Sky Rojo, you d be excused for anticipating a kinetic cross-pollination of the campy sexploitation of Russ Meyer’s
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and the cross-country tale of female revenge of
Thelma and Louise. You would also be gravely disappointed by this turgid and soulless tale of three prostitutes on the run coming to Netflix on March 19. In expanding its Spanish-language offerings, Netflix has Álex Pina, creator of the very popular
La casa de papel (
Money Heist) and the English-language
White Lines, team up with Esther Martínez Lobato for the female-led
Sky Rojo.
The pedigree is important here as Netflix and other streamers invest heavily in showrunner brands, from Ryan Murphy to Shonda Rhimes. Can these creators churn out quality programming consistently in a never-ending, all-consuming, and binge-driven media landscape? It’s a nagging question that haunts
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Netflix Spain’s most ambitious series release of 2021, “Sky Rojo,” the new original from “Money Heist” creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, will launch in nine days time, premiering worldwide on the platform March 19.
Shifting from the dark, almost noir aesthetics of “Money Heist,” the new series utilizes a brightly colored, grindhouse aesthetic for the new series in a mix of genres its creators have dubbed “Latin Pulp.” The series is also a departure in format for the two, who trade in the hour-long episodes of “Money Heist” for eight punchy, 25-minute episodes, to be copied in the series’ already-confirmed second season.