Production begins on Club de Cuervos, Netflix’s Spanish-language Original Comedy Series Launching Globally in 2015

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January 14, 2015

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Netflix, the world’s leading Internet television network, announced that production has commenced in various locations in Mexico on the new Spanish-language comedy and Netflix Original, Club de Cuervos, that will launch globally on Netflix in 2015.

Luis Gerardo Mendez, Gaz Alazraki, and Mariana Trevino (Credit: Daniel Daza for Netflix)

The 13 episode series from Alazraki Entertainment, which reunites the team from “We Are The Nobles” with Luis Gerardo Mendez (“We Are The Nobles”, “Cantinflas”) in the leading role, centers on a family feud among heirs of a soccer club after the owner’s death.

The confirmed cast includes Mariana Trevino (“Una Ultima y Nos Vamos”, “Amor de Mis Amores”), Stephanie Cayo (“La Hipocondriaca”), Daniel Gimenez Cacho (“The Zone” “Tear My Heart Out” “Innocent Voices” “Bad Education”), Antonio de la Vega (“La Mentira”), Ianis Guerrero (“We Are The Nobles”), Jesus Zavala (“Malaventura”), Veronica Teran (“In the Time of the Butterflies”), Emilio Guerrero (“Pulling Strings” “Capadocia” “Under the Salt”), Eileen Yanez (“Capadocia”), Carlos Bardem (“The Zone”), Oscar Olivares (“Capadocia”), Sofía Sisniega (“Gossip Girl: Acapulco”) and Sofia Nino de Rivera (stand-up comedian), among others.

Produced by Gaz Alazraki, Leo Zimbron and Mike Lam, the story was created by Mike Lam and will be directed by Gaz Alazraki for Netflix.

About Netflix

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About Alazraki Entertainment

Alazraki Entertainment is a production company based in Mexico that produces films, television series, plays, web content and commercials. Its focus is on shared strategic alliances with film and television studios to collaborate on projects with the freshest and most exciting talent in Mexico.