Netflix recently revealed its highly anticipated slate of upcoming local and international series, films and games coming this year, this is set to become one of streaming channel’s biggest years ever for global audiences.
The exciting slate features new films and series, along with the return of fan-favourites for local audiences to enjoy while showcasing the best in class stories from South Africa and around the world.
The upcoming slate of new films from South Africa kicks off 2025 with Semi-Soeter, an Afrikaans-language romantic comedy directed by Joshua Rous and produced by Anel Alexander and Zandré Coetzer, while Meet the Khumalos will introduce us to the hilarious antics of a local family written, directed and produced by Jayan Moodley – who created the Kandasamys family comedy franchise which includes films and a series focused on a South African Indian family from Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Netflix also shared a slate of it’s upcoming international films and series including:
- New Films like Frankenstein from Academy Award®-winning filmmaker, Guillermo del Toro — a project he’s been wanting to make for 50 years.
- New Comedies that build on the success of shows like Nobody Wants This, and A Man on the Inside — including Tina Fey’s The Four Seasons, adapted from the 1981 film written by Alan Alda.
- New Unscripted titles that go beyond Netflix’s current slate of must-watch dating shows and behind-the-scenes sports shows that will include performance-style shows like Building the Band, and social experiment shows like Million Dollar Secret.
- New Live events above and beyond the WWE, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the NFL on Christmas Day. Bajaria announced that TUDUM, our global fan event, will stream live from Los Angeles on May 31, and previewed Everybody’s Live in L.A. with John Mulaney, a new weekly stand-up special starting March 12.
2025 will also have plenty of Returning Favorites including three of our biggest shows ever — Stranger Things, Wednesday and Squid Game. Bela Bajaria (Chief Content Officer at Netflix) revealed that Wednesday just wrapped production, and will be out later this year. She also announced that the final season of Squid Game will debut on June 27.
Finally, Games offer fans a way to go even deeper into their favorite worlds. With Squid Game: Unleashed on pace to be Netflix’s most downloaded game ever, members can expect to see even more games coming in 2025 based on shows they love, from Ginny & Georgia and Sweet Magnolias to Love is Blind and Single’s Inferno. Bajaria also announced Netflix will be the exclusive home to the iconic WWE 2K video games on mobile starting later this year.
“We’re not just one thing. We’re the best of film, TV, documentaries, stand-up, animation and live events — and we’re doing it in 50 languages. We’re not afraid to make big bets on compelling voices and new ideas — whether it’s a plot twist, an original story, or a big live moment. That’s what Netflix is all about. Bold choices. Creativity. Surprises. Fandom. Entertaining the world. That’s what keeps our members coming back week after week, month after month, year after year. And that’s what we’ll be doing in 2025,” says Bajaria.
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