February is a big month for local content on Netflix. From the much-anticipated ‘Queen Sono’ and ‘To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’, to ‘Altered Carbon’, here’s what you need to know.
Need some binge-inspo? You’ve come to the right place! Here are four new shows you could binge on Netflix this month. The February lineup is quite impressive because Queen Sono is finally coming to a small screen near you.
New series on Netflix in February
SA’s first Original Netflix series: Queen Sono
The action-packed series follows Queen Sono, a highly trained top spy in a South African agency whose purpose is to better the lives of African citizens.
While taking on her most dangerous mission yet, she must also face changing relationships in her personal life
Main cast
Pearl Thusi as Queen Sono, a field agent of the Special Operations Group (SOG)
Vuyo Dabula as Shandu, Ekaterina’s second in command
Sechaba Morojele as Dr. Sid, Chief of the SOG
Chi Mhende as Miri, Director General of the SOG
Loyiso Madinga, lead field technician of the SOG
Rob Van Vuuren
Kate Liquorish as Ekaterina, leader of the WWB, a powerful private military firm and Queen’s archenemy
Khathu Ramabulana as William
Enhle Maphumulo as Nova
Abigail Kubeka as Mazet
Details:
Release date on Netflix: 28 February 2020
IMDb Score: TBA
Original Netflix series: To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
It’s a new year and Lara Jean and Peter are no longer pretending to be a couple. They ARE a couple. And, as Lara Jean navigates a trove of official firsts with Peter, she finds herself leaning more on Kitty and Margot, Chris, and an unexpected new confidant, Stormy, to help her manage the complex emotions that come with this new chapter of balancing a relationship and figuring out her authentic self.
But when John Ambrose, another recipient of one of Lara Jean’s old love letters, enters her life again she must rely on herself more than ever as she’s confronted with her first real dilemma: Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?
Main cast
Lana Condor as Lara Jean Song Covey
Noah Centineo as Peter Kavinsky
Jordan Fisher as John Ambrose McClaren
Janel Parrish as Margot “Gogo” Song Covey
Anna Cathcart as Katherine “Kitty” Song Covey
Trezzo Mahoro as Lucas
Madeleine Arthur as Chris
Emilija Baranac as Genevieve “Gen”
Kelcey Mawema as Emily
Ross Butler as Trevor
Sarayu Blue as Trina
John Corbett as Dr. Covey
Holland Taylor as Stormy
Details:
Release date on Netflix: 12 February 2020
IMDb Score: 6.7
Original Netflix series: I Am Not Okay with This
I Am Not Okay With This is an irreverent origin story that follows a teenage girl who’s navigating the trials and tribulations of high school, all while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her.
Main cast:
Sophia Lillis as Sydney
Sofia Bryant as Dina
Wyatt Oleff as Stanley Barber
Kathleen Rose Perkins as Maggie
Details:
Release date: 26 February 2020
IMDb Score: TBA
Original Netflix series: Altered Carbon: Season 2
When a job brings Takeshi Kovacs back to Harlan’s World in a new sleeve, he finds the planet at war — and his long-lost love lurking in the shadows.
Main cast:
Anthony Mackie as Takeshi Kovacs
Chris Conner as Edgar Poe, an artificial intelligence (AI) that takes the likeness of Edgar Allan Poe
Renée Elise Goldsberry as Quellcrist Falconer, a “master strategist” and leader of the Envoys.
Simone Missick as Trepp
Dina Shihabi as Dig 301
Torben Liebrecht as Colonel Ivan Carrera
James Saito as Tanaseda Hideki
Lela Loren as Danica Harlan
Sen Mitsuji
Details:
Release date: 27 February 2020
IMDb Score: 8.1
New series on Netflix: Van HelsingSeason 4
Vanessa Helsing, distant relative of famous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, is resurrected only to find that vampires have taken over the world.
Main cast
Kelly Overton as Vanessa Van Helsing, humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost in a post-Rising world, as her unique blood composition gives her the ability to turn vampires into humans.
Jonathan Scarfe as Axel Miller, a former Marine with unwavering devotion and loyalty to both duty and Vanessa, despite years of isolation.
Christopher Heyerdahl as Sam, a deaf survivor of the Rising who relies on his strength and observational skills to stay hidden.
Vincent Gale as Flesh, a vampire who was originally a human named Phil Fleishman.
Rukiya Bernard as Doc, a Seattleite medical examiner and scientist, whose real name is Sarah Carol. She was a vampire before being cured by Vanessa.
Aleks Paunovic as Julius, a former vampire turned by Dmitri who existed for some time before The Rising as a warlord, though now he was turned human by Vanessa and now fights with her.