Netflix Movie World: Netflix NEWS 05.22.2018

Monday 21 May 2018

Netflix NEWS 05.22.2018

Netflix NEWS

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

Mob Psycho 100 Season 1 (May 22)

Netflix Distributed Series

In this anime there's an organization gathering espers for a nefarious purpose. Powerful psychic Mob, however, is just trying to be the protagonist of his own life.

Terrace House: Opening New Doors Season 2 (May 22)

Netflix Distributed Series

Terrace House: Opening New Doors follows Boys and Girls in the City and Alopha State, documenting the daily lives of six men and women living together in a shared house.

Tig Notaro Happy To Be Here (May 22)

Netflix Comedy Special

Tig Notaro unleashes her inner prankster in a playful stand-up special packed with funny anecdotes, parenting confessions and more.
Watch the trailer

Explained (May 23)

Netflix Distributed Series

Netflix and Vox unite for this enlightening weekly series that digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop.
Watch the trailer

Fauda Season 2 (May 24) - Excludes Israel, France

Netflix Israeli Series Continuation

This Israeli political thriller follows a deep cover Israeli Defense Force unit that infiltrates Palestine to thwart terror attacks.
Season 1 aired on Israeli television and was the most watched series in history on Israeli TV, breaking barriers by giving equal screen time to Jews and Arabs. It will air with Arabic and Hebrew languages with English subtitles.
It premieres in Israel December 31, releasing globally in 2018.
Watch the Season 1 trailer
Read my Season 1 review - Watch it
Watch the Season 2 trailer

Ibiza (May 25)

Netflix Original Movie

Gillian Jacobs plays a young woman whose two best friends (Vanessa Bayer, Phoebe Robinson) tag along on her work trip to Barcelona and Ibiza that quickly turns into a crazy hunt for a popular DJ played by Richard Madden (Game of Thrones).
Watch the trailer

Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (May 25)

Netflix Comedy Special

It features new comedy bits, musical sketches, and conversations about two friends' long careers, most memorable encounters and their lives in showbiz.
Twitter Announcement
Watch the trailer

The Toys that Made Us Season 2 (May 25)

Netflix Distributed Series

This series explores famous toys in the '80s, including Star Wars, Barbie, He-Man, and GI Joe. Originally reported as eight episodes that would also cover Transformers, Star Trek, Hello Kitty, and Lego blocks.

Trollhunters Season 3 (May 25)

Netflix Original Series - 13 episodes

This animated series based on Guillermo del Toro's book is about friends Jim, Toby, and Claire, who uncover a mystery in their town. Jim is selected to protect humans and trolls when he discovers the powerful Amulet of Daylight.
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, the second thirteen.
Tatiana Maslany, Diego Luna, and Emile Hirsch will join the season three cast. Hirsch will voice the role of Jim Lake, Jr. Maslany and Luna will voice Aja and Krel, two mysterious new students who unknowingly come to the aid of the Trollhunters team in the fight against Morgana.
Watch the Season 3 trailer

Sara's Notebook (May 26)

Netflix Distributed Spanish Language Movie

Laura has been looking for years for her sister Sara, who disappeared in the middle of the Congo jungle. Neither the NGO for which he worked nor the Embassy had news of his whereabouts until a photo of a mining town in Eastern Congo appears with the blurred image of Sara.

The Break with Michelle Wolf Season 1 (May 27)