Netflix: First look at 'Stranger Things' Season 5, 'Happy Gilmore 2,' 'Frankenstein,' 'Squid Game' Season 3 and more
From new seasons of our favourite shows to new movie releases, Netflix unveiled sneak peaks of highly anticipated projects at its Tudum live event on Saturday. Hosted by Sofia Carson, the event featured Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore 2, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, and the final seasons of Stranger Things and Squid Game.
Additionally, we got information on the premiere date for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, with Daniel Craig returning as Benoit Blanc. And Netflix also provided more information on One Piece Season 2.
It does feel sad to be close to saying goodbye to Stranger Things, ahead of its fifth and final season, after the show had such a significant impact pop culture. The series was created by Matt and Ross Duffer, working alongside executive producer and director, Canadian Shawn Levy.
Season 5 promises to dive deeper into the Upside Down, leaning into its mythology and lore, with the story beginning in the Fall of 1987.
"Our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna," the official synopsis reads. "But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown."
"Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will's disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread."
The final season of Stranger Things will be released in three parts, with four episodes being premiering on Nov. 26, then three episodes on Christmas day, with the finale landing on Netflix Dec. 31.
After almost 30 years, the Happy Gilmore story continues with the sequel on July 25.
In addition to Adam Sandler, the cast includes Julie Bowen, Ben Stiller, and Christopher McDonald and brand-new co-star Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny), Blake Clark and Sandler's daughters Sadie and Sunny.
Guillermo del Toro's upcoming movie Frankenstein is easily one of the most highly anticipated films of the year, and a particular passion project for the Oscar-winning director.
Mary Shelley's classic story, Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Inside Llewyn Davis), Jacob Elordi (Saltburn, Priscilla), and Mia Goth (X, Emma) make up the impressive core cast for this adaptation.
The film will be released in November.
We've almost reached the final round of Squid Game, with the show coming to an end when Season 3 is released on June 27.
Beginning right after the devastating Season 2 finale, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is at his "lowest point yet" and is forced to make high stakes decisions, while experiencing an overwhelming feeling of despair in even deadlier games.
Meanwhile, In-ho resumes is position as Front Man (Lee Byung-hun), who welcomes "mysterious VIPs" as his brother, Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun), continues his search for the island.
Netflix has released the first six minutes of Wednesday Season 2, starring Jenna Ortega. The season will be released in two parts, first on Aug. 6 and then on Sept. 3.
It's Wednesday Addams' second year at Nevermore Academy, and Tim Burton is bringing the Addams family to the school.
When Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) arrives he wants to fit in, but it's hard to control his electrokinesis, making him an outcast. Wednesday's complicated relationship with her mother Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) will be elevated, while we also get to see Morticia's mother, Hester Frump, who Wednesday calls Grandmama.
Lady Gaga is also joining the Wednesday cast as a guest star. She plays Rosaline Rotwood, a legendary Nevermore teacher.
"Nothing is what it seems in Season 2," creator Miles Millar told Tudum. "Wednesday goes into this season thinking she knows Nevermore. It's the first time she's returned to a school willingly."
"But as soon as she gets back, nothing happens that she's expecting. She thinks she's going to be in control, that she knows where all the bodies are buried, and she doesn't."
Promising to be Benoit Blanc's (Daniel Craig) most dangerous case yet, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is the third film in the franchise from writer-director Rian Johnson, being released on Dec. 12.
Knives Out newcomer Josh O'Connor is part of the cast, in addition to Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Cailee Spaeny and Daryl McCormac.
The film gets its name fort he U2 song, off of the band's album "Pop."
The live-action series One Piece returns for Season 2, starring Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero and Taz Skylar, which will premiere on Netflix in 2026.
At the Tudum live event, Netflix released its first look at the character Tony Tony Chopper, a smart and cute blue-nosed reindeer-boy hybrid. Chopper has the ability to treat various illnesses.
"What excited me about playing Chopper is the tug of war between his standoffishness and his huge heart," Mikaela Hoover, voice of Chopper, told Tudum. "He tries so hard to hide his emotions and put on a tough exterior, but underneath, he's a big softy, and his love can't help but come out."
"I believe there is a little Chopper in all of us. We all want to be loved and accepted. We go to great lengths to keep the people that we love safe. There's a purity to his nature that reminds us of what's good in the world."
Chopper was introduced in the manga's 134th chapter.
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