Netflix announced their new original series The Get Down, which is a story "told through the lives and music of a ragtag crew of South Bronx teens, The Get Down is a mythic saga of the transformation of 1970s New York City" and it's "Summer 1977. New York City is broken down and beaten-up. Armed only with verbal games, improvised dance steps, some markers and spray cans, this rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers will make a pact that becomes bigger than all of them and change their lives -- and the world -- forever".
It's from Baz Luhrmann (The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge!). It's starring Justice Smith (Paper Towns), Shameik Moore (Dope), and Skylan Brooks (Southpaw, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete). It is rated TV-MA and premieres August 12th. See the trailer below.
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