Netflix Geeked Week 2024: what is it, start date, live event, full line-up of movies, shows, and videogames, and more
A week’s worth of big Netflix movie, TV show, and game announcements has begun
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Netflix Geeked Week is over for another year. The event, which took place over a four-day period (September 16 to 19), sawNetflixmake numerous announcements about its most popular TV shows, revealing more about its forthcoming movie line-up, showing off which videogames (new and old) will be landing on its streaming platform soon, and providing updates on countless other Netflix-related things. It ended with thevery first Geeked Week live event that I would’ve loved to attended, too.
Want to catch up on the biggest news from the fan extravaganza? The section following this introduction is filled with our coverage of said huge announcements, so read through it to see what you might have missed. Let’s hope Geeked Week 2025 is similarly packed with its own reveals. Until then, catch you next time!
Netflix Geeked Week 2024: the biggest announcements
Day 4 (Geeked Week Live)
Day 3
Day 2
Day 1
What is Netflix Geeked Week?
The easiest way to describe Geeked Week is as Netflix’s own mini Comic-Con. Essentially, it’s a multi-day, mostly online celebration of all things Netflix and the fandoms that its library of TV and Movie Netflix Originals have spawned in recent years.
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The world’sbest streaming serviceheld its inaugural Geeked Week event in June 2021 and, as the free virtual event has grown in popularity, it’s become a staple of the entertainment industry’s calendar. It’s not as big as the aforementioned Comic-Con or even something like Disney’s D23 Expo in-person fan event, but we don’t think it’ll be long before Netflix holds its own similarly styled in-person-only event.
When did Netflix Geeked Week 2024 begin and end?
Geeked Week 2024 began onMonday, September 16at 7AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3PM BST (NB:that was 12AM AEST on Tuesday, September 17 for Australian readers). The first three days' worth of announcements were virtual-only, meaning you needed to stay tuned to Netflix’sYouTubechannel and various social media accounts to see each reveal as it was revealed. As for when Geeked Week 2024 will end, it’ll drew to a close on Thursday, September 19 with a two-hour live event.
Where did Netflix Geeked Week 2024’s live event take place?
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For the first time ever, Netflix held a live, in-person Geeked Week event. As mentioned above, it took place on Thursday, September 19 in Atlanta, US, and ran from 8pm EDT to 10pm EDT.
As for who was in attendance: Joe Manganiello hosted the live event, whileCobra Kai’s Xolo Mariduena and Jacob Bertrand played the role of special correspondents. Gan-favorite director Zack Snyder,Black Mirrorcreator Charlie Brooker, WWE’s Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, and stars fromDon’t Move,Avatar: The Last Airbender,The Sandman,It’s What’s Inside, andOne Piecewere also seen at various points.
Can I watch Netflix Geeked Week 2024’s live event online?
Pre-live event, Netflix has confirmed it would livestream its Geeked Week Live 2024 fan event on YouTube, Twitch, and X/Twitter. You can watch the video-on-demand (VOD) recording above if you missed it at the time.
What movies were shown at Netflix Geeked Week 2024?
We didn’t get news regarding sequels to some of thebest Netflix movies, but there were plenty ofnew Netflix moviesthat featured throughout the week, including a new animated adventure in Netflix’sThe Witcherfranchise:
What TV shows were shown at Netflix Geeked Week 2024?
Here’s a rundown of all of the series that featured, including new seasons of some of thebest Netflix showsaround, includingStranger Things,Squid Game, andArcane:
What videogames were shown at Netflix Geeked Week 2024?
Netflix’s struggles to break into the mainstream on the videogame front are well documented. Indeed, the streamer’s in-house games division has plenty of intriguing titles that are free to play on its service, but over 90% of its global subscriber base still hasn’t touched a single one.
The streaming titan, then, made another push to persuade its fans to try one or more of them out. To that end, Geeked Week 2024 brought news of a trio of new gaming titles that’ll be exclusively playable on the platform soon:
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