A car crash interview with a delusional prince, a new series adaptation starring Patricia Highsmith’s most infamous creation, the second part of Zack Snyder’s expensive space opera and a paranormal detective show set in Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed Sandman universe are among the big titles coming to Netflix in April.
Debuts April 4th RipleyNetflix’s shiny new version of Highsmith’s 1955 crime novel The talented Mr. Ripley. Fresh from the critical acclaim he received for it We are all strangersIrish actor Andrew Scott will take on the role of Tom Ripley in an adaptation that will be shown in black and white. The eight-part series also stars Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf, Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood and acting newcomer Eliot Sumner (son of Sting and Trudie Styler) as Freddie Miles. “Ripley,” written and directed by Oscar winner Steven Zaillian, was originally slated to debut on Showtime before finding a new home on Netflix.
The launch takes place on April 5th scoop, a feature film dramatization of perhaps one of the most embarrassing interviews ever televised. Directed by Philip Martin based on a script by playwright Peter Moffat, scoop features Prince Andrew’s infamous 2019 BBC interview with journalist Emily Maitlis. During the car crash interview, the prince attempted to explain his relationship with late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and defend himself against allegations of sexual assault. In the film, Gillian Anderson plays Maitlis and Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew.
On April 19, Zack Snyder will bring the second part of his $150 million-plus science fiction epic to the world Rebel Moon. The first part, Part One: A Child of Firedebuted on Netflix on December 22, 2023 and was among the streamer’s ten most-watched films this year, according to the company. Second part: The scar donor Kora and her team try to defend their home against the worst ravages of Motherworld. The second part once again features a large ensemble, including Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae and Ray Fisher. Cary Elwes and Anthony Hopkins also reprise their roles from the first film.
The DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner Dead Boy Detectivesa pair of supernatural investigators who appeared in The Sandman Series will get its own spin-off live-action series debuting on Netflix on April 25th. The show is directed by George Rexstrew, who plays Edwin Payne, and Jayden Reri as Charles Rowland. The cast includes Kassius Nelson, Briana Cuoco and Ruth Connell. Dead Boy Detectives was originally scheduled to appear on Max, but moved to Netflix in February 2023. Gaiman’s The Sandman already lives on Netflix and the acclaimed author confirmed that both this show and Dead Boy Detectives will share the same universe.
Movies added to Netflix in April include: American graffiti, Baby driver, Battleship, Born on July 4th, Glass, Happy Gilmore, Hotel Transylvania 1 & 2, insider, Inside Man: Most Wanted, The land before our time, The Matrix, Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, One Piece Movie: Red, role models, Splits, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The theory of everything, Wild things And You have mail.
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Read on for the full list of titles coming to Netflix in April.
April 1st
The Magic Prank Show with Justin Willman
American graffiti
Baby driver
Battleship
Born on July 4th
Glass
Happy Gilmore
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel Transylvania 2
How to be single
insider
Inside Man: Most Wanted
It’s a funny story
The land before our time
The little things
The Matrix
Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
Molly’s game
Mortal engines
One Piece Movie: Red
role models
Sex and the City: Seasons 1-6
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit II
Splits
Start the revolution
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The theory of everything
Wild things
You have mail
2nd of April
Demetri Martin: Demetri deconstructs
Space Jam: A New Legacy
3rd of April
Tatort Berlin: Nightlife Killer (EN)
Files of the inexplicable
Rodeo rock (BR)
4. April
100 days to Indy: Season 1
Blackfish
rogue (EN)
I woke up a vampire: Season 2
Ripley
The Blacksmith of Tears (IT)
April 5th
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Parasyte: The Gray One (KR)
scoop (UK)
April 8th
Spirit Rangers: Season 3
9th April
Neal Brennan: Crazy good
10th of April
Anthracite: Secrets of the Sect (FR)
The hijacking of Flight 601 (CO)
Unlocked: A Prison Experiment
What Jennifer did (UK)
11 April
How the crow flies: Season 3 (TR)
The bricklayer
Heartbreak high: Season 2 (AU)
Gentle: Season 2
Midsummer Night (NO)
12. April
A travel (PH)
Amar Singh Chamkila (IN)
Good times
Love, shared (IT)
Stolen (HIMSELF)
Strange way of life
Woody Woodpecker goes to camp
April 15th
The rather strange parents: Seasons 4-5
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood rebel
April 16
Impregnated
Jimmy Carr: A born killer (UK)
17th April
Black sails: Seasons 1-4
The circle: Season 6
Don’t hate the player (FR)
The Grimm Variations (JP)
Our living world (UK)
April 18th
brothers (THE)
The Upshaws: Part 5
April 19th
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scar Donor
April 21
Duran Duran: There’s something you should know
April 22nd
Before the curve
Cocomelon Lane: Season 2
Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen (UK)
April 23rd
Robbers: The Search for Gold (IT)
Battle for Paradise: Who can you trust? (EN)
April 24th
Set me free (HIMSELF)
Don’t hate the player (FR)
King Richard
TLC forever
April 25th
CityHunter (JP)
Dead Boy Detectives
26th of April
The Asunta case (IT)
Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut
April 29th
boiling point: Season 1
honeymoon (KW)
April, 30th
fiasco (FR)
Battle for Paradise: Who can you trust? (EN)
