The sneak peek is unusual for the streaming giant, Netflix Already the master of 2020’s pandemic-era movie landscape, a list with no fewer than 70 star-studded feature films.
From drama, comedy and science fiction to horror and even Westerns, the slate will take in every major film genre before the year is out, with some releases poised as potential competition for major awards.
Among the most-anticipated titles is Don’t Look Up, from filmmaker Adam McKay of The Big Short and Vice fame starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Harder They Fall, a Western co-produced by Jay-Z and with a primarily Black cast including Regina King and Idris Elba, also promises to be one to look out for.
But the list included premier dates for only 10 of the titles — from early January to mid-March. The announcement was accompanied by a short video presented by Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot, Jumanji lead Dwayne Johnson and Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds.
‘The video also features Regina King, Adrien Brody, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Octavia Spencer, Jeremy Irons — even Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence — showcasing the several Oscar winners Netflix has snagged for their 2021 season.
The directors featured on the slate include notable names such as Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog, Halle Berry and Lin-Manuel Miranda in both of their first spins behind the camera.
Johnson, Gadot and Reynolds will appear in Red Notice, an action film with a $160 million budget, according to US media.
Netflix did not respond to an AFP query about any of its 2021 films that would also receive theatrical releases. The preview came as Warner Bros. dropped its own slate, revealing that it would release all 17 of its 2021 titles simultaneously in theaters and on HBO MAX.
List of All 70 Netflix Films Releasing in 2021
January
- Pieces of a Woman (Jan. 7)
- Outside the Wire (Jan. 15)
- The White Tiger (Jan. 22)
- Penguin Bloom (Jan. 27)**
- Finding ‘Ohana (Jan. 29)
- The Dig (Jan. 29)
February
- Malcolm & Marie (Feb. 5)
- I Care A Lot (Feb. 19)**
March
- Moxie (March 3)
- YES DAY (March 12)
No release date yet
- 8 Rue de l’Humanité*
- A Boy Called Christmas
- A Castle for Christmas
- Afterlife of the Party
- Army of the Dead
- Awake
- A Week Away
- A Winter’s Tale from Shaun the Sheep**
- Back to the Outback
- Bad Trip
- Beauty
- Blonde
- Blood Red Sky*
- Bombay Rose
- Beckett
- Bruised
- Concrete Cowboy
- Don’t Look Up
- Double Dad*
- Escape from Spiderhead
- Fear Street Trilogy
- Fever Dream*
- Fuimos Canciones*
- Intrusion
- Kate
- Love Hard
- Monster
- Munich*
- Nightbooks
- Night Teeth
- No One Gets Out Alive
- O2*
- Red Notice
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Robin Robin
- Skater Girl
- Stowaway**
- Sweet Girl
- The Guilty
- The Hand of God*
- The Harder They Fall
- The Kissing Booth 3
- The Last Letter from Your Lover**
- The Last Mercenary*
- The Loud House Movie
- The Power of the Dog
- The Princess Switch 3
- There’s Someone Inside Your House
- The Starling
- The Swarm*
- The Woman in the Window
- Things Heard and Seen
- Thunder Force
- tick, tick…BOOM!
- To All The Boys: Always and Forever
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
- Untitled Alexandre Moratto*
- Untitled Graham King
- Untitled Alicia Keys Rom-Com
- Wish Dragon
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(**not available globally)