Berlin, a “Money Heist” spin-off, will be released in December of this year.

According to Deadline, the highly anticipated Money Heist spin-off Berlin will debut in December of this year. The spin-off project, which will see actor Pedro Alonso return to play Andres de Fonollosa aka Berlin, was officially ordered by the streaming juggernaut last year.

Alex Pina, who created the original series, is back on board to pen this spinoff. The forthcoming spinoff was discussed by Pina and Berlin actor Pedro Alonso at Netflix’s 2022 Tudum event, with Pina stating, “This is going to be a trip across the golden years of the character. When he was infatuated and stole all throughout Europe

Prior to Berlin being announced, Pina had spoken to Oprah Daily about being open to the prospect of a spinoff. “We do have many possibilities for some spinoffs, yes, and I think that’s thanks to the strong and powerful identities of the characters,’ he had said. “We’ve always looked for characters to have a very complex, layered design. So I think almost every character of Money Heist has a duality that we would like to see in a spinoff. We could watch any of them in other contexts.”

Berlin is not the only spinoff that has come from the success of La Casa de Papel. The original series has seen a South Korean remake titled Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area. The success of the series was in line with the high performance many Korean series have enjoyed on Netflix.

Alongside Alonso who reprises his role from the original show, the prequel series will star Michelle Jenner as Keila, Begoña Vargas as Cameron, Julio Peña as Roi, Tristán Ulloa as Damián, and Joel Sánchez as Bruce. There is a chance that we might see other stars from the original series but that remains to be seen. The series is co-written by Pina, David Oliva, David Barrocal, and Esther Martinez Lobato.