«Who Killed Sara» is a Mexican mystery thriller streaming television series created by José Ignacio Valenzuela and produced by Perro Azul.
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- Who Killed Sara? is a Mexican mystery thriller streaming TV series.
- It was created by José Ignacio Valenzuela.
- It was produced by Perro Azul.
- It was released for Netflix on 24 March 2021.
- The series stars Manolo Cardona as Álex Guzmán, a man convicted for the murder of his sister, a crime that he did not commit.
- Season 2 premiered on 19 May 2021. 2 months after the release of the first one.
- At the end of the Season 2 finale credits, it is revealed that Season 3 is upcoming
- Season 3 was the final season.
- It premiered on May 18, 2022 on Netflix.
- The studio Perro Azul has their headquarters in Mexico City and is part of Netflix’s Latin America offices
- The first and second season were directed by David Ruiz and Bernardo de la Rosa.
- José Ignacio Valenzuela, Alexis Fridman, and Juan Uruchurtu (from Perro Azul) were also in charge of the production.
- According to Eugenio Siller, the production gave the actors the liberty to add to the personalities of their characters.
- The first and second season were filmed consecutively under strict safety guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Each city in Mexico has their own safety guidelines and the production moved around from city to city that allowed them to film, such as Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Puebla.
- Shooting locations also include Acapulco and Valle de Bravo (Lake Avándaro).
- Upon its release, Who Killed Sara? claimed the number one spot for the most-streamed show for several weeks in the United States.
- According to the streaming service’s public ranking system, the show went to become the most popular foreign show during its second week.
- On 21 April 2021, Netflix reported that the series has been seen by 55 million households during its first 28 days and went to become the most popular foreign show.
- Manolo Cardona who plays Alex thought the show would only be a hit in Mexico,Colombia,Brazil, Puerto Rico and other latin American countries he never thought it would be a global sensation
- ”Who Killed Sara” Became one of Netflix’s Most Popular Foreign-Language Series In U.S. after Money Heist in (2017-18)
- The second time Gines García Millán plays a patriarch of a rich family with Dark secrets, the other was White Lines also a Netflix production
- This is Manolo Cardona’s second Netflix show; the first one being Narcos although he was only in a supporting role
- The show main actors are not all from Mexico. Some are From Venezuela, Spain, Colombia and Puerto Rico pretty rare for a latin American show tv show. That usually in telenovelas mostly cast Mexican actors.
- The show first and second season where being recorded during the pandemic (2020)
- José Ignacio Valenzuela writer/Creator never thought the show would become a global sensation.
- Eugenio Siller plays a character named Chema. Luis Roberto Guzmán who plays his romantic partner in the show also played a character with the same name in La otra Familia
- José Ignacio Valenzuela third mystery story his other’s are “La Casa De Al Lado” & “Santa Diabla” although both are telenovelas
- The majority of the cast members are from telenovelas which makes the assumption from people that she show is a telenovela
- Luis Roberto Guzmán second time portraying a gay character the second was in the movie “La otra Familia”.
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