Netflix July Guide: 16 original content series & movies to keep you inside this summer

July 1

Marcella – Season 1

Global Original – Excluding the UK and Ireland

Set in contemporary London and starring Anna Friel, Marcella – from internationally renowned screenwriter and novelist Hans Rosenfeldt (The Bridge) – centers on the psychological struggles of a Metropolitan police officer at a crisis point in her personal life, driven by rejection and intuition.

Returning to the Met’s Murder Squad after a 12-year career break, Marcella is a detective in her late 30’s who gave up her fast-tracked role to marry and devote her life to starting a family. With the abrupt end to her marriage to the love of her life and isolated from her children at boarding school, Marcella returns to work – her sense of self shattered.

She is immediately assigned to one of her old cases that she first worked on in 2003. A spate of recent killings has occurred, all carrying the same hallmarks as those unsolved murders committed over a decade ago. Has the killer re-appeared or is this a copycat murderer? How will Marcella cope with returning to duty when her own temperament is so fragile and vulnerable? Will throwing herself into her work provide the answers she’s seeking or lead her dangerously into territory she must avoid at all costs?

For some weird reason, Netflix didn’t put this on their Youtube, but I found it.


Marco Polo – Season 2

Global Original – Available in Ultra 4K HD & HDR

In a world replete with greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, Marco Polo is based on the famed explorer’s adventures in Kublai Khan’s court in 13th century China.


Between – Season 2

Global Original – All territories except Canada

Between is the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under. The series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a 10-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.


July 4th

Kuromukuro

Global Original – Outside Japan

A mysterious relic is discovered during the construction of a dam. In order to study the artifact, the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute is established. Scholars from all over the world gather here, their children attending Tateyama International High School. Among them is the Institute Director’s daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a samurai rises once again.

Can’t find an English trailer! Bad Netflix!


July 7th

Brahman Naman

Global Original

Written by Naman Ramachandran and produced by Steve Barron and Celine Loop, Brahman Naman is directed by leading Indian indie director Q, following Gandu, Tasher Desh and Ludo. Brahman Naman stars Shashank Arora as Naman, Tanmay Dhanania and Chaitanya Varad as his sidekicks, and features Biswa Kalyan Rath, Vaiswath Shankar, Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy and Sid Mallya.

Set in Bangalore in the 1980s, Brahman Naman follows the exploits of Naman, a quick witted, high school quiz champ who leads his hopelessly nerdy friends on a trip to Calcutta to win a major college prize. Young, smart and full of heart, the trio are determined to win the quiz – and to lose their virginity along the way.


July 8th

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Global Original

Word Party is a vocabulary building show from The Jim Henson Company that follows four adorable baby animals as they sing, dance and play. The show invites our youngest viewers to help teach the baby animals new words, practice these new words themselves, and celebrate these achievements with a “Word Party!” Word Party is produced using the groundbreaking Henson Digital Puppetry Studio, a proprietary technology from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop that allows puppeteers to perform digitally animated characters in real time – enabling the animation to be more lifelike and spontaneous.

Probably don’t need to see a trailer.


July 14th

Magi_JA_JA_StoryArtMagi: The Adventures of Sinbad

Global Original – Original outside of Japan

Years before he ascends the throne, Sinbad grows up in a fishing village. After his father dies, his mother asks Yunan to take Sinbad under his wing.


July 15th

Rebirth

Global Original

A twisted psychological thriller from writer/director Karl Mueller (Mr. Jones) and producer Ross Dinerstein (The Pact, The Nightmare). Long-lost buddy Zack gets suburban dad Kyle on a bus to a Rebirth seminar, sending him down a rabbit hole of psychodrama, seduction and violence.

No trailer? Ugh.


