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Netflix will be bringing back its two main showcases for 2025 after Netflix TUDUM took a year’s hiatus in 2024. The two events have been Netflix’s way of previewing its upcoming slate of movies and series from around the globe. Netflix TUDUM is now confirmed to be taking place in May 2025.
Netflix TUDUM, not to be confused with the website of the same name, was launched in January 2020 to showcase all manner of Netflix shows and movies. The first-ever event was an in-person Brazil event that initially focused primarily on titles from that region, although many English-language shows also attended. Later that year, a second, digital-only showcase took place, and the show returned digitally only in September 2021 and 2022. Each showcase expanded the variety of content featured.
In 2023, the show transitioned into a live event in São Paulo, Brazil. Over 25,000 fans were in attendance across several days at a convention center, which featured numerous activations. In addition, a live stream was broadcast to the world, with some huge stars in attendance and some major news, first looks, and release dates announced. Sadly, the event did not return in 2024. It’s unclear why TUDUM skipped this year, but it could be that it’s transitioning to a bi-annual event similar to how Disney runs its fan event, D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, which returned in 2024 and is next scheduled for 2026.
The news of its return first came in early 2025 via a Variety interview with Shelly Gillyard. Netflix’s vice president of U.S. and Canada series marketing said, “Tudum, we’re excited to have come back again next year. We’re in the early planning stages of that.”
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Netflix TUDUM Will Be Live on Netflix From Los Angeles
At the Next on Netflix 2025 event, Netflix’s chief content officer confirmed that this year’s event will be taking place in Los Angeles with an in-person event plus a live stream that everybody will be able to watch through Netflix and presumably through social platforms like YouTube, X and Facebook among others.
“On May 31st, we’re going to be live streaming TUDUM, our global fan event”, Bejaria said to journalists from around the world, adding that it’ll be taking place “from the Kia Forum, right here in L.A. Fans around the world will be able to watch their favorite stars and creators exclusively on Netflix.”
Geeked Week May Be Combined with Netflix TUDUM in 2025
Geeked Week saw its most significant update in 2024, transitioning from an online-only event in prior years to an in-person event in Atlanta. The week, we had a slew of announcements in the build-up to a live stream on September 20th, with One Piece star Joe Manganiello hosting with the help of Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña and Jacob Bertrand. The showcase was pretty good, and there were definitely a few surprises throughout the live stream, even if the rest of the week felt a little empty.
At the end of the live event, it wasn’t confirmed by either those on the live stream or Netflix Geeked socials that there were plans to bring the show back for 2025. The Variety report mentioned that Geeked Week will return in 2025, although it’s unclear in what format.
The report suggests that Geeked Week could be combined with Netflix TUDUM, a first, as they’ve traditionally been several months apart. Gillyard floated the idea, “Are there ways in which we could potentially combine the events? So we’re still talking about that early days, but this genre and ‘Geeked’ titles and the ‘Geeked’ fandom is something we will always find ways to celebrate.”
Are you looking forward to Netflix TUDUM or Geeked Week in 2025? Let us know in the comments and of course, the second we get more details, we’ll let you know!
