Netflix has acquired the rights to develop Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude as a new Spanish language series that will be available globally.
Solitude was first published in 1967 and since that time has sold an estimated 50 million copies and is considered one of the most significant works of the 20th Century.
García Márquez's sons Rodrigo Garcia and Gonzalo García Barcha will serve as executive producers on the series, which will be filmed mainly in Colombia.
"For decades our father was reluctant to sell the film rights to Cien Años de Soledad because he believed that it could not be made under the time constraints of a feature film, or that producing it in a language other than Spanish would not do it justice," says Garcia in a statement.
"But in the current golden age of series, with the level of talented writing and directing, the cinematic quality of content, and the acceptance by worldwide audiences of programs in foreign languages, the time could not be better to bring an adaptation to the extraordinary global viewership that Netflix provides."
"We are excited to support Netflix and the filmmakers in this venture, and eager to see the final product."
"We are incredibly honoured to be entrusted with the first filmed adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a timeless and iconic story from Latin America that we are thrilled to share with the world," says Francisco Ramos, vice president for Spanish Language Originals for Netflix.
"We know our members around the world love watching Spanish-language films and series and we feel this will be a perfect match of project and our platform."
"For decades our father was reluctant to sell the film rights to Cien Años de Soledad because he believed that it could not be made under the time constraints of a feature film, or that producing it in a language other than Spanish would not do it justice," says Garcia in a statement.
"But in the current golden age of series, with the level of talented writing and directing, the cinematic quality of content, and the acceptance by worldwide audiences of programs in foreign languages, the time could not be better to bring an adaptation to the extraordinary global viewership that Netflix provides."
"We are excited to support Netflix and the filmmakers in this venture, and eager to see the final product."
"We are incredibly honoured to be entrusted with the first filmed adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a timeless and iconic story from Latin America that we are thrilled to share with the world," says Francisco Ramos, vice president for Spanish Language Originals for Netflix.
"We know our members around the world love watching Spanish-language films and series and we feel this will be a perfect match of project and our platform."