Stranger Things – Season 1

Global Original


Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru

Global Original

Each year, over 2,500 people converge on Boca Raton, Florida, to spend six days with the life and business strategist Tony Robbins for his mammoth seminar Date with Destiny. For Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru, Robbins opened his doors to esteemed documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, the Paradise Losttriology) for his twelfth feature documentary. Granted unprecedented access (Robbins has never previously admitted a camera crew to the seminar), Berlinger treats audience to the actual, visceral experience of joining the ecstatic temporary community for six life-changing days in the company of the larger-than-life Robbins, filled with theatrics, blaring dance and rock music, meditation, tears, heartbreaking public confessions and laughter. Going behind-the-scenes to capture the intricate design and production of aDate With Destiny, Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru is an emotional tour-de-force of cinéma vérité that pulls back the curtain on Tony Robbins and unveils the inner-workings of this mega event, its zealous participants and the man himself.


Degrassi: Next Class – Season 2

Global Original – Original outside of Canada, Australia, France

Degrassi: Next Class is a pull-no-punches dramatic series that tackles the real-life issues of high school students. Telling the stories of “Generation Z,” the series focuses on a group of teens as they begin their journey into adulthood.


July 22nd

Bojack Horseman – Season 3

Global Original

Will Arnett voices BoJack, the failed legendary 90’s sitcom star from the favorite family sitcom Horsin’ Around, who has been trying to find his way through a muddle of self-loathing, whisky and failed relationships. Now, in the presence of his human sidekick Todd (Aaron Paul) and his feline agent and ex-paramour Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris), BoJack is primed for his comeback…


July 24th

Popples_S1_episodicstill-1Popples – Season 3

Global Original

Popples is a high-energy comedy series about an amazing species of creatures that can pop into and out of a ball. The story is driven by the optimistic comedic enthusiasm of the BPP’s (Best Popple Pals): Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy and Yikes. Always wanting to help their friends, neighbors and each other, their efforts often times backfire in hilarious ways and they must spend the rest of the episode trying to unwind the mayhem they’ve caused. Luckily they always manage to save the day in their own POP-tastic way!


July 29th

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Home: Adventures With Tip & Oh – Season 1

Global Original – Available in the US, Canada, Latin America, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Nordics, Benelux and France

What happens after a misfit alien named Oh conquers Earth, befriends an adventurous teen girl named Tip and together they save the day? Oh moves in with Tip and her human family and finally discovers the true meaning of home. The galaxy’s dynamic duo are back in DreamWorks Animation’s HOME: ADVENTURES WITH TIP & OH, an all-new Netflix Original Series jam-packed with outrageous laughs and tons of heart. Life on earth will never be the same! The first season will be available to Netflix members in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Nordics, Benelux and France.


Tallulah

Global Original

Tallulah, the Netflix original film, was written and directed by Sian Heder (Orange is the New Black), and tells the story of young vagabond, Lu (Ellen Page – Whip It, Inception), who lives in a van and is fiercely independent in her hand-to-mouth existence. When a chance encounter incites her to impulsively “rescue” a baby from a negligent mother, Lu, at a loss for what to do, turns to the only responsible adult she knows: Margo (Allison Janney – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, The Way, Way Back), who mistakenly believes she’s the child’s grandmother. Tammy Blanchard (Into the Woods, Moneyball), Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, Girls), John Benjamin Hickey (The Good Wife, Manhattan) and Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black, The Wiz Live!), also round out the cast.


Last Chance U

Global Original

Last Chance U follows a group of young men training to become the future stars of the NFL. The football players are the latest recruits to Eastern Mississippi Community College (EMCC), an undefeated team with 3 consecutive National Championships under their belt. The EMCC Lions have become a phenomenon in junior college sports, attracting elite athletes, some of whom have been held back by poor academic performance or behavioral issues. Under Coach Buddy Stephens, one of the most successful but least known athletic programs, EMCC graduates more than 20 players per year into football scholarships at four year universities, and nine of his former players currently play in the NFL.

No trailer? I don’t like this pattern.

Netflix: ‘Bojack Horseman’ returns with Season 3, Friday July 22nd

I’m somewhat smitten with this show. It’s so full of puns that it gets better with every re-watch. I didn’t care for Lisa Kudrow in Season 2; I’m looking forward to more Princess Carolyn and Diane.

