Netflix’s September slate is officially full. This month the streamer hosts the third season of the long-awaited Japanese survival horror sci-fi series Alice in Borderland, which finds our heroes returning to Borderland for more deadly games at the hands of the nightmare realm’s final boss — the Joker.
Dropping on the same day is Wayward, a new drama series starring Toni Collette (Hereditary, Micky 17) as a creepy camp counsellor with an ambition to “solve the problem of adolescence” one disturbing lesson at a time.
If you’re looking for something similarly horror-themed, but lighter, there’s Haunted Hotel, a new adult animated comedy series from the minds behind Rick and Morty that focuses on the goings on in a — you guessed it — a haunted hotel.
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight also debuts House of Guinness this month, a period drama chronicling (with a dollop of creative license) the fortunes of the famous Guinness family, owners of the Guinness brewery, and heirs to a family fortune.
In addition to Season 2 of Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black, there’s also a new limited series on offer — Black Rabbit, a tense crime drama following two brothers (Jude Law, The Young Pope, as Jake, and Jason Bateman, Ozark, as Vince), who find themselves on the hook for a 20k a week to a criminal gang when Vince’s gambling debts threaten the ownership of Jake’s up-and-coming restaurant.
For more details on everything landing on Netflix this September, read on.
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TYLER PERRY’S BEAUTY IN BLACK SEASON 2 (Sept. 11)
The ruthless, backstabbing family behind a beauty brand — and an underground trafficking ring — will face a reckoning.
Kimmie, the once-unassuming sex worker in their employ, becomes an unstoppable force and is now the one calling the shots after inheriting sole ownership of the family business.
BLACK RABBIT LIMITED SERIES (Sept. 18)
This tense new crime drama stars Jason Bateman and Jude Law. Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, Black Rabbit centers on two brothers who are pushed to the brink by their duty to family and their pursuit of success.
Jake Friedken (Jude Law) is the charismatic owner of Black Rabbit, a restaurant and VIP lounge, poised to become the hottest spot in New York. But when his brother, Vince (Jason Bateman), returns to the business unexpectedly, trouble soon follows; opening the door to old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they’ve built.
Netflix describes the limited series as “a propulsive thrill ride and character examination about the way an unbreakable bond between two brothers can shatter their world and everything in its orbit.”
HAUNTED HOTEL SEASON 1 (Sept. 19)
From the team that brought you Rick and Morty comes Haunted Hotel, a new adult animated horror comedy. A single mother of two struggles to run a haunted hotel with the help of her estranged brother, who is now one of the ghosts haunting the hotel and thinks the other ghosts have some pretty good ideas.
HOUSE OF GUINNESS SEASON 1 (Sept. 25)
From from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight comes House of Guinness a new drama inspired by one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – the Guinness Family.
Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story begins immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the phenomenon that is Guinness.
Per Netflix — Siblings Arthur (Anthony Boyle), Edward (Louis Partridge), Anne (Emily Fairn), and Ben (Fionn O’Shea) experience ecstatic highs and heartbreaking lows as they work to live up to their birthright of black gold.
WAYWARD SEASON 1 (Sept. 25)
Welcome to Tall Pines Academy where we aim to ‘solve the problem of adolescence’ one creepy procedure at a time. In this new Canadian mystery thriller nothing is what it seems at an academy for troubled youth. After an escape attempt, two students join forces with a newly local police officer, unearthing the town’s dark and deeply rooted secrets.
The series stars Toni Collette, Mae Martin, Sarah Gadon, Sydney Tofliffe, Alyvia Alyn Lind, and Brandon Jay McLaren
ALICE IN BORDERLAND SEASON 3 (Sept. 25)
t’s time to return to the Borderland… In the previous season, Arisu and Usagi cleared every card’s game and returned to the real world. Now married, they lead a happy life, though their memories of the Borderland surface only in dreams and hallucinations. One day, Usagi suddenly vanishes. Guided by Ryuji, a man who studies the afterlife, she sets out for the Borderland. A devastated Arisu is visited by Banda, now a Borderland resident, who informs him of Usagi’s whereabouts. Arisu must now follow her back into inevitable danger to find her.
Upon his return, Arisu faces a barrage of fire arrows and electric currents powerful enough to fry victims alive. Will he find Usagi and return to their world? What awaits them and the other players — hope or despair? With only the Joker card remaining, the game it holds for Arisu and the others remains a mystery.
