A Netflix series is in the works on the tempestuous relationship between Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with Patricia Riggen (Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan) and Gabriel Ripstein (600 Miles, Narcos) directing, Variety reported, adding that the series "dovetails with the objectives of the streamer which last year announced a $1 billion investment in production over the next four years in Mexico."
The as yet untitled project is an adaptation of French writer Claire Berest's book Rien n'est noir, with writer-actor María Renée Prudencio (Los Adioses, Club Sandwich) serving as head writer.
"The ambition of this project is unprecedented," said Carolina Leconte, content v-p, Netflix Mexico. "We want to show a real Frida--a Frida who seems to step out of the screen and take you by the hand so you can live her story alongside her, during one of the most significant eras in this country: a Mexico that Frida and Diego placed on the world map."