BoJack is grappling with his legacy while trudging through an increasingly turbulent Oscar campaign for his star-making turn in the Secretariat biopic. BoJack struggles with how he’ll ultimately be remembered by his fans and what lasting impact he’s made on those closest to him. Also, there are lots of silly puns and talking animal jokes and celebrity cameos and all the other stuff that everybody loves about BoJack Horseman. It’s a very funny and good season of television. Don’t worry.

New trailer for ‘Bojack Horseman’ on Netflix makes you smile all over again!

BojackHorseman_S2_DateAnnounce_USBoJack is back for a second season with a B.N.A. (Brand New Attitude). The darkly hilarious, serialized animated adult comedy BoJack Horseman will premiere twelve (12) new episodes only on Netflix on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 12:01am PST in all territories where Netflix is available. BoJack Horseman Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix.

Will Arnett voices BoJack, the legendary 90’s sitcom star, who has been trying to find his way through a muddle of self-loathing, whisky and failed relationships.  Now starring in his dream movie (a biopic of Secretariat), but humbled by the events of last season, BoJack attempts to use his career second wind as a stepladder to a springboard to becoming a newer, better BoJack. But new challenges on set and in his personal life, and the demons of his past make it difficult to shake off the skin of his previous self. If season one of BoJack Horseman is about a character learning he needs to change, the new season is about whether or not he can. It’s a character in a rut, trying to pull out of that rut, and the rut pulling back.

Also, there are lots of surprise guest stars and funny talking animal jokes.

The all-star cast includes Will Arnett as BoJack Horseman, Aaron Paul as Todd Chavez, Amy Sedaris as Princess Carolyn, Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen and Paul F. Tompkins as Mr. Peanutbutter. Lisa Kudrow guest stars as Wanda Pierce.

BoJack Horseman was created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg.  The series is Executive Produced by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Steven A. Cohen and Noel Bright.  Will Arnett (The Millers, Arrested Development) and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) also serve as Executive Producers. BoJack was designed by graphic artist Lisa Hanawalt and animated by LA-based ShadowMachine. The show is a Tornante Production, brought to life by Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company and is only available on Netflix.

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‘BoJack Horseman’ returns with Season 2 July 17th on Netflix!!

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The darkly hilarious, serialized animated adult comedy BoJack Horseman will premiere twelve (12) new episodes exclusively on Netflix on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 12:01am PST in all territories where Netflix is available. BoJack Horseman Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix.

I simply can’t wait! I love this show!!

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Will Arnett voices BoJack, the legendary 90’s sitcom star, who has been trying to find his way through a muddle of self-loathing, whisky and failed relationships.  Now starring in his dream movie (a biopic of Secretariat), but humbled by the events of last season, BoJack attempts to use his career second wind as a stepladder to a springboard to becoming a newer, better BoJack. But new challenges on set and in his personal life, and the demons of his past make it difficult to shake off the skin of his previous self. If season one of BoJack Horseman is about a character learning he needs to change, the new season is about whether or not he can. It’s a character in a rut, trying to pull out of that rut, and the rut pulling back.

Also, there are lots of surprise guest stars and funny talking animal jokes.

The all-star cast includes Will Arnett as BoJack Horseman, Aaron Paul as Todd Chavez, Amy Sedaris as Princess Carolyn, Alison Brie as Diane Nguyen and Paul F. Tompkins as Mr. Peanutbutter.

BoJack Horseman was created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg.  The series is Executive Produced by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Steven A. Cohen and Noel Bright.  Will Arnett (The Millers, Arrested Development) and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) also serve as Executive Producers. BoJack was designed by graphic artist Lisa Hanawalt and animated by LA-based ShadowMachine. The show is a Tornante Production, brought to life by Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company and is only available on Netflix.

Coming to Netflix – Guide to 2015 Premieres of Movies & Series

 

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Netflix has a full slate of movies and series coming out this year. Here’s their official slate, but some don’t have more than just a title.
between_s1_010_hBetween (All territories except Canada)
Release Date: May 21st – Series

Between is the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under. The series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a 10-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.


