Netflix Announces Psychological Thriller Series ‘The Silence’ from ‘Undercover’ Creator

Marwan Kenzari and Rianne van Rompaey

Netflix is rising its library of Dutch originals with a predominant recent psychological thriller, The Silence (identified in the neighborhood as De Stilte). The series hails from the inventive mind in the support of Undercover, Nico Moolenaar, and facets a predominant title-studded solid led by Hollywood actor Marwan Kenzari and top model Rianne van Rompaey.

Persevering with one of their most winning European partnerships, Netflix has re-teamed with creator Nico Moolenaar for this most recent project. Moolenaar, who holds a multi-year cope with the streamer, is most productive identified to Netflix subscribers worldwide for setting up the atomize-hit crime series Undercover and the bound-off film Ferry. They had been moreover in the support of Amsterdam Empire for Netflix in 2025.

Filming reportedly begins on the project next month, with the series area to bustle for 5 episodes.

What’s the region of The Silence? The series is a psychological thriller centered on themes of believe and hidden truths. It is fixed with the radical The Peaceful Lady by S.F. Kosa.

The chronicle kicks off when winning creator Sara Post vanishes with out a tag. Her husband, Tarik, becomes entangled in a unhealthy search that forces him to confront her concealed past. His scuttle brings him into contact with a closed neighborhood the place aside silence is valued above the truth.

Creator Nico Moolenaar shared his pleasure about the vogue course of the prove:

“With ‘The Silence’ I am making basically the most pure thriller of my profession. I the truth is dangle never been so a project. So as to proceed my collaboration with Netflix with a series that is so intense and suspenseful feels like a privilege.”

Who is in the solid? Leading the solid is Marwan Kenzari, identified to global audiences for his roles as Jafar in Disney’s Aladdin and in the Netflix motion hit The Used Guard.

Starring opposite him is Rianne van Rompaey. While Van Rompaey is an internationally noteworthy top model, The Silence marks her Dutch acting debut.

Concerning her perform, Van Rompaey talked about:

“Making my Netflix debut with ‘The Silence’ feels like an odd step. What immediately attracted me became once the complexity of the script, and the design in which it dares to address sophisticated matters. The psychology of my persona Sara and the vogue she deals with the past, prove, and future strikes me. She doesn’t prove every thing, and exactly that tension—between what you fragment and what you take care of hidden—makes her very interesting to play.”

Marwan Kenzari added:

“A man searches for his wife. A staggering discovery leaves Tarik fully in the sad. I became once immediately attracted to the nightmarish quality of this chronicle.”

The series moreover facets an excellent supporting solid of established Dutch talent, including:

Marwan Kenzari (The Used Guard, What Took space to Monday, Aladdin) Rianne van Rompaey Rifka Lodeizen (Undercover, Contemporary Esteem Amsterdam, Judas) Juliëtte van Ardenne (Ferry: The Series, Smeris) Anniek Pheifer (Captain Nova, Mocro Maffia) Hans Kesting (Ares, Make Now not Hesitate) Jochum ten Haaf (The Resistance Banker, Dunkirk) Renée Soutendijk (Suspiria, The Fourth Man) Lukas Dijkema (Undercover, Ferry) Katrien van Beurden (Lieve Mama) Livia Schoemacher Tenzing Woing Max Weisscher In the support of the Scenes The series is created by Nico Moolenaar, who wrote the screenplay alongside Pieter De Graeve.

Directing tasks are in the hands of Max Porcelijn. The series is produced by Maarten Swart and Nico Moolenaar on behalf of Kaap Holland Movie in collaboration with Red Herring.

When will The Silence be released on Netflix? Netflix has not yet announced a unlock date for The Silence. Given the production timeline, we are doubtless taking a look at a 2027 unlock.

For more on Netflix’s upcoming Dutch slate of up to date series and movies, take care of it locked here on What’s on Netflix.