Netflix NEWS 07.03.2018

Netflix NEWS

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

The Comedy Lineup Season 1 (July 3)

Netflix  Standup Comedy Series

A diverse group of eight up-and-coming comedians perform 15-minute sets in this stand-up comedy showcase. Check out Michelle Buteau, Ian Karmel, Taylor Tomlinson, Sam Jay, Phil Wang, Sabrina Jalees, Jak Knight, and Tim Dillon.
Watch the trailer 

Anne with an E Season 2 (July 6) - Excludes Canada

Netflix Distributed Series with CBC - 10 episodes

Based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables, where orphan Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty) is adopted by a couple expecting a boy to help them on their farm.
The second season adds new characters and story lines as the series continues to explore prejudice, feminism, bullying, gender parity, and empowerment through it's fourteen year old protagonist. Season 2 announcement 
Season 2 begins filming 
Season 2 premiere date 
Watch the trailer

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Season 1 (July 6)

Netflix Exclusive Continuation - 24 episodes

Jerry Seinfeld picks up a comedian and they grab a cup of coffee in a classic car. Netflix has exclusive rights to new episodes and the 58 previous episodes.
Seinfeld is also working on two comedy specials for Netflix, Jerry Before Seinfeld and an untitled project.
Watch the trailer
Watch the Freshly Brewed trailer

First Team: Juventus Season 2 (July 6)

Netflix Original Series

With unprecedented access to the players and facilities during the 2017-18 season, go behind the scenes and get to know the players and coaches of the Juventus Football club.

Free Rein Season 2 (July 6)

Netflix Original Teen Series

A coming of age story about American teen Zoe and her summer in the English countryside.
Zoe meets mysterious horse Raven. It's not about falling down, it's how you get back up.

Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons Season 2 (July 6)

Netflix Series Continuation - 4 episodes

Investigative journalist Paul Connolly becomes a voluntary inmate in the world's most volatile prisons, where intimidation and brutality rule.

 Sacred Games Season 1 (July 6)

Netflix Original Series

Netflix's first original series from India and based on a novel, delving into organized crime, politics, and the corruption that underlie Mumbai, India's financial resurgence. The deadliest games are the ones we don't know we're playing.
Watch the date announcement video
Teaser video
Watch the trailer 
Kaam 25 Divine video 

Samantha! Season 1 (July 6)

Netflix Original Portuguese Language Series

This Brazilian series follows the life of a young actress married to a former football player who recently gets out of jail. A child star in the '80s, Samantha clings to the fringes of celebrity with hilarious harebrained schemes to launch herself back into the spotlight.
Watch the trailer

Somebody Feed Phil Season 2 (July 6)

Netflix Original Series

Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, visits cities around the world to sample local delicacies.
Season 2 announcement  

The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (July 6)

Netflix Distributed Movie

Buck Ferguson (Josh Brolin), famous for hunting whitetail deer, plans a special episode of his hunting show around a bonding weekend with his estranged son, Jaden (Montana Jordan). With trusted but hapless cameraman and friend Don (Danny McBride) in tow. Buck sets out for what soon becomes an unexpectedly epic adventure of father-son reconnection in the great outdoors. Scoot McNairy also stars.
Watch the teaser

The Skin of the Wolf [Bajo la piel de lobo] (July 6)

Netflix Distributed Spanish LanguageMovie

An animal trapper living in an abandoned mountain town in northern Spain seeks to resolve his loneliness by securing a wife.

White Fang (July 6) - US, Canada, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, UK, Eastern Europe, India, ANZ, South Africa

Netflix Distributed Animated Movie

The story is told through the eyes of the wolf just as London wrote it. The voice cast includes Nick Offerman, Rashida Jones, Paul Giamatti, and Eddie Spears. The film premiered at the January 2018 Sundance film festival.

 
Netflix Trailers
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter trailer - July 6
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society trailer - August 10
Father of the Year trailer - July 20

Netflix Previews & Videos

GLOW Season 2 - Step into your Power Pose
Somebody Feed Phil Season 2 teaser 
Set It Up - Pizza Scene 
Disenchantment Season 1 teaser - August 17
Ingobernable Season 2 Date Announcement - September 14
Queer Eye x Nailed It! - Crossover Episode
The Break - Unhinged 2018 
The Break - Perfect Sports with Nick
The Break - Mind Your Manners

Netflix News & Announcements

Mark Wahlberg and Director Peter Berg Team for Wonderland Movie
Piper Perabo, JJ Feild, Frankie Hervey Cast in Turn Up Charlie Season 1 
Beau Bridges and Philip Baker Recurring Roles in Messiah Season 1
Jazmyn Simon Cast in Raising Dion Season 1
Lost in Space Season 2 - Sibongile Mlambo Promoted to Series Regular
Bojack Horseman Season 5 Returns September 14 
Ja-Siah Young and Alisha Wainwright Cast as Leads in Raising Dion Season 1
Midnight Children to be Adapted to Series 
Keegan-Michael Key Joining Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name! 
Wu Assassins Season 1 Announcement with Iko Uwais 
Coisa Mais Linda Season 1 Casting Announcement
Quicksand [Störst av Allt] Announcement
Krysten Ritter Will Make Directorial Debut in Marvel's Jessica Jones S3 

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)