Netflix held a big presentation on January 29th to offer an extensive preview of what’s coming to the platform in 2025.
Hosted by chief content officer Bela Bajaria in Los Angeles and streamed live to Toronto, the ‘Next on Netflix’ showcase offered new looks at previously announced and never-before-seen movies, TV shows and games. (A separate presentation focused on three of Netflix’s upcoming Canadian titles was also held — a separate breakdown of those can be found here.) A few special guests also appeared to discuss their new projects.
Read on for our full breakdown of what was featured during the event.
Movies
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein — November
Before we got to our first big movie (and after a brief intro with wrestlers Rhea Ripley and CM Punk to promote Netflix’s WWE partnership), Bajaria naturally took some time to celebrate the streamer’s leading 13 Oscar nominations for its controversial crime drama musical, Emilia Pérez. She then used that as a segue into introducing Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water), who spoke about his upcoming sci-fi horror film, Frankenstein. In a pre-recorded message, del Toro mentioned how he’s been trying to make the film for nearly 25 years, making it perhaps his most “personal” work to date. Frankenstein stars Oscar Isaac (Star Wars) as the titular scientist, Euphoria‘s Jacob Elordi as his monster, Mia Goth (X), Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds) and more.
RIP — TBA
Our next special guest was Ben Affleck, who took the stage to present a new film called RIP. The film is a crime thriller co-written and directed by Joe Carnahan (The Grey) and, per Affleck, draws from the likes of Heat and Training Day. The film sees Affleck and recurring collaborator Matt Damon star as cops who raid a stash house, only to discover that it’s housing $20 million that multiple parties are targeting. Steven Yeun (Beef), Sasha Calle (The Flash) and Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) co-star.
Other
Here are other movies confirmed to hit Netflix this year:
- Kinda Pregnant — February 5th
- The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep — February 11th
- La Dolce Villa — February 13th
- Chaos: The Manson Murders — March 7th
- Plankton: The Movie — March 7th
- The Electric State — March 14th
- The Life List — March 28th
- Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey — April 21st
- Nonnas — May 9th
- Havoc — TBA spring
- The Old Guard 2 — July 2nd
- Fear Street: Prom Queen — TBA summer
- Jay Kelly — fall
- RIP — fall
- A Merry Little Ex-Christmas — fall
- Frankenstein — November
- Untitled Kathryn Bigelow film — fall
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — fall
- The Woman in Cabin 10 — fall
- Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds — TBA
- The Ballad of a Small Player — TBA
- Champagne Problems — TBA
- Eddie — TBA
- Happy Gilmore 2 — TBA
- In Your Dreams — TBA
- K-Pop: Demon Hunters — TBA
- Lost in Starlight — TBA
- Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Destination Wedding — TBA
- My Oxford Year — TBA
- Night Aways Comes — TBA
- Pookoo — TBA
- R&B — TBA
- Steve — TBA
- Straw — TBA
- The Thursday Murder Club — TBA
- Titan — TBA
- Untitled New Yorker Documentary — TBA
- The Wrong Paris — TBA
TV
Zero Day — February 20th
Robert de Niro (Taxi Driver) stars as the former president in this political thriller about the ramifications of a devastating global cyberattack. Netflix is touting this as one of its “prestige” shows, in no small part due to this being de Niro’s starring TV role. Zero Day co-stars Lizzy Kaplan (Masters of Sex), Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad) and Angela Bassett (Black Panther), among others.
Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney — March 12th
After numerous collaborations with Netflix, including last year’s multi-night Everybody’s in L.A., comedian John Mulaney returns to the streamer with a live talk show. The funnyman came out on stage to confirm the series’ name, premiere date and 12-week run.
Squid Game (Season 3) — June 27th
Anyone upset with Squid Game‘s second season not feeling entirely satisfactory can rest easy knowing we now have an official date for the third and final season: June 27th.
Black Rabbit — TBA
Netflix showed off some footage from another “prestige” series, a drama starring Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley) and Jason Bateman (Ozark). In the series, Jake (Law) runs a popular New York establishment until his brother Vince (Bateman) re-enters his life with criminal danger on his tail.
