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Ah yes, the plague of bad second seasons has affected Severance. It’s the 5th one on the list of shows whose second seasons I was genuinely excited for, only to be disappointed at the end. The 1st series that was struck by this odd affliction was Silo. That was followed by Bandidos. Then came Paatal Lok. After that was Squid Game. Now we have Severance. I wasn’t hyped for these shows in a fanboy-ish way where I wanted them to be masterpieces, and anything short of that would be considered utter garbage. My interest had been piqued by the 1st seasons of these titles, and I was looking forward to what came next. And all I got was an unhealthy dose of bad storytelling. I didn’t expect Severance Season 2 to suffer from the sophomore slump because Season 1 had such intelligent writing, direction, acting, production design, and more.

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In June last year, Netflix premiered its Spanish crime thriller Gangs of Galicia (also known in Spanish regions as Clanes), and after an over six-month wait, Netflix Es has confirmed that the show will be coming back for a second season.

If you missed it, the show was about a woman’s father who had been murdered, which subsequently reveals he had led a hidden double life. She seeks revenge and infiltrates a Galician drug cartel to become close to its leader.

The announcement of the renewal for Gangs of Galicia came as a relative footnote from the Next on Netflix event held in Madrid, where journalists and influencers tuned in for the US announcements in addition to showcasing what’s coming up in Spain over the next year such as Aitana: Metamorphosis, Carlos Alcaraz: My Way, A Ghost in Battle, Turn of the Tide season 2, and Olympo.

Just this week, while reviewing Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2, I was talking about how 2025 was quickly becoming synonymous with the “sophomore slump,” and how the people associated with Powerhouse Animation Studio and Project 51 Productions have defied this troubling trend. And while I praised the Netflix animated show for its visual storytelling and compelling narrative, at the time, I didn’t figure out how exactly it avoided the sophomore slump. After giving it some thought, I came to the conclusion that the showrunners achieved the impossible by not centering the show entirely around audience expectations. Everybody loved Lili in Bandidos Season 1; so she became the focus of Season 2, and it flopped. Folks really liked Gi-hun and were obsessed with the Salesman in Squid Game Season 1, and Season 2 gave them so much attention that they forgot to make the rest of it interesting. People wanted to know more about the silos in...

“Sophomore slump” is a term that’s commonly used to describe something or someone who failed to replicate the brilliance that they showcased on debut. I used to think that that was a phrase that people used to mask their misplaced sense of expectations and their inability to judge somebody’s work without unfairly comparing it to what they had done before. But 2025 started to prove me wrong. The first project that seemed to noticeably suffer from a case of sophomore slump was Bandidos. I really liked the first season as it reminded me of the Indiana Jones movies while giving off some Oceans vibes. The second season was just not up to the mark. Then there was Squid Game. The first season was phenomenal, but the second season was disastrous. After that came Silo, which had a pretty solid season 1 and an almost unwatchable season 2; no, seriously, the visuals were that bad.

Director Uwe Boll has a reputation as one of the worst film directors of all time. In the mid-2000s, he helmed a string of well-publicized but critically savaged video game adaptations that immediately sunk to the bottom of cineastes' estimations. In 2003, he made "House of the Dead," and followed that in 2005 with both "Alone in the Dark" and "BloodRayne." He chased those with "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," "BloodRayne 2: Deliverance," and "Postal" all in 2007, and capped off his run in 2008 with "Far Cry." Fans of the games on which those films are based were incensed that Boll should so clumsily handle the source material, and fans of the cinematic medium were incensed that

Despite his critical reputation, Boll has remained prolific, sometimes helming multiple pictures a year. He directed "First Shift" and "Bandidos" in 2024, and is set to release "Run" in 2025.

I have...

Amy Schumer is back with a new movie, resuming her Netflix relationship despite their disagreements eight years ago when she wanted more than $11 million for a stand-up special. The trailer for Kinda Pregnant has been out for a week but has just 55 thousand views (and 1.7 thousand likes) as of Jan. 13, 2025. That's compared to the more successful trailers for relatively little-known upcoming Netflix titles, like Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever (509 thousand views), Cassandra (138 thousand views), Bandidos Season 2 (208 thousand views), and one of several trailers for Sakamoto Days (3 million views in three days).

