I've been looking forward to the Netflix horror thriller limited series Brand New Cherry Flavor ever since it was first announced that Alita: Battle Angel herself Rosa Salazar would be starring in the show in late 2019, and now the wait for it is finally almost over. As the teaser and trailer embedded above reveal, Brand New Cherry Flavor will be available to watch on the Netflix streaming service as of August 13th.
Based on a novel by Todd Grimson (you can pick up a copy of that HERE), Brand New Cherry Flavor is written by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion. The eight-episode series will tell the story of
Lisa Nova (Salazar), an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles who embarks on a mind-altering journey — from the streets of Beverly Hills to the forests of Brazil — of supernatural revenge.
Here's the description of Grimson's novel:
In the world of Hollywood’s panderers, philanderers, has-beens, and sycophants, aspiring screenwriter and director Lisa Nova considers herself a rising star who can transcend the lies, cheating, and hypocrisy for the sake of her art. When she is coldly betrayed by one leering producer too many, she turns to Boro, the enigmatic leader of a local biker gang, to exact vengeance—and she gets more than she bargained for. It begins with the strange tattoos that appear overnight on her skin like stigmata, followed by the hallucinations of ancient cults of the undead. Lisa soon finds herself contending with white jaguars and cannibalistic demons rising from the grave, and the lines between dreams and reality quickly dissolve in this surreal and exhilarating blend of satire and the macabre.
Salazar is joined in the cast by Catherine Keener, Eric Lange, Jeff Ward, Manny Jacinto, Hannah Levien, Leland Orser, and Patrick Fischler.
In addition to the trailers, a batch of posters have also arrived online to promote the show. You can see those below: