New prison, great actors and strict sanitary protocols: everything there is to know about El Marginal 4 and 5

“It’s the best season he’s ever done. Definitely. The twists and turns they gave each chapter are incredible. You run out of breath … It’s the biggest production of all seasons. In volume, in number of actors, of extras ”.

Last august, Marcos Santana, President of Telemundo -American company that acquired Underground- told Teleshow that the Argentine production company was working on the new season of The Marginal. The coronavirus pandemic forced to change plans and instead of performing alone The Marginal 4 will also be recorded The Marginal 5. Although on the air you will see one first and then the other. As it happened with previous editions.

As he could know Teleshow, in March the recordings of the two seasons begin. Always subject to the coronavirus pandemic allowing it and the sanitary protocols for fictions continue to be approved. The cast – and the entire crew working during the shoot – will be tested every three days, especially those who have close contact with their colleagues in the scenes.

The plan of Underground -with Sebastián Ortega and Pablo Culell at the head- is that The Marginal 4 It can be seen before the end of the year on the Public TV screen. And in 2022 it will be issued The Marginal 5.

The Marginal 4 was going to start filming in early 2020 but the coronavirus pandemic forced to change the filming plans

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The team of authors made up of Nicolás Marina, Omar Quiroga and Andrés Pascaner has already finished writing the librettos for both seasons. During December and the first days of January, castings were held virtually for the supporting actors. So far, it can be anticipated that Juliet Zylberberg and Rodolfo Ranni they will be part of the main cast.

Rodolfo Ranni and Julieta Zylberberg join the new seasons of El Marginal 

It should be noted that the protagonists will remain the same: Nicolas Furtado and Claudius Rissi -in the skin of the brothers Diosite and Mario Borges-, Gerardo Romano and Martina Gusman. In addition, the next seasons of the series will feature the return of Juan Minujín as Pastor, which was the main character of the first edition.

Juan Minujín was the protagonist of El Marginal 1, then the story continued as a prequel and now it will continue in El Marginal 4 and 5, that is why the actor (Cony La Greca) returns

As seen at the end of The Marginal 3, the ex-cop meets the gang The Borges made up of brothers, Colombia (Daniel Pacheco) and Barney (Marcelo Few Peralta) – in the new jail to which they were transferred. These facilities will take place in a disused factory in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Boedo. There he will recreate Old Bridge, the new prison in which the next seasons of The Marginal.

From the producer of the series they hope to be able to carry out the filming plan as it is scheduled and maintain the sanitary protocols to avoid contagions within the team. Regarding the plot of both seasons there are secrecy and the actors had to sign a confidentiality contract. The creators want it to really be a surprise to the viewer and they want no information to be leaked. Even images of the filming cannot be published on social networks until Underground decides to promote the fiction.