If something became clear Netflix In recent years, productions dedicated to the lives of popular artists have been in vogue among the public. For example, what happened with Luis Miguel, a series starring Diego Boneta that became famous in Latin America and other parts of the world. And the streaming platform is ready to go in search of a new success of the same scale, this time by hand Julio Iglesias.
An American company has signed an agreement with the Spanish singer-songwriter to produce a documentary about his life. While Netflix and Julio Iglesias haven’t provided specific details about the proposal, all indications are that the format we’ve already seen in Luis Miguel. In fact, the streaming platform has confirmed that it will be piece of artbut in which real events from the musical career and personal life of the performer will be touched upon.
“After so much speculation, books and documentaries in which I was not involved are for the first time I decided to tell the truth about my life a company as universal as Netflix,” said Julio Iglesias about this production. Netflix was also grateful to the artist for instilling confidence in them to launch this project.
“We all know that his talent and tenacity are unique in the world. Now we will have the opportunity to look beyond the light, photographs in magazines, golden records and get to know more deeply an exceptional person who has accompanied and will accompany many generations from every corner of the planet.
Diego Avalos, Vice President of Content at Netflix.
Netflix will release a series about the life of Julio Iglesias
Taking advantage of this announcement, Netflix shared a kind teaser on your social networks. In the published clip on X (Twitter), showing the artist’s silhouette and the phrase “Julio Iglesias, Netflix series.” There’s no word yet on when it’ll be released, although the video says “coming soon.”
In any case, the latter should be taken with a grain of salt, as Netflix’s official statement only mentions that the series is in development. The number of episodes has not yet been announced. although it would not be strange if we were talking about the intention to tell the story over several seasons. When Luis MiguelFor example, from 2018 to 2021 there were 27 episodes spread over 3 seasons.
Considering Julio Iglesias’s very extensive career, which began in the 1960s, there is a lot of material to work with. It remains to be seen what Netflix’s final intentions are in this regard. “This is fantastic […] “will tell how Julio Iglesias became the first non-Anglo-Saxon artist to enter the American and Asian markets, and how he became a universal star, one of the five largest record sellers in history,” they said from the podium.
As for the cast of the series, there is no news yet. It will be interesting to see who is chosen to play Julio Iglesias and some of the most famous characters around him. Casting Isabel Preyslerhis first wife and his son’s wife Enriquethey are sure to attract a lot of attention beyond the main character.
Behind the scenes, Julio Iglesias’s personal life has always been the subject of comment.. From his truncated past as a Real Madrid goalkeeper and his relationship with his eight children to the paternity suit he faced from the early 1990s until 2021. Will there be room for everything in this docuseries? We’ll have to wait for now, but Netflix will surely offer more details soon.
Source: Hiper Textual
