The Eternaluta, the Argentine Science fiction series that recently debuted in Netflix And quickly positioned itself in the global top 10 of the platform, it will have a SECOND SEASON.
This was confirmed by Francisco Ramos, Chief of Programming of Netflix for Latin America, who advanced details of what is expected in this new installment.
“Season 2 will be very important”Said Ramos in an interview with Deadline. “It will deepen many science fiction concepts that barely hinted in the first season, and that will now be fully developed.”
Matías Mosteirin, producer of K&S Productions, added that the plan is to close the story in this second season.
“We believe that we will close the whole story in a beautiful way, probably with Eight more episodes”, He explained.
The series, directed by Bruno Stagnarowho will return for this new installment, is a contemporary adaptation of the iconic graphic novel The Eternaluta of Héctor Germán Oesterheldillustrated by Francisco Solano López and first published in 1957.
Set in Buenos Airesthe story follows Juan exceptplayed by Ricardo Darín, and his friends while fighting to survive after a mortal snowfall that eliminates much of the population.
Francisco Ramos highlighted the magnitude of the new series of Netflixdescribing it as the greatest television production made in Argentina.
“The country has a strong reputation and history in television and film production, but I really feel that this is superior to everything that has been done here before“, said.
Along the same lines, he explained that The Eternaluta Start with a small scale in the first episode, limited to a house.
Then, in the second episode, the action expands to a building, continues with the neighborhood in the third and, finally, it reaches the entire city in the fourth chapter.
The gradual evolution described is part of the effort to make the public feel that these events could occur in their own city.
-The producer Matías Mosteirin He recalled the challenge that involved adapting such a valued work in the country.
“It is not the first time we make a great production, but this was The first based on Argentine intellectual property”He said.
And he added: “We could not fail because it is a work with a fandom Very strong and a great treasure for us as artists. ”
The television fiction, whose first season took eight months of filming and a year of postproduction, was filmed in Buenos Aires and used advanced technologies of Visual effects (VFX), working with international partners such as DNEG in London, Redefine in Barcelona, Scanline in Los Angeles, Planet X in Holland and ILP in Stockholm.
Mosteirin stressed that production managed to recreate a extensive portion of the city through techniques 3D photogrammetry and scanningusing drones and cameras to capture streets, trains, facades and urban landscapes with millimeter precision.
The Eternaluta tell the story of Juan exceptwho together with his family and friends must face a lethal snowfall that ends with much of the population in Buenos Aires.
As they discover that snowfall is only the beginning of An alien invasionsurvivors are forced to fight together to stay alive.
First published in 1957, the work of Héctor G. Oesterheld and illustrated by Francisco Solano López It is considered one of the most influential stories of Latin American science fiction.
The audiovisual adaptation began to take shape in 2019, with an Argentine team led by Bruno Stagnaro.
The project included more than 50 locations, 3 virtual scenarios and the participation of 2,900 people between cast and extras.
For the most complex sequences, more than 500 masks were used for the characters, reflecting the magnitude and technical commitment of production.
Since its premiere on April 30, the series entered the Netflix global top 10 in 87 countriesincluding Brazil, France, India, the United States, Italy, Mexico, Germany and Spain, reaching 10.8 million views worldwide.
