If you’re a fan of Netflix, some of the platform’s biggest shows unveiled brand-new updates as part of the global Tudum event.
Tudum is a bit like a virtual Comic Con presentation for Netflix fans, where personalities from various television and film projects share updates about what’s coming down the pipeline for their work.
Stranger Things and Squid Game fans got some exciting casting updates for the upcoming seasons of those shows, while Netflix provided sneak peaks at upcoming live-action adaptations like Avatar: The Last Airbender and One Piece.
Wednesday fans even got to hear from the cast about season 2.
Here are the big five things we saw at this year’s Tudum, sure to leave you hopping on Netflix to prepare yourself for what’s to come.
Stranger Things added Terminator actress Linda Hamilton for its final season
🚨Breaking News From #TUDUM🚨
Linda Hamilton is joining the cast of Stranger Things 5! pic.twitter.com/qYJMeGS700
— Netflix (@netflix) June 17, 2023
With Netflix’s blockbuster sci-fi series Stranger Things nearing its final season, the show has added actress Linda Hamilton, best known for playing Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise.
There is no word yet on who Hamilton will play on the new season, and production has halted due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike.
However, it’s possible if production is able to resume this year that the final season could come out in 2024.
Squid Game shared cast announcements and confirmed four returns
Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-Hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo will all be returning for Squid Game Season 2!
And #TUDUM just revealed four new actors who will be joining the cast! pic.twitter.com/0iofoBQ1kB
— Netflix (@netflix) June 17, 2023
If you’re a fan of Netflix’s smash hit Squid Game, you got an official confirmation that actors Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-Hun, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo would be returning for the show’s second season.
Joining the series are Yim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-Hoon and Yang Dong-Geun.
Netflix gave a sneak peak at its Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series
Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, coming 2024. #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/XgtneUqeP0
— Netflix (@netflix) June 17, 2023
Meet Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko in Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, coming 2024. #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/b7TKxo9pKC
— Netflix (@netflix) June 17, 2023
Netflix also revealed the first look of its Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series, which is set to debut in 2024.
Fans got first glimpses of pivotal Avatar characters like Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko.
Wednesday fans got to hear from the cast about season 2 theories
Wednesday season 2 is on the way… until then, Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, and Hunter Doohan discuss your best fan theories. #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/3XJaTMGI6D
— Netflix (@netflix) June 17, 2023
While Netflix’s Addams Family series Wednesday is working away at season 2, fans got to hear some of the show’s cast members talk about fan theories for the future.
Do you have your own ideas about what could happen in Wednesday’s next season? Perhaps the cast will support your hunch.
The live-action adaptation of One Piece debuted a trailer
The live action adaptation of the most popular manga in history, written by Eiichiro Oda is finally here. ONE PIECE sets sail on August 31st only on Netflix. #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/5i2oJpislM
— Netflix (@netflix) June 17, 2023
If you’re a big fan of the manga series One Piece, Netflix debuted the official trailer for the live-action series that’s coming this summer.
One Piece has come to life on the page and in an animated series, and now the story will set sail in live action on Aug. 31.