Netflix NEWS 12.12.17

Netflix NEWS

Updates on Netflix original content releasing this week and the announcements from last week.
Netflix Originals Releasing This Week

Fate/Apocrypha Season 1 (December 12-Worldwide / Released November 7 in U.S./Canada)

Netflix Distributed Japanese Language Series - 25 episodes

In this anime, the city of Fuyuki, seven magi and their Heroic Spirits once clashed in a Holy Grail War. Amid the chaos of the war, a mage made off with the Grail. Decades later, the Yggdmillennia clan of Romania possess the Grail and secede from the Mage’s Association. Angered by the move, the Association sends assassins after them, only to have them wiped out by a Yggdmillennia Servant.
This sparks a new Holy Grail War of unprecedented scale with two factions of seven Servants.
Watch the trailer

Judd Apatow: The Return (December 12)

Netflix Comedy Special

Judd Apatow returns to stand up for the first time in twenty-five years. He's an American producer, writer, director, comedian, and actor. He developed the television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. He directed The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), and Trainwreck (2015).
Watch the teaser video
Watch the trailer

El Chapo Season 2 (December 15)

Netflix Distributed Series with Univision

A drama series about Mexico's top drug kingpin during the 2000's, "El Chapo" Guzman, who made headlines in 2015 for the tunnel he used to escape his jail cell. He was head of the largest drug cartel and worth more than a billion dollars in 2009.
In season 2 the Mexican government thinks it can work together and control El Chapo, but ends up starting the biggest drug war in the country. 
Watch the Season 1 trailer
Watch the Season 2 trailer

Christmas Inheritance (December 15)

Netflix Distributed Movie

Before ambitious heiress Ellen Langford can inherit her father's gift business, she must deliver a special Christmas card to her dad's former partner in Snow Falls. When she's stranded in the city at an inn due to a snowstorm, she must work for her keep, finding romance and the true gift of Christmas in the process.
Erased Season 1 (December 15)

Netflix Japanese Language Series

In this live action adaptation of the manga, a man somehow possesses the ability to go back in time moments before life-threatening incidents, allowing him to prevent them. When his mother is murdered, he goes back eighteen years to when he was still in elementary school, providing the opportunity to prevent a kidnapping incident of his childhood friends.

The Ranch Season 2 Part 4 (December 15)

Netflix Original Series - 5 episodes

Ashton Kutcher is washed up football player Colt Bennett. He moves back home to help his dad (Sam Elliott) and his brother (Danny Masterson) on the ranch.
Season 2 will consist of ten episodes in 2 parts.
Read my Season 1 Part 1 Review - Skip it
Read my Season 1 Part 2 Review - Skip it
Date Announcement video

Trollhunters Season 2 - Tales of Arcadia (December 15)

Netflix Original Series - 13 episodes

This animated series based on Guillermo del Toro's book is about friends who uncover a mystery in their town. Jim, Toby, and Claire are selected to protect humans and the trolls that live underground.
It features the voice of Kelsey Grammer, Stephen Yeun, and Anton Yelchin. While Yelchin passed away in 2016, he had already recorded the first two seasons. Fifty two total episodes are planned broken into six chapter. The first season had twenty six episodes.
Mark Hamill, Lena Headey & David Bradley join the cast for season two.
Trollhunters will expand into a trilogy featuring trolls in Trollhunters, wizards in Wizards, and aliens in 3Below.
Read my Season 1 review - Watch it
Behind the Scenes Jim's Armor 
Mark Hamill, Lena Headey & David Bradley Join the Cast  
Watch the trailer 
Watch the Eli teaser video

Ultimate Beastmaster Season 2 (December 15) 

Netflix Original Series - 10 episodes

In this reality series produced by Sylvester Stallone, two competitors attempt to conquer an obstacle course known as "The Beast."
From six different countries, 108 challengers will compete to become the Ultimate Beastmasters.
Terry Crews will host the U.S. version, with six different country specific versions and local celebrity hosts. Countries for season 2 include Spain, France, Italy, China, India and the U.S.
The Ultiamte Beastmaster website began taking applications for Season 2 in July 2017, with contestants required to be available in September 2017 for filming.
Read my Season 1 review - Watch it 
Watch the Season 2 trailer 

Wormwood (December 15)

Netflix Documentary Mini-series - 6 episodes

Directed by boundary-breaking filmmaker Errol Morris, Wormwood is a six-part series exploring the limits of knowledge about the past and the lengths we’ll go in our search for the truth. A twisting, evolving story of one man’s sixty-year quest to identify the circumstances of his father’s mysterious death. Combining a virtuosic performance by Peter Sarsgaard with Morris’ legendary interview style, Wormwood examines this case from every possible angle, bringing the viewer face-to-face with some of the United States’ darkest secrets.
Watch the teaser video 
Watch the trailer 
 
Netflix Trailers
Black Mirror Season 4 - U.S.S. Callister trailer
Black Mirror Season 4 Official trailer 
Bill Nye Saves the World Season 2 trailer
The Crown Season 2 final trailer 
Fuller House Season 3 Part 2 trailer 
Russell Howard: Recalibrate trailer

Netflix Previews & Videos
The Crown Featurette - Tony and Margaret video
The Crown Featurette - The Kennedys video
Eleven from Stranger Things and Big Mouth Hormone Monster Mash up video
The Women of Mudbound video 
One Day at a Time Season 2 Date Announcement video
Jessica Jones Season 2 Date Announcement video
Sense8 Finale First Look video
3% Season 2 Offshore teaser video 
Altered Carbon Teaser video 
Bright - Will Smiths Respond to the Call 

Netflix News & Announcements
Netflix Acquires Mimi from Rio
Danny Masterson Written Off of The Ranch 
Alice Eve Joins Iron Fist Season 2 Cast
Charlie Brooker Talks Black Mirror Season 4 
More Charlie Brooker on Black Mirror
Kurt Russell Will Play Santa Clause in 2018 Netflix Movie 
Netflix Nabs 20 Nominations for Broadcast Television Association's Critics' Choice Television Awards 
Shawn Levy Signs Exclusive Deal with Netflix to Produce Television Series 
Netflix Negotiating International Deal for Alex Garland's Annihilation 
Netflix Buys Jingle Jangle
New Young Adult Colombian Series Siempre Bruja [Always a Witch] in 2019
Angelina Jolie Discusses First They Killed My Father - Cambodia's Entry to the Academy Awards
Netflix Acquires Rights to John Scalzi's Sci-fi classic Novel Old Man's War  
How Netflix Personalizes Artwork on the Site
Real Rob! Season 3 Confirmed per Twitter
Golden Globe Nominations 
A Year in Bingeing 
Netflix Announces Documentary Shorts for 2018 

Hype List
Black Mirror Season 4 (December 29)
Altered Carbon Season 1 (February 2)
Disenchantment Season 1 (2018)
Dark Season 2 (2018, hopefully)
Stranger Things Season 3 (2019, projected)
The Witcher Season 1 (TBA)
Ratched Season 1 (2019)
Mindhunter Season 2 (2018)
Arrested Development Season 5 (2018)
The Umbrella Academy Season 1 (2018)