Here’s What’s New On Netflix For February: Gerard Way’s ‘Umbrella Academy’ Among 38 New Originals On Full List
On Wednesday, January 23, Netflix announced what appears to be a strong lineup of new offerings for February, including no less than 38 originals as tallied by BGR.com. These new additions range from novel feature films starring big-name Hollywood talent to new cooking series — and one major comic book adaptation.
With the collaboration between Marvel Entertainment and Netflix seeming to be in its final stages, as Forbes.com reported, after cancellations of three Marvel superhero series, Netflix has moved on to Dark Horse Comics for new material to feed the comics-hungry segment of its market.
Debuting midway through the month, on February 15, The Umbrella Academy was created not by a known comic book writer, but by rock star Gerard Way, former lead singer of the band My Chemical Romance, along with artist Gabriel Ba. The Dark Horse — and Netflix — series starts with, according too Dark Horse, “an inexplicable worldwide event, 47 extraordinary children spontaneously born by women who’d previously shown no signs of pregnancy.” Needless to say, these mystery kids have extraordinary abilities — and the rest is comic book history.
Following the success of its Sandra Bullock-led horror-thriller The Bird Box, the service’s biggest hit to date, according to the Guardian, Netflix offers a new horror film featuring top Hollywood stars.
Topped by Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, and Toni Collette — Velvet Buzzsaw is set in the high-stakes world of Los Angeles art dealers, and tells the tale of “a supernatural force [that] enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art,” according to the horror site Bloody Disgusting.
See the Velvet Buzzsaw trailer below, followed by the full list of Netflix offerings coming in February.
February 1
About a Boy
American Pie
American Pie 2
American Wedding
As Good as It Gets
Billy Elliot
Dear Ex
Final Destination
Free Rein: Valentine’s Day
Hairspray
Hostel
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
Personal Shopper
Pretty in Pink
Russian Doll
Siempre bruja
The Edge of Seventeen
True: Happy Hearts Day
Velvet Buzzsaw
February 2
Bordertown: Season 2
Romance is a Bonus Book
February 3
Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua
February 5
Ray Romano: Right Here, Around the Corner
February 6
The Soloist
February 8
¡Nailed It! México
El árbol de la sangre
High Flying Bird
Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black Histor
One Day at a Time: Season 3
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants: Season 2
Unauthorized Living
February 9
The Break: Season 2
February 10
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Volume 2
February 11
Flavorful Origins: Chaoshan Cuisine
Little Women
February 14
Dating Around
Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho
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February 15
Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy
The Breaker Upperers
The Dragon Prince: Season 2
The Umbrella Academy
Yucatan
February 16
Black Sea
Studio 54
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
February 21
The Drug King
February 22
Chef’s Table: Volume 6
Firebrand
GO! Vive a tu manera
Paddleton
Paris Is Us (Paris est à nous)
Rebellion: Season 2
Suburra: Season 2
The Big Family Cooking Showdown: Season 2
The Photographer of Mauthausen
Workin’ Moms
February 25
Dolphin Tale 2
February 26
Our Idiot Brother
February 27
Unsolved: Tupac & Biggie
February 28
Jeopardy!: Collection 2
The Rebound
