Netflix recently held its annual Tudum event where it made several exciting announcements.
They revealed Season 3 of Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth, and concluded with Heart of Stone featuring Alia Bhatt, Jamie Dornan, and Gal Gadot. In between these announcements, they showcased a glimpse of what was to come.
One of the highlights was a spinoff show centered around Berlin, a beloved character from Money Heist (La casa de papel), played by Pedro Alonso.
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The teaser introduced a new cast for the spinoff. Additionally, they unveiled The Archies, a teen musical drama set in India’s 1960s, providing a desi twist to the popular series Riverdale. Another upcoming series is 3 Body Problem, created by the showrunners of Game of Thrones. Lastly, there was a sneak peek at the highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
During the Netflix Tudum event, Chris Hemsworth and director Sam Hargrave announced the third movie in the successful Extraction franchise.
The cast of Squid Game, including Lee Jung-Jae, Lee Byung-Hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo, will be returning for the highly anticipated second season, joined by new cast members Yim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-Hoon, and Yang Dong-Geun.
The Netflix Tudum event also showcased a teaser for The Archies, a musical drama set in 1960s India, featuring an all-Indian cast including Suhana Khan, Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Mihir Ahuja, Dot, and Vedang Raina. Netflix unveiled the first trailer for Heart to Stone, an upcoming movie starring Gal Gadot, Alia Bhatt, and Jamie Dornan.
Netflix is taking the popularity of Squid Game to the next level by creating a reality show based on the series. The show will feature 456 participants competing in schoolyard games across 10 episodes, with a chance to win a whopping $4.56 million prize.
While the games will resemble those in Squid Game, there won’t be any life-or-death elimination. In other news, Lily Collins will be returning for the fourth season of Emily in Paris, as shown in a teaser where Emily prepares for a Roman holiday.
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Unfortunately, fans of Stranger Things will have to wait longer for Season 5, as filming has been delayed due to a writers’ strike. However, Netflix offered a glimmer of hope by announcing that Linda Hamilton, known for her role in Terminator, will join the cast for the show’s fifth and final season.
Other announcements made during the event included Lift, an action-comedy, Love is Blind Season 5, the hiatus of Cobra Kai Season 6, Heartstopper Season 2, All the Light We Cannot See, images from Bridgerton Season 3, Elite Season 7, and You.
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