Next on Netflix 2025 Live-Action Film and TV Presentation

Preview:

Moviefone attends Netflix’s 2025 film and TV preview.
Appearing in-person were Ben Affleck, Tina Fey, John Mulaney, and The Duffer Brothers.
Guillermo del Toro sent a video message and a first look at ‘Frankenstein’.
Netflix announced several new movies and TV shows, as well as their release dates.

(L to R) Ben Affleck, CM Punk, Tina Fey, Netflix’s Bela Bajaria, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Rhea Ripley and John Mulaney at Netflix’s Next on Netflix event. Photo: Netflix.

On Wednesday January 29th, in Hollywood, Netflix held their 2025 Next on Netflix film and TV Preview where they presented many of their upcoming movies and TV series.

The event included in-person presentations from Ben Affleck (‘RIP‘), Tina Fey (‘The Four Seasons‘), John Mulaney (‘Everybody’s Live in L.A. with John Mulaney’), The Duffer Brothers (‘Stranger Things‘), and director Guillermo del Toro, who sent a video message and a sneak peak of ‘Frankenstein‘, as well as many other announcements and first look photos and footage from movies like ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ and ‘Happy Gilmore 2‘.

Adam Sandler in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’. Photo: Netflix.

Moviefone had the pleasure of attending the event, along with other members of the press.

What did Netflix Announce?

Eddie Murphy in the documentary ‘Eddie’. Photo: Netflix.

There were several announcements made including a creative partnership with Lena Dunham, the previously untiled Noah Baumbach film and Eddie Murphy documentary now have titles, ‘Jay Kelly‘ and ‘Eddie’, respectively, and several first look photos and footage.

You can read the full list below:

Announcements:

Creative partnership forged with Lena Dunham
TUDUM the global fan event will live stream on Netflix on May 31 from the Kia Forum, in LA

New Title Announcements:

Tyler Perry’s ‘Madea’s Destination Wedding’ (Film) and ‘Tyler Perry’s She The People’ (Series)
‘Eddie’ (Documentary Film)

Previously Untitled Film:

Additional Date/Timing Announcements:

‘Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney’ (Live Series) – Weekly on Netflix starting March 12th
‘Adolescence’ (Series) – On Netflix March 13
‘Nonnas’ (Film) – On Netflix May 9
‘Ginny & Georgia’ S3 (Series) – On Netflix June 5
‘The Old Guard 2’ (Film) – On Netflix July 2
‘Havoc’ (Film) – On Netflix Spring 2025
‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ (Film) – On Netflix Summer 2025
‘Frankenstein’ (Film) – On Netflix November 2025
‘A Merry Little Ex-Christmas’ (Film) – On Netflix Fall 2025
‘Jay Kelly’ (Film) – On Netflix Fall 2025
‘RIP’ (Film) – On Netflix Fall 2025
‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ (Film) – On Netflix Fall 2025
‘Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Movie’ (Film) – On Netflix Fall 2025
‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ (Film) – On Netflix Fall 2025

Netflix Movies:

‘RIP’

Ben Affleck at Netflix’s Next on Netflix event. Photo: Netflix.

After a sizzle reel of upcoming movies, which included The Russo Brothers‘ ‘The Electric State‘, Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’, and Rian Johnson‘s ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’, Oscar winner Ben Affleck took the stage to discuss his new crime thriller ‘RIP’.

Set in Miami and based on true events, the film re-teams Affleck with his ‘Air‘ co-star Matt Damon, and his ‘Smokin’ Aces‘ director Joe Carnahan. Affleck explained that a “RIP” is when cops keep the money that they find at a crime scene and the movie looks at what people will do for money.

“When I talked to Joe Carnahan, who directed it, he said this is going to be like ‘Heat’ meets ‘Training Day’. So, I said, “Kind of like ‘The Town‘?” But he really outdid himself and it’s spectacular. He co-wrote it; he directed it and he really wanted to make this a genre classic like ‘Se7en’ or ‘The French Connection’. A fun, engaging ride that keeps you guessing. It’s a compelling, complicated human drama that also hues to these elements of cinema that people have loved forever.”

Affleck also discussed his continued collaborations with Damon.

“It’s the seventh movie that Matt Damon and my company, Artists Equity, has made and it really is, in a lot of ways, the most important for us because we’ve found some really exciting partners who are really interested in not just what has been but what could be at Netflix.”

Affleck concluded by showing a brief scene from the movie that involved Affleck and Damon’s cop characters discovering millions of dollars’ worth of hidden cash during a bust and must decide how to proceed.

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‘Frankenstein’

Guillermo del Toro poses backstage with the Oscar® for Animated Feature Film during the live ABC telecast of the 95th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

While Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro was unable to attend, he did send a video message shot at his “mancave” in Los Angeles called Bleak House. The director introduced footage from his upcoming film ‘Frankenstein’ and was fittingly surrounded by his vast collection of Frankenstein memorabilia.

Guillermo Del Toro had this to say before screening the footage:

“I wanted to introduce a small taste, a teaser, for my film ‘Frankenstein’. This film has been on my mind since I was a child, for fifty years. I’ve been trying to make it for 20-25 years. In fact, some people may even think I am a little bit obsessed with Frankenstein. They probably would be right. You see, over the decades, the character has fused with my soul in a way that it has become an autobiography. It doesn’t get more personal than this. I hope you enjoy this small look at ‘Frankenstein’.”

