by Thinus Ferreira
Netflix has announced its 2021 film slate together with a short film preview sizzle reel and will be releasing 71 movies over the course of the year - basically a new film weekly - although not all of them will be available in all territories.
Netflix's film slate announcement comes just after, and in response to, The Walt Disney Company that announced its sprawling content slate for 2021 and beyond for its Disney+ video streaming, that was followed by Discovery Inc. that announced its massive content line-up for 2021 for the launch of its Discovery+ subscription video-on-demand service.
In the fast-growing global Plus video wars, Netflix, Disney, Discovery, Amazon Prime Video, WarnerMedia with its HBO Max, Apple with Apple TV+, as well as ViacomCBS with its to-launch Paramount+, are all dramatically ramping up production and spending millions to try and lure customers in the race to try and secure a profitable spot as one of the top global players in the over-the-top (OTT) race.
"This year's line-up will surprise and delight cinephiles across the globe with films
from award-winning filmmakers, including Jane Campion (The Power of
the Dog), Paolo Sorrentino (The Hand of God) and Adam
McKay (Don’t Look Up)," says Netflix in a statement.
"We’re bringing you a year of films
filled with more of the things we know our members love - zombies (Army
of the Dead), cowboys (The Harder They Fall, Concrete
Cowboy), and high school romance (including the culmination of the To
All the Boys and The Kissing Booth trilogies)."
"We’re re-introducing you to teen screams (Fear Street trilogy,
There’s Someone Inside Your House), turning your favourite books into
films (The Woman in the Window, Munich, The Last Letter from Your Lover),
bringing you more adrenaline-pumping blockbusters (Red Notice, Sweet
Girl, Kate) and giving your family a reason to say yes to
watching films together (YES DAY, Back to the Outback, Finding ‘Ohana).
Netflix films will include stars ranging from Leonardo DiCaprio, Sandra Bullock, Dwayne Johson, Idris Elba, Meryl Streep, Zendaya, Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Gal Gadot, Dave Bautista, Naomi Watts and Jake Gyllenhaal to John David Washington and Octavia Spencer.
Some of the biggest upcoming releases include the heist film Red Notice with Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gardot, the Zach Snyder-directed zombie film Army of the Dead, the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical tick, tick ... BOOM! and the South African-filmed conclusion of The Kissing Booth completing the trilogy.
Scott Stuber, Netflix's head of original films, in an interview said that he's "excited by what we've done, but we've still got a lot more to do, but I feel good about the progress we're making".
Here is the complete list of films Netflix plans to release in 2021:
Action
Awake
Kate
Outside the Wire
Red Notice
Sweet Girl
Awake
Kate
Outside the Wire
Red Notice
Sweet Girl
Comedy
8 Rue de l’Humanité
Afterlife of the Party
Bad Trip
Don’t Look Up
Double Dad
I Care A Lot
Moxie
The Last Mercenary
Thunder Force
Afterlife of the Party
Bad Trip
Don’t Look Up
Double Dad
I Care A Lot
Moxie
The Last Mercenary
Thunder Force
Drama
Alexandre Moratto film (as-yet-untitled)
Beauty
Blonde
Bombay Rose
Bruised
Concrete Cowboy
Fever Dream
Bombay Rose
Bruised
Concrete Cowboy
Fever Dream
Graham King film (as-yet-untitled)
Malcolm & Marie
Monster
Penguin Bloom
Pieces of Woman
The Dig
The Guilty
The Hand of God
The Power of the Dog
The Starling
The White Tiger
Malcolm & Marie
Monster
Penguin Bloom
Pieces of Woman
The Dig
The Guilty
The Hand of God
The Power of the Dog
The Starling
The White Tiger
Family viewing
A Boy Called Christmas
A Winter’s Tale from Shaun the Sheep
Back to the Outback
Finding ‘Ohana
Loud House
Nightbooks
Robin Robin
Skater Girl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Wish Dragon
YES DAY
Back to the Outback
Finding ‘Ohana
Loud House
Nightbooks
Robin Robin
Skater Girl
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Wish Dragon
YES DAY
Horror
Fear Street Trilogy
No One Gets Out Alive
There’s Someone Inside Your House
Things Heard and Seen
Fear Street Trilogy
No One Gets Out Alive
There’s Someone Inside Your House
Things Heard and Seen
Musical
A Week Away
tick, tick… BOOM!
Romance
A Castle For Christmas
Alicia Keys comedy(as-yet-untitled)
Fuimos Canciones
Love Hard
Love Hard
The Kissing Booth 3
The Last Letter from Your Lover
The Princess Switch 3
To All The Boys: Always and Forever
The Last Letter from Your Lover
The Princess Switch 3
To All The Boys: Always and Forever
Science fiction
Stowaway
Thriller
Blood Red Sky
Beckett
Escape from Spiderhead
Intrusion
Munich
O2
Night Teeth
The Swarm
The Woman in the Window
Beckett
Escape from Spiderhead
Intrusion
Munich
O2
Night Teeth
The Swarm
The Woman in the Window
Western
The Harder They Fall
