Netflix’s April offerings include the hotly anticipated fifth and final season of You, ambitious new medical drama Pulse, video game adaptation Devil May Cry, and even a documentary that goes behind the scenes of the Broadway play Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
All that and a cowboy romance, and the new season of Black Mirror? Netflix has certainly packed them in for April.
Check below for details.
DEVIL MAY CRY (April 3)
From Capcom, led by Adi Shankar, and animated by Studio Mir comes Devil May Cry – a Netflix animated series based on the hit video game IP. Premiering April 2025.
In this animated adaptation of the popular Capcom game and from the vision of Adi Shankar, sinister forces are at play to open the portal between the human and demon realms. In the middle of it all is Dante, an orphaned demon-hunter-for-hire, unaware that the fate of both worlds hangs around his neck.
“I’m honored that Netflix and Capcom have entrusted me to shepherd the DEVIL MAY CRY franchise,” Shankar said. “Alex Larsen and I love these characters, we are part of the fandom, and vow to surpass the exceptionally high bar we set for ourselves.”
PULSE (April 3)
As a hurricane barrels towards Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center, third-year resident Dr. Danny Simms (Willa Fitzgerald) is unexpectedly thrust into a promotion when beloved Chief Resident Dr. Xander Phillips (Colin Woodell) is suspended.
Amid the worsening storm and an onslaught of trauma cases, the hospital goes into lockdown, and Danny and Phillips must find a way to work together – even as the bombshell details of a complicated and illicit romance between them begin to spill out.
The rest of the ER is left to process the fallout of their relationship while balancing their own challenges, both personal and professional, as they work under the pressure of life-or-death stakes. Because for this tight-knit group of doctors, saving their patients’ lives is often less complicated than living their own.
The 10 episode first season of Pulse is from Creator/Co-Showrunner/Executive Producer Zoe Robyn, Co-Showrunner/Executive Producer Carlton Cuse, and Executive Producers Bradley Gardner, Emma Forman, and Kate Dennis.
Pulse stars Willia Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell, Justina Machado, Jack Bannon, Jessie T. Usher, Jessy Yates, Chelsea Muirhead, and Daniela Nieves. Additional Cast includes Néstor Carbonell, Jessica Rothe, Santiago Segura, Ash Santos, and Arturo Del Puerto.
BLACK MIRROR (April 10)
Charlie Brooker’s dark, satirical anthology series returns for Season 7 with six new episodes, including a sequel to the sci-fi adventure USS Callister.
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Starring this season are Michele Austin (Hard Truths), Ben Bailey Smith (David Brent: Life on the Road), Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing), Josh Finan (Say Nothing), James Nelson-Joyce (The Outlaws), Will Poulter (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) Jay Simpson (Pride & Prejudice, The Holiday), Michael Workéyè (This Is Going to Hurt).
Previously announced cast include Awkwafina (Jackpot!), Milanka Brooks (Mum And I Don’t Talk Anymore), Peter Capaldi (Criminal Record), Emma Corrin (The Crown, Deadpool & Wolverine), Patsy Ferran (Firebrand), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Lewis Gribben (Blade Runner 2099), Osy Ikhile (Citadel), Rashida Jones (Sunny), Siena Kelly (Domino Day), Billy Magnussen (Road House), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean), Cristin Milioti (The Penguin), Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), Issa Rae (Barbie), Paul G. Raymond (Horrible Histories), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld), and Harriet Walter (Succession).
RANSOM CANYON (April 17)
Welcome to Ransom Canyon, a 10-episode western romance where love, loss, and loyalty collide beneath the crimson mesas of Texas Hill Country.
With three ranching family dynasties locked in a contest for control of the land, their lives and legacies are threatened by outside forces intent on destroying their way of life.
At the center of it all is stoic rancher Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel), who is healing from heartbreaking loss and on a quest for vengeance. Staten’s only glimmer of hope rests in the eyes and heart of Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly), longtime family friend and owner of the local dancehall. But as the battle to save Ransom wages on, a mysterious cowboy drifts into town, dredging up secrets from the past. Vise tightening, Staten fights to protect the land he calls home, and the only love that can pull him back from the demons that haunt him.
April Blair is the showrunner and executive producer of Ransom Canyon. The series stars Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, James Brolin, Eoin Macken, Lizzy Greene, Garrett Wareing, Andrew Liner, Jack Schumacher, Marianly Tejada, and Philip Winchester.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW – (April 22)
Are monsters born… or made?
This documentary, with special behind-the-scenes access, follows the cast and crew of Stranger Things: The First Shadow as they race against time to prepare the ambitious, boundary-pushing stage show for its West End debut amid mounting fan and critic anticipation.
In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially their teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. Initially, things go well — he finds friendship and joins the school play. But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes the town, Henry is forced to confront a terrifying truth: is there something inside him that connects him to the horrors unfolding around him?
As this thrilling mystery races forward, shadows of the past are unleashed, relationships are tested, and the town of Hawkins faces the ultimate question: can the power of friendship outshine the darkness within?
Based on Stranger Things by the Duffer Brothers, with an original story by The Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne & Kate Trefry.
Directed by Stephen Daldry, with co-direction by Justin Martin.
The previously announced Louis McCartney as Henry Creel is joined by Rosie Benton (Patriots) as Virginia Creel, Alex Breaux (Stranger Things Season 5) as Dr. Brenner, Andrew Hovelson (Lucky Guy) as Principal Newby, Alison Jaye (Shameless) as Joyce Maldonado, Emmy Award nominee T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy) as Victor Creel, Emmy Award nominee Gabrielle Nevaeh (Nickelodeon’s That Girl Lay Lay) as Patty Newby and Burke Swanson (Back to the Future: The Musical) as James Hopper, Jr.
YOU (April 24)
A fifth and final season, comprising 10 new episodes, sees Joe Goldberg returns to New York to enjoy his happily ever after… until his perfect life is threatened by the ghosts of his past and his own dark desires.
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Stepping into the role of Joe’s latest obsession this season is Bronte (Madeline Brewer), an enigmatic and free-spirited playwright who comes to work at Joe’s new bookstore.