The footage included several scenes, and we were given our first look at Oscar Isaac as Dr. Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the monster.

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New Netflix TV Series:

‘The Four Seasons’

Tina Fey at Netflix’s Next on Netflix event. Photo: Netflix.

Tina Fey was on hand to present a short scene from her new series ‘The Four Seasons’, which is an adaption of the 1981 film starring Alan Alda and the actress confessed her love for the original.

“In 1981, when I was eleven years old, I saw a movie that really shaped my idea of what my future, grown-up life could be like. It was written and directed by the great Alan Alda, and it’s called ‘The Four Seasons’. If you’ve never seen the original movie, it has a very simple premise. It follows a group of old friends, three couples, over four vacations. We never see them at home. We never see them at work, we just see how their lives change over a year by hanging out with them on vacation.”

Fey explained that she had received Alda’s permission to adapt the film and then talked about the cast that she assembled for the new series.

“All that was left to do was to assemble a cast of beloved comedy actors that could create the same warm, human vibe of the original. I’m proud to say our cast is very cozy. They’re not just my old friends, they’re yours as well. Steve Carell, Will Forte, me, Kerri Kinney-Silver, the beautiful Italian actor Marco Calvani, Broadway’s Erika Henningsen and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo.”

We then screened a short scene from the series featuring Fey, Will Forte and Steve Carrell.

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‘Everybody’s Live in L.A. with John Mulaney’

John Mulaney at Netflix’s Next on Netflix event. Photo: Netflix.

During last year’s Netflix is a Joke Festival, comedian John Mulaney hosted a weeklong talk show titled ‘Everybody’s in L.A. with John Mulaney‘. The series was so popular that Netflix is bringing it back starting March 12th with a new episode dropping once a week for 12 consecutive weeks.

Mulaney explained how the new series came together.

“So, Netflix and I discussed this summer not being done with the show and I was thrilled to do that. It was a total blast, and it was one of those shows that neither Netflix nor I really needed to do. I never wanted to host a talk show and they were getting out of the talk show game. So, it was the perfect moment to do this.”

Mulaney’s sidekick on the series is veteran character actor Richard Kind, and the host explained how that came to be.

“Richard Kind will be joining me again for this series. Richard and I met through a real-life ‘Baby Reindeer’ scenario. He kept showing up where I worked, and I decided to incorporate him into my life.”

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Other New Shows

(L to R) McKinley Belcher III as Carl Otieno, Mozhan Navabi as Melissa Kornblau, Robert De Niro as George Mullen, Jesse Plemons as Roger Carlson and Connie Britton as Valerie Whitesell in ‘Zero Day’. Photo: Courtesy of Jojo Whilden/Netflix © 2024.

‘Zero Day’ stars Robert De Niro as a former US President, alongside Angela Bassett, Joan Allen and Jesse Plemons.

The audience screened a brief scene from the new series that saw De Niro’s character brutally interrogating a suspected terrorist. We were also given a glimpse of Angela Bassett, who appears to play the current President.

Also coming in 2025 is ‘Black Rabbit’, which stars Jason Bateman and Jude Law as estranged brothers. The audience screened footage from the series, which sees Law’s character thriving as a bar owner, only to have his brother’s (Bateman) return send his perfect life spinning out of control.

Returning Netflix TV Series

‘Squid Game’ Season 3

Netflix’s Bela Bajaria at Netflix’s Next on Netflix event. Photo: Netflix.

Netflix announced the long-awaited season 3 of ‘Squid Games’ will premiere June 27th. In addition to new photos, the audience also screened a scene from the upcoming season that involved a game where contestants pick a ball out of a machine that is either blue or red. Once you have collected your ball, the contestants are separated into two different groups, but they don’t know why.

Lee Byung-hun as Front man in ‘Squid Game’ season 3. Photo: Netflix.

‘Stranger Things’ Season 5

(L to R) Directors Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer at Netflix’s Next on Netflix event. Photo: Netflix.

Finally, after screening some behind-the-scenes footage from the making of season 5 of ‘Stranger Things’, creators Matt and Ross Duffer took to the stage to discuss the upcoming final season of the groundbreaking series.

Ross Duffer: “That was the world’s very first behind-the-scenes look at the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. We spent a full year filming this season. By the end, we’d captured over 650 hours of footage. So, this is our biggest and most ambitious season yet. It’s like eight blockbuster movies. It’s insane.”

Matt Duffer: “At the same time, we think it’s our most personal story. It was super intense and emotional to film for us and for our actors. We’ve been making this show together for almost ten years. There was a lot of crying. There was so much crying. The show means so much to all of us, and everyone put their hearts and souls into it. We hope and believe that passion will translate to the screen.”

But ‘Stranger Things’ fans should not be too sad that the series is ending, as Matt Duffer did hint at a possible future for the franchise.

“But while this might be the end of the story for Mike, Hopper, Dustin, Lucas, Eleven, and the others, it’s not goodbye for ‘Stranger Things’. There are many more stories to tell.”