This weekend, Netflix will welcome the final episode of a family comedy TV series, a new documentary, an animated short-film, and a musical comedy. As the coronavirus pandemic keeps casting a shadow over the future of the film industry, studios continue reorganizing their schedules and making big decisions for their future, with many choosing to send some of their biggest titles to the world of streaming. Netflix has already housed some movies that couldn’t get a theatrical release and will continue to do so in the near future, while also bringing new original content every week.
Last weekend saw the addition of a lot of licensed content, most notably 50 First Dates, Chef, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Da Vinci Code, Runaway Bride, and the first three movies in the Jurassic Park franchise, along with season 4 of Big Mouth, David Fincher’s Mank, and the biographical drama Selena: The Series. This weekend, however, the streaming giant won’t see much licensed content, but it will welcome the action thrillers Ava and Triple 9, along with Manhunt: Deadly Games.
As for original content, Netflix users will get to enjoy the final episode of a TV show starring a WWE star, a new documentary, an animated short-film, and a musical comedy based on a Broadway musical. Here are the best movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this weekend - December 11.
The Big Show Show: Christmas
WWE wrestler Big Show got his own Netflix show appropriately titled The Big Show Show, which premiered in April. Sadly, the series was canceled after that first season, but Big Show and company are coming back with one final adventure in the shape of a Christmas special. This final episode will see Big Show dealing with an injury that forces him to cease all Santa duties, so his wife Cassy (Allison Munn) steps up as Mrs. Claus to keep the Christmas spirit alive.
The Surgeon’s Cut
This weekend’s dose of documentaries on Netflix is The Surgeon’s Cut, which profiles four ground-breaking surgeons from around the world, each with a visionary approach to their craft. Viewers will follow along as they perform innovative operations and procedures, and reveal personal insight into their journey into medicine, providing a unique window into the world of surgery. Specialty areas featured include fetal medicine, neurosurgery, transplant surgery, and cardiology.
Canvas
Canvas is an Netflix animated short-film directed by Frank E. Abney III and produced by Paige Johnstone. It tells the story of a grandfather who after suffering a devastating loss, is sent into a downward spiral and loses his inspiration to create art. Years later, he revisits the easel and picks up a paint brush, but he realizes he can’t do it alone.
The Prom
Netflix's The Prom is a musical comedy movie directed by Ryan Murphy and based on the Broadway musical of the same name by Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Matthew Sklar. The Prom follows Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep) and Barry Glickman (James Corden), two New York City stage stars struggling as their expensive new Broadway show is a major flop that pretty much killed their careers. At the same time, in Indiana, high school student Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) is going through a different type of heartbreak: Mrs. Greene (Kerry Washington), head of the PTA has banned her from attending the prom with her girlfriend, Alyssa (Ariana DeBose), despite the support of the high school principal, Tom Hawkins (Keegan-Michael Key). With the help of Angie Dickinson (Nicole Kidman) and Trent Oliver, (Andrew Rannells), Dee Dee and Barry help Emma in hopes to resurrect their public images, but their “activism” backfires and they have to find a way to give Emma the night she deserves.