Netflix - A Year in Preview

By Mulder, 12 january 2021

2021 is shaping up well: Netflix releases a new movie every week !

Here's a preview of the complete list, which promises superheroes, westerns, thrillers, romantic comedies, action movies, comedies... sometimes even all in one, and always with the greatest actors and directors, but also rising stars.

Get ready!

8 Rue de l'Humanité directed by Dany Boon

Army of the Dead
Army of the Dead is an upcoming American zombie heist film directed by Zack Snyder, from a screenplay by Snyder, Shay Hatten and Joby Harold and a story by Snyder. It stars Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Garret Dillahunt, Raul Castillo, Omari Hardwick, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro and Matthias Schweighöfer. Produced by Snyder's The Stone Quarry.

Back to the Outback directed by Clare Knight and Harry Cripps

Bad Trip
Bad Trip is a 2020 American hidden camera comedy film directed by Kitao Sakurai. The film follows two best friends (Eric André and Lil Rel Howery) who take a road trip from Florida to New York City so one of them can declare his love for his high school crush (Michaela Conlin), all the while being chased by the other's criminal sister (Tiffany Haddish), whose car they have stolen for the trip. The film was scheduled to premiere at South by Southwest on March 14, 2020, and receive a theatrical release by Orion Pictures on April 17, 2020, but was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was accidentally released on Amazon Prime Video on April 17 and pirated prior to its official release. The film was later sold to Netflix, which will release it in 2021.

Beauty directed by Andrew Dosunmu

Bruised
Bruised is a 2020 sports film directed by Halle Berry, from a screenplay by Michelle Rosenfarb. It stars Berry, Shamier Anderson, Adan Canto and Sheila Atim. The film had its world premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2020.

Don't Look Up de Adam McKay
Don't Look Up is an upcoming American political satire disaster film written and directed by Adam McKay, who produced the film with Scott Stuber. The film includes an ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, who portray two low-level astronomers attempting, via a media tour, to warn mankind about an asteroid that will destroy Earth. The film was produced by Hyperobject Industries.

Double Dad directed by Cris D'Amato

Escape from Spiderhead
Escape From Spiderhead is an upcoming American science fiction film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on the short story Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders. Originally titled Spiderhead, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett.

Fear Street
Fear Street is an upcoming American horror film directed by Leigh Janiak and based on the book series of the same name by R. L. Stine. It is set to become the first film in a trilogy that will be released one month after another on Netflix.

Kate
Kate is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan and written by Umair Aleem. The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, Michiel Huisman, and Tadanobu Asano.

Malcolm & Marie
Malcolm & Marie is an upcoming American black-and-white drama film, written and directed by Sam Levinson. The film stars Zendaya and John David Washington as the title characters. Malcolm & Marie is scheduled to be released in select theaters in January 2021, before being released digitally on February 5, 2021, by Netflix.

Monster directed by Anthony Mandler

Moxie
Moxie is an upcoming American comedy-drama film directed by Amy Poehler, based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer Mathieu. It stars Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Josephine Langford, and Patrick Schwarzenegger. It is scheduled to be released on March 3, 2021, by Netflix.

Night Teeth
Night Teeth is an upcoming American thriller film, directed by Adam Randall from a screenplay by Brent Dillon. It stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry, Alfie Allen, and Raúl Castillo.

O2
O2 is an upcoming American-French survival thriller film directed and produced by Alexandre Aja, from a screenplay by Christie LeBlanc. It stars Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric and Malik Zidi.

Outside the Wire
Outside the Wire is an upcoming American science-fiction film directed by Mikael Håfström. It stars Anthony Mackie (who also serves as a producer on the film) as an android officer who works with a drone pilot (Damson Idris) to stop a global catastrophe. The film is scheduled to be released by Netflix on January 15, 2021.

Red Notice
Red Notice is an upcoming American action comedy thriller film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. It will star Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds. This marks the third collaboration between Johnson and Thurber after Central Intelligence (2016) and Skyscraper (2018). Originally going to be released by Universal Pictures, Netflix acquired the distribution rights on July 8, 2019.

Sweet Girl
Sweet Girl is an upcoming American action thriller film, directed by Brian Andrew Mendoza and written by Philip Eisner, Gregg Hurwitz and Will Staples. It stars Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Raza Jaffrey, Adria Arjona, Justin Bartha, Lex Scott Davis, Michael Raymond-James, Dominic Fumusa, Brian Howe, Nelson Franklin and Reggie Lee.

The Hand of God
The Hand of God (Italian: È stata la mano di Dio) is an upcoming Italian drama film written, directed, and produced by Paolo Sorrentino. It stars Toni Servillo.

The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall is an upcoming American Western film directed by Jeymes Samuel, who has also co-written the screenplay with Boaz Yakin. It stars Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield, Delroy Lindo and Regina King.

The Kissing Booth 3
The Kissing Booth 3 is an upcoming American teen romantic comedy film directed by Vince Marcello, from a screenplay by Marcello and Jay Arnold. The film is a sequel to The Kissing Booth and The Kissing Booth 2, and is also based on The Kissing Booth books by Beth Reekles. It stars Joey King, Jacob Elordi, Joel Courtney, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Meganne Young and Maisie Richardson-Sellers.

The Last Mercenary
The Last Mercenary is an upcoming action comedy film directed by David Charhon with a written screenplay by Charhon and Ismael Sy Savane. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme in the lead role, along with a supporting cast that includes Alban Ivanov, Assa Sylla and Samir Decazza.

The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog is an upcoming internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Jane Campion, based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Savage. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Thomasin McKenzie and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

The White Tiger
The White Tiger is an upcoming drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani, adapted from Aravind Adiga's 2008 novel of the same name. The film stars Adarsh Gourav in his first lead role, with Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The film will release via Netflix on 22 January 2021.

Thunder Force
Thunder Force is an upcoming American superhero comedy film directed and written by Ben Falcone. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Pom Klementieff, and Melissa Leo.

Tick, tick...BOOM!
Tick, Tick... Boom! is an upcoming American musical drama film directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda in his feature directorial debut, based on the semi-autobiographical musical of the same name by Jonathan Larson. It stars Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Vanessa Hudgens, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, Judith Light and Bradley Whitford.

To All the Boys
Always and Forever, Lara Jean : To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Lara Jean is an upcoming American teen romantic comedy film directed by Michael Fimognari and starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo. The film is based on Jenny Han's 2017 novel Always and Forever, Lara Jean and is a sequel to To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020), and the third installment in the To All the Boys I've Loved Before film series.

Woman in the Window directed by Joe Wright

Yes Day
Yes Day is an upcoming American comedy film, directed by Miguel Arteta, from a screenplay by Justin Malen, based upon the children's book of the same name by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. It stars Jennifer Garner, Édgar Ramírez, and Jenna Ortega. It is scheduled to be released on March 12, 2021.

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(Source: press release)