Perhaps this has to do with the lengthy history of negativity towards Schumer, for various reasons. She has certainly had a contentious relationship with her audience (who she refuses to be photographed with in most instances), frequently fueled by social media, that great catalyst of catastrophe.

The comments on the trailer for Kinda Pregnant indicate...

In 2024, it seemed like the running theme across a lot of Netflix crime dramas was “disjointed families or communities coming apart at the seams due to a criminal act.” I’m not saying that it was an enjoyable trend; I’m just saying that the streaming giant was consistently churning out stories which were following a set pattern, despite originating from all over the globe. Now, we’re one week into 2025, and I’m starting to notice a new trend amongst Netflix TV series and miniseries set in the crime drama subgenre: bloated subplots and bad editing. For starters, there’s Missing You, where the story about breeding dogs and scamming rich people took up more time than the murder and missing person cases. Bandidos Season 2 was so interested in the death of Lili’s father that it forgot to make its treasure hunt adventurous or fun. The breakthrough in...

When Bandidos Season 2 starts, a big jump in time puts viewers in a world many years after the events of the first season. With the specter of the past following them around, Miguel and Lili have built a weak home life together.

The narrative is thrown into a whirlwind of conflict by the arrival of Lili’s stepsister Regina, which disrupts the fragile peace and is motivated by family history and the search for the legendary Tear of Fire, an artifact steeped in myth and legend.

As the story goes on, the stakes get much higher. Regina’s schemes, including the kidnapping of Lili’s ex-lover, Leo, propel the ensemble cast back into the perilous game of theft and deception. The narrative skillfully combines personal stories with big goals, showing a heist and a look at loyalty, vengeance, and how far people will go to reclaim their agency.

Each turn...

Bandidos season two carried on the story of the first season. The group of misfits carried out a heist to rob a chest full of precious objects, and the sale of which could make them billionaires. All the thieves in the group parted ways much richer than before, and the leader of the group wanted to look for “the Tear of Fire,” the biggest diamond in the world. This set the tone for the second season, where all of them come back to look for this precious stone. There are new characters introduced in the show to take the story forward as well.

Miguel

Alfonso Dosal reprises the role of Miguel, who now owns a large resort, purchased with the money he received from the last heist His father, Juan Morales, an archaeologist who now has dementia lives with him. Miguel has hired a house help/nurse to take care...

There were a lot of things that happened in the lives of the various characters in Bandidos season 2 that brought about a change in their perspective. Often, you might imagine your life turning out a particular way. But then time changes everything, and you end up experiencing something so unprecedented that it changes you to the core. [Spoiler Alert] Miguel always knew the kind of woman Lili was, but still, he chose to put his faith in her. In the first episode, we see that Lili goes to save her friend and ex-flame Leo, and Miguel feels betrayed. Ines was still fighting hard to get custody of her son, and things went out of her control once Regina kidnapped Alex. The ending of season 2, much like the previous season, left us on a cliffhanger, and we saw that Lili noticed something engraved on the back of her golden brooch. Though it is...

Bandidos season 2 begins from where it left us at the end of the first season. Apart from Miguel, Ines and a few other people, nobody knew that Lili had not been killed by Miguel in the previous season. Miguel only pretended he’d killed her because he didn’t want Lili to be hunted by the mafia her entire life. Miguel and Lili were living happily when, one day, the latter received a text message, and that was the moment she realized her entire life was going to turn upside down. So let’s find out what happened in Bandidos season 2, and if Miguel and his crew were able to find the treasure this time.

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Why was Regina after Lili?

Lili and Miguel had grown closer after everything that went down in season 1. We saw how Miguel made the world believe that Lili was dead so that all...

Bandidos Season 2’s ending was centered around the titular group trying to retrieve a precious jewel called the Tear of Fire from the clutches of Regina. Why? Well, the story goes something like this. Lili, whose original name was Carlota, was Regina’s stepsister, and the former had killed Regina’s biological father and gone on the run. After discovering her whereabouts, Regina compelled Lili to use her friends to get the Tear of Fire as a form of reparation. Fearing for their lives, Lili, Miguel, Octavio, Ines, Lucas, and Citlali spent the entire show searching, failing, and then searching some more for this fabled treasure. When they eventually got to the cave that housed the costly piece of stone, Regina, Ariel, Pepa (the gangster who belonged to the Mayan tribe that was the rightful owner of the Tear of Fire), and the landowner whose wife had cheated on him...