JEN_KIRKMAN_NETFLIX_HIGH_RES-6208rJen Kirkman: I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
Release Date: May 22nd – Stand-Up Comedy Special

Jen Kirkman delivers some sharp, hilarious truths about divorce, kids, sex and turning 40, in this Netflix original comedy special.


bob w_key_002_hThe Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir
Release Date: May 22nd – Documentary

The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir chronicles Weir’s journey from Palo Alto youth to global success as a member of one of the world’s most influential and popular bands. With a special emphasis on his brotherhood with Jerry Garcia and ample musical performances and archival footage, The Other One features interviews with bandmates, colleagues, fans, family and Bob Weir himself.


Sense8_NBO_12_02916_R_BSense8 — Available in Ultra HD 4K
Release Date: June 5th – Series

Sense8 is centered around eight characters that live in different cities around the world who experience a violent vision, and soon find themselves mentally connected by this experience. They are suddenly able to see and talk to each other as though they were in the same place, and have access to each other’s deepest secrets. Not only must these eight adapt to this new ability and to each other, they must figure out what happened and why and what it means for the future of humanity, while being hunted by an organization out to capture, kill or vivisect them.


orange-is-the-new-blackOrange is the New Black – Season 3
Release Date: June 12th – Series

Created by Jenji Kohan (“Weeds”), a funny, thought-provoking and powerful series about a diverse group of inmates serving time in a women’s prison.


what _pds_002_hWhat Happened, Miss Simone
Release Date: June 26th – Documentary

Classically trained pianist, dive-bar chanteuse, black power icon and legendary recording artist, Nina Simone lived a life of brutal honesty, musical genius, and tortured melancholy. In this epic documentary, director Liz Garbus interweaves never-before-heard recordings and rare archival footage together with Nina’s most memorable songs, to create an unforgettable portrait of one of the least understood, yet most beloved, artists of our time.


tucke_pds_002_hChris Tucker Live
Release Date: July 10th – Stand-Up Comedy Series

Chris Tucker headlines his first full length stand-up comedy special, Chris Tucker Live, premiering exclusively on Netflix on Friday, July 10.


wet-hot-american-summer1Wet Hot American Summer
Release Date: July 17th – Series

Welcome to Camp Firewood! From the filmmakers that brought the original 2001 cult classic, Wet Hot American Summer – First Day of Camp is the hilarious prequel to the film starring the entire original cast in addition to an all-star lineup of new cast members.


crouc_pds_001_hCrouching Tiger: The Green Destiny — Available in Ultra HD 4K
Release Date: August 28th – Film


bojac_s1_002_hBoJack Horseman – Season 2
Release Date: 2015 – Series

Will Arnett voices BoJack, the failed legendary 90’s sitcom star from the favorite family sitcom “Horsin’ Around,” who has been trying to find his way through a muddle of self-loathing, whisky and failed relationships. Now, in the presence of his human sidekick Todd (Aaron Paul) and his feline agent and ex-paramour Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris), BoJack is primed for his comeback…


Chelsea Handler Docu-Comedy Specials
Release Date: 2015 – Comedy Doc Special

No info yet, stay tuned!


Club de Cuervos
Release Date: 2015 – Series

The 13 episode series from Alazraki Entertainment, which reunites the team from “We Are The Nobles” with Luis Gerardo Méndez (“We Are The Nobles”, “Cantinflas”) in the leading role, centers on a family feud among heirs of a soccer club after the owner’s death.


Dinotrux
Release Date: 2015 – Kids

No info yet, stay tuned.


drago_s1_003_hDragons: Race to the Edge
Release Date: 2015 – Kids

Overview:  In the new Netflix original series, Hiccup and Toothless lead the Dragon Riders as they soar beyond the borders of Berk and discover the mysterious Dragon eye — an ancient artifact filled with secrets that will lead them to new lands filled with undiscovered dragons. But the heroes find themselves pursued by marauding dragonhunters, who will stop at nothing to seize the power of the Dragon Eye.


