{"id":387442,"date":"2026-04-08T03:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387442\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:21:13","slug":"netflix-bets-on-argentina-teases-possible-season-3-of-the-eternaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387442\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Bets On Argentina, Teases Possible Season 3 Of The Eternaut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNetflix<\/a> is doubling down on film and TV from Argentina<\/a>, opening a new office in the capital, peppering its slate with four new shows, and dishing updates on various others including the latest season of hit series The Eternaut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe streamer\u2019s new Argentina base is in the Villa Crespo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The opening, today, comes on the heels of Netflix moving to new bases in both Brazil and Mexico in recent times, meaning shiny new HQs in each of its three main production centers in Latin America.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe specific reasoning for each of the office moves is different, but there is a through-line, Francisco Ramos, Vice President of Content for Latin America, tells Deadline. \u201cWe are signaling that we are here to stay because all of these have one thing in common, they have been tailor-made for us. They have the DNA of our offices, like the ones in London or L.A. When you walk through the door you feel you\u2019re in a Netflix office.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Eternaut Season 2\u2026 and 3?<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the most eagerly anticipated Argentine TV projects is Season 2 of The Eternaut, which the streamer hopes to have on screen in 2027. There is also chatter about a possible Season 3. The Bruno Stagnaro show is based on the comic and graphic novel by H\u00e9ctor G. Oesterheld, illustrated by Francisco Solano L\u00f3pez. It is reckoned to be the biggest TV show ever out of Argentina. Officially, Season 2 is in advanced development. In a practical sense that means cameras are not yet rolling, but work is absolutely underway and Ramos says Netflix is going big second time around.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe ambition has gone to a new level,\u201d he says. \u201cStuff is already happening, but it\u2019s not actually with actors on screen, it\u2019s technical with some VFX conceptualization. The actual shoot with the talent on screen, we don\u2019t know [the dates] yet because it\u2019s way bigger than Season 1, not only in budget, but in terms of scope and conception.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe producers of The Eternaut (pictured) are also making The Future Is Ours<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe series follows events after a mysterious snowfall wipes out most of the population. Juan Salvo \u2013 played by Ricardo Dar\u00edn<\/a> \u2013 and his friends embark on a desperate struggle for survival in the sci-fi series.<\/p>\n

\n\tSwerving spoilers, Ramos explains the way that Season 1 ended meant Season 2 needed to go to another level to faithfully tell story. Furthermore, the team is working through how and when to hit the necessary plot points in Season 2, with a view to a third outing for the show.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeries producer Mat\u00edas Mosteirin from K&S Productions told us last year that the tentative plan was to wrap the story over two seasons. It seems there is now the possibility of more. \u201cWe need to figure out how we deliver on everything that is expected to be delivered in Season 2, while yet being able to continue with it for a potential Season 3,\u201d Ramos says.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for the Season 2 launch date, is 2027 possible? \u201cI\u2019m gonna try, for sure, to be on stream next year, but I cannot promise anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen The Eternaut popped internationally, it was proof of concept and offered encouragement to do more out of Argentina, Ramos explains. \u201cWhen we launched the first season it was a crossroads for our strategy and [Argentina] became a very big country for us. We started seeing more and more that content was not only working locally, but also internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat explains the new office and bulked-up slate. \u201cThe talent pool here is extraordinary, which means that if we were going to try to scale a little bit more, we needed to have the right team here. Until a few months ago, some functions were being handled from the Mexico or Sao Paulo office. But as the slate has become bigger, we decided that we needed to consolidate our country specific structure. It\u2019s doubling up on a country where we have been very successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA New Crime Drama & Doc Trio<\/p>\n

\n\tNetflix has bolstered the existing Argentina slate with three new docs and a drama series. Crimen Desorganizado (which does not have an official Anglo title but translates as Disorganized Crime) is in production for a 2027 launch. The Pampa Films-produced series follows a group of bank robbers who find the real action starts once they have completed the heist.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the docs front, Netflix is continuing its pre-World Cup warm-up with another profile piece about a star player, this time the Argentina team\u2019s iconic goalkeeper. The Pegsa-produced feature doc Emi Mart\u00ednez: The Kid Who Stops Time (first pic, below) will tell his story using archive footage, interviews and animated drawings.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnother one-off doc follows Fito P\u00e1ez, accompanying the Argentine star for over a year through recordings, rehearsals, tours and performances in cities across Latin America, Europe and the U.S. Anima Films is producing and it launches later this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tComing in 2027 there is Perfecta: La Voz De Silvina Luna, which reconstructs the meteoric career and final battle of the titular model and actress whose story captivated Argentina. Luna had what was meant to be a simple cosmetic procedure that ultimately caused irreversible medical damage. This is another one from Pampa Films, which produces with Studio 23.<\/p>\n