Stories about treasure hunting are awesome. Way before I was introduced to the world of movies, I was reading Treasure Island, Sinbad the Sailor, and the purposefully anticlimactic Sonar Kella. Then there were the Tintin comics and the amazing 2011 film, The Adventures of Tintin, that absolutely enthralled me. Mackenna’s Gold and King Solomon’s Mines were brought up in every conversation with my parents so many times that I have lost count at this point. Despite the tacky nature of the franchises, the Lara Croft and The Mummy movies were hugely influential. Animated feature films like Treasure Planet, The Road to El Dorado and Atlantis: The Lost Empire were on repeat in my household. Despite the problematic nature of its lead, there’s no denying the effect that the first 3 Pirates of the Caribbean films had on me. One Piece, the manga and the anime, is another great example. And even...

“Bandidos” (Season 1) is a heist series about the best bandits. There is a bit of historical fiction to add to the story. Juan Morales is an archaeologist who has Alzheimer’s. His son is Miguel, who is an expert in scamming people, and also pursuing a treasure that no one has yet seen or is even aware of. He has a team of the best bandits to go on this adventure, and along the way, many more join the group to find the greatest treasure of all.

This article contains spoilers.

Bandidos (Season 1) Recap: Episode 1: The Map

Episode 1 of “Bandidos” begins with Miguel introducing his team of best bandits. The first person is Lili, who is a ruthless, intelligent, and unscrupulous scammer. However, Lili is not her real name. The next person is an unbeatable counterfeiter and an extremely charming man called Wilson. Wilson is now retired from this business.

To kick off 2025, Netflix has added a new slate of films to its streaming library, highlighted by Dune: Part Two. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi blockbuster, which Consequence named the fourth best film of 2024, is streaming on the service as of January 1st.

Dune: Part Two, which stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, and more, remains available to stream on Max. The first Dune movie can also be streamed on both Netflix and Max. Additionally, both films are available to purchase together in 4K Uhd.

Other new titles available to stream on Netflix as of January 1st include Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; Horizon: An American Saga: Chapter 1; The Watchers; Inception; Meet the Parents and its sequels Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers; Apollo 13; Love Actually; Schindler’s List; the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy; Rush Hour franchise; and Bruce Almighty.

New Years Day might involve a ton of streaming and binging for folks recovering from New Years Eve 2025!

Well, Netflix is delivering with some of their additions to their streaming catalogue on January 1, 2025!

The streamer is adding 36 movies on the first of the month, including titles like Interstellar, Love Actually, I Know What You Did Last Summer, 13 Going on 30, Notting Hill, The Net, and more fan fave titles.

We’ve collected the list of every movie and TV show being added by Netflix for the entire month of January, including the first.

Keep reading to find out more…

Scroll down to see every title being added to Netflix on January 1 and beyond.

Jan. 1

Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

The Love Scam

Missing You

Number 24

13 Going on 30

3 Ninjas: Kick Back

Apollo 13

Blended

Bruce Almighty

Colombiana

Dallas Buyers Club

Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat

Dr.

If there’s a show you’ve been waiting years to return, chances are it’s coming back in 2025. From “Stranger Things” Season 5, which is expected to premiere later this year, to “Severance” Season 2, some of the biggest and buzziest shows on television are expected to make their returns in this new year.

Part of the reason for this big return has to do with the residual effects of the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Those historic Hollywood effects delayed production across the board. While broadcast series were largely able to air new episodes in 2024, prestige streaming and cable shows — which typically take a bit longer to produce on average — needed a bit more time to bounce back.

But bounce back they did. And it’s not just the “White Loti” and “Andors” of the world fans have to look forward to. Do you love procedural classics? New episodes of...

The year is almost done, Netflix fans. Every month there are some changes to what the giant streams, but something about beginning a new year feels different. Even if you have seen some of the following shows before, you have never seen them in 2025. Not yet anyway.

Netflix goes extra-heavy with new releases at the start of January. There will be new releases throughout the month, but nothing like January 1. You might want to work your monthly calendar around that day alone.

But what is coming out and when? That list is below.