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Release Date: 2015 – Kids

The sons and daughters of the world’s most famous fairytale characters have come together, at the enchanted high school of Ever After High, to follow in their parents’ fabled footsteps. Divided between the Ever After Royals™, those who want their promised Happily Ever After – and the Ever After Rebels™, those looking to re-write their parents’ storybook endings – Ever After High™ celebrates the idea that the story of your life is not written in permanent ink. You have the power to create your own destiny.


F is for Family
Release Date: 2015 – Series

Created by Bill Burr and EmmyⓇ award-winner Michael Price as a half-hour animated comedy series, F is for Family follows the Murphy family in the 1970’s, a time when you could smack your kid, smoke inside and bring a gun to the airport.


hmlkg_lgo_002_hHemlock Grove – Season 3
Release Date: 2015 – Series

From executive producer Eli Roth and based on Brian McGreevy’s novel of the same name,Hemlock Grove is a riveting one-hour murder mystery that revolves around the residents of a former Pennsylvania steel town. When 17- year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock’s peculiar inhabitants – or killer creatures – could be suspects. Through the investigation, the town’s seamier side is exposed, revealing nothing is what it seems. Beautiful, terrifying and graphic, Hemlock Grove is unlike anything else in its genre.


Knights of Sidonia – Season 2
Release Date: 2015 – Anime Series

No info yet, stay tuned!


Longmire – Season 4 (US & Canada only)
Release Date: 2015 – Series

Season four of Longmire picks up moments after season three’s exciting finale. Walt Longmire (series star Robert Taylor), having found out who was behind the murder of his wife, succumbs to his darker impulses and takes off in pursuit of the killer with murder on his mind. Meanwhile, Branch Connally (Bailey Chase), the deputy who Walt fired for erratic, violent behavior, believes he has already figured out who the real culprit is. But during his confrontation with this suspected killer, a gun goes off. Now the audience will finally learn what happened, and whether Walt can be stopped before he makes a fatal choice.


Marseille
Release Date: 2015 – Series

No info yet, stay tuned!


Narcos — Available in Ultra HD 4K
Release Date: 2015 – Series

Narcos is the true-life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. It details the many, often-conflicting forces – legal, political, police, military and civilian – that clash in the effort to control cocaine, one of the world’s most valuable commodities.


Pompidou
Release Date: 2015 – Series

In a clapped-out old caravan, parked in front of his now crumbling estate, lives Pompidou (Matt Lucas), a tubby, pompous, penniless, eccentric, yet ultimately lovable aristocrat. He is an elderly oddball who has fallen on hard times. Alex MacQueen plays the character of Hove, Pompidou’s long-suffering butler. Each episode sees Pompidou and Hove face a new challenge – from stealing back a priceless bowl they once owned, to extracting a live bird which has flown into Hove’s mouth and is nesting in his stomach.


Popples (All territories except France)
Release Date: 2015 – Kids

No info yet, stay tuned!


Some Assembly RequiredSome Assembly Required (All territories except Canada)
Release Date: 2015 – Kids

When a teenager becomes the new owner of a toy company he hires a bunch of his high school friends to help him design new toys


Super 4
Release Date: 2015 – Kids

No info yet, stay tuned!


trail_pds_003_hTrailer Park Boys – Season 9
Release Date: 2015 – Series

“Trailer Park Boys” is a Canadian comedy television series that stars Robb Wells (“Ricky”), John Paul Tremblay (“Julian”) and Mike Smith (“Bubbles”) as a group of trailer park residents living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The series follows the boys’ misadventures, mixed with plenty of gunfights, dope, liquor and a healthy dose of foul language. Hailed in their native Canada, the Boys are going global with the premiere of Season 8 only on Netflix. Viewers around the world can now discover these foul-mouthed lovable misfits, their petty antics and dysfunctional relationships in ten all-new 30-minute episodes filled with outlandish scenarios, hilarity, and a whole lot of heart.


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Release Date: 2015 – Series

After being dishonorably discharged from the Navy Seals, Bob and David are back serving our country the way they do best, making sketch comedy. Four half-hours of brand new comedy featuring all new characters, all new scenes, and most importantly, all new wigs.