'El Eternauta' series starts to become reality: filming began in Buenos Aires

The first audiovisual adaptation of the iconic graphic novel by Héctor Germán Oesterheld illustrated by Francisco Solano López, will be a contemporary version produced by Netflix together with K&S Films and Bruno Stagnaro.

Bruno Stagnaro, its director and responsible for the script, shares his vision with us:

For me, El Eternauta represents my father bringing me the comics every week. I believe it was one of the first things I read in its entirety in my life, at the age of 10, and it had a profound impact on my way of understanding fiction made in my country.

The feeling that first reading left me was with me throughout my life and, in some way, had a great influence on what I did later... A feeling that the city is a living presence, almost like one more character.

I think that part of the charm of making El Eternauta is understanding how to overcome the technical difficulty involved in building the world in which it happens. This will be an unusual challenge for our industry, and that motivates me a lot, because I believe it can set a precedent on facing this type of project in our country.

My approach to the adaptation will be to be faithful to that child reader who looked at the story for the first time, trying to reconstruct the genuine emotion of living an adventure in the corner of the neighborhood and the construction of that great Argentine hero who is Juan Salvo.

Matías Mosteirin, executive producer of K&S Films, adds:

Producing El Eternauta is an enormous technical and artistic challenge and entails a great responsibility, that is why we are working with the best and most talented argentine professionals, and with a great author and director such as Bruno. We have been working on the development of this project for a few years to ensure that it is up to the quality of the original work. Starting the production is the materialization of a dream for the whole K&S team.

Martín M. Oesterheld -grandson of the author and writer of the original graphic novel- who participates as a creative consultant of the series, complements:

We have been working with Bruno on the development of the scripts for his adaptation of El Eternauta for some years. The story of the resistance of Juan Salvo and his brave group of combatants is a true challenge for the entire Argentine audiovisual industry, a local look at how to make science fiction, from this 'Southern Hemisphere that is also part of the planet', as my dear grandfather would say.

About El Eternauta, the series:

After a deadly snowstorm that kills millions, Juan Salvo along with a group of survivors fight against an alien threat, controlled by an invisible force.

Ricardo Darín will play Juan Salvo, this being his debut in an original Netflix production. Also joining the cast are: Carla Peterson, César Troncoso, Andrea Pietra, Ariel Staltari, Marcelo Subiotto, Claudio Martínez Bel, Orianna Cárdenas and Mora Fisz, among other actors and actresses.

It will have 6 episodes that have been written by Bruno Stagnaro, along with Ariel Staltari.

Filming will take place on locations and sets in Buenos Aires.

Credits

Based on the graphic novel "El Eternauta" by Héctor G. Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López

Directed by: Bruno Stagnaro.

Written by: Bruno Stagnaro and Ariel Staltari.

Creative Consultant: Martín M. Oesterheld.

Cast: Ricardo Darín, Carla Peterson, César Troncoso, Andrea Pietra, Ariel Staltari, Marcelo Subiotto, Claudio Martínez Bel, Orianna Cárdenas and Mora Fisz.

A K&S Films Production

Producers: Hugo Sigman, Matías Mosteirin, Leticia Cristi and Diego Copello.

About K&S Films

K&S FILMS is one of the leading production companies in Argentina and Latin America, with a history of more than 20 years in the film industry. Its main motivation is to generate innovative projects by outstanding directors that could be attractive to national and international audiences.

Among its titles, the series for Netflix that stands out are: The Kingdom (season 1 and 2- created by Marcelo Piñeyro and Claudia Piñeiro) and Community Squad (created by Santiago Korovsky). Also the Oscar nominee in the Best Foreign Film category, Wild Tales (Damián Szifron); winner of the Bafta for best foreign film, El Clan (Pablo Trapero); winner of the Silver Lion for best director at the Venice Festival, El Angel (Luis Ortega); Argentine representative before the academy for the selection for best foreign film, The Accused (Gonzalo Tobal); Official Competition of the Venice Film Festival and Heroic Losers (Sebastián Borensztein).

K&S Films has provided production services to companies such as Warner Bros. Pictures (Focus), New Regency (The Revenant), UGC (Lucky Luke), MK2 (On The Road, A Monkey On My Shoulder), Netflix (The Two Popes) , MGM (Operation Final) and Amazon (The End of Love).