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After watching yet another procedural movie, memorizing your favorite movie’s lines, and binge-watching the Marvel Cinematic Universe (You are a real one if you did the latter), you are probably pondering: What else is there to watch? Has the well of ideas dry up at Hollywood? Did the spinning top from Inception stop or keep spinning away? Well, we may never know the answer to the last question, but the streamer giant, Netflix, responds with an arsenal of new films coming out every week for 2021.
Yes, you heard that right. In a press release in mid-January, Netflix will provide a wide range of original films-either by productions from Netflix or intriguing acquisitions-for 2021. Their film slate consists of multiple genres from westerns (The Harder They Fall, Concrete Cowboy), zombies (Army of the Dead), high-action thrillers (Red Notice, Sweet Girl, Kate), and family-friendly adventures (Yes Day, Back to the Outback, Finding Ohana).
Netflix’s released a sizzle reel showcasing some of their biggest actors/actresses for their 2021 roster, including Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Zendaya, John David Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Octavia Spencer, David Bautista, Jennifer Lawerence, Gal Gadot, and Meryl Streep. Hollywood’s top-notch filmmakers also join in on the fun since the streaming platform has become a safe space for creators to write, direct, and produce films that, in other cases, are not studio friendly. Zach Synder (Army of the Dead), Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog), Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up) along with Joe Wright, Antoine Fuqua, Shawn Levy, Robert Pulcini, and Shari Springer Berman will premiere their films on Netflix.
Some A-list stars will also get a chance to flex their directing muscle. Tick, Tick…Boom! will be the directorial debut of Hamilton star and Tony winner Lin Manuel Miranda. Oscar-winner Halle Berry’s first directed film, Bruised, which screened at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, was acquired by Netflix to screen worldwide.
It’s no surprise that Netflix was one of the big winners in 2020 despite a worldwide pandemic. Unlike their competitors (i.e., Disney, Warner Bros, Sony), they don’t have theater chains breathing down their necks to release films in their theaters (Warner Bros is facing backlash having their movies in theaters and HBO Max). Therefore, they can release their movies anytime they want, with the viewer seeing them at any time. Plus, since customers are staying indoors to avoid catching the virus, that gives Netflix more potential customers to entertain.
As Netflix continues to create more content and filmmakers/production companies look to streaming services to promote their films, 2021 could be the beginning of what most were always predicting: The slow extinction of movie theaters.
Provided by Variety, here are the films set for release on Netflix in 2021:
ACTION
Army of the Dead
Awake
Kate
Outside the Wire (January 15)
Red Notice
Sweet Girl
HORROR
Fear Street Trilogy
No One Gets Out Alive
There’s Someone Inside Your House
Things Heard and Seen
THRILLER
Blood Red Sky
Beckett
Escape from Spiderhead
Intrusion
Munich
O2
Night Teeth
The Swarm
The Woman in the Window
SCI-FI
Stowaway
ROMANCE
A Castle For Christmas
Fuimos Canciones
Kissing Booth 3
Love Hard
The Last Letter from Your Lover
The Princess Switch 3
To All The Boys: Always and Forever
Untitled Alicia Keys Rom-Com
DRAMA
Beauty
Blonde
Bombay Rose
Bruised
Concrete Cowboy
Fever Dream
Malcolm & Marie (February 5)
Monster
Penguin Bloom (January 27)
Pieces of Woman (January 7)
The Dig (January 29)
The Guilty
The Hand of God
The Power of the Dog
The Starling
The White Tiger (January 22)
Unt. Alexandre Moratto Film
Unt. Graham King
WESTERN
The Harder They Fall
COMEDY
8 Rue de l’Humanité
Afterlife of the Party
Bad Trip
Don’t Look Up
Double Dad
I Care A Lot (February 19)
Moxie (March 3)
The Last Mercenary
Thunder Force
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
A Boy Called Christmas
A Winter’s Tale from Shaun the Sheep
Back to the Outback
Finding ‘Ohana (January 29)
Loud House
Nightbooks
Robin Robin
Skater Girl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Wish Dragon
YES DAY (March 12)
MUSICAL
A Week Away
tick, tick…BOOM
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