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

Netflix Inc stated on Tuesday it can launch greater than 70 motion pictures this 12 months 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 Pink Discover starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson, one in every of six motion motion pictures, and zombie heist movie Military of the Useless from director Zack Snyder. The dozen comedies embody “Don’t Look Up with an all-star forged of Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Meryl Streep and others.

All however 4 of the movies will likely be obtainable to Netflix prospects within the greater than 190 international locations it serves. Ten of the flicks are in languages apart from English. Extra motion pictures will likely be launched in markets outdoors america.

Netflix is competing for viewers with a gaggle of newer streaming providers from Walt Disney Co, AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Apple Inc. Competitors has intensified because the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered film theaters and left home-bound audiences trying to find leisure.

The Netflix tempo of releasing a couple of movie per week dwarfs that of different Hollywood studios. Disney, against this, at present plans to debut roughly two dozen motion pictures this 12 months 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.

Different notable titles embody musical tick, tick…BOOM directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Bruised, a drama that's the first film directed by Halle Berry.