The nightly dilemma of flicking between streamers and wondering what to watch is about to get a whole lot harder, as Netflix has announced a stack of new original films coming to the service.
Among a long list of more than 20 big-hitters, viewers can get a sneak peek of movies including Luther: The Fallen Sun, featuring Idris Elba back as the disgraced detective; Jonah Hill in comedy You People, Chris Hemsworth back at the helm as Tyler Rake in Extraction 2; John Boyega and Jamie Foxx in the murder mystery They Cloned Tyrone; plane heist Lift, featuring Kevin Hart and finally, J-Lo-Affleck in the assassin flick, The Mother. That batch only takes us up to the summer, by which point, you’ll probably want to think about leaving your house for a bit of fresh air.
Once that autumn nip sets in, there’s a bunch more: Pain Hustlers, where Chris Evans and Emily Blunt find themselves in a pharmaceutical racketeering scheme; Michael Fassbender makes a return to screen alongside Tilda Swinton as a guy who sets off an international manhunt in The Killer, while the star-studded disaster thriller Leave The World Behind – featuring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Kevin Bacon – will mean the streamer will end the year on a dramatic high.
Here’s hoping you’re Adam Sandler fans, as the man is going to be getting a lot of Netflix screen time over the next year, too.
Anyway, get out your iCal, as these are the dates you’re going to want to remember:
January 27: You People
January 31: Pamela, A Love Story (Pamela Anderson documentary)
February 3: True Spirit (Josh Lawson and Anna Paquin in drama about a young sailor)
February 8: Bill Russell: Legend (documentary about the NBA and civil rights activist)
February 10: Your Place Or Mine (Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher rom-com)
February 24: We Have A Ghost (family jape featuring Jennifer Coolidge and David Harbour)
March 10: Luther: The Fallen Sun
March 17: The Magician’s Elephant (kids animation with Sian Clifford)
March 31: Murder Mystery 2 (Jen Aniston and Adam Sandler return as accidental detectives)
April 27: A Tourist’s Guide To Love (rom-com set in Vietnam with Rachael Leigh Cook)
May 12: The Mother
June 16: Extraction 2
July 21: They Cloned Tyrone
August 11: Heart of Stone (Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan in spy thriller)
August 25: Lift
September: Love At First Flight (Haley Lu Richardson and Rob Delaney in YA rom-com)
October 13: Damsel (Millie Bobby Brown and Angela Bassett star in mystical adventure)
October 27: Pain Hustlers
November 10: The Killer
November 17: A Family Affair (Nicole Kidman matches up with Zac Efron in this rom-com)
November 22: Leo (animation about a jaded school lizard featuring Adam Sandler again)
December 8: Leave The World Behind
December 22: Rebel Moon (Sci-fi space action flick with Charlie Hunnam)
Also, there’s plenty more where those came from. Other ones-to-watch that haven’t yet been given an exact launch date include:
Spaceman (Space-based sci-fi drama featuring Carey Mulligan and… Adam Sandler)
Monkey Man (Prison revenge thriller featuring Dev Patel)
Reptile (Detective led murder drama with Benicio Del Toro and Justin Timberlake)
Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget (long awaited animation follow-up with Thandiwe Newton)
The Wes Anderson Roald Dahl film (not the real title, but starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes and Dev Patel)
Like we said, you’re not going to go short for any content any time soon.
