‘Kaleidoscope’ Trailer: Netflix Is Messing With Customers With The Release Strategy Of This Heist Series

Netflix still believes in the binge. While other streamers are happy to embrace weekly releases, Netflix is all about giving customers everything all at once. But that doesn’t mean the streaming service is going to keep things simple. With the release of “Kaleidoscope,” Netflix is embracing a more chaotic approach to binge-watching.

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If you just watch the trailer for “Kaleidoscope,” you’re missing the biggest selling feature of the series—the release model. You see, on paper, this is a story about a major heist and the characters who make up the crew that will steal $7 billion. But you see, each episode of “Kaleidoscope” takes place in a different time period, over the course of 25 years, leading up to the big heist at the end. And Netflix is going to fuck with viewers by giving each member a different viewing order of the series. Some will get a more linear version, while others with have the time shuffled a bit more. The idea is that each person watching the show will have a different perspective on the end result, as they experience the story differently. It’s a wild concept. 

The series stars Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, Rufus Sewell, Tati Gabrielle, Peter Mark Kendall, Rosaline Elbay, Jai Courtney, Niousha Noor, Jordan Mendoza, Soojeong Son, and Hemky Madera. Eric Garcia is the showrunner of the series. He has enlisted directors such as Russell Fine, Everardo Gout, Mairzee Almas, and Robert Townsend.

“Kaleidoscope” debuts on Netflix on January 1, 2023. You can watch the trailer below.

Here’s the synopsis:

Spanning 25 years, Kaleidoscope is an all-new anthology series following a crew of masterful thieves and their attempt to crack a seemingly unbreakable vault for the biggest payday in history. Guarded by the world’s most powerful corporate security team, and with law enforcement on the case, every episode reveals a piece of an elaborate puzzle of corruption, greed, vengeance, scheming, loyalties and betrayals. How did the crew of thieves plan it?  Who gets away with it? Who can be trusted? Loosely inspired by the real-life story where seventy billion dollars in bonds went missing in downtown Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy, Kaleidoscope consists of eight episodes spanning from 24 years before the heist to 6 months after.