Neon, a new reggaeton comedy series starring Tyler Dean Flores, Emma Ferreira, Jordan Mendoza, and Courtney Taylor, has premiered on Netflix. Here are the first details on what to expect from the new show, which is expected to begin production in early 2023. The series has received an eight-episode order from the streaming service. The film will star Courtney Taylor (“Insecure,” “Abbott Elementary”), Jordan Mendoza (“Ziwe,” “Beavis & Butt-Head”), Emma Ferreira (“Transplant,” “Learn to Swim”), Tyler Dean Flores (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” “The Dark Knight Rises”), and Emma Ferreira. The show “focuses on three friends who relocate from a small Florida town to Miami in the hopes of breaking into the reggaeton music industry,” according to the official logline.
The new series’ filming is scheduled to start early next year and go until April 2023. The show will be filmed in Puerto Rico, but Netflix was unable to provide a schedule. There will be 8 episodes in Neon’s debut season. The show was created by Shea Serrano. The Rap Year Book and Basketball are among the best-selling books by this prolific author (and Other Things). In the world of television, Serrano served as executive producer on the 2019 AMC documentary Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America and as a writer for Primo, a show that will soon be available on Hulu’s Miguel Wants to Fight and Amazon’s Freevee.
Neon marks Max Searle’s return to Netflix after his work on the three-time Emmy Award-winning comedies The Ranch and Lady Dynamite. Searle has been collaborating on FX’s Dave more recently. The show is produced by Ithaca Holdings LLC’s SB Projects, which Scooter Braun started. They developed the documentary series Excuse Me, I Love You for Netflix before working on shows like FX’s Dave, CBS’ Scorpion, and Never Say Never.
Who has been cast in Netflix’s Neon?
Tyler Dean Flores will star as Santi, a talented, charming, and up-and-coming reggaeton artist hoping to make it big. Tyler Dean Flores previously appeared in Netflix’s award-winning series When They See Us, but most recently in Disney+/Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Tyler Dean Flores is represented by Paradigm and Untitled Entertainment. In the series, Santi’s two main friends are:
Emma Ferrerira (ARRAY’s Learn to Swim, Midnight at the Paradise) who will play Nes
Jordan Mendoza (ZIWE and Netflix’s upcoming series Jigsaw) will play Felix
Emma Ferreira is represented by Larissa Giroux at OAZ and 3 Arts Entertainment. Courtney Taylor will play A&R rep Mia, rounding out the main cast. Taylor is best known for her role as Sequoia in HBO’s Insecure. The new series’ casting directors are Jessica Caldrello and Wendy O’Brien.