All the new releases coming to Netflix in January 2025January 1

13 Going on 30 (movie)

3 Ninjas: Kick Back (movie)

Apollo 13 (movie)

Blended (movie)

Bruce Almighty (movie)

Colombiana (movie)

Dallas Buyers Club (movie)

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (movie)

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax( movie)

Erin Brockovich (movie)

Hotel Transylvania (movie)

Hotel Transylvania 2 (movie)

I Know What You Did Last Summer...

“Bandidos”, the live-action Mexican-produced ‘heist’ drama TV seties, directed by Adrian Grünberg and Javier Ruiz Caldera, starring Alfonso Dosal, Ester Expósito and Juan Pablo Medina, streams Season 2, January 3, 2025 on Netflix:

“…a group of ‘skilled’ misfits attempt to find a hidden ‘Mayan’ treasure, including con artist ‘Miguel’ who recruits his gang to find the ‘Snake King’ treasure in the ‘Maya Riviera’.

“Other gang characters include Lilí, the scammer, ‘Wilson’, the counterfeiter…

“…Miguel's hacker uncle ‘Lucas’, ‘Octavio’, former cop and mercenary and ‘Citlalí’, the pickpocket…”

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The Netflix January 2025 originals, movies and TV series have been revealed and can be viewed below. The streaming service has also announced the list of movies and TV series leaving next month.

The Netflix January 2025 schedule includes such titles as Alpha Males Season 3, American Primeval, Back in Action, Cunk on Life, Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, Love Is Blind: Germany and Mo Season 2.

The Night Agent Season 2

Also coming are The Night Agent Season 2, The Recruit Season 2, Selling the City, The Upshaws Part 6, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, WWE Raw, Xo, Kitty Season 2 and more.

The January schedule includes the comedy specials Ari Shaffir: America’s Sweetheart, Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy and Liza Treyger: Night Owl.

Netflix January 2025 Schedule

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Lovers Anonymous (Tr) — Netflix Series

Cem, scarred by a childhood that crushed his trust in love, runs the “Love Hospital,” until Hazal, who believes in the power of love,...

Netflix’s all-out assault on the Spanish-language content market is paying off.

The latest Netflix ‘What We Watched’ data dump — or ‘engagement report’ in the streamer’s lexicon — shows seven Spanish-language TV shows, including Money Heist spin-off Berlin, were in the 100 most-watched for the January to June period this year. A further three films made the top 100 in that chart, including Society of the Snow (aka La Sociedad de la Niece) at number three with 103.8 million views.

Netflix has made Spanish-language content, and specifically originals produced out of its huge studios just outside of Spain’s capital Madrid, a major priority in the battle for international streaming subscribers. The strategy appears to be paying off when comparing this latest data set with previous incarnations.

Berlin, which stars Pedro Alonso in the titlular role as a master thief, was the ninth-most-watched TV show with 48.5 million views. The show, a prequel to...

Outer Banks is considered by so many as one of the most fun teen Netflix originals, and they are correct. Created by Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke, the series has something for everyone from romance to teen drama and from adventure to action, and after Season 3 the Netflix series has proven to be a big project for the streamer. So, if you loved the romance, friendships, adventure, and a ton of teen drama in Outer Banks here are some similar shows you should check out while waiting for Season 4.

Surviving Summer (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Surviving Summer is an Australian teen drama series created by Joanna Werner and Josh Mapleston. The Netflix series follows Summer Torres, a rebellious teenage girl as she is expelled from her school in Brooklyn, New York, and moves to Australia where she quickly gets into surfing and becomes a part of a surfing group.

Netflix's Gangs of Galicia (Clanes) is a critically acclaimed Spanish-language TV show that has gained popularity among viewers. The show's intense plot blends a forbidden love story and vengeance, and is based on a real-life police operation that occurred in Spain in the early 1990s. The impressive cast, including Clara Lago, Tamar Novas, Xos A. Tourin, Melania Cruz, Miguel de Lira, and Francesc Garrido, has contributed to the show's success in bringing Jorge Guerricaechevarria's story to life.

Netflixs Gangs of Galicia (Clanes) is one of the best Spanish-language TV shows on the streaming platform. Recently, Netflix has invested in several Spanish TV shows, including The Asunta Case and Bandidos, that have not only been popular with viewers but are also critically acclaimed. Gangs of Galicia features an intense plot that perfectly blends a forbidden love story and vengeance.

