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Netflix Premieres El Refugio Atómico, a Bunker Thriller From the Creators of La Casa de Papel

The eight-episode series traps multimillionaires in a luxury underground complex to stage a darkly comic social experiment on power.

Overview

  • The first season launches worldwide on Netflix on 19 September 2025 with eight episodes available at release.
  • Production built an expansive retro‑futurist bunker set outside Madrid spanning over 7,200 m² with about 100 interlinked spaces, supported by roughly 400 crew members and 4,700 extras.
  • The story unfolds inside Kimera Underground Park, a luxury private-bunker concept with capacity for more than 100 guests and up to ten years of autonomy, with units priced in the tens of millions of euros.
  • The ensemble includes Miren Ibarguren as Minerva alongside Joaquín Furriel, Natalia Verbeke, Carlos Santos, Pau Simón, Alícia Falcó, Montse Guallar and Álex Villazán.
  • Showrunners Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato frame the series as a blend of thriller, melodrama and black comedy, and note that any second season would depend on audience response.