Cash Heist Berlin simply received a launch window. In an announcement teaser starring returning actor Pedro Alonso, Netflix revealed that the spin-off sequence will land this December. Set earlier than the occasions of the cult favorite mainline present, Berlin serves as an origin story of kinds, which follows the enduring jewel thief Andrés de Fonollosa/ Berlin, as he constructs a sequence of heists throughout Europe, with a completely new crew. Cash Heist franchise creator Álex Pina returns to co-write the eight-episode-long mission with David Oliva and David Barrocal. Each beforehand labored on Netflix’s Sky Rojo sequence.
The Berlin teaser builds upon the aforementioned premise of building, with Berlin (Alonso) planning a jewel heist at an public sale home. He will be seen messing round with a mannequin of the world — putting paper fashions of the getaway automobile, decoys, and the safety personnel, who can be guarding the enormous protected. He’s then seen inspecting the valued treasure, earlier than getting distracted by the cutout of a mysterious girl in his mannequin. The unnamed character is implied as Berlin’s love curiosity within the story. “That is going to be a visit all through the golden years of the character. When he was stealing throughout Europe, head over heels in love,” creator Pina stated, throughout Netflix’s Tudum occasion final 12 months (by way of Collider).
Beforehand, the studio unveiled Berlin’s new gang of characters, who assisted him in his enterprise, lengthy earlier than he received concerned with the masked heist group from the mainline Cash heist sequence. The brand new faces embrace Tristán Ulloa (Terminator: Darkish Destiny) because the philanthropic professor Damián, Michelle Jenner because the tech wiz Keila, Begoña Vargas because the unhinged Cameron, Julio Peña Fernández because the decided Roi, and Joel Sánchez who performs Bruce, a relentless man of motion. Filming on Berlin started October 3 in Paris, with manufacturing increasing onto Madrid within the later weeks.
For the uninitiated, Berlin sacrificed himself in Cash Heist season 2, leaving followers with many unanswered questions with regard to his character. Hopefully, this upcoming spin-off sequence sheds gentle on his sufferings with Helmer’s Myopathy, the muscle-weakening illness that had shortened his lifespan. Whereas all this appears harsh, keep in mind that the character of Berlin was a racist and a misogynist — a trait even the actor Alonso and creator Pina acknowledged within the Netflix documentary Cash Heist: The Phenomenon.
In an interview with Oprah Day by day, Pina touched upon the concept of exploring extra spin-offs within the Cash Heist universe, because the mainline present ended with season 5 in 2021. “We do have many prospects for some spinoffs, sure, and I feel that is because of the sturdy and highly effective identities of the characters,” he stated. “We have all the time appeared for characters to have a really complicated, layered design. So I feel nearly each character of Cash Heist has a duality that we want to see in a derivative. We might watch any of them in different contexts.”
Berlin, the Cash Heist spin-off sequence is slated for a December launch on Netflix.
