Prime Video Announces New Original Series, The House of the Spirits

Based on the beloved novel by Chilean writer Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits is set in an unnamed Latin American country over the course of three generations

Eva Longoria to Executive Produce Alongside FilmNation Entertainment

SANTIAGO, Chile—July 17, 2024—Today, Prime Video announced The House of the Spirits, an upcoming eight-episode Original series based on Isabel Allende’s best-selling homonymous book. With over 70 million copies sold, it is considered one of the most important novels of the 20th century, and had a previous film adaptation in 1993. Isabel Allende and Eva Longoria will be part of the production as executive producers, along with showrunners Francisca Alegría, Fernanda Urrejola, and Andrés Wood.

The series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.

The all-star international cast will include Alfonso Herrera (Sense 8, Ozark), Dolores Fonzi (Blondi, Somos Belén), Nicole Wallace (Culpa Mía, Skam), Juan Pablo Raba (Narcos, News of a Kidnapping), Fernanda Castillo (El Señor de los Cielos, Isla Brava), and more to be announced.

The series will be filmed entirely in Spanish, set in Chile, and produced by FilmNation, the latest Palme d’Or Award-winning team (Anora, Promising Young Woman), with the support of Fabula, the Chilean Academy Award-winning producer (The Eternal Memory, A Fantastic Woman).

The House of the Spirits is a magnificent family saga that tells the epic tale of a proud and passionate family, secret loves, and bloody revolution. The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.

“My first novel The House of the Spirits has been in print out in the world for 40 years, and now it will be a wonderful series on Amazon with Eva Longoria leading a dream creative team. I hope everyone enjoys it,” said Isabel Allende, author of the original novel and executive producer of the series.

“It’s a dream come true for us to bring The House of the Spirits to life for audiences around the world,” said Javiera Balmaceda, head of Local Originals for Latin America, Canada and Australia at Amazon Studios. “From the inception, our goal has been to celebrate Allende’s literary masterpiece by featuring brilliant Latin American talent, both in front of and behind the camera, and by taking a groundbreaking approach to the story. We’re honored to accompany viewers on an unforgettable journey into the world of the Trueba family, navigating tumultuous relationships and the revolutionary backdrop of their lives.”

“Isabel Allende is an exceptional storyteller that has touched lives across the globe with her writing. We couldn’t be prouder to be a part of such an ambitious adaptation of her seminal novel The House of the Spirits and to be working alongside an international team of award-winning artists coming together with a shared passion and deep connection to the novel,” said FilmNation CEO Glen Basner and SVP Television and Executive Producer Courtney Saladino in a joint statement.

The House of the Spirits will join the thousands of international movies and TV shows in the Prime Video catalogue, including Chilean-produced Amazon Original productions such as Sayen, Desconectados, Los Sobrevivientes: Colonia Dignidad, and La Jauría, as well as award-winning and critically acclaimed global Amazon Original series including Citadel, The Boys, The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, all on Prime Video, which is available at no extra cost for Amazon Prime members.

Prime Video members will be able to watch The House of the Spirits on the Prime Video app for smart TVs and mobile devices, on three simultaneous screens, as well as via their Entel, WOM, or Movistar mobile or fixed internet subscription, as well as VTR subscription. In the Prime Video app, Prime Video members can download episodes on their mobile devices and tablets and watch anywhere offline at no additional cost. Prime Video is available in Chile for just $5.790 a month, new customers can find out more at primevideo.com.
 

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About FilmNation Entertainment
FilmNation Entertainment is a leading independent entertainment company that produces, finances, and distributes award-winning films, television series, podcasts and theater productions that combine strong creative voices and global appeal. FilmNation is also the home of Infrared, a new film production label focused on films with franchise potential.

FilmNation’s award-winning film productions include Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival starring Amy Adams; Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s The Big Sick; Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan; Sean Baker’s Red Rocket starring Simon Rex; Tobias Lindholm’s The Good Nurse starring Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne; Christos Nikou’s Fingernails starring Riz Ahmed; and John Carney’s Flora and Son, starring Eve Hewson. Consistently ranked as one of the highest-grossing independent international film distributors, FilmNation has internationally distributed four-time Academy Award winner The King’s Speech starring Colin Firth; Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike starring Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey; Pedro Almodóvar’s Dolor y Gloria starring Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz; The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch; Channing Tatum’s DOG; and Lenny Abrahamson’s Room for which Brie Larson garnered the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Since its founding in 2008, the company has expanded beyond its film roots. FilmNation launched its television division with I Know This Much is True for HBO, for which Mark Ruffalo earned the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. The company is currently in production on the upcoming series Small Town, Big Story for Sky, from creator Chris O’Dowd and starring Christina Hendricks and Paddy Considine. With teams in both Los Angeles and London, FilmNation’s television division is currently developing multiple new projects with global appeal.

FilmNation’s theater investments include the recent runaway West End and Broadway hit, Prima Facie, which earned Jodie Comer the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play and the Olivier Award for Best Actress; The Sound Inside, which earned Mary-Louise Parker the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play; and The Band’s Visit, one of four productions ever to win the ‘big six’ Tony awards including Best Musical. Other productions include The Pillowman, written by Martin McDonagh, which was recently revived for a West End run.

FilmNation’s podcasting division is the home of non-fiction storytelling for the company, featuring character-driven storytelling and original voices uniquely suited to the medium. Popular podcasts include SNAFU with Ed Helms for iHeartMedia, which recently won the Signal Award for Best Writing – Limited Series and Specials and History – Limited Series and Specials and received a 2023 nomination for Best History Podcast for the Ambie Awards; the true crime podcast Murder on the Towpath for Luminary with host Soledad O’Brien; Torched for Stitcher with host Molly Bloom; and Hyper-thetical hosted by Kerry Bishé.