Forever — TBA
This series is a reimagining of Judy Blume’s iconic 1975 novel of the same name that hails from Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends). As we saw in a trailer, Netflix’s Forever follows two Black teens navigating their burgeoning love in 2018 L.A. The two leads are played by Lovie Simone (Manhunt) and Michael Cooper Jr. (On the Come Up).
The Four Seasons — TBA
30 Rock star Tina Fey came out to discuss a new comedy series based on The Four Seasons, the popular 1981 romantic comedy film from Alan Alda. Fey notes that she adored the movie upon first watching it and has gotten Alda’s blessing to turn it into a series. The Four Seasons follows four couples whose seasonal vacations are upended when one of them gets a divorce. Fey stars in the series alongside the likes of Steve Carrell (The Office), Will Forte (Saturday Night Live) and Colman Domingo (Sing Sing).
Stranger Things (Season 5) — TBA
Of course, any talk of Netflix’s 2025 slate wouldn’t be complete without Stranger Things, as the streamer’s first global hit series comes to an end this year. We still didn’t get a premiere date (or even window) at the Next on Netflix event, but creators Matt and Ross Duffer debuted a behind-the-scenes look showing off some of the filming of the upcoming final season.
The Duffers also teased that they’re “deeply involved” in multiple other Stranger Things projects at Netflix, as well as unrelated shows for the streamer. While they said it’s too early to talk about the former, the Duffers did briefly discuss two non-Stranger Things shows they’re executive producing. The first, 2026’s The Boroughs, stars Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2) and follows people at a retirement home dealing with the supernatural. Second, the currently undated Something Very Bad is Going to Happen, is a mysterious horror story set at a wedding and the debut series from creator Haley Z. Boston.
In other words, there’s a lot to look forward to on Netflix from the Duffers after Stranger Things ends.
Untitled Victoria Beckham documentary series — TBA
Following the 2023 premiere of the meme-worthy Beckham documentary, Victoria Beckham will be the focus of her own documentary series. The series will follow the former Spice Girl in her personal life and throughout her fashion endeavours.
Other
Here are other series confirmed to come to Netflix this year:
- Apple Cider Vinegar — February 6th
- Sweet Magnolias Season 4 — February 6th
- Surviving Black Hawk Down — February 10th
- Cobra Kai (Season 6 — Part 3) — February 13th
- Love is Blind (Season 8) — February 14th
- American Murder: Gabby Petito — February 17th
- Court of Gold — February 18th
- Zero Day — February 20th
- The SAG Awards — February 23rd
- Full Swing (Season 3) — February 25th
- Running Point — February 27th
- With Love, Meghan — March 4th
- Tyler Perry’s Beauty — March 6th
- American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden — March 10th
- Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney — March 12th
- Temptation Island — March 12th
- Adolescence — March 13th
- The Residence — March 20th
- Survival of the Thickest (Season 2) — March 27th
- Devil May Cry — April 3rd
- You (Season 5) — April 24th
- Ginny & Georgia — June 5th
- Squid Game (Season 3) — June 27th
- Sakamoto Days (Season 1 Part 2) — July
- North of North — spring [Canadian]
- Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight — spring
- Big Mouth (Season 8) — spring
- Untitled SEC Football series — summer
- Katrina: Come Hell and High Water — August
- Long Story Short — fall
- The Abandons — TBA
- America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Season 2) — TBA
- America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys — TBA
- Battle Camp — TBA
- The Beast in Me — TBA
- BET — TBA
- Black Mirror (Season 7) — TBA
- Black Rabbit — TBA
- Building the Band — TBA
- Chef’s Table: Legends — TBA
- Death by Lightning — TBA
- Department Q — TBA
- The Diplomat (Season 3) — TBA
- Emily in Paris (Season 5) — TBA
- Forever — TBA
- Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Season 7) — TBA
- The Four Seasons — TBA
- FUBAR (Season 2) — TBA
- Gabby’s Dollhouse (Season 11) — TBA
- Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer — TBA
- Haunted Hotel (FKA The Undervale) — TBA
- Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Season 3) — TBA
- Leanne — TBA
- Love on the Spectrum (Season 3) — TBA
- A Man on the Inside (Season 2) — TBA
- Million Dollar Secret — TBA
- Monster (Season 3) — TBA
- My Life with the Walter Boys (Season 2) — TBA
- NFL Christmas GameDay — TBA
- Nobody Wants This (Season 2) — TBA
- Power Moves — TBA
- Pulse — TBA
- Ransom Canyon — TBA
- The Sandman (Season 2) — TBA
- The Seven Dials Mystery — TBA
- Tyler Perry’s She the People — TBA
- Sirens — TBA
- Starting 5 (Season 2) — TBA
- Stranger Things 5 — TBA
- Tires (Season 2) — TBA
- Too Much — TBA
- Turning Point Vietnam — TBA
- Untamed — TBA
- Untitled Victoria Beckham docuseries — TBA
- Untold — TBA
- The Vince Staples Show (Season 2)
- Wayward — TBA [Canadian]
- The Waterfront — TBA
- The Witcher (Season 4) — TBA
- Wednesday (Season 2) — TBA
- Wolf King — TBA
Netflix also announced a new partnership with Girls creator Lena Dunham to develop multiple serialized projects, following their collaboration on the upcoming rom-com series Too Much.
