Netflix NEWS 06.05.2018

Netflix NEWS

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

Alex Strangelove (June 8)

Netflix Distributed Movie

This comedy about high school senior Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny), whose quest to lose his virginity is eagerly awaited by his girlfriend, and cheered on by his rowdy friends, launches him into a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of modern manhood. He meets Elliott, a sweet and confident gay boy who isn't shy about his instant crush on Alex. Alex may or may not feel the same. Directed by Craig Johnson.
Watch the trailer 

Ali's Wedding (June 8)

Netflix Distributed Movie - Excludes China, Australia, New Zealand

Ali is the charming son of a much-loved Muslim cleric who has migrated to Australia from Iraq. Desperate to please his family and the world while juggling both. Ali sets off a calamitous chain of events that sees him attending medical school despite not being enrolled and falling in love despite being promised to another. Ali's double life is on the brink of exposure. It won the Audience Award at the Sydney Film Festival and The Age Critics Award at the Melbourne Film Festival.
Announcement

Marcella Season 2 (June 8) - Excludes Ireland

Netflix Exclusive Series

After quitting the police force when she became pregnant, eleven years later Marcella rejoins after a divorce and the return of a serial killer she never caught.
Read my Season 1 review - It depends

Sense8 Finale (June 8)

Netflix Original Series

Created by the Wachowski's who made The Matrix, eight strangers are mentally linked and can enter each others minds. Canceled after the second season, the show will return for a two hour finale.
Read my Season 1 review - It depends 
Cancellation Announcement
Finale Announcement
Happy Birthday Sense8 video
Finale First Look 
Finale Date
Series Finale Date Announcement
Series Finale trailer 
The Finale Behind the Scenes (Spoiler Alert)  

The Hollow Season 1 (June 8)

Netflix Kids Series

In this animated series, three kids awake in a bunker and must brave bizarre towns, time portals, and dangerous beasts.

The Staircase Season 1 (June 8)

Netflix Documentary Series - 13 episodes

Crime novelist Michasel Peterson was charged with the murder of his wife while claiming she fell down the staircase.
Three brand new episodes will be premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 28 before they air with the original ten episodes on Netflix.
Preview video
Announcement
Watch the trailer

Treehouse Detectives Season 1 (June 8) - Excludes South Korea

Netflix Kids Series

Two bears, Toby and Teri, solve the neighborhood's mysteries like why leaves fall and where caterpillars go.
 
Netflix Trailers
The Ranch Part 5 trailer - June 15

Netflix Previews & Videos

Arrested Development Season 5 - Family of the Year video
The Break with Michelle Wolf - video clip
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 4 - Kimmy Fires Kabir
My Next Guest - Howard Stern Isn’t Mad Anymore
Parks and Recreation - Jean Ralphio x Mona Lisa: An Iconic Duo
The Magic Order Issue 1 trailer -June 13 (Netflix's First Comic)
Super Drags teaser video
The Kissing Booth - Joey King & Jacob Elordi American vs. Australian Word Battle video
Sense8 Finale - Behind the Scenes: Sensate
The Break - Internet Goofs video
3% Season 3 Announcement - 2019
Marvel's Luke Cage Season 2 - Misty and Colleen
The Break - Me Too video

Netflix News & Announcements

Uma Thurman to Star in Supernatural Drama Series Chambers
The Rain Renewed for Season 2
Obama Productions Will Not Have a Political Bias
Netflix Picks Up Joe Hill's Locke and Key to Series
Always Be My Maybe Movie Starts Production
Busted! Renewed for Season 2
The King Movie Starts Production and Announces Cast
GLOW Cast Teases Bigger Season 2
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 4 Part 2 Premieres January 25, 2019 
Christmas in the Wild Starring Rob Lowe Coming in 2019
13 Reasons Why Creator Brian Yorkey Talks Season 3
New Dolly Parton Anthology Series
Adrian Holmes Jacky Lai Cast in V-Wars

Hype List
Black Mirror Season 5 (2019, projected)
Disenchantment Season 1 (2018)
Arrested Development Season 5 (2018)
Stranger Things Season 3 (2018, projected)
Altered Carbon Season 2 (unconfirmed)
The Witcher Season 1 (2020)
Ratched Season 1 (2019)
Dark Season 2 (2018, projected) 
Mindhunter Season 2 (2018)
The Umbrella Academy Season 1 (2018)