All the biggest news from Netflix Geeked Week 2023 – The Verge

Hades is coming to Netflix

2023-11-11T16:36:14-05:00

Oh damn: Netflix is bringing Hades to its gaming service in 2024.

We've known Netflix is serious about its gaming library. Ever since it added the Oxenfree series and, arguably, going all the way back to Hextech Mayhem, Netflix has shown its gaming offerings weren't going to be just silly, time-wasting waiting room games but solid mobile versions of indie games with name recognition, including the announcement of Braid earlier this week. Never has that idea been more expressed than in this latest announcement that Supergiant Games' Hades will debut exclusively on mobile via Netflix.

Hades is an isometric dungeon crawler roguelike in which …

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Netflix’s Terminator anime gets the briefest of teasers

2023-11-11T16:34:02-05:00

It's been a while since we learned that Netflix was teaming up with Production I.G for a Terminator anime, but today we finally have some more details on the show. The debut teaser for the anime was featured at Netflix's Geeked Week event, and it shows, well, the title and not much else.

For the unaware, animation studio Production I.G has worked on some of the most iconic anime ever, from the original Ghost in the Shell film all the way up to recent releases like the Star Wars Visions anthology. For Terminator - which doesn't have an official name yet, by the way, and is somehow the first animated take on the franchise - the eight-episode …

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Netflix’s next Neil Gaiman adaptation is Dead Boy Detectives

2023-11-11T16:15:56-05:00

Following last year's The Sandman, Netflix is bringing even more beloved Neil Gaiman characters to the small screen. This time it's Dead Boy Detectives - which was originally slated to stream on Max - based on a crime-solving duo who made their debut in a Sandman comic in the '90s. The news was paired with the first trailer for the series, which shows off a pretty fun-looking supernatural whodunit.

For those unfamiliar, here's the basic setup, courtesy of Netflix:

Do you have a pesky ghost haunting you? Has a demon stolen your core memories? You may want to ring the Dead Boy Detectives. Meet Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowlan …

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New teaser for Netflix’s 3 Body Problem series will make you want to play the game

2023-11-10T17:09:18-05:00

It remains to be seen just how much of the fascinating, winding complexity of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem ends up making it into Netflix's upcoming adaptation of the novel from co-creators Alexander Woo, D.B. Weiss, and David Benioff. But in a new clip from the show that's just dropped as part of Netflix's Geeked Week showcase, it looks like 3 Body Problem (that's how Netflix is spelling it) is going to get one of its most important worldbuilding elements very right in a way that makes the story's deeper mystery interesting to watch unfold.

While the new teaser clip debuted during Geeked Week doesn't really broach the way 3 Body Prob …

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The first trailer of Netflix’s live-action Yu Yu Hakusho is missing one crucial thing

2023-11-10T17:01:29-05:00

Netflix dropped a bit of a "Smile Bomb" (if you know, you know) during Geeked Week 2023. Not only did it share the first trailer for the live-action adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho but we also got a release date. And it's soon.

If you're an anime fan of a certain age, I'm guessing simply reading the words "Yu Yu Hakusho" conjures a very specific sound in your head.

And I bet it sounds like this.

Unfortunately, the teaser did not feature this iconic song, but there is still hope that a remix will make an appearance. And while the ticky-tacky wigs (straight from the Tyler Perry School of Cosmetology) and visual effects aren't quite putting the …

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The Witcher continues on Netflix with the Sirens of the Deep animated movie

2023-11-10T16:59:12-05:00

Season 4 of The Witcher may be far off on the horizon, but there's still plenty more of Geralt of Rivia in store on Netflix. At its Geeked Week event today, the streamer announced The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, an animated movie that takes place right in the middle of season 1 of the live-action show and is based on the short story A Little Sacrifice. Doug Cockle, the voice actor from The Witcher 3 video game, will be reprising the role of Geralt.

Here's the official description:

Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster hunter, is hired to investigate a series of attacks in a seaside village and finds himself drawn into a centuries-old conflic …

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Ultraman: Rising’s new trailer transforms its titanic hero into a dad

2023-11-09T17:17:19-05:00

Ultraman's classic powers make him well-equipped to deal with almost any larger-than-life situation threatening the lives of ordinary people. But in the first teaser for Netflix's new animated Ultraman: Rising feature from co-directors Shannon Tindle and John Aoshima, none of the hero's incredible powers can prepare him for the challenges of becoming a father… to a baby kaiju.

Ultraman: Rising tells the story of how Japanese baseballer Ken Sato (Christopher Sean) returns to his home country with the intention of becoming the next Ultraman and Earth's protector, only to inadvertently find himself saddled with the responsibility of raising a …

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Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender series finally has a trailer

2023-11-09T17:11:42-05:00

We've seen the announcements, then the actors, the teaser, and now the first official trailer for Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation is finally here.

The trailer was a short but packed affair, offering really good looks at both the main characters and the just-as-beloved side characters. Kyoshi Warrior Suki looks amazing, as does the Earth Kingdom city of Ba Sing Se. Avatar fans, it is looking good.

Yesterday, Netflix teased that the trailer was on its way, giving us another (if a bit blurry) look at the Gaang. Earlier this year, we got our first look at Sokka, Katara, Aang, and Zuko, while Netflix later released photos of Fir …

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Umbrella Academy’s first season 4 teaser is one big mystery

2023-11-09T16:36:39-05:00

With Netflix's Umbrella Academy coming to a close with its upcoming fourth season, it seemed like Netflix planned on giving viewers at least a little peek at what to expect during this week's Geeked Week showcase. Turns out, that's not quite the case.

Every member of The Umbrella Academy's core cast seems quite excited about the new directions the show's fourth season's going to take their characters. But you'd be hard pressed to suss out just what, exactly, is going to become of the Hargreeves siblings now that they're trapped in an alternate timeline following the events of the show's season 3 finale. Apparently, we can look forward to se …

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Netflix teases Arcane season 2 for November 2024

2023-11-09T16:08:29-05:00

Netflix has offered a blink-and-you'll-miss-it first look at Arcane season 2.

During its Geeked Week celebration of all things animated and nerdy, Netflix finally showed off the tiniest bit of the second season of its award-winning League of Legends adaptation.

Arcane. Season 2. November 2024. #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/LmLWrp27v3
- Netflix (@netflix) November 9, 2023

Considering this was just a teaser lasting about as long as an iron-ranked player somewhere in a diamond game, hopefully we'll have more to chew on as we get closer to its 2024 release.

Fans have been languishing for two years since Arcane's debut in November 2021. The stor …

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