New on Netflix this weekend: Award-winning book adaptations and spy thrillers

Netflix have added a load of new content this week with plenty of new releases and all-time favourites added. To help you navigate the streaming services a little more easily, here are the new films this week.

It’s not at all shocking that there is a documentary coming about the soccer superstar Pelé. As one of the best athletes his sport has ever seen, Pelé is an icon and one of the rare people that only needs a one-word name for people to understand exactly who you’re speaking about.

Get ready for a star-studded history lesson about the most misunderstood amendment in the U.S. Constitution, courtesy of Will Smith.

(Reuters) - Hal Holbrook, an award-winning actor acclaimed for his one-man portrayal of American literary legend Mark Twain and whose film work included portraying the mysterious "Deep Throat" in "All the President's Men," has died at the age of 95, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Holbrook died on Jan.

Netflix is once again indulging our need for empowering, female-led dramas with the imminent release of Firefly Lane.

Cloris Leachman, a talented, prolific actress who won an Oscar and several Emmys across a consistent career, has died. She was 94.

Netflix have released the trailer for their upcoming new true crime series, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. And fans of the genre are already counting down the days until it airs in February, thanks to the show’s gripping and chilling central case.The anticipated four part series follows one of the US’ most mysterious disappearances – that of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam who seemingly vanished into thin air in 2013 after acting erratically.

Bridgerton is a , but did you know it's Netflix's biggest show ever?That's right. The romance series reached 82 million households in 28 days, making it in history.

Netflix drama.The Formula, directed by Burning Sands‘ Gerard McMurray, will follow a story about a prodigious racing driver who becomes a getaway driver to help save his family.According to The Hollywood Reporter, McMurray will write, direct and produce the film while Jane Rosenthal, De Niro and Berry Welsh will produce the project.Earlier this week (January 25), Boyega said making films for huge franchises is an experience akin to “luxury jail” for actors.Boyega has played Finn in three Star

direct to your inboxNetflix's latest docuseries has left viewers shocked by the heinous crimes of one man.Dubbed by the press as the "Night Stalker", he murdered and attacked men, women and children.One of the most notorious serial killers in American history, Richard Ramirez's murder spree lasted 14 months, until a chance encounter with a teenage boy led to his demise.The harrowing tale of the criminal who terrorised California from 1984 to 1985 has been retold in the series, told by

John Boyega and Robert De Niro have signed on for a brand new project together on Netflix.

John Boyega. Robert De Niro.

NEW YORK -- Bob Avian, a Tony Award-winning choreographer who had a role in some of the most beloved and influential shows on Broadway, including “Dreamgirls,” “A Chorus Line,” “Follies” and “Miss Saigon,” has died.

Jamie Lang Netflix Spain’s most highly-anticipated series release of 2021, “Sky Rojo,” the new original from “Money Heist” creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, will launch worldwide on March 19.

Netflix has a number of great original series on the horizon and we’ve now gotten our first look at Eve Hewson’s new show Behind Her Eyes.

Netflix  still have plenty more to offer this week with plenty of new releases and all time favourites added.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has prevailed in a competitive auction for worldwide rights on Heart of Stone, the espionage thriller developed by Skydance Media with Gal Gadot starring. Tom Harper, who helmed The Aeronauts and Wild Rose, will direct a film that aspires to hatch a female-centric franchise with the action and global scale of films like Mission: Impossible and 007.