Answer: The only event that brings together Millie Bobby Brown, Jennifer Lopez, Hasan Minaj, John Cena, Ted Sarandos, the 1999 World Cup champion women’s soccer team, and a variety of the cutest dogs you’ve ever seen.
Question: What is the 2026 Netflix Upfront event?
On Wednesday, May 13, Netflix threw an event that felt like a cross between a class reunion, where everyone was happy to see friends and colleagues who they hadn’t seen in ages, plus one long exciting preview of all the things there are to look forward to in the years to come.
Hosted at the Sunset Pier 94 Studios in New York City, Netflix’s 2026 Upfront event was an opportunity to preview some of the new films, series, and events that are streaming soon — like Office Romance, a forthcoming romcom starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein — as well as news about the renewal of beloved series (like Running Point and My Life with the Walter Boys), plus brand new things coming to Netflix, like the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show!
Lopez and Goldstein opened the presentation with a special clip from Office Romance — with Lopez mentioning that this film might be her “favorite one” she’s ever done — and were followed on stage by Netflix’s president of advertising, Amy Reinhard, and chief content officer, Bela Bajaria, who revealed that Bridgerton Season 5 would come in 2027, that Dan Levy’s comedy Big Mistakes would be returning for a second season, and that Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups 3 was officially in the works.
Also appearing on stage was Millie Bobby Brown, who noted that she got her “first big break playing Eleven” when she was 11, before telling the crowd that she’d be heading to Malta soon on screens everywhere when Enola Holmes 3 comes out this summer.
Then there was some line dancing as a nod to the upcoming season of Hunting Wives — as star Brittany Snow told Netflix about Season 2, ““We up the ante a lot, and we turn up the noise a little bit. I don’t know how we did it, but we made it even more wild.”
Florence Pugh came on stage next to share a sneak peek of her role as Cathy Ames in Zoe Kazan’s upcoming adaptation of East of Eden, noting that she and Kazan have been talking about this project for six years, but: “This is the first time we’re letting our baby out there!”
There were also looks at Will Ferrell’s golf comedy series The Hawk, and some news about sports coming to Netflix, like more football games and the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show! Plus, Mia Hamm and other members of the legendary women’s 1999 World Cup-winning soccer team took the stage to talk about The 99’ers, the forthcoming biographical drama about their experience. And the Outer Banks crew took the stage to celebrate the show’s fifth and final season.
After a rousing on-stage game of new-to-Netflix Pop Culture Jeopardy, hosted in this instance by Survival of the Thickest’s Michelle Buteau and played by everyone from Alix Earle (Earle Meets World) to Eric André and John Cena, who will be appearing together in the upcoming film Little Brother, the event closed out with The Four Seasons stars Tina Fey and Will Forte, the latter of whom gave a hint about another bit of breaking news coming out of the event: an official KPop Demon Hunters global tour is in the works.
Check out the photos above to see who showed up on stage, the red carpet, and behind-the-scenes — and don’t forget to add everything mentioned here to your list.
