‘Dark’ Trailer: Netflix’s Time Travel Thriller Wants The ‘Stranger Things’ Crowd
On the lookout for a new Netflix obsession? How aboutDark, a new German series about disappearances, family drama and perhaps some time travel thrown in for good measure. A new, ominousDarktrailer has arrived to get its hooks into you ahead of the show’s Netflix debut.
DoneMindhunter? Caught up onStranger Things 2? Need a new Netflix show to obsessively binge over a weekend? May I present to youDark, a new Netflix thriller from Germany that looks tailor-made to give you the creeps. It even has a bit of aStranger Thingsvibe, if that’s what you’re looking for. Let’s all watch it together, shall we?
Dark trailer
Spooky! It’s interesting how heavy this trailer goes on showing groups of kids on bikes, almost as if Netflix sent a memo to the editors and said, “Hey, can you make this thing look as much likeStranger Thingsas possible?” That’s fine, and it makes sense –Stranger Thingsis, after all, the most talked-about show on Netflix. Still, I don’t think people should go intoDarkexpecting “the nextStranger Things.” This looks like it’s going to very much be its own show, one dripping with atmosphere and dread. And subtitles!
That said,Dark’s creators,Baran bo Odar&Jantje Friese, are apparently a-okay with theStranger Thingscomparisons. Speaking withDeadline, Friese said, “It’s really exciting because if all those people who watched Stranger Things will at least think about watchingDark, I think that’s a great opportunity for us…So keep comparing it.”
“I think Netflix is a game changer here right now because they basically create all this interesting global material that everyone wants to watch—Narcos, for example, which basically isn’t an American show, but it feels almost like an American show, and everyone watched it,” added Odar. “It’s a game changer—the audience is really hungry for international stories, as well.”
Here’s the officialDarksynopsis:
Dark, a family saga with a supernatural twist, is set in a German town in present day where the disappearance of two young children exposes the double lives and fractured relationships among four families. In ten, hour-long episodes, the story takes on a supernatural twist that ties back to the same town in 1986.
Dark, starringLouis Hofmann,Oliver Masucci,Jördis Triebel,Maja Schöne,Sebastian Rudolph,Anatole Taubman,Mark Waschke,Karoline Eichhorn, andStephan Kampwirtharrives on NetflixDecember 1, 2017.
