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Netflix to Launch ‘Daybreak’ Scripted Podcast

Netflix is set to launch its first original scripted podcast, Variety has learned exclusively.

Titled “The Only Podcast Left,” the podcast is set in the world of the streamer’s post-apocalyptic series “Daybreak,” and has showrunner and head writer Aron Coleite on board as an executive producer.

According to Netflix, the 6-episode narrative is designed to be complimentary to the main show. The podcast will branch off from season 1 to tell the of a group of teens who decide to make a podcast during an apocalypse… continue to article.

Take a listen to the trailer for the new podcast below:

AUSTIN CRUTE TO PLAY 'MARQUISE' IN SEASON 2 OF NETFLIX'S 'TRINKETS'

Austin is set to play Marquise in season 2 of the Netflix show Trinkets.

“Based on Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith‘s young adult novel, and written by Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer and Smith, Trinkets centers on three teenage girls who form an unlikely friendship when they find themselves in the same mandated Shoplifter’s Anonymous meeting. Elodie (Brianna Hildebrand), Moe (Kiana Madeira), and Tabitha (Quintessa Swindell) make an imperfect picture of perfection, finding strength in each other as they negotiate the complicated dilemma of trying to fit in while longing to break out. Crute will play Marquise, a new friend of Tabitha’s (Swindell) in yearbook.” — Deadline

The season is expected to premiere in 2020. Check out the teaser below.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY SHARES EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT NEFLIX'S 'DAYBREAK'

And you thought your high school experience felt like the end of the world.

EW has an exclusive first look at Netflix’s dystopian dramedy Daybreak, centering on an apocalypse-ravaged Glendale, Calif., and the teenagers who’ve taken over. A nuclear blast has transformed adults into brain-dead, bloodthirsty savages, so to survive, the local high schoolers have banded together into Warriors-esque gangs, carving out their own laws and domains. (The athletes and the cheerleaders have their own circles, of course, but so do the 4-H Club and the self-proclaimed disciples of Kardashia.)… Continue to article.

'DAYBREAK' ANNOUNCED FOR WORLD PREMIERE AT NEW YORK COMIC CON 2019

Netflix will offer up the world premiere of its new high school apocalypse dramedy series Daybreak next month at New York Comic Con, headlining the streamer’s gameplan for the genre confab that includes panels on its animated hit Big Mouth, just renewed for a third season, and the upcoming Season 2 of Lost In Space… Continue to article.

You can find the schedule below:

NETFLIX PRESENTS: DAYBREAK, EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIERE
Friday, October 4, 2019, 6:45-8:15 PM
Javits Convention Center – Room 1A06

High school isn’t the end of the world… until it is. In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding gangs of jocks, gamers, the 4-H Club, and other fearsome tribes who are kicking a** as they fight to survive in the wake of a nuclear blast (on the night of Homecoming…ugh). Following an eclectic group of survivors, as they navigate this strange and treacherous world, DAYBREAK is part samurai saga, part endearing coming-of-age story, and part Battle Royale. This Generation A series (A for Apocalypse! Get it?) is rated TV-MA. Participants include cast members Matthew Broderick, Colin Ford, Sophie Simnett, Austin Crute, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Jeanté Godlock, Cody Kearsley and Gregory Kasyan; and executive producers Aron Eli Coleite, Brad Peyton and Jeff Fierson.

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AUSTIN CRUTE TO STAR AS 'WESLEY FISTS' IN NETFLIX'S 'DAYBREAK'

Austin is set to star as Wesley Fists in Netflix’s upcoming high school apocalypse dramedy series, Daybreak.

“A football star with budding movie star looks and a penchant for swords, Wesley was part of a system that ostracized and terrorized the students beneath him on the social totem pole (like Josh). But when Josh and Wesley meet once again in the apocalypse, Wesley is trying to follow the path of Eastern enlightenment and non-violence.” — Deadline

The series is expected to premiere in 2019. 

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