Gangs of Galicia is a fictionalized portrayal of a real-life...

Exclusive: Eric Lange (Escape At Dannemora) and Alfonso Dosal (Narcos) have joined the Prime Video series El Gato (w/t) as series regulars. They join the previously announced cast Diego Boneta, Lorenza Izzo, Sarah Jones and Adriana Barraza.

Based on the comic series El Gato Negro by Richard Dominguez, El Gato follows Frank Guerrero (Boneta), who returns home to Mexico after the death of his father and finds himself neck-deep in a nest of vipers – his estranged family – who are vying for control of his father’s business empire. But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he learns his only inheritance, a seemingly worthless parcel of land on the border, sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante — his father, “El Gato.” Now, Frank is in the crosshairs. To survive, he’ll have to solve mysteries decades in the making and unravel the truth about his father’s connections to a modern-day terror plot.

Exclusive: Wonderstreet, the company behind such award-winning and socially impactful features as Beasts of No Nation and The Mauritanian, has enlisted Jenna Mirza Mattison to script a feature adaptation of Dying to Be Me, the international and New York Times bestselling memoir from Anita Moorjani.

Published by Hay House Inc. in September 2014, the memoir recounts how Moorjani was miraculously cured of terminal cancer, just days after a near-death experience. After fighting cancer for years, the author’s body began shutting down — overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Moorjani found that her condition improved so rapidly that she was released from the hospital without a trace of cancer in her body.

Within the pages of the memoir, the author also recounts stories of her childhood,...

International sales and distribution outfit Pink Parrot Media has closed several key deals for Doce Entertainment and Mr. Miyagi Films’ animated kids and family feature “Hanna and the Monsters.”

Agreements have been made with World Visions for Cis, Boxoo for South Korea, Front Row for the Middle East, Gpi for the Baltics, Cinetel for Hungary, Wediacorp for Turkey and Movie Company for Benelux.

Directed by Lorena Ares, “Hanna and the Monsters” unspools in a hidden world where monsters hide from humans that they fear. The monster’s world is thrown into upheaval when four-year-old Hanna finds a portal to Monsterville in her closet.

In Cannes this week, Pink Parrot will also launch world sales (outside of Spain) for the newly acquired second film in a planned trilogy for the franchise, “Hanna and the Forgotten Christmas.” Currently in production, the sequel will be ready for distribution in the first quarter of...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Bandidos season 1.

Bandidos season 1's action-packed ending delivers plot twists until the very last moments. Miguel and his team locate the Aj Took treasure after facing intense drama and treacherous foes. Lili's fake death reveals a hidden plan, setting up a new heist for Bandidos season 2.

Bandidos season 1s ending featured action, adventure, and plot twists until the very last moments. Created by Pablo Tebera, the Spanish language series follows Miguel Morales, the son of Juan Morales, a renowned archeologist who is suffering from Alzheimer's. Miguel, who is down on his luck and is always looking for a way to make it big, encounters Luis Fernndez de Montejo, the great-grandson of Francisco de Montejo, who, legend has it, hid the biggest treasure the world has never seen. The action-adventure series is made even more intriguing because Bandidos was filmed in real archaeological locations.

During a night out,...

Bandidos was the last Netflix Mexico original that dealt with a group of people on the hunt to find ancient gold from an obscure place after laboriously going through many obstacles based on an ancient map. Heist shows are the current rage and also a genre that is being overused. The new Netflix Italian show Brigands: The Quest for Gold is a historical drama that talks about a band of thieves from centuries ago looking for gold whose existence was supposed to be a myth. The miniseries was released on April 23, 2024, on the streaming platform.

This six-episode series had a run time of forty minutes to over fifty minutes each. This bizarre show began with a bunch of brigands of southern Italy centuries ago rebelling against the crown, naming them invaders. These brigands, also known as the Monaco, terrorized villages and ambushed the crown’s army at unexpected places. This time around,...

Exclusive: Wonder Street Entertainment’s Christine and Mark Holder have announced the creation of the Boise Film Festival, which will make its debut October 10-13. The film festival’s epicenter and all screenings will be held at Boise’s Egyptian Theater Screenings (700 West Main Street) and The Flicks (646 West Fulton Street). The Call for Entries has begun with the Regular Deadline set for June 30.

