January 2022’s Streaming Arrivals
by Emily Nagle
Streaming customers have lots to look forward to in the first few weeks of the new year, as some of the streaming wars’ biggest competitors have planned a vast slew of content for January 2022.
To ring in 2022, Netflix is adding family favorites such as “Nacho Libre”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Happy Feet”, and “Annie” (1982). Making their premiere on the platform next year include Mexican teen drama “Rebelde” (January 5) and Tiktok reality show “Hype House” (January 7). Film series set to arrive on Netflix include the first three “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movies, “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer”, and the second and third “Terminator” films (in addition to “Terminator Salvation”).
Disney+, which reached 118 million subscribers by the final quarter of 2021, also has big plans for the new year. The company’s fast-growing streamer, which recently announced its biggest content slate in years, will be releasing new episodes of “The Mandalorian” spin-off “The Book of Boba Fett” – which premiered today – every Wednesday starting January 5. Marvel’s recent film “Eternals” will be added to the catalogue on January 12. Many of the new arrivals for January are family-oriented shows and movies including “The Sandlot”, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”, and “Like Mike”, as well as its sequel.