The comedy from director Gaz Alazraki marks the streaming giant’s first Spanish-language original series.

The 13-episode project from Alazraki Entertainment reunites the team behind Mexican box office hit n.

It will premiere in 2015 and centres on a family feud following the death of a football club owner.

The project will shoot entirely on location in Mexico and features a Latin American cast including Nobles star Luis Gerardo Mendez,.

“We formed a very special team for We Are the Nobles, and we all knew we wanted to keep working together,” said Alazraki.

“When I told the team that Netflix was interested in producing the show, the excitement was contagious since there’s nobody cooler and more innovative in this day and age than Netflix.”

“Gaz has the disruptive vision and creative storytelling we were looking for in producing our first original series in Mexico,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos (pictured). “We’re confident our members in a market as important to us as Mexico and Latin America will love this family comedy.”

Alazraki, Leo Zimbron and Mike Lam produce from a story created by Lam.

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