Netflix has set a premiere date for One Hundred Years of Solitude, the series adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's novel that tells the story of the Buendía family and the founding of the mythical town of Macondo.
One Hundred Years of Solitude | Official Teaser | Netflix
Season one of the series will begin on December 11th; the plan is to make two seasons of 8 episodes. Alex García López and Laura Mora are co-directors of the 16-episode project, which is being produced by Colombian production company Dynamo. The writers are José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés, María Camila Arias and Albatrós González.
The series was filmed entirely in Colombia, with the support of Marquez's family.
In 2019, it was revealed that Netflix had acquired the rights to adapt the book into a film. Netflix has said it is "one of the most ambitious projects in Latin America to date, brought to life by the most talented artists from Colombia and LATAM."