On top of that, the streamer confirmed that Tudum, its global fan event at which it reveals news about highly-anticipated programming, will live stream on Netflix on May 31st from the Kia Forum in L.A.
Games
Netflix talked briefly about some of its plans for games this year.
Most notably, the streamer revealed that it will now be the exclusive mobile home for WWE 2K games starting with WWE 2K25 later this year. This builds on the massive deal the company signed with the WWE last year.
Other games coming this year include:
- Carmen Sandiego — TBA
- Football Manager 2025 — TBA
- Netflix Stories: Ginny & Georgia — TBA
- Netflix Stories: Love is Blind — TBA
- Netflix Stories: Outer Banks — TBA
- Netflix Stories: Sweet Magnolias — TBA
- Single’s Inferno: Choices — TBA
- Steel Paws — TBA
- Street Fighter IV: CE — TBA
Finally, the company confirmed that the recently released Squid Game: Unleashed — which was just made free for everyone, even non-Netflix subscribers (for a limited time) — is on pace to be its most downloaded game to date.
International
Finally, here are international Netflix titles coming this year. There aren’t confirmed dates for these, so instead, we’ve listed the country of origin.
New series
- Alcaraz (Spain)
- Asterix & Obelix: the Big Fight (France)
- Atrapados (Argentina)
- Celda 211 (Mexico)
- Dalah: Death and the Flowers (Thailand)
- Delirio (Colombia)
- Diary of a Ditched Girl (Sweden)
- El Eternauta (Argentina)
Genie, Make a Wish (Korea) - Glass Heart (Japan)
- The Gringo Hunters (Mexico)
- Heweliusz (Poland)
- Juan Gabriel Documentary (Mexico)
- Last Samurai Standing (Japan)
- The Leopard (Italy)
- Love is Blind: France (France)
- Las Muertas (Mexico)
- Nadie Nos Vio Partir (Mexico)
- Me Late Que Sí (México)
- Medusa (Colombia)
- My Melody & Kuromi (Japan)
- Olympo (Spain)
- El Refugio atómico (Spain)
- Reservatet (Denmark)
- Romantics Anonymous (Japan)
- The Royals (India)
- Sakamoto Days (Japan)
- The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (Korea)
- When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korea)
- Untitled Bollywood Series (India)
Returning series
- Alice in Borderland Season 3 (Japan)
- Criminal Code Season 2 (Brazil)
- Delhi Crime Season 3 (India)
- División Palermo Season 2 (Argentina)
- The Exchange Season 2 (Kuwait)
- How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Season 4 (Germany)
- Machos Alfa Season 3 (Spain)
- Physical: Asia (Korea)
- Rana Naidu Season 2 (India)
- Sintonia Season 5 (Brazil)
- Squid Game Season 3 (Korea)
Films
- Ad Vitam (France)
- Baila, Vini (Brazil)
- Brick (Germany)
- Bullet Train Explosion (Japan)
- La Más Fan (Mexico)
- Larissa: the Other Side of Anitta (Brazil)
- Mantis (working title) (Korea)
- Nuestros Tiempos (Mexico)
- Revelations (Korea)
- 10dance (Japan)
- Troll 2 (Norway)
- Un Fantasma en La Batalla (Spain)
- Untitled Montreal Expos Documentary
All of this news comes days after Netflix raised the price of all of its membership options in Canada.
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