Three of Spain’s most prominent creators, “Invisible Guest” director Oriol Paulo, “La Unidad” co-creator Alberto Marini and documentary maker John Sistiaga, will spearhead a new project for Netflix Spain.
Director Paulo, whose heart-rending murder mystery The Invisible Guest grossed $25 million in China, directed the film En Nombre de En Nombre, which Netflix described as “his best work.” otro” has assembled a top-notch Spanish cast including Eduardo Fernández (“The 47”), Mario Casas (“The Innocent”), Blanca Suárez (“Cable Girls”), and Alexandra Jiménez (“The Innocent”). A fast-paced thriller where nothing really shows. ”
The film, which is currently in production, is being produced by Juanita Films, the same company behind Paulo’s latest Netflix original, the psychological thriller series The Last Night at Tremore Beach.
Screenwriter Marini, co-creator of two Movistar Plus+ hits, the Spanish intelligence thriller La Unidad and Marbella, a fun drama thriller set in the dastardly world of Marbella’s drug gangs, is currently set to make one of his early directorial efforts with Lobo for La Unidad and Gangs of Galicia producer Vaca Films.
The miniseries “Lobo”, which is currently being filmed, is inspired by the case of Manuel Blanco Romasanta, the first recorded serial killer in Spain. Manuel Blanco Romasanta was a traveling tailor from rural Galicia who, when arrested in 1852, claimed in his defense that he was a werewolf. “Robo” stars Luis Tosar (“Sky High”) and stars Tristan Ulloa (“Berlin”). Marini co-wrote the film with “La Unidad” editor Juan Galiñanes and co-directed with “Gangs of Galicia” co-director Javier Rodríguez Delgado.
Netflix has released first look images of “Robo” and “En nombre de otro.”
“Robo”
Sistiaga is co-directing the documentary film Miguel Ángel Blanco: Last 48 Hours, Cambiarón Tudo, co-directed with Juanjo López and produced by the Tintilín team.
The film depicts the two days after Blanco was abducted by the terrorist group ETA in 1997, as millions of people rallied to stop the death threats. “A painfully belated death that left an indelible mark on Spanish society. This documentary revisits the defining moment of solidarity and compassion when Basque society lost its fear of ETA,” Netflix said in a statement on Monday.
At a showcase in Madrid last Thursday, Netflix announced the latest information about its 2026 release. According to Netflix’s recent H2 2025 Engagement Report, Spain ranks alongside Japan in 2025, but far behind South Korea, which released three titles with over 20 million views: Atres. Media’s “Angela” (36 million views), “The Billionaire’s Banker” (28 million views) by “Money Heist” creators Alex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, and “Two Graves” (26 million views).
On paper at least, Netflix Spain’s big release in 2026 is “Berlin and the Lady with the Arms,” the second season of the “Money Heist” spinoff “Berlin,” which racked up 51 million views in early 2024.
It will bow on May 15th, which should help with Netflix’s Spanish run in 2026. Its releases and productions feature many of Spain’s biggest stars, are packed with new releases from Spain’s best directors, and are strong in crime and true crime. Both “Lobo” and “Miguel Ángel Blanco” fall into that category in different ways.
With the second season of “Alpha Males” already released in Spain, hitting No. 4 on Netflix’s non-English global TV series chart, and the upcoming launch of “53 Sunday” (see below), comedy may be growing around Netflix in Spain, perhaps a sign that the streaming service’s neo-broadcast network has a broader audience than ever before.
Other possible highlights of Netflix Spain in 2026:
*Murder mystery miniseries set in the 50s, starring Jose Coronado, Maribel Verdu, and Martinho Rivas, based on the novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and directed by Félix Viscaretto (Patria)
*Salvador,” an eight-part thriller drama starring Luis Tosar and Claudia Salas, in which Tosar plays a father trying to separate his daughter from a neo-Nazi gang.
*The Galician Murders is a true crime trilogy series starring Tristan Ulloa and co-produced by Ramon Campos of Bamboo Productions, the company behind the blockbuster hit Assunta.
The Child is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Fernando Arambre (Patria), and is the latest film from director Mariano Barroso (The Future and The Invisible Line), led by Belén Cuesta (The Endless Trench) and Carla Ellejalde (At War).
*53 Sundays, starring two of Spain’s greatest comedic talents, Carmen Machi and Javier Cámara, as well as Javier Gutierrez, and directed by Cesc Gay (Truman)
*”A Day Like No Other,” a biopic about legendary 60s Spanish crooner Rafael, the title of which was announced directly during Thursday’s Netflix showcase. Produced by Spain’s DLO Producciones (part of Banijay Entertainment).
*”Rafa” is a documentary depicting Rafael Nadal, a great player in the tennis world, as a professional player.