Bff will be designed to highlight the creative community supported by the City of Boise, Idaho, by bringing filmmakers and film and television industry veterans to the city to celebrate independent film via a four-day event which will feature screenings, panels, Q&As, and masterclasses.

The Boise Film Festival will set forth on a mission to be a festival of discovery, looking to find, highlight, and celebrate new cinematic voices and faces, to promote the next generation of film makers and artists. Bff will also include...

The Ides of March were marked this year by a three-way race among high profile filmmakers – Peter Farrelly, Doug Liman and Guy Ritchie – with original streaming film and TV series debuts across Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. But the sleeper success story of the week belonged to Netflix’s Lindsay Lohan rom com movie “Irish Wish.”

Ritchie made a splashy debut on March 7 with Netflix’s “The Gentlemen,” an eight-episode TV heist drama delivered in the director’s signature style. In its second week, “Gentlemen” had solid hold with a modest 30% decline to 1.3 billion minutes watched during the March 15-21 frame, according to original streaming content ratings calculated by Luminate.

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Liman’s “Road House” redux with Jake Gyllenhaal grabbed attention in its March 21 debut on Prime Video. In its first day in release, the title amassed a respectable 121.5 million minutes watched,...

Bandidos: a Netflix hit with a diverse cast, combining comedy, action, and adventure for a thrilling heist series. Watch as treasure hunters in Mexico brave risks for the Snake King's treasure in this top 10 TV show. Miguel, Lilí, and Wilson lead a dynamic crew facing danger and betrayal on their quest for riches.

Bandidos is a seven-episode heist comedy-drama boasting an elaborate ensemble cast of characters. The Mexican-American production premiered on Netflix on March 13, 2024. Loosely translating to "robbers" in Spanish, Bandidos follows a group of treasure hunters as they embark on a perilous underwater adventure, seeking a coveted Mayan artifact called the Snake King's treasure. Netflix's Spanish-language show is created by Pablo Tébar and directed by Adrian Grünberg and Javier Ruiz Caldera, and stars Alfonso Dosal, Ester Expósito, and Juan Pablo Medina in the lead roles.

Set mainly in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, Bandidos was filmed in various locations including Mérida,...

Bandidos is a popular Mexican-American action-adventure show that premiered on Netflix in March 2024. The cast and crew traveled to various locations in Mexico, Spain, and Guatemala while filming. Recognizable locations like Merida, Tulum, and Hotel Hacienda Vista Hermosa were used for filming.

Bandidos revolves around a skilled team of bounty hunters who come together to search for a notorious (and grand) treasure, and the cast and crew of the television show utilized numerous locations in Mexico, Guatemala, and Spain to capture the story. The action-adventure comedy series, created by Pablo Tébar and directed by Adrian Grünberg and Javier Ruiz Caldera, premiered on Netflix on March 13, 2024, and quickly earned a spot on the streaming service's "Top 10 TV Shows" list in the United States, Mexico, and many other countries worldwide. Bandidos is a Mexican-American production, and the Netflix show's primary language is Spanish.

The cast of Bandidos includes:

Alfonso Dosal as Miguel...

The brand-new Mexican Netflix original Bandidos is all about a heist and a robbery. A bunch of misfits who happen to be seasoned criminals are after an ancient treasure that could probably help them lead a luxurious life. The group begins their journey only to find it paved with many obstacles in the form of rivals who might also want the same treasure.

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How Did Miguel Know About Aj Took’s Treasure?

Miguel Morales was a seasoned thief who’d worked with Lili and Wilson for years, and they’d committed many small-time crimes as well. Lili was his ex-girlfriend, and they were looking for a rich person to hoodwink in the hope of making some extra cash. Miguel comes across Luis Montejo, who spoke about Aj Took’s treasure, an ancient Mayan chest of gold that includes the famed gold jaguar. Miguel had some information about it from his father,...

“We’re the perfect bandits. What could possibly go wrong?”

That’s how Bandidos, an action-adventure series about a ragtag crew of bounty hunters searching for the biggest treasure in human history, begins. Turns out… a lot can go wrong. Though they have the key to secure the bag — a treasure map that takes them to ancient ruins and tropical locales — they’re not the only ones hunting it down.

