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[03/12/26 - 07:41 AM]
Netflix Develops an Unprecedented Series About the Passionate and Turbulent Lives of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
The series is the story of a bomb wrapped in silk; a bomb that is the two of them, that is Mexico, and that is, inevitably, the entire world.







UNTITLED FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA SERIES (NETFLIX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
3/12/26
STATUS:
currently in development (2025-2026 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
(from Netflix's press release, March 2026) Netflix is developing a series that delves into the passionate and turbulent lives of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, exploring how their love, betrayals, and work were shaped by a political, social, and artistic context in constant effervescence. Told from the most intimate side of the Dove and the Elephant, it follows the story of a woman who refuses to be just a muse and decides to tell her own version of pain, and of a man struggling to sustain his creative genius in the face of his contradictions - revealing how their relationship became an engine, a battlefield, and a public spectacle. The series is the story of a bomb wrapped in silk; a bomb that is the two of them, that is Mexico, and that is, inevitably, the entire world.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Gabriel Ripstein as DIR
· Mónica Lozano as PROD
· Patricia Riggen as DIR
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Alebrije Producciones