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Don’t worry if it doesn’t quite feel like summer yet; the calendar says it’s May, and that means we can start thinking of summer things: beaches and soft-serve ice cream vendors and the need for air conditioning. And once you get that air conditioner set up, you’ll be free to sit in your artificially cool living rooms and watch as much Netflix as you want! Which is a good thing because Netflix has a LOT coming down the pike for the summer months.
For starters, we’ve got new seasons of some of Netflix’s most anticipated returning shows. We’ve got feature films and brand new TV series. And it’s gonna be a good summer for comedy on Netflix as well. It’s basically all happening. While new premiere dates are announced every day — Netflix likes to sneak up on you like that — here’s a round-up of what we do know that will be headed your way this summer.
'John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City'
The Saturday Night Live alum (and recent host) shows up for his latest Netflix special, this time filmed at New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall. Mulaney’s previous comedy specials on Netflix, including New In Town and The Comeback Kid — are some of the best comedy the streaming platform has to offer, so the expectations on this one are high. May 1st
'Dear White People' Season 2
After last season ended in protest and police encroachment, Dear White People kicks off with the aftermath of a dorm fire require opening up historically black residence hall Armstrong Parker to white people. And while the increased racial tension is present, season 2 is confidently addressing just how much of a drain it is to have to be explaining shit to white people all the time. Justin Simien’s series looks inward quite a bit in its second go-round, emerging with some superb character drama and some truly cutting comedy. This is one of the best shows on TV right now, so get ready. May 4th
'Anon'
Clive Owen plays a detective in a dystopian future where privacy doesn’t exist (and thus most crime doesn’t either). But when he begins to see things that aren’t there, and a a series of unsolved murders seems to point directly at a girl without any past or history (played by Amanda Seyfried), things start to go awry. This future-noir is from writer/director Andrew Niccol, who brought us such future visions as Gattaca and The Truman Show. May 4th
'Hari Kondabolu: Warn Your Relatives'
If you’ve been seeing Hari Kondabolu’s name a lot lately, it’s likely been in relation to the dust-up over The Simpsons and their ham-handed defense of the racist Indian caricature Apu. Said defense was a response to Kondabolu’s film The Problem with Apu, which dug into the years of hurt and damage to Indian-Americans as a result of the character. Don’t expect another treatise on The Simpsons in Kondabalu’s latest stand-up special, though that doesn’t mean he won’t be equally provocative. May 8th
Stream Haro Kondabalu: Warn Your Relavtives on Netflix starting May 8th
'Safe'
The false comfort of a wealthy, gated community comes collapsing in on a widowed father in this crime-drama series set in England. Michael C. Hall (Dexter; Six Feet Under) tries on a Brit accent to play a father whose eldest daughter does missing after a suburban house party. “No one knows anyone,” says one of the characters in the trailer, and you get the sense that like Broadchurch and The Killing before it, we’re going to learn some dark things about our neighbors before all is said and done. May 10th
'Evil Genius'
After Making a Murderer, The Keepers, and Wild Wild Country, could we be looking at the next Netflix true-crime sensation? This one, much like Wild Wild Country, is being produced by Jay and Mark Duplass, making them the kinds of not only post-mumblecore indie comedy but now Netflix stranger-than-fiction crime stories. This one is a doozy, involving a man who walked into a bank in Erie, Pennsylvania, back in 2003 with a bomb locked in a collar around his next. And it just gets more unsettling from there. May 11th
'Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife'
If you were floored by comedian Ali Wong’s Netflix special Baby Cobra back in 2016, you’re going to be on the edge of your seat for her return engagement. After slaying a stand-up set while majorly pregnant in Baby Cobra, wong is once again pregnant and ready to burn the house down with her brand new set. It’s no accident that this one premieres on Mother’s Day. May 13th
Stream Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife on Netflix starting May 13th
'13 Reasons Why,' Season 2
The hugely popular Netflix teen series came to what seemed like a natural end in season 1, when the mystery surrounding the death of Hannah Baker was finally unraveled and her cassette-tape-laden scavenger hunt was finally solved. But as we’re told in the teaser above, the tapes were apparently just the beginning. Also the teen suicide attempt at the end of season 1, where Alex Standall (Miles Heizer) tried to kill himself after the truths of the tapes began to emerge, should also play a big part. The show caught a lot of criticism for playing fast and loose with the topic of teen suicide, and engaging in a questionably-necessary season 2 won’t do much to abate that, but the truth is that this is a compelling and sincerely empathetic TV show, and it just might be good enough to give its critics pause. May 18th
'Cargo'
