Netflix’s annual Geeked Week digital showcase is again, providing glimpses at its upcoming initiatives. The digital occasion kicks off November 6, marked Stranger Issues Day, and continues all through the week till November 12, with information and sneak peeks from extremely anticipated initiatives akin to Zack Snyder’s Insurgent Moon, Avatar: The Final Airbender live-action adaptation, and extra. Along with the official Geeked Week web site, the present will likely be out there to stream on Netflix’s YouTube, Twitch, and Fb accounts. With the streamer’s gradual pivot into gaming, followers can anticipate some thrilling improvement on that finish as nicely — presumably, the flexibility to cloud stream video games onto a TV.
The streamer has dropped a partial schedule for what to anticipate from every Geeked Week showcase, in various lengths. We kick off with Stranger Issues Day, the place I would anticipate updates for the fifth and last season of the eponymous sci-fi collection, nonetheless aiming for a 2025 launch regardless of the continued Hollywood actors’ strike. In it, Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) is predicted to play a serious position as our heroes discover the historical past behind the parallel realm of the Upside Down universe — the place the place the Demogorgon and Thoughts Flayer popped out of. There’s additionally a Stranger Issues animated collection in improvement at Netflix, whose occasions are supposedly set after the mainline present, with a mode much like cartoons from the Eighties. The corporate is leaning closely on animated variations, promising new seems from Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft and the Satan Might Cry collection.
On November 9 at 1pm PT within the US —Nov 10, 2:30am IST in India —Netflix will convey teasers for The Umbrella Academy season 4, The Dragon Prince, and Avatar: The Final Airbender live-action collection. The studio simply dropped a primary take a look at its a number of Fireplace Nation characters, with Daniel Dae Kim (Stowaway) taking part in Fireplace Lord Ozai, Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko, and Elizabeth Yu (Might December) as Princess Azula. The creators of the unique Nickelodeon collection Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino had been connected as govt producers and showrunners, however later exited the undertaking resulting from artistic variations. I am guessing Netflix will adapt the primary season of the anime-styled collection akin to how they tailored One Piece live-action from the primary East Blue Saga arc from the manga and anime. Talking of which, it seems that One Piece will likely be part of Geeked Week as nicely, seeing because it was just lately renewed for a second season.
November 10 brings extra information on the live-action tackle Yu Yu Hakusho — out December 14 — the favored spirit detective anime from Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi. Then there’s 3 Physique Downside, an adaptation of writer Cixin Liu’s guide, the place a younger lady’s fateful resolution in Nineteen Sixties China reverberates throughout area and time. It is from the creators of Recreation of Thrones — David Benioff and D. B. Weiss — so lots of eyes will likely be on this one. On November 11, we get extra particulars on the long-gestating fantasy movie starring Millie Bobby Brown, Damsel, alongside some unique footage to prime us for the Scott Pilgrim anime, coming November 17.
Closing issues off on November 12 at 4:30pm PT — Nov 13, 6am IST — is Snyder’s highly-anticipated dystopian area opera, Insurgent Moon. The interstellar journey follows an enigmatic younger lady Kora (Sofia Boutella), who embarks on a visit to hunt out warriors from close by planets to assist take a stand towards the oppressive empire led by the Regent Balisaurus. For the uninitiated, the movie has been divided into two halves, with Half 1: A Baby of Fireplace eyeing a December 22 launch on Netflix, and Half 2: The Scargiver out on April 19, 2024. In an interview, the director additionally promised extra specific cuts of each elements as nicely. Keep in mind that the aforementioned titles are merely highlights and that Netflix is more likely to have extra surprises in retailer for us.
