Netflix's First Spanish Language Original Series Will Be About Soccer! Show To Reunite Director, Luis Gerardo Méndez From 'Nosotros Los Nobles'

Netflix announced its first Spanish language original series. It will be a soccer comedy directed by Gaz Alazraki. It follows a feud among family members who inherit a soccer club. It reunites Luis Gerardo Méndez and Gaz Alazraki, actor and director from one of the most popular Mexican films of all time “Nosotros los Nobles.” It will be produced by Leo Zimbrón, Mike Lam and Gaz Alazraki. The story was created by Mike Lam and will be directed by Gaz Alazraki.

“The 13-episode series from Alazraki Entertainment is set to premiere in 2015 and centers on a family feud among heirs of a soccer club after the owner’s death. Shooting entirely in Mexico and featuring a cast from all over Latin America, including ‘Nobles’ star Luis Gerardo Méndez, the series offers a satirical, highly entertaining look into the world of professional futbol,” according to the press release.

The director, Gaz Alazraki, said, “We formed a very special team for ‘Nosotros los Nobles’ and we all knew we wanted to keep working together. When I told the team that Netflix was interested in producing the show, the excitement was contagious since there’s nobody cooler and more innovative in this day and age than Netflix.”

Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said, “We’re thrilled to be working with the talent from ‘We Are the Nobles,’ a movie that managed to capture a cultural phenomenon in a fun and engaging way, while also breaking box office records. Gaz has a disruptive vision and creative storytelling we were looking for in producing our first original series in Mexico. We’re confident our members in a market as important to us as Mexico and Latin America will love this family comedy.”