It’s that time already! This month, there are tons of exciting releases on Netflix featuring new and highly anticipated documentaries (Amanda Knox) and new Originals (Marvel’s Luke Cage) which are both debuting September 30th. This month will be a little different, check out the list down below for new documentaries and movies coming in October and stay tuned for our Netflix October 2016 arrivals and departures.
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The Ivory Game (Originals Documentary) coming November 4 Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60 coming November 4 True Memoirs of an International Assassin coming November 11 Lovesick (Season 2) coming November 17 Beat Bugs (Season 2) coming November 18 Colin Quinn: The New York Story coming November 18 Gilmore GIrls: A Year in the Life coming November 25 Michael Che Matters coming November 25 Reggie Watts: Spatial coming December 6 Captive coming December 9 Gabriel lglesias: I’m Sorry For What I Said When I Was Hungry coming December 20
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Untitled Motown Project
“The untitled Motown project revolves around a lovable, funny and slightly shy eight year old boy named Ben, who discovers he has the extraordinary ability to bring street-art to life.”
FX’s American Crime Story
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Netflix’s licensing deal with FX for the American Crime Story is set to debut in 2017 featuring the first season, “The People v. O.J. Simpson” with additional seasons to follow.
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Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It (First Spike Lee Joint Feature Film - 10 episode series)
“The 10-episode series is a contemporary update of Spike Lee's revolutionary debut independent film. She's Gotta Have It centers on Nola Darling, a Brooklyn-based artist in her late twenties struggling to define herself and divide her time amongst her Friends, her Job and her Three Lovers: The Cultured Model, Greer Childs, The Protective Investment Banker, Jamie Overstreet and Da Original B-Boy Sneakerhead, Mars Blackmon.”
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (see trailer)
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“...the Netflix Original Film showcases the entertainer’s final date of his 20/20 Experience World Tour at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Surrounded by the 25 band members of The Tennessee Kids and featuring show-stopping performances from one of the highest-grossing tours of the decade, the film is a culmination of the singer’s 134 shows and 2 years on the road.”
Alias Grace (6-hour mini series)
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“Alias Grace follows Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James McDermott, was convicted of the brutal murders of their employer, Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross) and Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin) in 1843. Nancy is Kinnear’s housekeeper and lover, and while she initially befriends Grace, she begins to resent Grace and becomes increasingly jealous of Kinnear’s affection for her. Nancy eventually fires Grace in a fit of rage and is later found brutally murdered.”
Untitled Horse Mystery Project
“...the untitled Horse Mystery project, a coming-of-age story about an American teenager, Zoe, and her summer of intrigue in the English countryside. During her stay at Bright Field Stables, 15-year-old Zoe’s life changes forever when she meets the mysterious horse Raven, whose friendship gives Zoe the strength to deal with issues and explore new relationships. Faced with personal and physical challenges at every turn, Zoe’s inspirational journey will show audiences that life is all about failing - and learning to pick yourself up again.”
The Worst Witch
“The show follows the ever-clumsy Mildred Hubble and her adventures as a student at Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches. Complete with broomsticks, potions and spells, The Worst Witch will resonate with every child who’s ever dreamed of learning magic – and anyone who’s just getting comfortable with being themselves.”
Bill Nye Saves the World coming Spring 2017
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“Set to launch Spring 2017, each episode will tackle a topic from a scientific point of view, dispelling myths, and refuting anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by politicians, religious leaders or titans of industry.”
Friends from College (8-episode series)
“The show centers on a group of friends who went to Harvard together and are now facing down their forties and experiencing a range of success, or lack thereof, both professionally and domestically. With interwoven and oftentimes complicated relationships with one another, the series is a comedic exploration of old friendships, former romantic entanglements and balancing adult life with nostalgia for the past.”
ANNE (8-episodes; based on Anne of Green Gables)
“The series centers on a young orphaned girl in 1890, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly spinster and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.”
Gypsy (10-one-hour episode Original series) coming 2017
