There’s no one in the entertainment industry quite like Julio Torres. The multi-hyphenate has been behind some memorable SNL skits, the Peabody Award-winning Spanish language show Los Espookys, and this year’s utterly original A24 release Problemista, along with more niche comedic offerings like his delightful special My Favorite Shapes. Now, he’s bringing Fantasmas to the small screen, a six-episode series full of wonder and whimsy.

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Fantasmas follows Torres as a fictional version of himself, dwelling in a mildly German expressionist version of New York City where a new form of identification, the Proof of Existence card, has become necessary for just about everything. Julio refuses to get one on political and philosophical grounds, and while that presents some big problems in how he leads his........

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