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Geeked Week is here! From November 6th to November 12th, Netflix will be unveiling a host of news, first looks, and more about upcoming movies, series, and games. Below, we’re tracking all the announcements so far with all the announcements up until November 9th.
Interested in the full schedule of upcoming events? Take a look at our Geeked Week 2023 preview here, which includes the complete schedule and all the titles confirmed for premiere or showcase.
Now, let’s delve into all the announcements made thus far.
Friday – Day 5 – Second Live Stream
Confirmed for Friday’s showcase is 3 Body Problem, Yu Yu Hakusho, Leave the World Behind and the Power House Animation lineup
Here’s when the livestream kicks off:
- 1PM PST / 4PM EST
- 9PM GMT
- 8AM AEDT
- 10AM NZDT
- 6AM JST
- 2:30AM IST
- 3PM CST
- 2PM COT
- 5PM ART
- 5PM CLT
- 2PM PET
- 5PM BRT
- 10PM CET
- 6AM KST
- 5AM PST
- 11PM SAST
Thursday – Day 4 – First Live Stream
- Leaked over the weekend, the stream kicked off with the fact that Arcane Season 2 will arrive in November 2024.
- We got a short clip of the cast talking about the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy, which is set to arrive in 2024. We also got a new poster.
- Squid Game: The Challenge debuted some new behind-the-scenes footage, giving us an idea of some of the games that’ll feature in the new reality series set to arrive at the end of November.
- Although we expected a first look at the actual Money Heist mobile game, we instead got a first look at the Netflix Stories: Money Heist interactive game that’ll debut soon.
- Sticking with games, we also got confirmation of Shadow and Bone Enter The Fold releasing today on Netflix Games via Android and iOS.
- My Daemon was up next, and we got a new trailer for the new anime series.
ULTRAMAN: RISING – When baseball superstar Ken Sato returns home to Japan to pick up the mantle of Earth-defending superhero Ultraman, he quickly finds more than he bargained for as he’s forced to raise the offspring of his greatest foe. Cr: Netflix © 2024
- Ultraman: Rising then got some new first look images and an excellent new trailer. The new animated movie will hit Netflix in 2024.
- Jurassic World: Chaos Theory got its exclusive reveal (it was actually revealed weeks ago!) and confirmed for 2024. A new minute-long clip was released alongside two new images.
- Life on our Planet, recently released on Netflix, got a new BTS featurette.
- Leo is due out at the end of November and at Geeked Week, we got a new movie clip.
- Chicken Run: Eggstraction was one of the surprise game announcements today. Made by Aardman Animation themselves, the new mobile entry is a top-down stealth action game.
- Orion and the Dark was next up and there we got new stills, a new trailer, and even better, a release date set for February 2024.
- The Dragon Prince returned today with a season 6 clip plus the announcement that The Dragon Prince: Xadia will be joining the Netflix games lineup.
Picture: Netflix
- Finally, Avatar: The Last Airbender wrapped things up. We got a new teaser, new first-look images, and confirmation that the series will be touching down on February 22nd, 2024.
Wednesday – Day 3 – Social Teases Day 2
- Avatar: The Last Airbender started the day with a brand new teaser poster and the promise that a new teaser trailer + the release date (which has leaked over the weekend on X and on Collider again this morning) is due out at 2:05p PT on Thursday.
- A new picture for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off dropped next with the show releasing in just a few weeks.
- Blood of Zeus (yes, that show released in October 2020) will finally return to Netflix soon, and we got a new teaser trailer with the actual trailer set to release on Friday.
- Code 8: Part II – the Canadian sci-fi movie starring Robbie and Stephen Amell will debut in 2024, according to a brand new poster. The new teaser trailer is coming on Friday.
- Ultraman Rising wrapped up day 2 with a new first-look image posted by Shannon Tindle.
Here it is, folks, another peek at Ultraman Rising in anticipation of our first teaser, dropping tomorrow.
If you look closely, you might spot a familiar toy bunny;-) #Ultraman #UltramanRising #LostOllie pic.twitter.com/8MYxSmrj1c
— Shannon Tindle (@ShannonTindle_1) November 8, 2023
Tuesday – Day 2 – Social Teases Day 1
- Damsel – A new poster for the Millie Bobby Brown-led fantasy movie – full trailer releasing on the Saturday livestream
Monday – Day 1 – Stranger Things Day
A somewhat subdued start to Geeked Week, with the annual Stranger Things day landing on Monday, but with season 5 still on pause because of the ongoing strikes, we didn’t get too many announcements. What did we learn then?
Here’s a quick rundown of what was revealed:
- Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Stranger Things Gaming News
- Fortnite – Multiple Fortnite skins land in the Fortnite shop, including ones of Eleven and Hopper.
- Dead by Daylight – both fans and non-fans can rejoice as you’ll no longer be seeing people begging for Netflix to re-add Stranger Things to the popular DBD video game with the announcement that previously announced DLC will be returning.
- A new first look at the new VR game simply called Stranger Things VR that will see Jamie Campbell Bower voice the role of Vecna. It launches on Meta Quest on November 30th.
- Stranger Things Season 5 News
- We got a crumb in the form of the first line of the script from season 5 episode 1:
Script for Stranger Things season 5 episode 1
