Picture: Netflix
Netflix has a new action film from Indonesia coming up in the form of The Shadow Strays, which comes from renowned director Timo Tjahjanto, and it’s just confirmed it’ll be making its world premiere at TIFF 2024.
Netflix unveiled the film in July 2023 as production was already underway and confirmed a 2024 release date as part of the Next on Netflix reveals earlier this year.
Timo Tjahjanto will reteam with Netflix for his third project, following The Big 4 and The Night Comes For Us. A fourth project is planned with another horror, May the Devil Take You.
Adipati Dolken, Hana Malasan, Aurora Ribero, Ali Fikri, and Kristo Immanuel are among the big names appearing in the film when it releases on the platform later this year.
Adipati Dolken, Timo Tjahjanto (Director), Hana Malasan, Aurora Ribero, Ali Fikri, Anne P. Ralie (Producer), Kristo Immanuel
Here’s the official synopsis for the movie, courtesy of Netflix:
“Codename 13, a 17-year-old trained assassin is under suspension because of a sloppy mission in Japan. The girl built a conscience when she met Monji, an 11 year old boy who lost his mother to a crime syndicate. When Monji is captured, 13 is hellbent on setting a path of destruction to rescue the boy, including going against her mentor and the organization who hires her, the Shadow.”
Courtesy of the news of the world premiere of The Shadow Strays, we also got our first official picture for the new movie (seen at the top of the article). A small glimpse was seen in the Netflix Indonesia film and series preview video from earlier this year.
The Shadow Strays is among the “Midnight Madness” events that TIFF runs in which they screen premieres for “the best in action, horror, shock and fantasy cinema.” TIFF takes place throughout Toronto between September 5th and September 15th, with dates for the film’s showings scheduled to be announced on August 13th.
Netflix is also set to premiere in numerous forms, and many of its other titles are set to debut throughout the remainder of 2024 at TIFF. All this week, they’ve been announcing titles with various forms of premieres, whether that be Will & Harper, Rez Ball, Emilia Pérez, or Pedro Páramo.
For the complete list of the new movies coming to Netflix this Fall, keep it locked here on What’s on Netflix.