\n\tPablo Larra\u00edn<\/a>, Santiago Mitre<\/a> & Juan Jos\u00e9 Campanella<\/a> Projects<\/p>\n

\n\tArgentina has an established movie-making heritage while on the TV side, the Netflix investment is spurring a move into high-end series.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cArgentina has an extraordinarily rich tradition of making big films, it has extraordinary filmmakers,\u201d Ramos says. \u201cTV has been smaller. They\u2019ve been very good at doing the equivalent to telenovels, so there was that tradition. We have now found an ecosystem and are pushing into making more ambitious titles and the talent has flourished.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat talent from the movie side of the industry is now seeing the opportunity in series. When it comes to established filmmakers moving into TV, it requires handing them the creative reins. \u201cThe reality is that in Europe or in Latin America, those big directors are the equivalent of showrunners in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThose directors wanted to direct something where they feel they are in control of all the creative decisions. If you want to get someone like Bruno Stagnaro or Marcelo Pi\u00f1eyro to direct a series, they have to also [own] the creative vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs the doors of the new Buenos Aires office opened, Netflix divulged the latest on a raft of previously announced projects out of Argentina including new pics of My Sad Dead (below), the Pablo Larra\u00edn miniseries based on Mariana Enr\u00edquez\u2019s novel about a 60-year-old doctor who can see and hear the dead. \u201cI\u2019ve seen four episodes and I think it\u2019s one of the most beautiful pieces of television we\u2019ve made in Latin America,\u201d Ramos says.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAlso for the second half of 2026, there is A Good Therapist, a movie starring Ricardo Dar\u00edn as psychoanalyst who begins to push the boundaries with his patients. Everything seems to be going well until a writer suffering from writer\u2019s block, played by Diego Peretti, comes to his office.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere is also Felicidades. The comedy film is an adaptation of the hit stage play of the same name. It is directed by Alex de la Iglesia and produced by and starring Adri\u00e1n Suar alongside Griselda Siciliani. 2027 film highlights include an untitled Santiago Mitre political thriller starring Ver\u00f3nica Llin\u00e1s and Peter Lanzani.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeries for next year include Philip K. Dick adaptation The Future is Ours from K&S, and an untitled project from Sebasti\u00e1n Borensztein about a tango singer of Jewish heritage tricked into traveling to Nazi Germany during World War II.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, Netflix and NBC Universal Telemundo\u2019s Underground are teaming on Tiempo Al Tiempo a time-travel tale about a couple who first meet in the 1990s. Another Netflix-Underground series is In The Mud, which will come back for a Season 3. Other returners include Adri\u00e1n Suar\u2019s series Envious.<\/p>\n

\n\tOscar-winning director Juan Jos\u00e9 Campanella\u2019s animated series adaptation of the Mafalda comic strip, meanwhile, drops in 2027. The first pic is here (below).<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Backdrop<\/p>\n

\n\tAmid the fanfare, it cannot be ignored that Netflix\u2019s increased investment in Argentina comes amid economic turmoil in the country. In the cultural sector, there have been cuts to the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPotentially, there might be some interesting projects that are falling between the cracks because the ecosystem has been somehow narrowed,\u201d Ramos says.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are trying to figure out how to expand the slate so that we are open to new voices that may not be able to get momentum in their careers because of the situation. We need to help them to figure out other types of structure so that they get their [projects] made.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix is doubling down on film and TV from Argentina, opening a new office in the capital, peppering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3858,93,61,60,172140,1868,172141,172142,172143,172144,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-387442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-argentina","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-juan-josu00e9-campanella","13":"tag-netflix","14":"tag-pablo-larrau00edn","15":"tag-ricardo-daru00edn","16":"tag-santiago-mitre","17":"tag-the-eternaut","18":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}