Netflix Movie World: Netflix NEWS 05.15.2018

Netflix NEWS

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

13 Reasons Why Season 2 (May 18)

Netflix Original Series - 13 episodes

Season 1 was based on a 2007 young adult novel. Clay (Dylan Minnette) finds a box on his doorstep addressed to him two weeks after his classmate Hannah ended her life. Inside he discovers thirteen tapes with thirteen reasons why Hannah did it.
Season 2 continues the stories of the characters left behind as they deal with the aftermath, but Hannah will also definitely be back as characters delve into the past during the trial. We'll get answers on Bryce, Alex, and Tyler according to show runner Brian Yorkey and there will be a new piece of technology from the past introduced. Yorkey also stated that while season 1 was Hannah's point of view, and she didn't tell any untruths, there are at least 12 kids who have another point of view.
Eleven new actors have been cast for season 2, Anne Winters, Bryce Cass, Chelsea Alden, Allison Miller, Samantha Logan, Kelli O'Hara, Ben Lawson, Jay Weber, Brenda Strong, Meredith Monroe, and RJ Brown.
Chloe (Winters) is the 'it girl' and new head cheerleader.
Cyrus (Cass) is a cynical mischief maker and an unexpected champiion of the downtrodden. Mackenzie (Alden) is Cyrus's sister, artsy, witty, and outspoken.
Nina (Logan) is a track star with a secret.
Jackie (O'Hara) is a passionate advocate for victims of bullying.
Sonya (Miller) is an ambitious young litigator. Rick (Lawson) is the beloved baseball coach.
Barry Walker (Weber) is Bryce's father, a successful hedge fund manager.
Nora (Walker) is Barry's wife and Bryce's mother.
Carolyn (Monroe) is Alex's mother, a hard working nurse.
Caleb (Brown) is Tony's boxing trainer, a fierce coach with a sense of humor.
Read my Season 1 review - Watch it
Season 2 Announcement Video
13 Reasons Why Season 2 Date Announcement video

Cargo (May 18) - Excludes Australia

Netflix Original Movie

Martin Freeman stars as a father stranded in Australia with 48 hours to find his baby daughter a home after being infected during a pandemic.
Watch the trailer
Attack clip

Catching Feelings (May 18)

Netflix Distributed Movie

Follows an urbane young academic and his beautiful wife as their lives get turned upside down when a celebrated and hedonistic older writer moves into their Johannesburg home with them.

Inspector Gadget Season 4 (May 18) - Only in United States