Netflix has set a premiere date for One Hundred Years of Solitude, the series adaptation of the Gabriel García Marquez novel that follows the Buendía family and the founding of the mythical town of Macondo.
Season one of the series will kick off December 11; the plan is for two seasons of 8 episodes. Alex García López and Laura Mora co-direct the 16-episode project, which is produced by Colombian production company Dynamo. 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.
It was revealed in 2019 that Netflix had landed the rights to adapt the book. 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.”
Published in 1967, One Hundred Years of Solitude is considered a masterpiece of Spanish-American and universal literature. It has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into more than 40 languages.
