Here's what you'll be watching on Netflix next year in 2019.
Tons of people have Hulu, Amazon Prime, and even Shudder subscriptions nowadays. But Netflix remains the undisputed ruler of all video streaming platforms, thanks mostly to the unholy amount of original programming it now puts out every year. Not all of it is great. OK, a lot of Netflix's exclusive stuff is terrible. But for now, the streaming giant's strategy of throwing everything at the wall is working. Some things have managed to stick.
In 2018, we had almost too many great Netflix originals to count. There was the quirky sci-fi instant classic Maniac, the cult horror hit Apostle, the insane action banger The Night Comes For Us, the wonderfully scary Haunting of Hill House, the heartfelt Queer Eye revival, the back-on-top Daredevil Season 3, the hard sci-fi series Lost in Space and Altered Carbon, great new seasons of Ozark, G.L.O.W., Castlevania, American Vandal, Black Mirror, and Big Mouth, and countless more.
And since you're obviously caught up on all of those, it's time to start looking to the future. What does Netflix have coming out in 2019 that's worth getting excited over? Well, how about Stranger Things Season 3? What about the final season of Orange is the New Black, another season of G.L.O.W., and the comic book adaptation Umbrella Academy?
There are many more new shows and movies coming to Netflix in 2019, so click on to find out what we're most excited about.
1. Stranger Things Season 3
Release date: Sometime in 2019
Netflix has confirmed that Stranger Things Season 3 will arrive in 2019, and bring with it even more special effects. It's been way too long since Eleven and the gang's last adventure back in 2017, so we're extremely excited to get back to Hawkins, Indiana and the Upside-Down.
2. Carmen Sandiego
Release date: Sometime in 2019
From Netflix's official description, we know that this reimagining of the classic franchise will be "a modern day Robin Hood" in which the titular hero steals from the evil organization V.I.L.E. and gives back to its victims. Carmen is viewed as a master criminal around the globe, but it sounds like the new series might take her to some unexpected places.
3. Umbrella Academy
Release date: February 15 2019
Scheduled to hit Netflix in February, Umbrella Academy is the latest promising comic book adaptation we're looking forward to on the streaming service. Here's the official description: "On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by a billionaire who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his "children" to save the world. Now, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of their father's passing and must work together to solve a mystery surrounding his death." Yeah, sounds awesome.
4. Sex Education
Release date: Sometime in 2019
Gillian Anderson will star in this show about two teenagers who set up an underground sex therapy ring at their high school. Netflix hasn't release so much as a trailer yet, but we're looking forward to it based simply on the premise: "Meet Otis Milburn--an inexperienced, socially awkward high school student who lives with his mother, a sex therapist. Surrounded by manuals, videos and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis is a reluctant expert on the subject. When his home life is revealed at school, Otis realizes that he can use his specialist knowledge to gain status. He teams up with Maeve, a whip-smart bad-girl, and together they set up an underground sex therapy clinic to deal with their fellow students’ weird and wonderful problems. Through his analysis of teenage sexuality, Otis realises he may need some therapy of his own."
5. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Release date: Hopefully in 2019
No confirmation on this one, but we're hoping that Netflix and The Jim Henson Company's Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a 10-episode prequel series to the 1982 Jim Henson fantasy movie, will hit the streaming service this year. It reportedly began filming back in 2017, so there's a good chance it will be ready for release in 2019.
6. Russian Doll
Release date: Sometime in 2019
Co-created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler, Russian Doll has an intriguing official description: "A woman gets caught in a mysterious loop, repeatedly attending the same party and dying at the end of the night, only to awake the next day unharmed." Combine that Groundhog Day/Happy Death Day concept with an all-female writing and directing team, and we're excited for this one to arrive.
7. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 2
Release date: Hopefully in 2019
Netflix's first season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was one of the best Halloween surprises this year, and we're already looking forward to Season 2. Star Kiernan Shipka recently told Bloody Disgusting that the cast and crew went straight into filming Season 2 after wrapping Season 1, so here's hoping it arrives sometime in 2019.
8. Orange is the New Black Season 7
Release date: Sometime in 2019
It's confirmed that Orange is the New Black's seventh season will be its last, and that it will air in 2019. If you think you understand how emotional it's going to be, just watch this video the cast posted on Twitter and try not to cry.
9. GLOW Season 3
Release date: Hopefully in 2019
GLOW Season 1 hit Netflix on June 23, 2017, while Season 2 arrived June 29, 2018. Now that we know GLOW Season 3 is happening, we're hoping for another summer release for the excellent wrestling comedy in 2019.
10. Ozark Season 3
Release date: Hopefully in 2019
Ozark star, executive producer, and sometimes director Jason Batemen announced on Twitter that the blue-hued white collar crime drama will return for a third season. "I'm happy for me, but concerned for Marty," the actor wrote, leaving us a little more concerned than usual for the Byrde family's well-being. The only question remaining is when, and to that, all we can say is hopefully it arrives in 2019.
11. Our Planet
Release date: April 5 2019
An eight-part series from the creators of Planet Earth? We don't need to hear anything else to be excited about this Netflix exclusive coming in April.
12. A Series Of Unfortunate Events Season 3
Release date: January 1 2019
These books seemed to last forever when we were kids, but the Netflix adaptation is coming to a close at the start of 2019 when Season 3 hits the streaming service on January 1. That makes this holiday break the perfect time to catch up on the charming Neil Patrick Harris-starring series.
13. The Dragon Prince Season 2
Release date: Sometime in 2019
In our review of Netflix's Dragon Prince Season 1, we called it "Avatar meets epic fantasy:" "The Dragon Prince succeeds in creating a lush, engaging new world, a mostly likable trio of new heroes, and at least for now, some interest in seeing what happens in Season 2." The series' Twitter account recently announced that it would return in 2019 for Season 2, and we're already looking forward to it.
14. Santa Clarita Diet Season 3
Release date: Sometime in 2019
According to Deadline, Season 3 of Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet will arrive in 2019. We're not yet sure exactly when, or what the new season will entail, as Netflix has release little information about it. What we do know is we're excited for more Drew Barrymore-as-a-zombie fun.
15. The Irishman
Release date: Sometime in 2019
Martin Scorsese's next big crime drama has quite a cast: Robert De Niro as Frank Sheeran, Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa, plus Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Romano. It marks the first time Pacino has appeared in a film directed by Scorsese, believe it or not. And it's coming exclusively to Netflix sometime next year. What a world.
16. The Central Park Five
Release date: Sometime in 2019
A Wrinkle in Time may have been an absolute stinker, but we're very much looking forward to Ava Duvernay's next project: An expansive look at the plight of the five NYC teenagers who were falsely accused and convicted of rape starting in 1989. The series stars Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga, and John Leguizamo, among others, and we're expecting it to be a grim and gut-wrenching--but necessary--watch.
17. Polar
Release date: Sometime in 2019
"When a retiring assassin realizes he's the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with an army of younger, ruthless killers." That official Netflix description makes this upcoming comics adaptation sound a lot like John Wick, and we're OK with that. Add in the fact that Mads Mikkelsen is starring alongside Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick, and Matt Lucas and we're looking forward to this one.
18. Dolemite is My Name
Release date: Sometime in 2019
n Rudy Ray Moore, this upcoming Netflix movie stars Eddie Murphy and Keegan-Michael Key, among many other great actors and comedians. It's expected out sometime in 2019.
19. Raising Dion
Release date: Hopefully in 2019
Raising Dion is yet another comic book adaptation coming to Netflix hopefully in 2019. It's the story of a single mom raising a kid who develops magical superpowers. It's based on a short film and comic book by Dennis Liu.
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