This weekend, Netflix will add content from different genres, with a drama movie, a comedy movie, and the long-awaited third season of a sci-fi thriller series. Although many theaters around the world are preparing to reopen amidst the coronavirus pandemic and studios are hoping to release some of their delayed titles very soon, a big part of the audience will continue getting their dose of TV shows and movies through streaming services – and Netflix will have them covered.
Last week, the streaming giant added the movies Underdogs, Charlie St. Cloud, The Darkness, Frost/Nixon, and the documentary The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story, along with the Japanese animated movie A Whisker Away, the documentary Disclosure, the comedy drama Feel the Beat, season 2 of The Politician, and the drama movie Wasp Network. On the licensed content front, this weekend will welcome the movies Dark Skies, Straight Up, the Indian musical Vivah, and season 2 of Roswell: New Mexico.
As for original content, Netflix users will get to enjoy a Chilean drama movie, a comedy movie starring Will Ferrell, and the third season of a mind-bending German sci-fi series. Here are the best movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this weekend - June 26.
Nobody Knows I’m Here
Nobody Knows I’m Here is Netflix’s first Chilean original movie, directed by Gaspar Antillo and starring Jorge García (Lost), Nelson Brodt, and Juan Falcón. The story centers on Memo Garrido, who was a child artist in the Latin music industry in the early 1990s. Decades later, and due to the trauma of his childhood experiences, Memo is living on a remote Chilean sheep farm, practically cut off from the world, but the unexpected appearance of Marta changes his world and forces him to face the confusing incident that destroyed his career.
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is a Netflix comedy movie directed by David Dobkin and written by Andrew Steele and Will Ferrell. It follows small-town musicians Lars Erickssong (Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (Rachel McAdams), who form the duo Fire Saga. When they get the chance of representing their country in the world’s biggest song contest, Eurovision, they will prove that any dream worth having is worth fighting for. Also starring are Pierce Brosnan as Lars’ father and Dan Stevens as Alexander Lemtov, Fire Saga’s biggest opponent.
Dark - season 3
Season 3 of Dark will finally be ready to stream on Netflix this weekend. The German sci-fi series centers on a time-travel conspiracy spanning three generations and explores the concept of time and its effects on human nature, all in the small town of Winden. Dark’s third and final season will continue with the series’ themes of time travel and alternate universes while the story goes through its final cycle, bringing it to a full circle – or at least that’s what the trailer wants the audience to believe. After all, Dark is best known for its complicated timeline and clever twists.