After a September that has given us the most entertaining mafia series and in which the Emmys have presented us with assignments, October arrives with our favorite platforms scheduling some of the most anticipated autumn premieres. Such as the new seasons of La Diplomática and Lupin, the Matthew Perry docuseries, and the adaptation of the Nobel Prize-winning novel East of Eden.
The Spanish audiovisual industry will also premiere several novelties in the coming weeks, from the Raphael biopic, titled Aquel, to the adaptation of Mabel Lozano’s book El proxeneta, and to the detective mystery based on the Domingo Villar novel Caldas. El último barco. Fiction for all tastes, complemented by a Marvel character, a formidable serial killer, and an audiovisual classic that becomes a series half a century after hitting the cinema screens.
October’s series premieres are numerous, but we have selected ten that everyone will be talking about, so you stay up to date with what is cooking on streaming platforms.
Florence Pugh and Mike Faist in an image from the miniseries East of Eden.
East of Eden. Netflix. October 1.
Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, and Mike Faist star in the adaptation of John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel of the same name, considered by many to be the Nobel Prize in Literature winner’s best work. After being brought to the screen in 1955, Zoe Kazan, granddaughter of Elia Kazan—the director who oversaw the feature—has been tasked with adapting the original work into a seven-episode miniseries.
Unlike the film, Netflix’s production will adapt the complete novel, not just the final part. It will narrate the Trask family story from the American Civil War to World War I, from when Cathy Ames enters the lives of brothers Charles and Adam until their children are teenagers. A story about good and evil and the influence that family legacy has on the present of each individual, with Florence Pugh playing the role of Cathy Ames, a part that fits her like a glove.
Summer H. Howell in an image from the series Carrie.
Carrie. Prime Video. October 7.
Summer H. Howell is tasked with stepping into the role of the character that Sissy Spacek made into a cinematic icon in 1976, and that Stephen King created two years earlier. Carrie White is a high school misfit who has spent her life hiding away at home, fiercely protected by her mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan).
After the sudden death of her father and immersed in the relentless world of the public high school, Carrie finds herself dealing with a viral bullying scandal that shakes her community. The pressure and cruelty of the social media era and the awakening telekinetic powers of the young woman will lead her to live a true hell from which she must learn to recover.
Valentina Vidal and Raúl Arévalo in an image from the series The Castle.
The Castle. Movistar Plus. October 8.
Raúl Arévalo, Valentina Vidal, Omar Ayuso, and Laia Marull star in this detective miniseries that tells the real story behind the rise of the pimp mafia in Spain. Based on Mabel Lozano’s non-fiction book El proxeneta, Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva have adapted it to a six-episode miniseries.
Gerardo Liesa, a young police inspector newly assigned to the Central Unit for Illegal Immigration Networks and Document Forgery, and his partner Carmen Osés suspect that something is changing in the brothels across Spain. Suizo and his partners run several roadside clubs where women from around the world are sexually exploited. One of these women is Claudia, an 18-year-old who, with a small child in Colombia, has just arrived in Spain seeking a better future.
Javier Morgade as Raphael in an image from the artist’s biopic, Aquel.
Aquel. Netflix. October 9.
With more than 70 million records sold, Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez is one of the most successful singers in Spanish music. And at 83, Raphael continues to delight his fans worldwide with hits such as Mi gran noche, Yo soy aquel, or Como yo te amo. Now, Netflix has turned his life into an eight-episode biographical miniseries in which Javier Morgade and Carlos Santos will portray him at different moments in his life.
From humble beginnings to conquering major international stages, the production written by Ignacio del Moral, Paloma Rando, and Adrià P. Xancó portrays his unstoppable rise, revealing the man behind the myth. His deepest passions, his greatest hits, his personal conflicts, and the ghosts that have accompanied him across five decades of a career filled with light and shadow, in settings ranging from Madrid to Las Vegas via Moscow or Acapulco, this emotional journey traces five decades of an illustrious career.
Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell in an image from The Diplomat’s fourth season.
The Diplomat. Netflix. October 15.