From creator Pablo Tébar (Diablero), Bandidos was directed by Adrian Grünberg (Rambo: Last Blood) and Javier Ruiz Caldera (Spy Time). The series stars Alfonso Dosal, Ester Expósito, and Juan Pablo Medina.

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Con man Miguel (Dosal) is flat broke and needs money to help out his legendary archaeologist father, Juan Morales (Bichir), who has Alzheimer’s. While working at a luxury hotel, Miguel spots his old pal Lilí (Expósito...

Bandidos, the Mexican Netflix Original, which loosely translates to robbers in Spanish, is a seven-episode heist comedy drama. A heist drama has to focus on a large cast planning the deed together, as seen in many films in the genre. Every person has a role to play in the bigger scheme of things as they focus on carrying out a crime. Bandidos has several such characters who play their part diligently to reach the end point, which is to claim the ancient treasure they are seeking.

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Miguel Morales

The leader of the group is a seasoned thief who has immense knowledge of history and archaeology thanks to his father. Miguel was raised by Juan Morales, who spent most of his time looking for treasure and chasing archaeologists in the hope of seeking ancient treasures. Juan was a professor, but in the present day, he is suffering from dementia.

When one thinks of heist comedy, everyone only has the Ocean’s series by Steven Soderbergh to turn to. This was followed by Money Heist, which was not a comedy as such but a full-fledged drama that received cult status in no time upon its release. Following in its footsteps, Bandidos, the brand-new Mexican Netflix Original, is all about a bunch of misfits who are thieves by profession and want to carry out a heist that could turn out to be one of the best experiences of their lives. Created by Pablo Tébar and directed by Adrian Gunberg, the show was released on March 13, 2024.

Bandidos consists of seven episodes that have a runtime of thirty-five to fifty minutes and features several characters, namely Miguel, Wilson, Lili, Lucas, and Citlali. They all are a bunch of robbers, forgers, and hackers who have come together after Miguel came across a map that...

I remember watching heist movies as a kid and thinking to myself, Why would anyone risk their life for gold? Why can’t people just work? But then I grew up and began to understand how this capitalist world works. I’d rather that this does not become another one of my commentaries on human greed. However, I can’t help but wonder: if I had the resources to do so, would I go on a mind-boggling, life-threatening hunt for treasure through the ruins of the Mayan or Aztec civilizations? I have played the Tomb Raider and Uncharted games, but would I do it for a fortune?

While the possibility is quite tempting to think about, I am quite lazy and will never move beyond the stage where I get off my couch and start planning. There are folks like us who like making money the way society wants us to,...

Alfonso Dosal, a prominent Mexican actor, has captivated audiences with his versatile performances and undeniable talent. Born on March 13, 1985, in Mexico City, Alfonso Dosal, whose full name is Manuel Alfonso Castro Dosal, has emerged as a rising star in the entertainment industry. With a career spanning over a decade, Dosal has garnered critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. In this article, we will delve into the early life and career of Alfonso Dosal, his personal life, notable filmography, and his achievements in the industry.

Alfonso Dosal was born and raised in Mexico City, where he developed a passion for acting from a young age. After spending eight years in Querétaro, he returned to his birthplace and pursued his dream of becoming an actor. Dosal honed his skills at Casa Azul, a renowned acting school, where he refined his craft and prepared for a successful career in the entertainment industry.

Ester Expósito was born on January 26, 2000, in Madrid, Spain. From a young age, she displayed a keen interest in the artistic world and knew that acting was her true calling. At the age of 16, after completing her studies, Expósito decided to pursue her dream and enrolled in acting courses.

Expósito’s talent and dedication quickly caught the attention of industry insiders. In 2013 and 2015, she received recognition for her acting skills, winning the Best Actress award at the Madrid Theater Awards. These early accolades set the stage for what was to come in her career.

One of Expósito’s most significant breakthroughs came with her role in the Netflix teen drama series, Élite. She portrayed the character of Carla Rosón Caleruega, a complex and intriguing character that captured the attention of audiences worldwide. Expósito’s portrayal of Carla showcased her ability to bring depth and authenticity to her performances, solidifying her...

