Netflix’s new Habeas Corpus trailer starts with a simple case and quickly makes it personal. Inez, a law professor and former criminal-defense attorney, gathers students to revisit a young man’s conviction. One of those students, Marina, is carrying a reason for joining the group that has nothing to do with a class assignment.
The eight-episode Brazilian drama arrives on Netflix September 23. It is also Netflix Brazil’s first legal drama, built around a wrongful-conviction investigation, old secrets, and the question of whether justice is actually available to everyone.
The trailer turns a legal case into a personal fight
Inez believes the young man may have been convicted for a crime he did not commit. Instead of treating the case as a closed file, she brings students into a review group and starts looking for the details that the original process missed. The trailer shows research, arguments, and courtroom pressure, but it does not reveal the final answer.
That distinction matters for the story. Habeas Corpus is not presented as a straight courtroom procedural where each episode introduces a new case. The central investigation connects the students to one another, and every discovery appears to pull a private history into the open.
Marina has her own reason for joining Inez
Any Gabrielly plays Marina, Inez’s brightest student. The trailer makes clear that Marina approaches Inez with a hidden agenda tied to an injustice that affected her family. She wants answers, but she is not entering the group without a plan of her own.
That gives the series a second source of tension. Inez is trying to establish what happened in the case, while Marina may be trying to repair something that happened long before the investigation began. Their goals can overlap for a while, but they do not have to stay aligned.
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Netflix Brazil is calling it its first legal drama
Netflix describes Habeas Corpus as its first Brazilian legal drama. The show uses the vocabulary of appeals, convictions, and evidence, but the trailer also leans into melodrama. Relationships matter as much as procedure, and the investigation keeps turning back toward family, power, and old decisions.
The title is a legal phrase associated with challenging unlawful detention. Here, it also signals the show’s focus on a person whose freedom and future depend on whether the group can reopen the case. The series is inspired by real cases and by the work of Innocence Project Brasil, an organization that investigates and helps overturn wrongful convictions.
Release date, episode count, and cast
Habeas Corpus premieres on Netflix September 23, 2026, with eight episodes. The official announcement does not list a weekly rollout, so the release format should be treated as unconfirmed until Netflix posts a schedule. The Netflix title page currently lists the series as a 2026 TV-MA drama.
Marjorie Estiano leads the cast as Inez, with Any Gabrielly as Marina. The ensemble also includes Vladimir Brichta, Felipe Ricca, Hypólito, Luiza Gabus, Naruna Costa, Nicolas Lee, Paula Cohen, Pedro Roza, Renata Gaspar, and Tato Gabus Mendes.
Luiz Villaça co-created the series with Leonardo Moreira and Donna Oliveira, directs alongside Flávia Lacerda, and serves as overall director. Leonardo Moreira wrote the final scripts. Café Royal produces the show, with Adriana Tavares as executive producer.
The first images show a serious, grounded setting
Netflix’s first images place Inez and the students in classrooms, hallways, and courtrooms rather than a glossy crime-thriller world. The group image looks like a study team, but the individual stills give the characters room to look guarded, exhausted, or ready to challenge one another.
That grounded approach fits the premise. The suspense comes from what the group can prove, who wants the case left alone, and how much personal history can survive public scrutiny. The trailer suggests twists, but it does not identify every secret or explain the ending.
What to watch for when it premieres
The main question is whether Inez can build a credible case before Marina’s private motive breaks the group apart. Habeas Corpus can work as a legal mystery, but its strongest hook is the relationship between a teacher searching for evidence and a student who may already know what she wants the truth to say.
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For now, the useful details are set: Habeas Corpus is an eight-episode Netflix Brazil drama, the trailer is out, and the premiere is September 23. The case may begin with one young man, but the trailer is promising a story about everyone who has something to lose when the past is reopened.
Will you watch Habeas Corpus for the wrongful-conviction mystery, the family secrets, or Marjorie Estiano and Any Gabrielly’s lead performances?
