With award-winning favorites like 'The Crown,' 'Stranger Things,' and 'Ozark' being re-upped, and beloved originals like 'Big Mouth' and 'The Witcher' getting spin-offs, there’s something for everyone this year on Netflix.
G. Allen Johnson May 12, 2021Updated: May 13, 2021, 12:36 pm
Anders Thomas Jensen’s Danish film “Riders of Justice” stars Lars Brygmann (left), Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Nicolas Bro. Photo: Anders Overgaard, Magnet Releasing
Imagine a Liam Neeson revenge thriller with an early Coen brothers oddball vibe.
In Anders Thomas Jensen’s Danish film “Riders of Justice,” which is both action thriller and sensitive father-daughter drama, the incomparable Mads Mikkelsen is a soldier with a special set of skills who goes after the crime organization behind his wife’s killing.
Except, it’s not really
that kind of film. At its heart, it’s a darkly comic drama about a man trained to be a killing machine who must rediscover his own humanity before his daughter loses hers. Along the way, a family of quirky characters is formed.
The British actress has signed on in the lead role for the long-awaited
Red Sonja movie, which was first announced all the way back in 2017 on the heels of
According to
The Hollywood Reporter, this live-action adaptation of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith s Marvel Comics character will come from
Transparent s Joey Soloway as director with a script from Netflix s
Tomb Raider animated series writer Tasha Huo.
Soloway announced on Wednesday (May 5): Hannah is a very talented actress who we ve been following for years and she IS Red Sonja. Her range, sensibilities and strength are all qualities we have been looking for and we couldn t be more excited to embark on this journey together.