Here’s what’s coming to (and departing from) Netflix in May
Netflix is getting ready to kick off one of its boldest experiments yet as it prepares for the launch of the mononymous Chelsea, its first real foray into topical TV chat. Starring Chelsea Handler—who previously did a docu-series, Chelsea Does, for the streaming service—the new talk show is set to debut on May 11, and will air every week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Similarly bold (if less formally adventurous), May will also see the debut of Lady Dynamite, Maria Bamford’s energetically honest and strange exercise in autobiography. The series (and all its attendant neuroses and funny voices) will debut on May 20.
Featuring a different kind of boldness, meanwhile, the service is also premiering its second Adam Sandler collaboration, The Do-Over. The movie will arrive on May 27, in all its David-Spade-fellatio-faced glory. The Do-Over will be taking the place (at least in part) of departing movies like Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Blade Runner, and Alexander Payne’s brilliant Election, because the universe is a cold and hostile place.
Reese Witherspoon fanatics are still in luck, though, because the service is also picking up her 1998 feature Pleasantville, in which she singlehandedly imports the concept of sex into a 1950s TV town. Those whose nostalgic tastes run more to the late ’90s and early 2000s, meanwhile, will be happy to hear that Eddie Murphy’s The Nutty Professor, and that hard-hitting look at the cheer-o-cratic process, Bring It On, have also made their way onto the roster. You can see the entire list of what’s coming and going from Netflix next month below.
May 1
A Study In Sherlock
Admiral
Ava’s Possessions
Bring It On
Bring It On: All Or Nothing
Easy Living: Seasons 1-3
El Crítico
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue
Finger Of God
Gary Gulman: It’s About Time
Great Expectations
I Am Road Comic
Jesus Town, USA
Just Friends
Kevin Hart Presents Keith Robinson: Back Of The Bus Funny
Kevin Hart Presents Lil Rel: RELevent
Kevin Hart Presents: Plastic Cup Boyz
LoliRock: Season 1
My Last Day Without You
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Off the Map
Palm Trees In The Snow
Pleasantville
Shark Lake
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
Sixteen Candles
Sugar Coated
Terra
Things We Lost In The Fire
To Catch A Thief
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down A Dream
Who’s Driving Doug
May 2
The Replacements
May 3
Submerged
May 4
The Keeping Room
Shanghai Knights
May 5
Fourth Man Out
Marseille—Netflix Original
May 6
Ali Wong: Baby Cobra—Netflix Original
Baby Daddy: Season 5
Grace And Frankie: Season 2—Netflix Original
Young & Hungry: Season 3
May 8
The Chosen Ones
May 9
A Stand Up Guy
May 10
Eisenstein In Guanajuato
May 11
Chelsea—Netflix Original
Goosebumps
They Look Like People
May 12
Bleeding Heart
May 15
We Are Still Here
Yo Soy La Salsa
May 17
American Dad!: Season 10
Kindergarten Cop 2
Slasher: Season 1
May 18
A Girl Like Her
May 19
Benders: Season 1
May 20
Lady Dynamite: Season 1—Netflix Original
May 22
David and Goliath
The Letters
The Ouija Experiment 2: Theatre Of Death
May 23
Electricity
May 26
Graceland: Season 3
The Last Man On The Moon
May 27
Bloodline: Season 2—Netflix Original
Chef’s Table: Season 2, Part 1—Netflix Original
The Do-Over—Netflix Original
Mako Mermaids: Season 4—Netflix Original
May 28
Hell On Wheels: Season 5
And here’s what’s leaving in May:
May 1
The Animatrix
Anna Karenina
Author! Author!
Beware Of Mr. Baker
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Broadway Idiot
Bus Stop
Election
The Good Life
Holiday Engagement
Kiss Of Death
Mad Hot Ballroom
Mona Lisa Is Missing
Ralphie May: Austin-tatious
Terms And Conditions May Apply
That’s What I Am
Thérèse
Truth Or Die
Young & Handsome: An Evening With Jeff Garlin
May 2
Slightly Single In L.A.
May 3
JFK: The Smoking Gun
May 4
Stealing Harvard
May 6
Finding Normal
May 7
JFK: A President Betrayed
May 9
Cheerful Weather For The Wedding
Cracks (2009)
Tears Of The Sun
May 10
The Score
May 12
The Ladykillers
May 13
Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy?
May 14
The Master Of Disguise
Offender
May 15
A Pope For Everyone
Bratz: BFF: Best Friends Forever
The Greatest Places: IMAX
In Her Skin
Inhale
The Quest: Season 1
Search For The Great Sharks: IMAX
Tiger Eyes
May 16
Blade Runner
The Last Tycoon
May 19
Peep World
May 21
Struck By Lightning
May 22
Ida
Stand Off
May 23
Black Hawk Down
May 27
Escape From Tomorrow
Run & Jump
Vanishing Of The Bees
May 28
Barfi!
May 29
These Birds Walk
May 31
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