All the biggest announcements from Netflix’s Tudum event
New releases, upcoming shows, never-seen-before clips, and so much more to get you all excited about the host of terrific offerings set to stream this year.
Extraction season 2. Check. Never Have I Ever season 4. Check. Black Mirror, Black Clover. Check and check. If you spent the last few weeks keeping up with Netflix's latest releases and exhausting your list of must-watch, only to wonder what next you can binge on, Netflix has got you sorted and how. The streaming giant, at its global event ‘Tudum: A Global Fan Event’ hosted over the last weekend in Brazil, dropped a host of never-seen-before trailers, footage, and the first look of upcoming films, series, and games slated for the rest of the year.
Hosted by Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Chase Stokes of Outer Banks fame, and Brazilian actor Maisa da Silva Andrade, the event was star-studded. Here's everything you need to know about the event and the OTT platform's upcoming shows.
Let’s begin with The Archies, a movie adapted from the popular comic book series by the same name with an all-Indian cast. The event saw cast members—Agastya Nanda (Archie Andrews), Khushi Kapoor (Betty Cooper), Suhana Khan (Veronica Lodge), Mihir Ahuja (Jughead Jones), Dot (Ethel Muggs), Vedang Raina (Reggie Mantle), and Yuvraj Menda (Dilton Doiley) set the stage on fire as they danced to the track of the song ‘Sunoh’.
The film, directed by Zoya Akhtar, is described as “a musical experience bursting with youth, rebellion, friendships, first loves and everything young adult, it still promises to have something for every generation".
Alia Bhatt fans rejoiced as the trailer of her Hollywood debut Heart of Stone, where she plays the role of hacker Keya Dhawan, was shown at the event. She was on stage with co-stars Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan. The spy thriller has Gadot out to save the world and it appears that Bhatt is playing the perfect foil to all her efforts.
Other announcements
In addition to these key highlights, Australian star Chris Hemsworth confirmed the third installment of his action franchise Extraction. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the second season of his show Fubar. He also introduced his Terminator 2: Judgment Day co-star Linda Hamilton, who announced via video that she is joining the cast of Stranger Things 5.
Netflix also confirmed that the reality series Squid Game: The Challenge, based on the popular fictional show by the same name, will also premiere this year.
And while we are yet to know details about the second season of Squid Game, the event raised anticipation levels by revealing four new cast members of the show.
The event also dropped the first looks of Bridgerton season 3. Emily in Paris star Lily Collins revealed that Season 4 will be headed to Rome. She teased, "Is Alfie still heartbroken?” “Will Gabriel get his Michelin star? Will Mindy and the band go to Eurovision? Will Sylvie's rekindled love last? And, the question on all of our minds—Will Emily and Gabriel finally get together?"
You star Penn Badgley appeared via a short video to announce the fifth and final season. “You’re considering what, or most importantly, who Joe might come up against as he finally returns to New York,” he said in the video. “Though I can’t say who just yet, we all know there are many loose ends from Joe’s past.”
Add to that, the platform dropped the teaser of Berlin, the spin-off of the hit Spanish series Money Heist based on the character of the same name; the live-action adaptation of Japanese anime One Piece; Shawn Levy's All the Light We Cannot See; and Zack Snyder's new movie Rebel Moon.
The Witcher, featuring Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, and Joey Batey, showcased a brand new clip from its upcoming third season. And to everyone's delight, Elite will return for the seventh season, while Cobra Kai will have its final run this year with the sixth season.