Netflix NEWS 08.20.2019

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

Simon Amstell: Set Free (August 20)

Netflix Comedy Special
Honest, introspective comic Simon Amstell opens up about his neuroses, coming out to his father, relationships and more in a new stand-up special. 

American Factory (August 21)

Netflix Distributed Documentary

Premiering at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, in 2014, a Chinese billionaire opened a Fuyao factory in a General Motors shuttered plant in Dayton, Ohio. For thousands of locals, the arrival of this multinational car-glass manufacturer meant regaining their jobs after the recession. American Factory goes inside of the facility to observe what happens when workers from profoundly different cultures collide.
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have entered into a multi-year agreement with establishing Higher Ground Productions as the source of content that will produce a variety of content, including the potential for scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries, and features.
Higher Ground Production Company Announcement 
Announcement  
Announcement 
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Hyperdrive Season 1 (August 21)

Netflix Distributed Series - 10 episodes

Drivers from across the globe compete a high-stakes tournament series on one of the largest automotive obstacle courses ever constructed.
Announcement
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Love Alarm Season 1 (August 22)

Netflix Korean Language Original Series - 10 episodes

Based on Kye Young Chon's popular webtoon comic, the live action story focuses on a developer that releases an app that will tell a user if anyone within thirty meters/one hundred feet has romantic feelings for them. This disrupts society.
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13 Reasons Why Season 3 (August 23)

Netflix Original Series

In Season 1, Clay finds a box on his doorstep addressed to him two weeks after his classmate Hannah ended her life. Inside he discovers thirteen tapes with thirteen reasons why Hannah did it.

Season 2 continued the stories of the characters left behind as they dealt with the aftermath.
Season 3 Announcement
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Season 2 Recap video 

El Pepe: Una vida suprema (August 23)
Netflix Distributed Documentary
An examination of the life, times, and legacy of Uruguay's last president, José "Pepe" Mujica.  

Hero Mask Season 2 (August 23)
Netflix Distributed Animated Series
After a rash of mysterious deaths, Crown prosecutor Sarah Sinclair and SSC agent James Blood discover a conspiracy surrounding uncanny new bio-masks.

Rust Valley Restorers Season 1 (August 23)
Netflix Distributed Series
A crew of car lovers at a garage in the Rocky Mountains transforms abandoned heaps of rust into collectible classics.

Netflix Trailer

• Dolemite is My Name trailer - 2019, Fall
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Season 1 trailer - August 30
• American Factory trailer - August 21
• Falling Inn Love trailer - August 29
• 13 Reasons Why Season 3 Final trailer - August 23
• Styling Hollywood Season 1 trailer - August 30
• Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus trailer - August 16
• Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones trailer - August 26
• Cannon Busters Season 1 trailer - August 15 
• The Politician Season 1 trailer - September 27

Netflix Previews & Videos

• Dear White People - Directors On Intersectionality & Finding Yourself
• Wu Assassins - Behind the Fight
• La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) - Tokyo and Rio’s Love Story 
• Sextuplets - Marlon Wayans Does 7 Internet Challenges No Good Nick, Family Reunion, Fuller House - Tia Mowry, Melissa Joan Hart + Jodie Sweetin Play Never Have I Ever 
• Stranger Things 3 - Cast World Tour Best Moments 
• Stranger Things 3 - 12 Hours of Dr. Alexei Slurping a Slurpee
• Sextuplets - Marlon Wayans Breaks Down Jail Scene Shot by Shot 
• Trinkets - Cast Try Out Their Best Pick-Up Lines: Charm Battle

Netflix News & Announcements

• The Crown Season 3 - November 17 
• There's Someone In Your House - Casting Announcement
• Ginny & Georgia Season 1 YA Series Reported  - 2020 
• Pyros with Reese Witherspoon Reported
• Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened Director Interview 
• Firefly Lane Casting News 
• I am a Killer Renewed for Season 2 
• The Spy Release Date - September 6 
• When They See Us - Isis King Interview
• Good Morning, Midnight - Kyle Chandler Joins George Clooney Movie
• Hope Starring Aubrey Plaza Announced 
• Sacred Games Season 2 Launch Screening 
• Kominsky Method Season 2 Premiere Date -  October 25
• Agent King - Animated Elvis Presley Spy Series Reported
• To All the Boys I've Loved Before Debuts February 12, Third Movie in Production 
• Somebody Feed Fill - What to Expect from the Future 
• Peaky Blinders Season 5 Premiere Date - October 4
• Raising Dion Season 1 Premiere Date - October 4
• The Chestnut Man - New Danish Original 
• Firefly Lane Casting News 
• Masters of the Universe: Revelation Anime from Kevin Smith

Hype List

• Love, Death, & Robots Season 2 (2020, projected)
• The Witcher Season 1 (2019 December 20) 
• The Umbrella Academy Season 2 (2020, projected)
• Disenchanted Season 1 Part 2 (2019 September 20)
• Altered Carbon Season 2 (2019, projected)
• The Irishman (2019 October)
• The Politician Season 1 (2019 September 27)
• Bojack Horseman Season 6 (2019, projected) 
• Black Mirror Season 6 (2020, projected)
• Messiah Season 1 (2019)
• Ratched Season 1 (2019)