The La Casa de Papel franchise would already have shot a new four-episode series that would revisit one of the unresolved questions from the Banco de España heist: the search for the stolen gold. This time, however, the pursuit would switch sides and place the police at the center of the narrative.
According to information published on November 10 by El País, the project, during filming, has been known as ‘Buscametales’ and its re-shoots concluded in September. Fernando Cayo would return as Colonel Tamayo, accompanied by Javier Rey in the investigation. Also planned is the return of Álvaro Morte as The Professor, although the scope of his involvement has not been detailed.
Filming has taken place at locations around Madrid and the Duratón River meanders in Segovia. There is a fundamental caveat: Netflix has not publicly confirmed these details, nor the final title or a release date. It has also not announced a sixth season of the original series.
The Heist Gives Way to the Search for the Thieves
The premise of ‘Buscametales’ presents an interesting shift in perspective. ‘La Casa de Papel’ accustomed viewers to know every step of the gang’s plan, even when The Professor seemed to have lost control. A story focused on the police could invert that dynamic: the suspense would no longer depend so much on pulling off an impossible robbery as on locating loot that has disappeared.
The recovery of Tamayo fits with that approach. In the latter part of the series, the colonel embodied the institutional pressure to regain control of the situation. Putting him back on the trail of the gold would allow that rivalry to resume without necessarily repeating the structure of a major heist with hostages.
The other piece is The Professor. Netflix officially announced in May that the La Casa de Papel universe would continue and used Álvaro Morte’s image in its promotion. That confirmed the intention to expand the franchise, but it did not amount to announcing a specific starring role for the actor in another series. The information published now allows sketching that connection, though it remains subject to confirmation by the platform.
A Series That Ended in 2021 and Continues to Attract Viewers
The franchise’s continuity is not explained solely by nostalgia. In the first half of 2026, the first season of La Casa de Papel drew 8.8 million views, and its five seasons totaled 32.7 million, according to Netflix’s audience data breakdown included in the information revealed about the new project. These are view counts estimated from hours watched and the duration of each season, not unique viewers.
The second installment of ‘Berlin and the Lady in the Mink’ also demonstrates that the brand keeps international appeal, although that does not mean every continuation repeats the impact of its predecessor. The success of the character played by Pedro Alonso has allowed the story to extend into the past; ‘Buscametales’, by contrast, would point directly to the consequences of the final blow.
That is the main attraction of the new proposal: it would not need to invent another heist to recover the conflict that made the series popular. It would be enough to change who leads the investigation and what information the audience possesses. It is a narrative possibility, not a guarantee that the fiction will succeed.
For now, ‘Buscametales’ is the name used during filming and its premiere still has no official date. The announced expansion of ‘La Casa de Papel’ is indeed a fact; Tamayo’s return and the details of this new production come from a news report that Netflix has not yet confirmed.
