NETFLIX EXPANDS YOUNG ADULT SLATE WITH NEW SERIES "SID & ZOEY," "SUNSHINE GIRLS" AND MORE

From new titles and release dates to casting news and first looks, discover what's next in Netflix's coming-of-age universe

Netflix is the ultimate destination for Young Adult (YA) entertainment, telling stories that speak to anyone who's ever navigated first loves, big risks, or moments that shape who you become - whether living the experience right now or feeling nostalgic about the past. As we gear up for our biggest YA slate yet - the return of fan-favorites Outer Banks and Ginny & Georgia; new series Crew Girl, A Different World, The Body, Poser and The Sticks; and films Don't Say Good Luck and Best of the Best - we spent the week celebrating all things YA with a series of announcements, debuts, bringing authentic storytelling that resonates with audiences and delivers fresh global perspectives. And we're just getting started...

New Series and Film Announcements

Today, Netflix announced two new scripted series, Sid & Zoey and Sunshine Girls. Dark, seductive, and unapologetically strange - gothic in its bones and electric in its romance - Sid & Zoey arrives precisely as the cultural signals become unmistakable: a generation of audiences hungry for bold, creator-driven genre storytelling that is emotionally alive. This new genre-bending, YA series is equal parts supernatural mystery and romance from writers/showrunners Jon Kasdan and John Shiban, executive produced by Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Bad Robot. Find more details on Sid & Zoey here. Sunshine Girls follows Olivia's fresh start in the suburbs of Valley Hills, California after her move from New York. Starring Alma Marian, Isabella Fowler and Erin Rose Park and from creators Rob Fishman and Nuria Anson, this series will debut exclusively on Netflix in December. Find more details on Sunshine Girls here. Read more about the full cast here.

The previously announced Minimum Wage keeps it closer to home, following teens juggling part-time jobs and love triangles on the way to graduation. Today, Netflix announced that Randall Park will join the cast, shared a first look at the show and confirmed that the first 14 episodes will debut this year, only on Netflix. Find more details on Minimum Wage here.

For Finding Her Edge fans, Season 2 is edging closer to its grand encore. Today, we announced that Season 2 begins production later this month with Madelyn Keys, Cale Ambrozic and Olly Atkins reprising their roles for new twists and turns on and off the ice. Read more here.

Latest Series and Film News

Earlier this week, The Sticks revealed its title on Monday alongside new Outer Banks character posters and a franchise trailer. A Different World announced Brandy will perform the theme song, Crew Girl dropped a new trailer, and The Body unveiled its November 11 premiere date with a first look.

And starting today, Don't Say Good Luck, directed by Julia Hart and starring Sunny Sandler, Melanie Lynskey and Max Greenfield, is streaming on Netflix. In this coming-of-age dramedy, Sophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical - until suddenly she's living with even more drama at home than on the stage. Watch here.

Netflix Unites Past, Present and Future YA

Thursday afternoon from Netflix's Tudum Theater in Los Angeles, Evan Ross Katz taped a live episode of his podcast Shut Up Evan: The Group Chat in front of an audience. Katz sat down with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Best of the Best, Never Have I Ever), Anna Cathcart (XO, Kitty, To All the Boys franchise), Nikki Rodriguez (My Life With the Walter Boys), Miku Martineau (Crew Girl) and Kristina Bogic (The Body) for a conversation on growing up on Netflix and where they're headed next. Ramakrishnan shared: "It's been an amazing journey getting to work with Netflix on such meaningful projects that feature young people but are made for everyone. My life has completely changed, and I am forever grateful to be able to bring such powerful storytelling worldwide."

Later that night at Laya Restaurant in Los Angeles, talent from our past, present and future YA shows and films united for an epic night celebrating the wide variety of YA stories on Netflix. Attendees included: Chase Stokes, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Drew Starkey, Madelyn Cline, Noah LaLonde, Anna Cathcart, Ross Butler, Nikki Rodriguez, Jonathan Daviss, Sofia Wylie, Diego Tinoco and Shannon Purser and more. The event brought together legacy stars from past hits and our fresh roster of talent coming soon to your screen.

All New YA Collection on Netflix

If you can't wait for your favorites to return, don't worry. Today, Netflix launched an all-new YA title collection on Netflix. Visit the collection to revisit an old favorite or discover it for the first time with fan-favorite films like To All The Boys I've Loved Before, The Kissing Booth, and You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah as well as shows like Never Have I Ever, My Life With the Walter Boys and XO, Kitty, just to name a few. Scanning a hidden QR code will direct users to an exciting sneak peek at all the new and returning YA titles coming soon to Netflix, plus the latest news on the lineup.

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NETFLIX WINS "SID & ZOEY," ORDERS YA GOTHIC ROMANCE STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES

From Creator Jon Kasdan, John Shiban, Blumhouse Atomic Monster And Bad Robot

· Following a highly competitive development deal, Netflix announced it has ordered Sid & Zoey to series. The genre-bending YA series - equal parts supernatural mystery and romance - created by Jon Kasdan (The First Time, Willow), who will showrun, write, and executive produce alongside John Shiban (Ozark), with Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Bad Robot to executive produce.

· Dark, seductive, and unapologetically strange - gothic in its bones and electric in its romance - Sid & Zoey arrives precisely as the cultural signals become unmistakable: a generation of audiences hungry for bold, creator-driven genre storytelling that is emotionally alive. The horror trend and the dark romance trend are not separate forces; they are the same one, and the audience waiting at that intersection is enormous.