Amazon MGM Studios’ Gato Grande label will launch a new division focused on producing English language series and films sourced from Latin American intellectual properties. Its first project, “Clipperton,” is based on best-selling Colombian author Laura Restrepo’s novel “The Isle of Passion.”

“Clipperton” follows the true story of a group of Mexican castaways stranded on a remote island who must try to survive while maintaining their relationships.

The new division’s goal is to produce premium, scripted television and features for mainstream U.S. and global audiences. The idea is to create commercial content across all genres that escapes the “commonplace tropes of Latinos generally seen in media,” according to the company’s statement.

The film projects will focus on developing and producing high-concept stories in comedy, drama and sci-fi, with budgets ranging from $5 million to $30 million. In television, Gato Grande plans to develop a wide range of content...

"Is ingenuity — and a pinch of good luck — enough to save this band of thieves with an improvised plan?" Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a Spanish language adventure comedy, tropical heist series titled Bandidos, arriving for streaming in March. This "Bandits" series features a massive underwater heist and other adventures along the paradise that is the Mexican Caribbean. A Mayan treasure never seen before... until now. Will they be able to achieve their great heist with an improvised plan and a bit of good luck? The exciting adventure series follows the story of Miguel and his accomplice Lilí, who are joined by a group of bandits as they attempt to retrieve treasure from an underwater grave of a Spanish galleon that sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the War of Independence. However, they’re not the only ones after this highly sought after bounty. Bandidos stars Alfonso Dosal,...

Netflix has promoted Carolina Leconte to replace Roberto Stopello.

She has been named Senior Director of Content at Netflix Latin America, and will oversee series and film in Mexico, while continuing to lead regional licensing and co-productions in Latin America.

This comes after we revealed Stopello was exiting Netflix Latam, where he was VP of Series in Latin America at Netflix. Deadline understands he plans to move back to the U.S. for family reasons.

Leconte has been with Netflix has Director, Original Series in Latin America since 2021. During that time, she has led productions such as the second season of Colombian hit The Marked Heart, which was one of the most popular non-English TV series on the streamer in 2022; and Fake Profile, which stayed in the global Top 10 for non-English series for six weeks last year.

She also worked on Love After Music, a series based on the career of Argentinian musician Fito Paéz,...

Exclusive: Netflix drama exec Roberto Stopello has exited his Mexico City-based role with the company, but will continue to collaborate with the streamer on scripted fare, Deadline has learned.

Stopello was VP of Series in Latin America at Netflix. He has now left and Deadline understands he plans to move back to the U.S. for family reasons.

Prior to joining Netflix in 2018, Stopello served a long stint at Telemundo, occupying various writing and development roles across a 15-year career at the NBCUniversal-owned Spanish language broadcaster.

He was one of the creators of smash-hit telenovela Reina Del Sur and has numerous writing credits.

Stopello had been putting a Netflix stamp on the novella genre, working closely with writers and creators and looking to blend elements of classic telenovelas with drama series to create shows that resonated both on home turf and around the world.

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Consider the hatchet buried between Don Omar and Cosculluela. The two reggaeton artists decided to meet in the middle on their first-ever collaboration, “Bandidos,” which simmers over a theatrical beat and makes room for both musicians to boast about their skillset while settling their feud.

“It has been a great journey to collaborate with Cosculluela on this song,” Omar shared in a statement. “He was the one who approached me, and I have to say that the result was beyond what we expected. The energy that we put behind our...

Manuel García-Rulfo has been cast in the title role of Netflix’s Spanish-language film Pedro Páramo. Shooting has begun on the Mexican film, which marks cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s directorial debut.

García-Rulfo is best known for Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer, which debuted last year. He is leading Pedro Páramo opposite Tenoch Huerta, who will play Juan Preciado in the Mateo Gil adaptation of the Juan Rulfo novel.

They are joined by Ilse Salas, Mayra Batalla, Héctor Kotsifakis, Roberto Sosa, Dolores Heredia, Giovanna Zacarías, Noé Hernández and Yoshira Escárrega among others.

Rulfo’s original novel follows a man who attempts to meet his father for the first time after his mother’s death, only to find a ghost town filled with spectral figures and discovers the reckless and dangerous choices his dad made during his life.

“Our commitment to Mexican cinema takes on a whole new dimension with the start of production of Pedro Páramo,...