Los Angeles, March 12 -- Netflix is set to bring a series based on Mexican artist and cultural icon Frida Kahlo and her artist-husband, Diego Rivera.

According to Deadline, the streaming giant has been working on a scripted series that will follow the couple's journey, especially their love story, betrayals, and artistic work that were shaped by the political and social atmosphere of the time.

It will be directed by Patricia Riggen and Gabriel Ripstein, with Monica Lozano of Alebrije Producciones producing. Maria Renee Prudencio will be the head writer on the series, which is yet to receive a title.

"It tells the story of a woman who refuses to be only a muse and decides to tell her own version of pain, and of a man who tries to sustai...