Money Heist Berlin just got a release window. In an announcement teaser starring returning actor Pedro Alonso, Netflix revealed that the spin-off series will land this December. Set before the events of the cult favourite mainline show, Berlin serves as an origin story of sorts, which follows the iconic jewel thief Andrés de Fonollosa/ Berlin, as he constructs a series of heists across Europe, with an entirely new crew. Money Heist franchise creator Álex Pina returns to co-write the eight-episode-long project with David Oliva and David Barrocal. Both previously worked on Netflix's Sky Rojo series.
The Netflix's Tudum event last year (via Collider).
Previously, the studio Filming on Berlin began October 3 in Paris, with production expanding onto Madrid in the later weeks.
For the uninitiated, Berlin sacrificed himself in acknowledged in the Netflix documentary Money Heist: The Phenomenon.
In an season 5 in 2021. “We do have many possibilities for some spinoffs, yes, and I think that's thanks to the strong and powerful identities of the characters,” he said. “We've always looked for characters to have a very complex, layered design. So I think almost every character of Money Heist has a duality that we would like to see in a spinoff. We could watch any of them in other contexts.”
Berlin, the Money Heist spin-off series is slated for a December release on Netflix.