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It’s back! Netflix to screen Casa de Papel aka Money Heist Series 3 in July

US streaming giant Netflix announced it will release the third part of its hit Spanish crime caper "Money Heist" in July.

Published: 2 April 2019 10:15 CEST

It's back! Netflix to screen Casa de Papel aka Money Heist Series 3 in July

La Casa de Papel is Netflix's most watched non-English language series. Photo: Netflix

“The vacation is over. 'Money Heist returns July 19,” the company said in a statement.

The series, about a long-prepared, multiple-day assault on the Royal Mint of Spain, is Netflix's most watched non-English language show, the company said last year.

Netflix also released a 30-second trailer for the third part of the series.

Several returning cast members are seen in the video, including Miguel Heran who plays Rio and Ursula Corbero who depicts Tokyo.

The short clip shows their characters relaxing on a tropical island as well as dozens of armed police who appear headed to try to detain them.

Spain's Atresmedia and Vancouver Media produced the first two parts of the series, called “La Casa de Papel” in Spanish, which was broadcast initially on private Spanish TV station Antenna 3 in 2017.

Netflix acquired the series in late 2017 and re-released in worldwide, turning it into a global phenomenon. The success of the show, which won the Emmy for best international drama in 2018, led Netflix to open last year its first European production hub in Madrid.

READ MORE: Six Spanish Netflix Series you need to see right now

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Berlinale to host outdoor festival for film fans in June

An empty area outside the Berlinale Palast in March 2020. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Paul Zinken

The coronavirus outbreak forced the Berlinale, one of Europe’s top cinema showcases, to push back its usual February event and split it into two parts.

It held an all-online edition for critics and industry buyers in March and will now press on with an exclusively outdoor festival for the general public June 9th-20th.

“The Berlinale is pleased to be able to give audiences the enjoyment of an open-air cinema experience at 16 venues in total at the Summer Special,” it said in a statement.

It said Berlin’s falling infection rate “as well as positive signals by government offices” had led to the decision.

“Audiences will be getting a very special, collective festival experience – something we’ve all been missing for such a long time,” organisers said.

The June edition “is geared towards re-igniting the desire to go to the cinema, and to contributing to the revival of cultural activities with an audience”.

READ ALSO: Germany holds virtual Berlinale film fest

The programme will be made up primarily of movies shown online at the March edition, including the winners of its Golden and Silver Bear prizes, which will be awarded at a gala ceremony on June 13th.

Existing open-air cinemas throughout the city as well as a specially created site on Berlin’s historic Museum Island will serve as venues and comply with pandemic hygiene rules.

Ticket sales will begin on May 27th.

The global coronavirus outbreak has dealt a body blow to the cinema industry and created major complications for film distribution and production for over a year.

Cannes, the world’s top film festival, usually held in May, has been postponed to July 6-17 this year due to the pandemic and was cancelled outright last year.

The Berlinale, now in its 71st year, awarded its Golden Bear top prize in March to the biting social satire “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” by Romania’s Radu Jude.

The city of Berlin on Monday reported a seven-day coronavirus incidence just over the 100-mark, meaning cinemas, restaurants and other facilities remain closed.

However, officials are hopeful that an accelerating vaccination campaign and tightened lockdown measures will bring infections down soon, allowing for an at least partial reopening.

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