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.