Netflix Sets Theatrical Dates for Cary Fukunaga’s ‘Beasts of No Nation’

This is just the beginning for the Netflix film department, with Adam Sandler’s The Ridiculous Six following in December and the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon sequel, The Green Legend, scheduled for release in early 2016.

“Agu, you are going to kill this man”, he chillingly tells the boy. Elba plays Commandant, a warlord who instructs August in the ways of war. The first trailer seems to show Agu at a crossroads.

In the gripping new trailer for “Beasts of No Nation“, an uncompromising Idris Elba barks at a petrified child soldier and demands he murder a captured foe. But Agu doesn’t seem to have crossed the point of no return quite yet. If Netflix puts the investment and care into all the films on its slate, it will be hard for even theatrical traditionalists of prestige films to argue the notion that Netflix is a viable alternative for certain kinds of films, the ones with volatile, challenging themes. Titles like The Ridiculous Six, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, and Pee-wee’s Big Holiday will follow in the next year.

Clearly, Oscars are in view for Cary Fukunaga’s African-set drama, which has a day-and-date release this October after playing Venice and Toronto.

Landmark-which has never played a VOD film so aggressively across the country-markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego.