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best International Film, Best Actor (Wagner Moura), and Best Casting. Moura has already achieved the distinction of being the first Brazilian actor to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Netflix’s new office in São Paulo’s Pinheiros district is the company’s first exclusively occupied office in the region and was built to support approximately 300 employees overall. Netflix Brazil’s workforce grew by 20% last year.

According to the streamer, “More than 2,000 jobs were created during the construction and improvement of the building, and the process injected $25 million (R$141 million) into São Paulo’s local economy.”

The company continues to increase its production in Brazil, where viewership is rapidly increasing. From July to December 2025, Netflix reported a 60% increase in global viewership of Brazilian productions compared to the previous six months.

In the past three years alone, the company has partnered with more than 40 Brazilian production companies and created 12,000 jobs through films and series scheduled for release in 2025.

“We are passionate about telling Brazilian stories, and Brazilian stories often resonate globally precisely because they address universal themes,” said Elisabetta Zenatti, vice president of content at Netflix Brazil. “Achieving this balance requires a true connection with our audiences, strong partnerships with some of the country’s most creative minds, and a culture that values ​​independence, experimentation, and boldness.”

Netflix will begin streaming Brazilian productions this year, including “Radioactive Emergency,” a series about a radioactive accident in Goiania in the 1980s. “Brazil 70” is a limited series about the Brazilian team that won the 3rd World Soccer Championship. and “Syntonia: The Movie,” a spinoff from the five-season series.

The company recently announced a variety of new products, including: The Pilgrimage is a film adaptation of the best-selling novel. Claudia Laia hosts a new reality show, “Sua Mãe te Conhece?” (“Does Your Mother Know You?”), in which mothers and their children compete for prizes of up to R$1 million ($193,000). A new melodrama directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho and starring Marieta Severo, Alice Wegman, Nanda Costa, and Jose de Abreu.

Other recent partnerships with Brazilian indies include “Vicentina Pede Desculpas” (loosely translated as “Vicentina’s Apology”), a new film from Gabriel Martins, who directed Brazil’s 2023 Oscar-winning film “Mars One.” The Son of a Thousand Men, directed by Daniel Rezende, which was one of 15 films pre-selected to represent Brazil at the 2026 Oscars). Arthur Fontes’ “Woman Without a Filter” and Marcelo Antunes’ “From Zero to Hero.”