How Money Heist was renewed for season 5 at Netflix
It took an eternity, but Netflix officially acknowledged that season 5 of Money Heist is coming in August 2020. Sadly, they also confirmed that “the heist comes to an end” meaning that season 5 will be the final installment of the hit Spanish series.

In a statement posted to Netflix’s “See What’s Next” account (now labeled Netflix Queue), Alexa Pina said the following regarding the renewal:

“We’ve spent almost a year thinking about how to break up the band. How to put the Professor on the ropess. How to get into situations that are irreversible for many characters. The result is the fifth part of La Casa de Papel. The war reaches its most extreme and savage levels, but it is also the most epic and exciting season.”

Up until the official renewal in August 2020, Alex Pina and his team of writers and directors have repeatedly said several times that there are plans for a fifth part.

In May 2020 shortly after the release of White Lines, Pina spoke to Deadline, and yet again, all but confirmed the future of the series. The article states:

“Season 5 is coming, but Pina could not confirm any further series because “Netflix will put a bomb in my house.””

Speaking about what they hope to achieve with the final season of Money Heist, Álex Rodrigo, one of the directors on the series has stated that he wants to “close the series in style, as the fans imagine and dream”.

Why is season 5 of Money Heist the final season?
Many fans will probably be asking why Money Heist is coming to an end. There’s most likely a number of reasons but Alex Pina clarified one of the biggest in recent interviews with the release of Sky Rojo.

According to Spanish newspaper Marca (h/t Netflix-Nederland), the show stars being in increased demand is partially why the show is getting hard to keep going. We know with previous shows, especially when it comes to big ensemble casts, keeping everyone tied to the show becomes difficult.


Álex Pina

Spin-offs, however, were not ruled out with both Javier Gómez Santander and Álex Pina indicating that’s something that could come in the future.

Pina is on the record of saying:

“We have many opportunities for spin-offs. This is due to the strong identities of the characters. We’ve always looked for characters that are complex, so I think almost every character has a side that we would like to see in a spin-off.”

From our point of view too, once this heist is over (which will be the second in the show) it’d become increasingly hard to justify having more heists and would risk the show jumping the shark.

Where is season 5 of Money Heist in production?
Current expected production status: Filming reportedly concluded – post-production (Last updated: February 2021)

In early July 2020, Alex Pina confirmed he’s still writing the fifth season with a glamorous picture of the showrunner in their back garden office. Pina tagged alongside his picture in the office (translated into English): “Writing La Casa de Papel 5.”


Later in July 2020, we were led to believe, thanks to Vancouver Media (the production company behind Money Heist), posting pictures via Instagram that preparation for production had begun.

Also in July 2020, Pedro Alonso who plays Berlin also posted suggesting he will be returning for season 5 of Money Heist. In the post, he states:

“I just had my hair cut, tried on clothes. They all wore masks. That at times seemed like the Pentagon. Or one of Spielberg about meetings in who knows what phase. The fact is that soon I will be him again. It’s called Berlin and it’s pure love. Sometimes.”

On July 21st, 2020 Alaro Morte posted that it was his first day back saying: “I’m back. The Professor is back.”.

Filming began in August 2020 with some on-set pictures being leaked out by fans tracking the show.

It confirms that Berlin is back for the fifth season and is as dapper as ever.


In mid-August 2020, Úrsula Corberó (who plays Tokio) posted via her Instagram story that it was her first day back on set.

ursula tokio is back

In mid-September 2020 The Professor posted out a photo with one of his costumes carrying an absurd amount of blood on it. This has already led many to expect we could see The Professor potentially come close to the end!

blood on professors costume netflix money heist s5

On September 10th, Itziar Ituño posted that she had returned to the set captioned with “Lisbon is back”.

LCDP5: Vídeo del rodaje en Portugal (Elevador da Bica) en el que se ve a Úrsula y Miguel…Tienen toda la pinta de ser una pareja. Thank you so much @uldmt64 for the information!! #Lacasadepapel #Moneyheist pic.twitter.com/o2w6sDwEMP

— VoiceofReason (@VoRLCDP) September 1, 2020

No new photos from set as of November 2020. We’ve heard some rumors that production is due to continue into the new year. So far, the series final season has been filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain including Madrid.

Filming was still ongoing as of December 2020 with Najwa Nimri posting pictures and videos from the set.

Filming continued into January 2021 where it was believed the show had wrapped filming in Madrid around this time according to a Reddit post.

How many episodes will be in Money Heist season 5?
Season 5, as confirmed by FormulaTV will be 2 episodes longer than previous seasons with a total of 10 episodes to wrap up the series. That’s confirmed via the Netflix Media Center.