100 Anos de Soledad by Gabriel García Márquez

It has already been announced that the first season will be directed by Argentine director Alex García López (“The Witcher”, “Utopia”), who is already a trusted director of Netflix, and Colombian director Laura Mora, the mind behind “Los reyes del mundo”, which has been selected to represent Colombia at the 2023 Academy Awards. Also read: The True Crime Genre: Netflix's Lifesaver? Who Is Behind the Production Team? Meanwhile, we tell you what is known about the expected adaptation.Īlthough Netflix has not yet announced the premiere date, speculation suggests that the series will be released in mid-2024, taking into account that in the official press release, Francisco Ramos, Vice President of Content for Latin America, assured that from October 21 the production was launched. From now on the eyes are on the series, and it is expected that it will not disappoint. Bearing this in mind, expectations are high, since 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' carries with it the legacy of García Márquez and one of the most valuable representations of Colombian culture.

On October 21, the streaming platform released the first preview of the long-awaited series, which is titled 'Macondo.' This is the first authorized audiovisual adaptation of the novel that narrates the comings and goings of the Buendía family. Its impact was so great that the novel has been translated into more than 45 languages, has approximately 400 editions, and in 2019 Netflix announced that it would be adapted into a series format. 55 years ago, one of the most important Colombian and Latin American literary works came to light, “One Hundred Years of Solitude', which led its author, Gabriel García Márquez, to be recognized worldwide and win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. There are fictitious places that adhere to our collective imagination and mark us in such a way that it becomes part of our culture.

100 Anos de Soledad by Gabriel García Márquez