When two hijackers out for ransom and political concessions take over a flight with 43 passengers, the co-pilots and scant crew attempt to outwit their attackers and maintain calm at cruising altitude above Latin America for more than 24 hours. Can the pillbox hat-wearing, cape-draped, terribly nervous flight attendants save the day — and the lives of all their passengers?
Directed by C.S. Prince and Pablo González (The Great Heist), the character-driven, retro-infused series The Hijacking of Flight 601 (Secuestro del Vuelo 601) was inspired by one of the longest aerial hijackings in Latin American history, which took place in May of 1973. It stars Mónica Lopera, Christian Tappan, and Enrique Carriazo.
Stream it now.
Check it out below at the top of this article.
What starts as a routine flight for those aboard Aerobolivar Flight 601 turns into a days-long nightmare when two armed men hijack the flight for...
Directed by C.S. Prince and Pablo González (The Great Heist), the character-driven, retro-infused series The Hijacking of Flight 601 (Secuestro del Vuelo 601) was inspired by one of the longest aerial hijackings in Latin American history, which took place in May of 1973. It stars Mónica Lopera, Christian Tappan, and Enrique Carriazo.
Stream it now.
Check it out below at the top of this article.
What starts as a routine flight for those aboard Aerobolivar Flight 601 turns into a days-long nightmare when two armed men hijack the flight for...
- 4/21/2024
- by Ingrid Ostby
- Tudum - Netflix
Award-winning Colombian director-producer Simon Brand and Miami-based media executive producer Daniel Eilemberg have joined forces with the founders of Emmy-winning Imaginer Films, Julio César and Laura Franco, to launch Clover Studios, a new production services company in Colombia.
The new enterprise is in response to Colombia’s phenomenal growth as a major production center, driven by its competitive production incentives and flourishing creative community.
Led by Netflix’s ambitious series adaptation of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s literary masterpiece “100 Years of Solitude,” which has entailed a full-scale recreation of the mythical village of Macondo and 20,000 extras, a number of high-profile projects have been lured to the country.
Just last year, upcoming sequel “Paddington in Peru” was mostly shot in Colombia instead of the country in its title. This month Netflix announced its first multi-year creative partnership with Colombian talent, the writer-director team Camilo Prince and Pablo González, whose thriller “The Hijacking of Flight 601,...
The new enterprise is in response to Colombia’s phenomenal growth as a major production center, driven by its competitive production incentives and flourishing creative community.
Led by Netflix’s ambitious series adaptation of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s literary masterpiece “100 Years of Solitude,” which has entailed a full-scale recreation of the mythical village of Macondo and 20,000 extras, a number of high-profile projects have been lured to the country.
Just last year, upcoming sequel “Paddington in Peru” was mostly shot in Colombia instead of the country in its title. This month Netflix announced its first multi-year creative partnership with Colombian talent, the writer-director team Camilo Prince and Pablo González, whose thriller “The Hijacking of Flight 601,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
There are very few television shows or movies out there that capture the horrors of hijackings, which were very common from the 1960s to the 1980s across the world. As stated in this Netflix Original as well, there were over 380 hijackings that happened all around the world, and most of them happened in Latin America ever since the rise of communism, with Che Guevara and Fidel Castro becoming the faces of it. It is appalling to learn such stories never made it to the screen, but decades later, The Hijacking of Flight 601, a Colombian Netflix original, brings a story inspired by a real-life event that took place in the year 1973. Created by C.S. Prince and Pablo Gonzalez, the six-part miniseries, was released on April 10, 2024.
The Hijacking of Flight 601 is a detailed retelling of an incident that occurred in South America in the same year as mentioned in the series.
The Hijacking of Flight 601 is a detailed retelling of an incident that occurred in South America in the same year as mentioned in the series.
- 4/12/2024
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
In an unprecedented move, Netflix has struck a multi-year creative partnership with Colombian writer/director team Camilo Prince and Pablo González, best known for their lauded 2020 thriller drama series “The Great Heist” and their 2019 anthology series, “Crime Diaries: Night Out,” both for Netflix.
This is the first creative pact Netflix has made with Colombian talent. Similar partnerships have been made with Venezuela’s Roberto Stopello and Leonardo Padrón as well as Mexico’s Manolo Caro, Carolina Rivera and Chilean writer José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela, creator, showrunner of the hit Netflix series “Who Killed Sara?”
The new alliance coincides with the April 10 Netflix debut of the duo’s latest series, “The Hijacking of Flight 601” (“Secuestrar al Vuelo”), inspired by the longest skyjacking in Latin American history, which happened on May 30, 1973.
“This new deal is an indication of Netflix’s commitment to the Latin American market and to Colombian stories and productions,...
This is the first creative pact Netflix has made with Colombian talent. Similar partnerships have been made with Venezuela’s Roberto Stopello and Leonardo Padrón as well as Mexico’s Manolo Caro, Carolina Rivera and Chilean writer José Ignacio “Chascas” Valenzuela, creator, showrunner of the hit Netflix series “Who Killed Sara?”
The new alliance coincides with the April 10 Netflix debut of the duo’s latest series, “The Hijacking of Flight 601” (“Secuestrar al Vuelo”), inspired by the longest skyjacking in Latin American history, which happened on May 30, 1973.
“This new deal is an indication of Netflix’s commitment to the Latin American market and to Colombian stories and productions,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has struck an overall deal with the Colombian producers behind The Hijacking of Flight 601 (Secuestro del Vuelo 601), which launches on the streamer today.
Camilo Prince and Pablo González, the writers, directors and showrunners of Flight 601, have signed an agreement to produce further shows and films out of Colombia.
They are known for Netflix shows such as Colombian-Mexican true-crime drama Colmenares (Crime Diaries) and bank robbery series El Robo del Siglo (The Great Heist), and will now work even closer with the streamer.
The Hijacking of Flight 601 launches today on Netflix. The drama is based on the the 1973 hijacking of Sam Colombia Flight Hk-1274 by two Paraguayan soccer players who held the plane and its 84 passengers for a ransom.
“This new deal is an indication of Netflix’s commitment to the Lat Am market and to Colombian stories and productions,” said Gonzalez and Prince in a statement. “Just...
Camilo Prince and Pablo González, the writers, directors and showrunners of Flight 601, have signed an agreement to produce further shows and films out of Colombia.
They are known for Netflix shows such as Colombian-Mexican true-crime drama Colmenares (Crime Diaries) and bank robbery series El Robo del Siglo (The Great Heist), and will now work even closer with the streamer.
The Hijacking of Flight 601 launches today on Netflix. The drama is based on the the 1973 hijacking of Sam Colombia Flight Hk-1274 by two Paraguayan soccer players who held the plane and its 84 passengers for a ransom.
“This new deal is an indication of Netflix’s commitment to the Lat Am market and to Colombian stories and productions,” said Gonzalez and Prince in a statement. “Just...
- 4/10/2024
- by Jesse Whittock and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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