New On Netflix This Week: An Epic Fantasy Series & A Charming Nature Doc

Streaming Shadow and Bone and Life in Color with David Attenborough are among the must-see shows and movies hitting the service this week. by Johnny Brayson April 19, 2021 Netflix

Miss Sloane

EuropaCorp In this more-timely-than-ever 2016 drama, Jessica Chastain portrays a superstar D.C. lobbyist who makes some powerful enemies when she champions gun control legislation. Coming April 19

Izzy’s Koala World: Season 2

Netflix Is this ostensibly an educational show for little kids? Yes. Does it also feature loads of cute koalas doing adorable things? Yes. Yes, it does. Enough said. Coming April 20

Zero

Netflix In this new original series out of Italy, a shy teenager learns he has the power to turn invisible, and becomes a reluctant hero when his neighborhood is threatened. Coming April 21

Life in Color with David Attenborough

Netflix Everyone’s favorite British nature documentary narrator is back with yet another series, this time taking a look at how animals use color in unique and innovative ways. Coming April 22

Stowaway

Netflix In this star-studded original film, a manned mission to Mars is compromised when its three-person crew learns that a stowaway is onboard. Unable to turn back and running low on resources, they must decide what to do with him. Coming April 22

Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll

Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Popular Spanish rock band Héroes del Silencio gets the documentary treatment in this full-length film, featuring never-before-seen footage of the group. Coming April 23

Shadow and Bone

Netflix In one of the most anticipated Netflix series of the year, a war-ravaged country finds new hope when an unassuming orphan learns of her powerful magical abilities. The fantasy series is based on the bestselling Grishaverse novels by Leigh Bardugo . Coming April 23

Tell Me When

Netflix An L.A. man with Mexican roots decides to fulfill his late grandfather’s last wish by visiting a number of sights in Mexico City in this romantic comedy from Mexico. Coming April 23