Netflix original fantasy movie 'Bright' leans hard into race and 'that R-rated grind'

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Netflix turned David Ayer loose on his elves-and-orcs fantasy cop drama Bright, a movie that "is taking itself seriously," leans hard into issues of race, and will put plenty of gnarly, hard R-rated violent action on our home screens this December.

The streaming giant threw its first ever Hall H panel Thursday at Comic-Con, debuting a trailer and showing an extended action scene from the director of Training Day and Suicide Squad. It's Netflix's most ambitious original movie since its first, Beast of No Nation, in 2015.

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Bright takes place in modern Los Angeles, but one that looks more like J.R.R. Tolkien's worlds than the one we know: Orcs, elves, fairies and other mythical creatures live among humans, and you better believe there are tensions between them. Read more...

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