A new dystopian sci-fi series with a stellar multinational cast, creative and technical team from Latin America and Spain is set to mark another milestone for Spanish-language science fiction. The Future is Ours stars Uruguay’s Enzo Vogrincic (Society of the Snow), Mexico’s Emiliano Zurita (No One Saw Us Leave), Argentina’s Delfina Chaves (Máxima), Colombia’s Marleyda Soto (One Hundred Years of Solitude) and Argentina’s Marco Antonio Caponi (Yosi, the Regretful Spy).
Netflix has kicked off production on the eight-episode limited series, which follows the global success of the groundbreaking The Eternaut, another Spanish-language sci-fi series it produced in Argentina that showcased the region’s technical expertise and production capabilities.
The Future is Ours is based on Philip K. Dick’s 1956 novel The World Jones Made, which has never been adapted for the screen and also marks the first Spanish-language adaptation of the author’s work. The novel tells the story of a man with prophetic abilities who becomes a demagogue in a future society. It explores themes of fate versus free will, political systems, and humanity’s hunger for belief and purpose. The Latin American adaptation dispenses with the author’s post-nuclear war apocalypse, instead focusing on ecological collapse.
Dick’s novels have inspired numerous landmark screen adaptations including Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly and The Man in the High Castle.
“We have approached Philip K. Dick’s work with great respect and admiration, finding themes that are powerfully relevant today,” says Francisco Ramos, Vice President of Content for Latin America at Netflix. “Without a doubt, the challenge is immense, but we are proud to tell a story that will show Latin America as a force of resistance in the new order. It will be an unprecedented production of the highest ambition in Latin America that will demonstrate that these types of stories can also be told from our countries, in Spanish and with exceptional quality.”