He may not have appeared in Infinity War, but Mertin Freeman is still fresh off of the box-office bonanza that was Black Panther. His visibility is at an all-time high. So no better time, then, to premiere his new horror film Cargo. In a post-apocalyptic Australia, Freeman and his family are struggling to outrun a pandemic that turns people into … let’s just say monsters. When an attack takes his wife and leaves him apparently infected, Freeman needs to find a way to get his daughter to safety. May 18th
'Ibiza'
Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, and Phoebe Robinson star as a trip of best friends whose business trip to Barcelona turns into a wild and decadent adventure on the titular vacation getaway island. Expect a lot of misbehavior, shots, sex, and hopefully at least one comedic dance break. We deserve one! May 25th
'Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life'
Saturday Night Live legends and comedic geniuses Steve Martin and Martin Short are teaming up for a unique Netflix special. Expect sketches, musical performances, and a little insight into their long and winding careers. Also, one would imagine, you should expect some out-of-control hilarity. May 25th
Stream Steve Martin and Martin Short on Netflix starting May 25th
'The Break with Michelle Wolf'
Netflix could not have picked a more perfect time to be premiering their new weekly comedy show with Daily Show contributor and most recent White House Correspondents Dinner pariah Michelle Wolf. While we wouldn’t expect Sarah Huckabee Sanders to be tuning in, anybody else with ears and a functioning sense of humor should be fully primed for comedy from one of the best and funniest people working today as she premieres her weekly series. The world makes us feel insane all the time, but Wolf is one of the few people who could get us to feel better. May 27th
'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,' Season 4
Last season on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kimmy confronted college and her relationships with Titus and Lillian; Lillian tried to take down the Whole Foods-esque Big Naturals; Jacqueline had her hands full with the Washington Redskins ownership, and Titus re-lived his worst cruise experience where he nearly killed Dionne Warwick and then found success with “Boobs in California.” Reading about the plots in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt can make you feel like you’re going swiftly insane. Better, then, to ease into its comforting lunacy and laugh your way through it. Season 4 promises to be just as delightfully giddy as its predecessors. May 30th
'Sense8' Finale
When Sense8 — the sci-fi, trans-positive, sex-thriller about a group of people who are mentally, emotionally, and sensationally linked to one another — was cancelled last year after two seasons, fans immediately began clamoring for something that could wrap the whole story up. Co-creator Lana Wachowski is teaming up with authors David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas) and Aleksandar Hemon (The Lazarus Project) to create the two-hour finale event. June 8th
'Luke Cage,' Season 2
Marvel’s most indestructible superhero is back to patrol the streets of Harlem, though that might be a bit more difficult now that he’s become a bit of a local celebrity. With the events of season 1 and The Defenders behind him, Cage is ready to confront his enemies that remain and toe that line between hero and villain. Expect to see the likes of Claire Temple and Misty Knight again, though the latter is still gonna be reeling from what happened to her in The Defenders. Comics fans have reason to be excited. Also back are Alfre Woodard and Theo Rossi. June 22nd
'GLOW,' Season 2
If the memories of season 1 aren’t already hooking you, allow the above ’80s-infused teaser to get you good and psyched for a return to the ring with Netflix’s most underrated comedy. In season 1, the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling were just getting off the ground, with Liberty Belle (Betty Gilpin) and Zoya the Destroyer (Alison Brie) headlining one of the great ensemble casts on TV. The GLOW story is one that’s almost too amazing to be true, so you have to figure there are plenty of places for this story to go. June 29th
'Set It Up'
Good news rom-com fans: we might have our next great one. Certainly casting hot young things Glenn Powell (Everybody Wants Some!!, Scream Queens) and Zoey Deutch (Everybody Wants Some!!, Why Him?) is a step in the right direction, especially if you liked Everybody Wants Some!! And who wouldn’t? Here, Powell and Deutch play a pair of harried personal assistants who try to make their lives easier by fixing their tyrant bosses up with each other. It’s a plot so ingeniously perfect for a modern rom-com, it’s insane nobody’s thought of it before. June 15th
'The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter'
The latest film from director Jody Hill (Observe and Report) and co-writer/star Danny McBride (The Foot Fist Way) sees Josh Brolin, fresh from trampling his purple ass all over the universe in Infinity War, as a legendary hunter who sets on an epic quest with his cameraman (McBride). If Hill and McBride’s previous films (or Eastbound and Down) are anything to go by, look for the topic of toxic masculinity to once again rear its overbearing head. July 6th
Stream The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter on Netflix July 6th
'The Innocents'
A British tale about teenage runaways takes on a supernatural bent when it’s revealed that the girl can shape-shift. Suddenly, we’re plunged into a mystery that includes a shadowy professor, a possible cure, and a network of shifters out there who are keeping close tabs on this young girl. The new Netflix series looks dazzling and visually inventive, in addition to having all the irresistible trappings of supernatural teen drama. All that plus Guy Pearce? Sold. August 24th
