Javier Castillo (Málaga, 1987) is one of the most successful Spanish writers of recent times and has positioned himself as one of the most prominent writers in our country’s thriller world. He burst onto the literary scene in 2017. “That day … where is my mindhis first bestseller.
Then “The Day Love Was Lost,” “Everything Happened to Miranda Hough,” and “Snow Girl” His first novel was made into a series. It was Netflix The platform first partnered with the author in 2023 and adapted his next book two years later. The “Game of Souls” arrived at the beginning of 2025.
Just a few months after the second film by Javier Castillo premiered, Netflix has started streaming the third film. One of the latest novels by the Malaga author has arrived Friday, November 14thon the platform in the form of a miniseries.
Javier Castillo’s novel comes to Netflix
Recently released series on Netflix are: “The Crystal Cuckoo” is a film adaptation of Javier Castillo’s sixth novel. Books published in 2023 that have sold over 2.5 million copies are now on the platform By Atypical Films.
Jesús Mesas and Javier Andres Roig, also the creators of The Snow Girl, are responsible for this adaptation, which they will direct. Laura Alvear and Juan Miguel del Castillo The total is Episode 6.
Cast of “Crystal Cuckoo” catalina sopelana (“gardener”) and alex garcia (“Holy Family”). The cast of the miniseries includes Itziar Itunho, Iván Massague, Alfonso Nieto, Tomás del Estar, and more.
interesting thriller
“The Crystal Cuckoo” continues with the next story. clara merlo (Catalina Sopelana) is in her first year of residency after suffering a severe heart attack. heart transplant. The young woman then begins a search to meet her donor and ends up in a small and mysterious town. There he discovered that the heart belonged to a young man who had been encased in a heart. a tragedy still unresolved.
Clara then enters a place full of secrets, with a mystery spanning 20 years. Furthermore, the day he arrived in town, baby disappears in a public park.
Alex Garcia “Crystal Cuckoo”
Clara also begins to experience it. memories and emotions What does not belong to the heart raises dilemmas regarding identity and memory. Can a heart preserve part of its previous owner’s soul?
With this approach, this series Tension, unexpected twists and intriguebased on the story told in the novel by Javier Castillo. “This work has my style because it presents a lot of twists, surprises, mysteries, etc.,” the writer said in an interview with ABC, stressing that the work “deals a lot with emotions.”
“Crystal Cuckoo”
The shooting of “El cuco de cristal” finished in March last year. Community of Madrid and Extremadura. Specifically, the series team stopped at various points in the Valle del Ambros region of Cáceres, including Elbaz and Banos de Montemayor.