A closer look at 6 Netflix releases arriving next week, including a Spain-based spinoff of the massively popular 2018 Netflix film Bird Box.
Over the next several days, Netflix will start playing new versions of some of its greatest hits. Specifically, new content that the streaming giant has in store for subscribers includes everything from fresh reality series to new documentary titles, more Korean content, and a spinoff of one of its biggest movies ever — among tons of other new Netflix releases to enjoy.
Our latest week-ahead Netflix snapshot includes more details about those and some of the other interesting new additions arriving on the streamer over the next several days, all of which can be found below. And in addition to the usual new recommendations of what to watch, don’t forget to also check out some of our other recent Netflix coverage highlights, including:
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The most-watched movies of all time on Netflix Bird Box Barcelona: Release date, trailer, and more
As for the latest new Netflix releases we want to tell you about, we’ll start with the highest-profile title coming next week: It’s Bird Box Barcelona, about which a little backstory is in order.
For the unaware, or in case you’ve forgotten, Netflix’s Sandra Bullock-led horror film Bird Box quickly became one of the biggest Netflix movies of all time following its release at the end of 2018. The 282 million hours of viewership that the film racked up during its first month of streaming availability was surpassed by only two other Netflix movies — Red Notice (364 million hours) and Don’t Look Up (359.7 million hours), both released in 2021.
With the original having pulled in such a staggering audience, it’s no wonder Netflix decided to expand Bird Box with a spinoff movie set in Spain that’s about to freak us out all over again.
“After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population,” the streaming giant teases about the new movie arriving on July 14, “Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows.”
What made the original Bird Box movie so utterly terrifying was its central conceit. Basically, a mysterious force that decimates the world’s population will take your life if you see it, which is why Bullock’s character took her children on a treacherous path to safety while blindfolded.
