Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio headline Netflix’s U.S. slate of 2021 movies

Netflix Inc stated on Tuesday it should launch greater than 70 films this yr to its U.S. prospects throughout comedy, drama, household and different genres, a lineup that underscores the streaming service’s rising prominence within the movie enterprise.
The Netflix slate consists of crime thriller Red Notice starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson, one in every of six motion films, and zombie heist movie Army of the Dead from director Zack Snyder. The dozen comedies embrace “Don’t Look Up with an all-star solid of Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Meryl Streep and others.
All however 4 of the movies might be out there to Netflix prospects within the greater than 190 nations it serves. Ten of the flicks are in languages aside from English. Additional films might be launched in markets exterior the United States.

Netflix is competing for viewers with a bunch of newer streaming companies from Walt Disney Co, AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Apple Inc. Competition has intensified because the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered film theaters and left home-bound audiences looking for leisure.
The Netflix tempo of releasing multiple movie per week dwarfs that of different Hollywood studios. Disney, in contrast, at present plans to debut roughly two dozen films this yr in theaters and on its Disney+ streaming service, together with 4 Marvel Studios movies and two from Pixar.
The Netflix 2021 schedule consists of 18 dramas, 9 thrillers, eight animated movies and eight romances.
Other notable titles embrace musical tick, tick…BOOM directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Bruised, a drama that’s the first film directed by Halle Berry.