· Creator/Showrunner/EP: Jon Kasdan (The First Time, Willow)

· Showrunner/Writer/EP: John Shiban (Ozark)

· Executive Producers: J.J. Abrams and Rachel Rusch Rich for Bad Robot; Jason Blum, James Wan and Rob Hackett for Blumhouse Atomic Monster

· Format: 8 episodes

· Logline: Sid, a seductive, sophisticated, and amoral teenager from New York, is sent to live with a police chief and his family in the idyllic Mississippi town where his mother grew up. The family includes the chief's sharp-witted, punk-rock daughter, Zoey. Resisting their mutual attraction, Sid and Zoey find themselves drawn into a dark, hidden world beneath the town's picture-postcard facade - and a supernatural mystery that may well get them killed if they don't kill each other first.

· Studio: Blumhouse Atomic Monster

· Netflix continues to bring boundary-pushing stories to life in ways that spark fandoms, dominate culture, and inspire multi-generational audiences - among them Stranger Things, Wednesday, ONE PIECE, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the upcoming Quinn Shephard series The Body.

· Netflix is the home for Young Adult storytelling across generations, bringing authentic and relatable stories to viewers living them today, while giving others a nostalgic way to revisit their own YA era. YA franchises anchor Netflix's Most Popular lists: Stranger Things 4 and Stranger Things 5; and Wednesday, the #1 most popular English-language series of all time. Fan favorites have grown that following from Ginny & Georgia, My Life With the Walter Boys, On My Block, Never Have I Ever to standout films like The Kissing Booth, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, Roommates and more - with upcoming series like The Sticks, The Body, Poser, Crew Girl, Minimum Wage, A Different World, and films Don't Say Good Luck and Best of the Best set to keep that momentum going. That range extends with fresh perspectives from around the globe with beloved titles like Heartstopper Forever (UK), All of Us Are Dead (Korea), Blood & Water (South Africa), Young Royals (Nordics) and Elite (Spain). YA shows and movies on Netflix have captured the cultural zeitgeist: Finding Her Edge sparked a 1,300% surge in global searches for the audiobook on Spotify; To All the Boys I've Loved Before sent Yakult sales soaring; Wednesday turned "Goo Goo Muck" into a viral dance craze; One Day sparked Airbnb searches for Greece by over 30%; and Outer Banks ignited the "Pogue Life" fashion trend. These titles have also turned Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Centineo, Madelyn Cline and many more into global stars, with their social followings skyrocketing up to 3000% following release of their shows and movies. Netflix's YA storytelling resonates across generations, and as the category evolves, so does what YA means - spanning romance, mystery, sci-fi and fantasy - for audiences living the experience now and those revisiting it with nostalgia.

NETFLIX ANNOUNCES NEW COMING-OF-AGE SERIES, "SUNSHINE GIRLS" PREMIERING DECEMBER 2026

Starring Alma Marian, Isabella Fowler and Erin Rose Park

· Today, Netflix announced Sunshine Girls, a heartfelt coming-of-age series from Brat TV starring Alma Marian, Isabella Fowler and Erin Rose Park premiering December 2026.

· Logline: Valley Hills is a perfectly nice California suburb... unless, like Olivia, you've lived in New York City your whole life. When her parents split up, Olivia is suddenly the new kid at Valley High, where she meets horse girl Taylor and influencer Riley. Freshman year comes at them fast, with false starts, first kisses and family drama, but together these unlikely best friends will find their place in the sun.

· Premiere Date: December 2026

· Creators/Executive Producers: Rob Fishman and Nuria Anson

· Writers: Elisabeth Rogge, Mary Lambert and Gavin Laing

· Director: Allex Tarr

· Cast:
○ Alma Marian as Olivia
○ Isabella Fowler as Taylor
○ Erin Rose Park as Riley

· Production Company: Brat TV, a division of ZATV, is the digital studio behind teen series like Chicken Girls and Zoe Valentine, with over 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube

· Netflix has an expansive slate of tween and teen friendly titles, from heartfelt coming-of-age stories to breakout global favorites. Standouts include Stranger Things: Tales From '85, Geek Girl, Finding Her Edge, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder alongside Salish & Jordan Matter and Mark Rober's CrunchLabs and the upcoming Victorious reboot, Hollywood Arts.

"MINIMUM WAGE" FIRST LOOK PHOTOS AND CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT

· The first 14 episodes of Minimum Wage will debut exclusively on Netflix in 2026. The new series is from American High, founded by Jeremy Garelick (The Break-Up, The Wedding Ringer, The Hangover, Murder Mystery 2, Pizza Movie, Rolling Loud) and based on the breakout American High Shorts series of the same name, which has drawn over 40 million views across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram since launching in May 2024.

· Randall Park will be joining the previously announced cast as Mr. Sylvester - the eccentric boss of the pizza shop.

· About Minimum Wage: An ensemble workplace series set inside a chaotic local pizza shop, Minimum Wage follows a group of teenage employees battling power-tripping managers, an unhinged rush, and the slow grind of service-industry burnout. The stakes are low. The pressure is immense. The series carries the rapid-fire, short-form rhythm of the original American High Shorts digital content.

· Showrunners/Writers/Executive Producers: Jeremy Garelick, Will Phelps

· Executive Producer: Axelle Azoulay

· Logline: An overwhelmed group of teenagers struggle to run a local pizzeria while juggling school, a manic boss, and their minimum wage salaries. The stakes are low and the pressure is immense.

· Cast:
○ Aidan Micho
○ Grace Reiter
○ Hyde Healy
○ Julia Dicesare
○ Luke Burke
○ Ryan Micho
○ Tommy Armstrong

· Production Company: American High

· About American High Shorts: Since launching on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat in October 2022, the original American High Shorts have drawn over 9 billion views and become a touchstone for Gen Z culture, known for their kinetic energy, improvisational feel, and eerily accurate portrait of teenage chaos.

· Format: 28 x 12.5 min episodes