Netflix Tudum Live Coverage – All the biggest Stranger Things season 5, Wednesday season 2, and more news as it happened
All the biggest news and reveals from Netflix Tudum 2025, live as it happens
We're just two hours away from the action! One of the most exciting titles present tonight is Stranger Things season 5, since there's hardly anything out there about the final season so far. In fact, we don't even have a release date, but the show is confirmed for this year (which the Duffer Brothers have previously indicated is "quite the push.")
It's been three years since we last saw Hawkins on our screen, so any news is good news as far as we're concerned.
We can also expect Squid Game season 3 news tonight. Netflix's biggest ever show is returning one final time, just six months after season 2 hit the streamer (and left us all screaming with that brutal cliffhanger). Members of the cast, including Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun, will also be in attendance.
We've already had a teaser for season 3, which set-up the next terrifying game – and very ominously included the sound of a baby crying. Eek!
Paws up, Little Monsters, because Mother Monster herself is confirmed to be performing tonight! That's right, Lady Gaga will be in attendance at Tudum, and we can expect a song from the Wednesday season 2 star. Though, whether that's a new track made just for the show or a song from her latest album, Mayhem, remains to be seen.
So far, we don't know who Gaga is playing in Wednesday, either, so we might get an update – or at least a clue – on that front, too. Gaga previously teased her role with an ingenious prop hidden in her concert in Brazil.
One Piece season 2 will also be present tonight. So far, all we've had from the upcoming season is a first look photo, which seemingly teases Lougetown. We haven't had a trailer or a release date yet, though, so whatever news comes tonight will be a significant update for this live-action adaptation of one of the best anime ever.
Here we go! Tudum is now streaming live on Netflix, meaning we're just moments away from some major reveals as things kick off in the Kia Forum, LA. We'll be sure to keep you updated as the night goes on…
Our host Sofia Carson has taken to the stage after a brief video intro. She arrived from the ceiling... not for the faint-hearted! There is a packed crowd full of fans and cosplayers all cheering for the big reveals, hyped up by Carson.
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jenna Ortega, Lady Gaga, and more are all in attendance!
First up, it's Squid Game. The pink guards hit the stage with a dance routine – which isn't something we've ever seen in the show, admittedly – before a live music performance from Hanumankind.
Then, Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun took to the stage to introduce their fellow cast members T.O.P, Kang Ae-sim, and Park Sung-hoon. "Squid Game will shock the world one last time," said Lee Jung-jae.
Finally, we were treated to another trailer. The clip didn't give a whole lot away, but it did show us more of that terrifying maze game, set-up a sadistic-looking game with two dolls, showed the Front Man unmasking himself, and even potentially revealed the next winner...
Director Rian Johnson is onstage to talk about the next Knives Out movie, titled Wake Up Dead Man. Cast members including Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Cailee Spainy, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, and Daniel Craig himself are also in attendance.
A short teaser is also here, revealing a release date of December 12, 2025 (just as we predicted). We also see Josh O'Connor lunging with a knife – ominous!
The cast of One Piece are onstage! "The crew gets a little bigger this season," teases Iñaki Godoy, before introducing Tony Tony Chopper. "I'm sorry I couldn't be there in person," the adorable little guy says.
Chopper confirms a 2026 release date, and honestly, he's so cute, we can barely handle it. He'll also be voiced by Mikaela Hoover!
ATTENTION ALL PIRATES! 🏴☠️ The doctor is in! Tony Tony Chopper, voiced by the incredible Mikaela Hoover, made a show-stopping appearance at #TUDUM along with the Straw Hat Crew! ⛵ 🌊 One Piece Season 2 sets sail in 2026. pic.twitter.com/F5SV207ybSJune 1, 2025
Now Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are talking to the Cookie Monster. Honestly, we're not sure what's going on either.
The cast of The Rip, including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven Yeun, and more (but not the Cookie Monster), are onstage to talk about the new movie. An exclusive clip is being played, but it's strictly for those watching Tudum...
Now it's Frankenstein time! Guillermo del Toro, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac are on stage to talk about the new movie. "This is for me the culmination of a journey that has occupied most of my life," says del Toro.
The teaser is also here, and it's a lush, gothic fever dream, with an obsessed Isaac going to any lengths to create his Creature, played by Jacob Elordi.
Adam Sandler is in attendance to talk about Happy Gilmore 2! He and the rest of the cast are fielding questions from the audience, though the questions are actually coming from some familiar faces (including, bizarrely, Abraham Lincoln). Plus, the first trailer is here, which you can watch above!
It's finally Stranger Things time! First we're taking a trip down memory lane – via VHS, naturally – for a look back at some behind the scenes footage from earlier seasons. There are audible awws at how young the cast used to look! Gaten Matarazzo and Millie Bobby Brown also have special messages to share by video link.
Season 5 will be coming in not one, not two, but three parts, releasing on November 26, then Christmas, then New Year's Eve. Some very ominous new footage also shows Will Byers screaming "run!" as carnage begins to unfold in Hawkins.
It's Wednesday! The cast is onstage to discuss the new season, including Jenna Ortega.
An extended sneak peek at season 2 is here, too, which features all the typically gothic and spooky vibes we'd expect, as Wednesday goes after a serial killer named The Scalper, played by Haley Joel Osment. She has a run in with TSA, who aren't impressed by the contents of her bag (including a bottle of sunscreen that's over the liquid limit). After trying to confront The Scalper, though, Wednesday ends up his captive. Honestly, we're not worried for her safety...
Lady Gaga is also performing, emerging from a coffin inscribed with "HERE LIES THE MONSTER QUEEN." The mystery song is none other than "Zombieboy" from her latest album Mayhem, given an Addams Family twist. Paws up!
The musical performance is still ongoing! Gaga is present at the Addams Family table, and, after a quick rendition of "Bloody Mary," the song that went viral over Wednesday dancing in season 1, she's launched into "Abracadabra."
And that's a wrap on Netflix Tudum! The event has come to an end, and what a night it's been. Thanks for following along with us!
