Netflix will be greenlighting a new making of the band genre series created by Best-Selling Author Shea Serrano with Max Searle as Showrunner. The new series, Neon Stars Tyler Dean Flores, Emma Ferreira, Jordan Mendoza and Courtney Taylor.
Neon focuses on three friends who move from a small town in Florida to Miami with the hopes of making it big in the world of reggaeton. The show chronicles not only their larger than life dreams but the harsh comic realities of attempting to make it in the music industry.
In Neon, Tyler Dean Flores plays Santi, a budding reggaeton artist who, with the help of his friends, Ness (Emma Ferrerira) and Felix (Jordan Mendoza) and A&R rep, Mia (Courtney Taylor) hopes to become the biggest reggaeton star in the world. Or at least make rent.
Will it be another hit for Netflix or one that blends in with thousands of other titles, Only time will tell. Reggaeton, is a form of music from Puerto Rico that was influenced by Reggae en Español in Panama, Hip Hop, Dancehall, Bomba and Plena.
