Netflix Movie World: Netflix NEWS 08.13.2019

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

Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready Season 1 (August 13)

Netflix Comedy Special - 6 episodes

Featuring six comedians personally chosen by Haddish, comedians include Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tracey Ashley, Aida Rodriguez, Flame Monroe, and Marlo Williams. Haddish shares a history with each of them after working together on the stand-up scene or in television. Haddish wants to put this diverse group of comedians in the spotlight.
Haddish had a breakout performance in 2017's Girls' Trip and is currently in the upcoming films The Last OG, Night School, The Oath, and Nobody's Fool . She will voice Tuca in the upcoming Netflix adult animated series Tuca & Bertie.
Announcement
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Happy Jail Season 1 (August 14)

Netflix Distributed Documentary Series - 5 episodes

Going inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a unique Philippine jail where dancing is part of the inmates’ exercise and rehabilitation. CPDRC shot to worldwide fame when its 2007 performance of “Thriller” went viral, but ten years later it faces intense scrutiny when an ex-convict is hired to run it.

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Cannon Busters Season 1 (August 15)

Netflix Animated Series - 12 episodes

Based on a comic by American LeSean Thomas that published just two issues, the fantasy adventure follows the exploits of S.A.M, a high-end friendship droid who’s joined by a quirky, discarded maintenance robot and a brash, deadly fugitive. The unlikely trio embarks on a fantastic and dangerous journey to find S.A.M’s best friend, the heir to a powerful kingdom under siege.
Date Announcement

Sacred Games Season 2 (August 15)

Netflix Original Series

A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai, India from cataclysm.
Season 2 First Look
Season 2 Cast Reveal video
Date Announcement

Season 2 trailer

45 rpm Season 1 (August 16)
Netflix Distributed Spanish Language Series
In 1960s Madrid, music producer Guillermo Rojas launches a rock 'n' roll label with the help of aspiring singer Robert and clever producer Maribel.

Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez (August 16)
Netflix Distributed Spanish Language Series
This drama series tells the true life story of Carlos Tevez, the Argentine soccer player who rose from a difficult childhood to Boca Juniors stardom.

Better Than Us Season 1 (August 16)
Netflix Distributed Russian Language Series
In a near-future Moscow, where robots are commonplace, a family unknowingly gets a killer android for household work.

Diagnosis: From The New York Times Column Season 1 (August 16)

Netflix Documentary Series

Inspired by the New York Times Magazine's long-running “Diagnosis” medical column written by Dr. Lisa Sanders.
Various patients journey to find a diagnosis, and potentially a cure, for their mysterious illnesses. By combining the power of global crowdsourcing, social media, and established medical expertise, each case is untangled with illuminating new insights that had previously eluded doctors.
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Green Frontier [FronteraVerde] Season 1 (August 16)

Netflix Original Spanish Language Series - 8 episodes

A young detective and her partner travel into the Amazon on the border of Brazil and Colombia to investigate a collection of bizarre murders. They discover a mysterious indigenous tribe with an extraordinary secret that they will protect at all costs.
Announcement
Teaser video
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Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (August 16)
Netflix Distributed Kids Movie
When Zim suddenly reappears to begin Phase 2 of his evil alien plan to conquer Earth, his longtime nemesis Dib sets out to unmask him once and for all.

Mindhunter Season 2 (August 16)

Netflix Original Series - 8 episodes

Two FBI agents interview imprisoned serial killers to solve ongoing cases in 1979.
Produced by David Fincher & Charlize Theron, this series is based on the 1995 book by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. It stars Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, and Hannah Gross. While work for season two began soon after the first season launch, the second season was officially confirmed on November 30.
Watch the Season 1 trailer
Read my Season 1 review - Watch it
Season 2 Confirmation
Season 2 teaser video
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QB1: Beyond the Lights: Season 3 (August 16)
Netflix Distributed Series Continuation
This riveting series follows three star high school quarterbacks as they play their final season before moving on to Division I college football.

Sextuplets (August 16)

Netflix Original Movie

Alan (Marlon Wayans), a man embarking on a personal journey to meet his parents. When Alan meets his brother, Russell, he discovers that he was born a sextuplet and decided to seek out his other siblings (all played by Wayans). Together, the two brothers set out on a road trip to the rest of the world that they've never known, and Alan quickly realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for. Filming begins in Atlanta, September 2019.
Reported on October 23, 2018 that Molly Shannon, Glynn Turman, and Michael Ian Black joined the cast.
Announcement
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Super Monsters: Back to School (August 16)

Netflix Kids Series

Six preschoolers whose parents are the world's most famous monsters try to master their super powers while preparing for kindergarten.

The Little Switzerland (August 16)
Netflix Distributed Movie
The discovery of the tomb of William Tell’s son in a town in the Basque Country spurs the village's cantankerous citizens to lobby for Swiss annexation.

Victim Number 8 Season 1 (August 16)

Netflix Distributed Spanish Language Series
No one can be trusted after a terrorist bombing in Bilbao kills seven and destroys the lives of the suspected jihadi and everyone around him.

Netflix Trailer

Mindhunter Season 2 trailer - August 16

Love Alarm Season 1 trailer - August 22

Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready Season 1 trailer - August 13

Netflix Previews & Videos

Orange is the New Black - Taystee Wins the Job Fair

Orange is the New Black - Morello Wedding Scene

Orange is the New Black - Poussey & Soso ‘Say Anything’ Scene

Orange is the New Black - Flaming Hot Cheetos

Orange is the New Black - Cha Cha Slide Scene

Orange is the New Black - Sophia Does Piper's Hair

Elite Season 2 Date Announcement - September 6