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Netflix announces original summer film slate
Michelle Clancy
| 24 May 2016
Netflix kidsAiming to accelerate its push in to cinema, Netflix has released its summer movie slate, including its second original film from Adam Sandler.
the do overThe subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) firm’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos said that Netflix sees about a 20% increase in movie watching by members in the US around Memorial Day weekend. Just in time for the holiday, the streaming giant is releasing Sandler’s new movie, starring Sandler and David Spade as old friends who reunite at their 25th high school reunion for the ultimate mulligan: wiping the slate clean by faking their deaths.
“Many of our long time US members might recognise that summer is a time when we refresh a large part of our film catalogue,” said Sarandos. “This year is no exception, but there is one difference; a batch of non-exclusive titles are leaving while what is arriving is exclusive to Netflix among streaming subscription video services.”
June will offer sci-fi adventure classics Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Jurassic Park 3; Academy Award Best Picture winner Spotlight; Sundance hit and Netflix Original film The Fundamentals of Caring, which follows Paul Rudd playing Ben, a writer-turned-caregiver, and his charge, a foul-mouthed British teen with muscular dystrophy played by Craig Roberts, as they take an impromptu road trip.
July will feature the Big Short with Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale, which brings to life the collapse of the US mortgage bubble; Brahman Naman, another Netflix Original film, which brings the ribaldry of American Pie and takes it to India in the 1980s; and Tallulah, another Sundance breakout and Netflix Original, which unites Allison Janney and Ellen Page in the story of a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife and the babysitter she hires. Also arriving in July for the first time are classic family franchises Back to The Future and Lethal Weapon.
In August, Netflix will premiere The Little Prince, an animated film based on the beloved children’s book, along with The Fast & The Furious, The Wedding Planner and St Vincent.
From September onwards, Netflix will become the exclusive US pay TV home of the latest films from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar. Netflix Original movies will also debut, including Mascots, from Christopher Guest, and War Machine, from acclaimed Australian director David Michod and starring Brad Pitt, in the serio-comic tale of the US military adventure in Afghanistan.
Michelle Clancy
| 24 May 2016
Netflix kidsAiming to accelerate its push in to cinema, Netflix has released its summer movie slate, including its second original film from Adam Sandler.
the do overThe subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) firm’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos said that Netflix sees about a 20% increase in movie watching by members in the US around Memorial Day weekend. Just in time for the holiday, the streaming giant is releasing Sandler’s new movie, starring Sandler and David Spade as old friends who reunite at their 25th high school reunion for the ultimate mulligan: wiping the slate clean by faking their deaths.
“Many of our long time US members might recognise that summer is a time when we refresh a large part of our film catalogue,” said Sarandos. “This year is no exception, but there is one difference; a batch of non-exclusive titles are leaving while what is arriving is exclusive to Netflix among streaming subscription video services.”
June will offer sci-fi adventure classics Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Jurassic Park 3; Academy Award Best Picture winner Spotlight; Sundance hit and Netflix Original film The Fundamentals of Caring, which follows Paul Rudd playing Ben, a writer-turned-caregiver, and his charge, a foul-mouthed British teen with muscular dystrophy played by Craig Roberts, as they take an impromptu road trip.
July will feature the Big Short with Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale, which brings to life the collapse of the US mortgage bubble; Brahman Naman, another Netflix Original film, which brings the ribaldry of American Pie and takes it to India in the 1980s; and Tallulah, another Sundance breakout and Netflix Original, which unites Allison Janney and Ellen Page in the story of a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife and the babysitter she hires. Also arriving in July for the first time are classic family franchises Back to The Future and Lethal Weapon.
In August, Netflix will premiere The Little Prince, an animated film based on the beloved children’s book, along with The Fast & The Furious, The Wedding Planner and St Vincent.
From September onwards, Netflix will become the exclusive US pay TV home of the latest films from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar. Netflix Original movies will also debut, including Mascots, from Christopher Guest, and War Machine, from acclaimed Australian director David Michod and starring Brad Pitt, in the serio-comic tale of the US military adventure in Afghanistan.
