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Netflix Inc. on Wednesday unveiled 10 new European projects that include seven original series, two documentaries and one Italian film.
The streaming giant fresh from reporting blowout earnings for the first quarter on Monday, also announced that “Glow,” the women’s wrestling series starring Alison Brie and Marc Maron, will return with season 2 on June 29. Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said the company is launching more than 100 European projects this year.
The company released the first images from “Maniac,” a film starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, and directed by “True Detective” season 1 director Cary Fukunaga, the story of two strangers caught up in a drug trial that goes wrong.
Netflix said Jake Busey and Cary Elwes will join the cast of “Stranger Things” for its third season. Busey is know for “Starship Troopers” and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,”, while Elwes is best known for his leading role in “The Princess Bride.”
The seven new European original series include the company’s first Dutch production, which will launch in 2019. The plot involves Dutch students in Amsterdam, who along with their youth, sex and wealth have access to a portal to a demonic world that they accidentally open.
From France comes “Mortel,” a story of teenagers brought together by a supernatural force. From Germany comes “The Wave,” based on the hit movie in which a teacher’s experiment in teaching students about living in a dictatorship goes awry.
“Luna Nera,” is an Italian genre series about women suspected of witchcraft in the 17th century. “La Case de Papel Part 3,” is the third season of the Spanish series about heists.
From the U.K., comes “The English Game,” a six-part series about the invention of soccer. Also from the U.K., comes “Turn up Charlie,” a comedy series starring Idris Elba.
In documentaries, Netflix is planning a docu-series based on one of the biggest cold cases in French history, the murder of four-year old Grégory Villemin in 1984. The company is also planning a follow-up to “The Staircase,” the story of crime novelist Michael Peterson who was accused of killing his wife Kathleen, after she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home. The new episodes will air alongside the original series.
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“Rimetti a Noi i Nostri Debiti,” which means forgive us our debts, will be the first Italian original film on the platform.
Netflix also released images and trailers for other coming series, including this one for the young adult series “The Innocents.”
Netflix shares have gained 134% in the last 12 months, while the S&P 500 has gained 16% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has added 21%.