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Netflix Developing Frida KahloDiego Rivera Series Led by Mexican Filmmakers

Guided by Mexican filmmakers, based on Claire Berest’s biography, the project remains in writing and research with casting or dates unannounced.

Overview

  • Patricia Riggen and Gabriel Ripstein will co-direct the untitled drama for Netflix.
  • Mónica Lozano is producing, with María Renée Prudencio adapting Claire Berest’s Rien n’est noir as head writer.
  • The series will examine the couple’s love, betrayals, and creative lives within the political and social forces of their era.
  • The creative team says it aims to humanize both artists, avoid clichéd period-piece tropes, and employ a modern, transgressive tone.
  • Netflix lists the project as in development with no title, cast, filming start, or release timeline, aligning with the company’s expanded Mexico slate and new national production incentives.