‘Black Rabbit’ and Every Other Movie & TV Show Coming To Netflix This Week
A new week means a fresh batch of stories landing on the service, spanning high-stakes drama, pulse-quickening thrillers, a competition series set inside a legendary culinary campus, an animated horror-comedy, and a cross-cultural rom-com. Below, you’ll find concise rundowns with confirmed plot points, principal cast, creators, and key creative roles to help you decide what to queue first.
Dates refer to this week’s window from Monday, September 15 through Sunday, September 21, with specific premiere days noted inside each entry. Titles are presented with their release year in the subhead, and details focus on the works themselves—storylines, performers, directors, and writers.
‘Next Gen Chef’ (2025)
The competition series ‘Next Gen Chef’ arrives on Wednesday, September 17. The show brings 21 rising chefs to the Culinary Institute of America, where they face on-campus challenges for a $500,000 grand prize. The series is set and filmed at the CIA’s flagship in Hyde Park, New York, and stages practical, technique-driven tests across its professional kitchens. The on-screen team features Olivia Culpo alongside chef Kelsey Barnard Clark and master sommelier Carlton McCoy.
In addition to the competition format, ‘Next Gen Chef’ highlights the CIA as a living classroom, incorporating real facilities and the school’s teaching approach into the tasks. Kelsey Barnard Clark is a ‘Top Chef’ Season 16 winner with classical training, and Carlton McCoy earned the Master Sommelier title at age 28; both evaluate dishes with an emphasis on craft and service. The series folds in mentorship moments and industry standards while contestants cook through varied cuisines and service scenarios on September 17.
‘Black Rabbit’ (2025)
The limited series ‘Black Rabbit’ premieres on Thursday, September 18. Co-created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, it follows New York restaurateur Jake Friedken and his brother Vince Friedken as past debts and criminal entanglements collide with the city’s nightlife world. Jude Law plays Jake and Jason Bateman plays Vince, with supporting roles from Odessa Young (Gen), Cleopatra Coleman (Estelle), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Wes), Troy Kotsur (Joe Mancuso), Abbey Lee (Anna), and Dagmara Dominczyk (Val).
Behind the camera, ‘Black Rabbit’ lists Jason Bateman as an executive producer and director of Episodes 1–2, Laura Linney as director of Episodes 3–4, Ben Semanoff for Episodes 5–6, and Justin Kurzel for Episodes 7–8. Baylin and Susman serve as creators and executive producers, with additional executive producing from Andrew Hinderaker, Jude Law, Ben Jackson, Michael Costigan, and others. Set primarily in and around a Manhattan restaurant and VIP lounge, the series tracks how the brothers’ shared business becomes a flashpoint for escalating threats beginning September 18.
‘Billionaires’ Bunker’ (2025)
‘Billionaires’ Bunker’ debuts on Friday, September 19. Created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, the Spanish-language thriller is set in the luxury “Kimera Underground Park,” where ultra-wealthy families retreat amid an imminent global conflict. As rival clans are forced together in a sealed environment, long-standing animosities intensify and a feud resurfaces while the world’s situation is monitored from underground. The main ensemble includes Miren Ibarguren, Joaquín Furriel, and Natalia Verbeke, with additional cast members such as Carlos Santos, Montse Guallar, Pau Simón, Alícia Falcó, Agustina Bisio, and Álex Villazán.
The series is produced by Vancouver Media, the company behind ‘Money Heist’, and spans eight episodes. Direction is led by Jesús Colmenar, David Barrocal, and José Manuel Cravioto, with writing from Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato alongside contributors including David Barrocal, David Oliva, Lorena G. Maldonado, and Humberto Ortega. The show blends confinement-driven drama with corporate intrigue, class conflict, and family history, all taking shape inside the bunker beginning September 19.
‘Haunted Hotel’ (2025)
The adult animated horror-comedy ‘Haunted Hotel’ opens its doors on Friday, September 19. Created by Matt Roller, the series centers on a single mother running a hotel that is literally haunted—she unexpectedly gets operational “help” from her estranged brother, now a ghost, while navigating a growing roster of resident spirits. The voice cast features Will Forte, Eliza Coupe, Skyler Gisondo, Natalie Palamides, and Jimmi Simpson.
Production is by Netflix Animation with Titmouse as the animation studio, and executive producers include Matt Roller, Dan Harmon, Chris McKenna, Steve Levy, Erica Hayes (supervising director), Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio, and Ben Kalina. The show mixes workplace set-pieces with supernatural rules and character arcs for both the living and the dead; its serialized encounters and comedic hauntings begin September 19.
‘She Said Maybe’ (2025)
The romantic comedy film ‘She Said Maybe’ lands on Friday, September 19. The story follows Mavi, a German-raised young woman who discovers she belongs to a super-rich Turkish dynasty, a revelation that upends her daily life and relationships as new family expectations emerge. The cast includes Beritan Balcı, Sinan Güleç, and Serkan Çayoğlu, with additional appearances from Meral Perin, Caroline Daur, Cansu Tosun, Ilknur Boyraz, Mehmet Ateşçi, and others.
‘She Said Maybe’ is directed by Ngo The Chau and Buket Alakuş, with a screenplay by Ipek Zübert. The film plays with cross-cultural settings and themes of identity, obligation, and romance as Mavi weighs inherited responsibilities against her own plans. Family dynamics, lifestyle whiplash, and a reshaped love life drive the plot forward when the film arrives on September 19.
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