Netflix Will Stream ‘The Secret Agent’ in Brazil, Opens New São Paulo Headquarters

Netflix is marking its 15th anniversary in Brazil with the news that it will stream Oscar-nominated “The Secret Agent” exclusively in the country. It is also opening a spacious new office in São Paulo, signaling the company’s robust commitment to the territory where it debuted its first Brazilian original, “3%,” in 2016.

“The opening of our new São Paulo office is a natural next step in the journey our local team has built over the past 15 years alongside Brazil’s creative community,” said Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters, who flew in for the opening ceremony. “We support Brazilian films in multiple ways because we want to be the best partners and stay flexible so local producers can decide the best way to bring their projects to life,” he said. “That’s why we were so excited to partner with ‘The Secret Agent’s’ producers to help fund the film and pre-license it for Netflix in Brazil.”

“The Secret Agent” garnered four Academy Awards nominations, including Best Film, Best International Film, Best Actor (Wagner Moura) and Best Casting. Moura has already won the distinction of being the first Brazilian thesp to win a Best Actor Golden Globe.

Located in São Paulo’s Pinheiros district, the new Netflix office is the first in the region to be occupied exclusively by the company, and is purpose built to support nearly 300 employees across the board. Netflix Brazil’s workforce increased 20% last year.

According to the streamer, “More than 2,000 jobs were created during construction and adaptation of the building – a process that injected $25 million (R$141 million) into São Paulo’s local economy.”

The company has continued to ramp up production in Brazil, where it has seen viewership spike. Between July and December 2025, global viewership of Netflix’s Brazilian titles grew by 60% compared to the previous six-month period, it reported.

Over the past three years alone, the company has partnered with more than 40 Brazilian production companies, generating 12,000 jobs through films and series released in 2025.

“We are deeply committed to telling Brazilian stories, and in many cases, they resonate globally precisely because they address universal themes,” said Elisabetta Zenatti, VP of Content for Netflix Brazil. “Reaching this balance requires a genuine connection with audiences, strong partnerships with the country’s most creative minds, and a culture that values autonomy, experimentation and boldness.”

This year, Netflix is launching such Brazilian productions as “Radioactive Emergency,” a series about the radioactive accident in Goiânia in the ’80s; “Brasil 70,” a limited series about the Brazilian team that won the third soccer world championship; and “Sintonia: The Movie,” a spin-off from the five-season series.

The company also recently announced a varied slate of new productions, including: “The Pilgrimage,” the film adaptation from the bestselling novel; a new reality show hosted by Claudia Raia, “Sua Mãe te Conhece?” (“Does Your Mother Know You?”), where mothers and children compete for cash prizes of up to one million Reales ($193,000); and a new melodrama directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho, starring Marieta Severo, Alice Wegmann, Nanda Costa, and José de Abreu.

Other recent partnerships with Brazilian indies include: “Vicentina Pede Desculpas”(roughly translated to “Vicentina Apologizes”), the new film by Gabriel Martins, who directed Brazil’s 2023 Oscar entry, “Mars One”; Daniel Rezende’s “The Son of a Thousand Men, “which was among the 15 pre-selected films to represent Brazil at the 2026 Oscars); Arthur Fontes’ “A Woman With No Filter,” and Marcelo Antunez’ “Zero to Hero.”