Netflix Movie World: Netflix NEWS 12.25.2018

Netflix NEWS

Updates on Netflix original content releasing this week and the announcements from last week. You can always read more about what's coming out this week and in the future on our Upcoming page.
Netflix Originals Releasing This Week

Hi Score Girl Season 1 (December 24)

Netflix Distributed Japanese Language Series

A chronic gamer abysmally inept in academics and sports finally meets his match at his usual shady arcade and it’s his rich classmate, Akira.

Alexa & Katie Season 2 (December 26)

Netflix Original Series

Aimed at teens & pre-teens, two best friends eagerly anticipating the freshman year of high school confront a crisis that leaves them feeling like outsiders.
Season 2 Announcement

You Season 1 (December 26) - Excludes the U.S., China

Netflix Exclusive Series with Lifetime - 10 episodes

Based on Caroline Kepnes' best-selling novel of the same name, You is a 21st century love story that asks, "What would you do for love?" When a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, the answer becomes clear, anything. Using the internet and social media as a tool to get closer, a charming and awkward crush quickly becomes an obsession as he quietly and strategically removes every hurdle and person in his way.
The series premieres September 9, 2018 on Lifetime, with global release at a later date.
Reported on December 3, 2018 that season 2 will become a Netflix original, Lifetime is not continuing the series.
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A Twelve-Year Night [La noche de 12 años] (December 28)

Netflix Distributed Series - 6 episodes

Set in 1973 Uruguay which is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad." The three men will remain in solitary confinement for twelve years.

Black Mirror Interactive Holiday Episode - Bandersnatch (December 28)

Netflix Series Continuation

Each unconnected episode explores how technology could help and then ruin our lives. The stories are known for their harrowing nature and depressing conclusions.
While Netflix has had interactive children shows, Black Mirror will be the first test of a choose your own adventure adult series. First reported October 1, 2018.

Hymn of Death Season 1 (December 28)

Netflix Distributed Korean Language Series - 3 episodes
Following Korea's first soprano Yun Sim-deok and his genius playwright boyfriend Kim Woo-jin, loved by a wide audience, the beautiful yet tragic love story has been recreated in various formats including movies, plays, and musicals throughout the years.
It aires exclusive in Asia and Europe starting November 27, before releasing worldwide.
Announcement

Instant Hotel Season 1 (December 28)

Netflix Distributed Series - 6 episodes

Australian reality television series where contestants grade hotels and the owners grade the contestants.

Murder Mountain Season 1 (December 28)

Netflix Distributed Series - 6 episodes
Set in Humboldt County, California, where marijuana is the dominant local industry, the series focuses on the disappearance of 29-year-old Garret Rodriguez in 2013. The series shows Humboldt's marijuana farms, both legal and illegal, and the farmers and dealers associated with the industry.
First reported on November 21, 2018.

Selection Day Season 1 (December 28)

Netflix Indian Language Series

Based on Booker Prize winning author Aravind Adiga's novel of the same name, this coming of age tale depicts the glory and rivalry of cricket in the city of Mumbai. Manjunath Kumar, fourteen, knows he is good at cricket, but fears and resents his dominant and cricket-obsessed father and plays in the shadow of his brother Radha. Everyone tells Manju what he should be, but he needs to figure it out for himself.
Date Announcement
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When Angels Sleep (December 28)

Netflix Distributed Spanish Language Series

A CEO lives the worst night of his life after having a drive accident.

Yummy Mummies Season 1 (December 28)

Netflix Distributed Australian Series

All four women are pregnant and are apprehensive and excited about the upcoming births. But these are no ordinary women. Follow rich and glamorous women who have got it all: cars, money, the perfect life. They're also pregnant, but they can't let that diminish their glamour.

Netflix Trailers

Alexa & Katie Season 2 trailer - December 26
Kingdom Season 1 trailer - January 25
Comedians of the World: Standup Season 1 trailer - January 1
Standup and Away! with Brian Regan trailer - December 24
Watership Down trailer - December 23

Netflix Previews & Videos