Netflix drops 50+ titles in april, reboots stranger things with anime spin-off
Netflix just turned Easter into a binge-a-thon. The streamer will unload more than 50 originals in April—its fattest month of 2024—led by an animated detour back to Hawkins that no one saw coming.
Stranger things returns, but younger and drawn
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 lands 23 April, squeezing between seasons 2 and 3 with a 1985 timeline and a $60 million-per-episode budget that still dwarfs most prestige dramas. The anime-style limited run won't rewrite canon, yet it promises to texture the gaps that superfans have theorised over for years. Translation: Netflix keeps the Upside Down warm while the live-action fifth season stays trapped in production hell.
The move is classic post-strike calculus—stretch IP without burning cash on live sets. If Tales sticks, expect more micro-stories inside flagship worlds while Hollywood crawls back to full speed.
International titles flood the queue
Spanish crime saga Machos Alfa returns for a fifth lap on 17 April, trading testosterone for political bite. Korean revenge thriller The Sins of Kujo debuts 2 April, centring on a lawyer who moonlights for yakuza clients—proof Netflix still banks on Asia-Pacific momentum after Squid Game levelled the board.
Animation gets its own flag with The Bad Guys series adaptation, also 2 April, betting that family audiences will forgive a theatrical flop if the price is a couch and a snack budget.
Documentary corner goes bloodsport
Tyson Fury steps back into the ring against Arslanbek Makhmudov on 11 April, streamed live from Riyadh. It's Netflix's third pay-per-view style experiment this year, a low-cost probe into whether fight fans will ditch ESPN for an app better known for dating shows. Early data from the Jake Paul bout says yes—if the undercard is TikTok-ready.
The rest of the slate reads like an algorithm fever dream: autism dating reality, Attenborough gorillas, Kevin Hart improv, even a CoComelon street set for toddlers who can't spell