Netflix announces new shows from Rowan Atkinson, Andy Serkis, Sam Mendes, and more

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Netflix has added seven new original shows 🎃to its slate, all to be written and produced by UK talent. The big names involved include Mr. Bean himself, Rowan Atkinson, who’ll star in Man vs Bee, a short-form comedy series about a man who finds himself at war with a bee while housesitting a luxurious mansion.

Meanwhile, Andy Serkis is on board as executive producer for Half Bad, a young adult fantasy show about the 16-year-old illegitimate son of the world’s most feared witch. Giri/Haji creator Joe Barton serves as showrunner. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:1917 director Sam Mendes is an executive producer on The Red Zone, “a comedy about football, but also not abou൩t football.”

Also on the way is a horror story with the working title Cuckoo Song, about two sisters – one human, one monster – who must unite to reverse a supernatural pact gone wrong. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Attack the Block director Joe Cornish is helming Lockwood & Co for the streamer, a supernatural action-adventure 📖detective series about teenage ghost-hunters.

Plus, Sex Education screenwriter Richard Gadd has penned Baby Reindeer, following his warped relationship with his female sta🌞lker, and best-selling novel The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is being adapted into a high concept murder mystery series. 

Anne Mensah, the vice president of UK Original Series at Netflix, said: “Setting up a team entirely based in the U.K. was always about being able to better conne൲ct to the fantastic programme-makers we have here🧜 – to provide a space for writers, producers, directors and actors that feels local, friendly and familiar but also provides talent the opportunity to make shows that will impact on a global scale. UK-made stories really do speak to the world.”

While we wait for this bumper crop of new content to hit the streamer, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Netflix shows you can watch right now.

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