Following the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama to Allison Janney, Netflix’s political drama returns with eight new episodes that will revolve around two marriages on the verge of collapse. A devastating event will shatter the fragile truce Kate Wyler had managed to secure between the United States and the United Kingdom and will further destabilize the marriage she is trying to keep afloat.
While Kate tries to contain a crisis that keeps worsening, President Grace Penn and Vice President Hal Wyler initiate a conspiracy to seize Russia’s most powerful weapon, a maneuver that dangerously brings the United States closer to war. Forced to set aside their differences, Kate and Todd join forces to stop the Grace–Hal alliance before it forever redefines the balance of power, both on the international stage and at home.
Paul Bettany in Vision in the Marvel universe series, VisionQuest.
VisionQuest. Disney+. October 15.
British actor Paul Bettany returns to play Vision, who now lives in hiding while trying to understand his identity by communicating with various artificial intelligence personalities embedded in his programming. When a price is put on his head, he will be forced to flee with a mysterious teenager who could be his reincarnated son.
James Spader as Ultron, the AI created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, and James D’Arcy as JARVIS, the first AI created by Stark, are among the characters that accompany Bettany in this six-episode miniseries.
Image from the fifth episode of Lupin’s fourth season.
Lupin. Netflix. October 23.
France’s most famous thief returns with eight new episodes in a fourth installment that starts four years after the previous season, with Assane in prison. For him, Lupin no longer exists: he wants to serve his sentence and the promise he made to his son to reunite with his family in Senegal. But his plans are disrupted by a mysterious Lupin-signed announcement stating that several museums will be robbed simultaneously.
Despite reinforced security, the robberies take place as planned. Assane proclaims his innocence, but everything points to his guilt. A camera even shows him in one of the galleries during a theft in which Captain Belkacem is seriously injured. To prove his innocence and unmask the imitator, Assane must escape and don the Lupin suit again.
Matthew Perry in a 2007 image, on the set of Studio 60 on Sunset Strip.
El de Matthew Perry. Netflix. October 27.
Friends and close relatives share intimate accounts about the the troubled star of Friends, who died on October 28, 2023 at the age of 54 after suffering a ketamine overdose and an accidental drowning in his hot tub. A documentary series that shows the real Matthew Perry (generous, funny, fragile, and immeasurable) and the battles he fought to be himself beyond fame. The story of a life lived with intensity and the candor with which his legacy stood up.
A moment from the filming of the Spanish series Caldas. The Last Boat.
Caldas. The Last Boat. Disney+. October 30.
Javier Gutiérrez and Hovik Keuchkerian headline this police thriller based on Domingo Villar’s bestseller novel El último barco. The fiction follows inspector Leo Caldas (Gutiérrez) and his new assistant Estévez (Keuchkerian) in the investigation of Monica Andrade’s disappearance, the daughter of a prestigious Vigo surgeon.
What initially seems like a routine case rapidly becomes a complex web of secrets, family pressures, political and media meddling, and personal conflicts that will force Caldas to confront his past. María Pujalte, Antonio Mourelos, Alejandra Onieva, and Miryam Gallego, among others, complete the cast of this six-episode miniseries.
Stephen Graham and Liev Schreiber in an image from Nocturno.
Nocturno. Apple TV. October 30.
Liev Schreiber, Stephen Graham, and Zazie Beetz lead this crime thriller based on the successful crime novels Lazarus and The Sandman, written by the Swedish duo behind the pseudonym Lars Kepler, Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. A ten-episode miniseries set in a small Pennsylvania town, where a former soldier turned homicide detective Jonah Lynn arrives after working on Philadelphia’s toughest streets.
Yet, far from finding a quiet life, both he, his family, and his neighbors become the target of the diabolical serial killer Jurek Walter, and Jonah must protect all that matters to him. The desperate search for a victim will force FBI agent Saga Bauer, whom Jonah regards as a daughter, to confront the killer in a way that will put her life in danger. But desperate circumstances demand desperate measures, even though Jonah knows the consequences could be devastating.
