Netflix has released an extended/full trailer and new key art for their upcoming post-apocalyptic teen series Daybreak. The series drops October 24 on the streaming service, and you can see the new trailer below. Be warned that the trailer does contain some NSFW language that may not be appropriate for all audiences.
Here’s that trailer; you can read more about Daybreak on the Netflix website.
High school isn’t the end of the world…until it is.In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding gangs of jocks, gamers, the 4-H Club, and other fearsome tribes who are kicking ass as they fight to survive in the wake of a nuclear blast (on the night of Homecoming…ugh).Following an eclectic group of survivors as they navigate this strange and treacherous world, DAYBREAK is part samurai saga, part endearing coming-of-age story, and part Battle Royale.This Generation A series (A for Apocalypse!Get it?)is rated TV MA.
Daybreak features Matthew Broderick as Glendale High School’s Principal Michael Burr; Krysta Rodriguez as the biology teacher; Colin Ford as our hero and every-teen, 17-year-old Josh Wheeler; Sophie Simnett as Sam Dean, the most widely admired girl at Glendale High; Austin Crute as contemplative samurai Wesley Fists; Alyvia Alyn Lind as highly unstable kid genius Angelica Green; Cody Kearsley as Turbo Bro Jock , the bloodthirsty leader of the jocks; Jeanté Godlock as Mona Lisa , his badass right-hand woman; and Gregory Kasyan as Eli Cardashyan (not that Kardashian).Executive producers are Aron Eli Coleite, Brad Peyton, and Jeff Fierson.
KSiteTV Editor-In-Chief Craig Byrne has been writing about TV on the internet since 1995. He is also the author of several published books, including Smallville: The Visual Guide and the show's Official Companions for Seasons 4-7.