A big-budget series adaptation of a best-selling sci-fi epic, a new season of an acquired Peacock gem, a spinoff series of a Guy Ritchie crime feature, the return of one of the world’s most grueling reality competition shows, Millie Bobby Brown finding herself in all sorts of bother and Adam Sandler getting serious in a space drama are among the standout films and series hitting Netflix in March.
Funnyman Sandler is deathly serious in Johan Renck’s Spaceman, Netflix’s big feature release this month that debuts on March 1. The film, an adaptation of Jaroslav Kalfar’s novel Spaceman of Bohemia, sees Sandler play a Czech astronaut sent to the farthest reaches of space, just as his personal life is falling to pieces. Sandler’s character must keep his sanity and his only supposed company is a giant alien arachnid. The film, which premiered out of competition at the Berlin Film Festival, also stars Carey Mulligan, Isabella Rossellini, Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin and Paul Dano.
Launching on March 7 is The Gentlemen, a very loose series spinoff of Guy Ritchie’s 2019 comedy crime feature of the same name. The show centers on an aristocrat who inherits his late father’s estate — and with it, his late father’s involvement in a marijuana business. The series, which doesn’t make reference to the film or feature any of the characters from it, stars Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Joely Richardson and the cockney’s cockney Ray Winstone. The Hollywood Reporter‘s reviewer writes that the series is “is “adorned with the usual Guy Ritchie bag of tricks. There’s slow-motion and speed-ramping and playing about with time in general; this show loves to cut away from a dramatic moment only to cheekily circle back later.”
On March 8, Netflix releases the fantasy film Damsel, starring Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, Robin Wright and the ever-busy Ray Winstone. In the feature, Brown plays Princess Elodie, an outwardly typical damsel in distress who learns to fight for herself. Damsel is directed by 28 Weeks Later filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
The first two seasons of Girls5eva, the musical comedy executive produced by Tina Fey, premiered on Peacock, but the future of the show was cast into doubt after it struggled to find an audience on NBC’s streaming platform. In October, Netflix struck a deal to save the show, producing a third season as well as carrying the first two, all of which debut on the streamer on March 14. Series Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps and Paula Pell are all back as the band continues their climb back to relevance.
On March 19, a second season of the survival reality show Physical 100 debuts. The show, which according to the streamer was the first Korean unscripted series to be #1 on the Netflix Global Top 10 TV (Non-English) list, will see a new group of 100 contestants challenge each other in punishing physical games to become the last person standing. Physical 100 is part of a comprehensive slate of Korean shows and films Netflix is launching in 2024.
Netflix’s big show this month, based on budget, hype and expectation, is the series adaptation of 3 Body Problem, which debuts on March 21. Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss along with Alexander Woo are behind this rather ambitious adaptation of Liu Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past book trilogy, which debuted in China in 2008 to enormous popularity and acclaim. The first book, The Three-Body Problem, was the first Asian novel ever to win a Hugo Award for best novel. Given the background, expectations are high with the TV series adaptation and the showrunners spoke about the pressure of delivering in a THR cover story from January. The international cast features Benedict Wong, Jess Hong, Jovan Adepo, Eiza González, John Bradley, Alex Sharp, Rosalind Chao, Zine Tseng and Jonathan Pryce.
Movies added to Netflix in March include 2012, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, A Madea Family Funeral, Beverly Hills Ninja, Bonnie & Clyde, The Disaster Artist, Dumb and Dumber, Godzilla (2014), Love & Basketball, National Lampoon’s Animal House, Out of Africa, Step Brothers, Tammy and Yesterday.
Missed what came to Netflix last month? Check out the February additions here.
Read on for the complete list of titles hitting Netflix in March.
March 1
Aníkúlápó: Rise of the Spectre (NG)
Blood & Water: Season 4 (ZA)
Furies (FR)
Maamla Legal Hai (IN)
My Name Is Loh Kiwan (KR)
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 7
Spaceman
You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack (ES)
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
21 Bridges
A Madea Family Funeral
Beverly Hills Ninja
Bonnie & Clyde
Devil in a Blue Dress
The Disaster Artist
Dumb and Dumber
Fear
The Gift
Godzilla (2014)
The Jamie Foxx Show: Seasons 1-5
Love & Basketball
National Lampoon’s Animal House
Out of Africa
Step Brothers
Tammy
Think Like a Man
Think Like a Man Too
Vampires
Yesterday
March 3
The Netflix Slam
March 4
Hot Wheels Let’s Race
The Resident: Seasons 1-6
March 5
Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda (GB)
March 6
Full Swing: Season 2
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping
Supersex (IT)
March 7
The Gentlemen
I Am Woman
Pokémon Horizons: The Series (JP)
The Signal (DE)
March 8
Blown Away: Season 4 (CA)
Damsel
March 9
Queen of Tears (KR)
March 11
CoComelon: Season 10
Young Royals: Season 3 (SE)
March 12
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir: Season 4
Steve Treviño: Simple Man
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
March 13
Bandits (MX)
March 14
24 Hours with Gaspar (ID)
Art of Love (TR)
Barbie and Stacie to the Rescue
Girls5eva: Seasons 1-2
Girls5eva: Season 3
Red Ollero: Mabuhay Is A Lie (PH)
March 15
Chicken Nugget (KR)
Irish Wish
Iron Reign (ES)
Murder Mubarak (IN)
The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare (FR)
March 17
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner
30 for 30: Survive and Advance
30 for 30: The Fab Five
March 18
Love & Hip Hop New York: Season 1-2
Young Royals: Season 3 (SE)
Young Royals Forever (SE)
March 19
Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership
Forever Queens: Season 2 (MX)
Physical: 100: Season 2 (KR)
March 20
Bodies Bodies Bodies
March 21
3 Body Problem
March 22
Buying Beverly Hills: Season 2
The Casagrandes Movie
El Paseo 7
On The Line
SHIRLEY
March 25
Gabby’s Dollhouse: Season 9
March 26
Dave Attell: Hot Cross Buns
March 27
The Believers (TH)
The Conners: Seasons 1-5
No Pressure (PL)
Rest In Peace (AR)
Testament: The Story of Moses
March 29
The Beautiful Game
Heart of the Hunter (ZA)
Is It Cake?: Season 3
The Wages of Fear (FR)
March 30
Vikings: Seasons 1-6
March 31
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Martin: Seasons 1-5
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
