Netflix has released a trailer for an adaptation of the award-winning novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, written by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez.
The teaser, which was released by the streaming service on Wednesday, shows several generations of the Buendía family who live in the fictional town of Macondo. The series will closely follow García Márquez's original text, which follows several generations of the same family.
An exact release date for the sixteen-part series has not been confirmed.
The synopsis of the series reads “married against their parents' wishes, cousins José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán leave their village behind and embark on a long journey in search of a new home. Accompanied by friends and adventurers, their journey culminates with the founding of a utopian town on the banks of a river of prehistoric stones that they baptize Macondo.
Several generations of the Buendía lineage will mark the future of this mythical town, tormented by madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war, and the fear of a terrible curse that condemns them, without hope, to one hundred years of solitude.”
Netflix acquired the rights to adapt the novel in 2019, and in 2022 released a short teaser to celebrate the 40th anniversary of García Márquez winning the Nobel Prize for literature. The author's sons, Rodrigo García and Gonzalo García Barcha, will serve as executive producers.
One Hundred Years of Solitude was first published in 1967. It has since been translated into 46 languages and sold over 50 million copies. García Márquez passed away in 2014.
The series is being directed by Argentinian filmmaker Alex Garcia Lopez and the Colombian director Laura Mora. Lopez is best known for directing episodes of The Witcher, Daredevil, and Cowboy Bebop.
One Hundred Years of Solitude releases on Netflix later in 2024.
