Santiago Segura stated in October 2026 that he intends to release “Torrente President” in a physical format, after a follower asked him on X whether that possibility should be ruled out. The sixth installment of the saga, released in Spain on March 10 and later made available on Netflix, still has no announced release date for DVD, Blu-ray, or UHD Blu-ray.
The director was blunt in his reply: “Even if it’s the last thing I do!!!”. It’s a commitment to his plan to release the film on disc, not a pre-order announcement, distributor, price, or final format. That distinction matters to collectors who have been waiting for news for months.
The question remains how to bring the release to life, especially because Segura harbors an even bigger ambition: to gather the six Torrente films in a single 4K-restored box set.
Why restoring the entire Torrente saga in 4K isn’t so simple
Segura had already expressed during the promotion of the sixth film his wish to have the complete collection in high definition. The challenge isn’t merely choosing the packaging art or finding a company to manufacture the discs: restoring the older films requires accessing the best materials available and can entail expensive technical work.
In statements previously gathered by Vandal, the filmmaker distinguished the difficulties of the early entries. He recalled that the original was shot on film stock, while the second and third were edited digitally, and noted that locating materials and undertaking restoration would incur substantial cost.
The technical detail considerably changes the story. A film shot on chemically produced negatives can benefit from rescanning that material at a higher resolution, provided it is preserved and accessible. When the final edit relies on an old digital master, obtaining an authentic new 4K version can be far more complicated than simply enlarging the image. That is why not all installments start from the same quality baseline or carry the same recovery costs.
It’s useful to separate two projects that are sometimes mixed up: an individual edition of “Torrente Presidente” and a box set containing the entire remastered saga. The latter has a much broader scope. There is no confirmation that Segura has decided to delay the sixth film until the pack is finished, although that possibility is mentioned as an explanation for the wait.
Netflix, rights and the difference between watching a movie and owning it
There’s another question. Segura has said he has requested permission from Netflix to edit the sixth film for Blu-ray. Just because a production is available on a platform does not automatically mean discs can be manufactured and sold: contracts can assign streaming rights, physical media, and other territories separately.
That does not confirm that Netflix has vetoed the edition of “Torrente President”. In the absence of public details about the agreements, what we know is that Segura wants the release and that the contractual situation is part of the necessary negotiations. Presenting it as a confirmed prohibition would go beyond what his statements demonstrate.
The distinction is also important for the public. A film added to a platform’s catalog can change availability based on commercial deals; a physical edition allows preserving a copy and, if the label opts for it, adding extras, deleted scenes, or special versions. Segura has even mentioned his interest in recovering additional material from “Torrente 5” as part of a collector’s project.
“Torrente Presidente” already enjoyed its theater run and was added to Netflix Spain on June 26. It also led the platform’s Spanish top chart for five days. The demand for a disc copy, however, reflects another way of consuming cinema: that of the viewer who wants a permanent edition, not dependent on the title remaining in a catalog.
For now, the conclusion is clear: Santiago Segura does not consider the physical edition of the sixth film lost, but neither DVD, Blu-ray, nor UHD have an announced date or described features yet. The prospective 4K pack is the director’s explicit wish, not a confirmed product. And conflating the two would turn good news for fans into a promise that no one has yet made.
