When is The Eddy out on Netflix?

The release date for The Eddy is Friday, May 8, when all eight episodes of the show will be released at once at 00:01 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

Who is in the cast of The Eddy?

Starring as jazz club owner Elliot is Andre Holland, previously seen in Oscar-winning films like Moonlight and Selma, as well as TV roles in American Horror Story, Castle Rock and The Knick.

“Elliott is a man who has lived his life in that same way, trying to always do the right thing and play the right music, and please the right people,” Holland told W, “but the thing he hasn’t taken the time to do is investigate himself in a real way, to deal with his own grief.”

Joining Holland in The Eddy is The Hate U Give and Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg, playing his daughter Julie. Also starring is an international cast featuring Cold War’s Joanna Kulig as Elliot’s girlfriend Maja, A Prophet’s Tahar Rahim as business partner Farid and Paris Je T’Aime’s Leïla Bekhti as Farid’s wife.

What will happen in The Eddy?

The official Netflix synopsis for The Eddy reads: “The Netflix original series The Eddy is an eight-episode drama that takes place in the vibrant multicultural neighborhoods of modern-day Paris.

“Once a celebrated jazz pianist in New York, Elliot Udo (André Holland) is now the co-owner of struggling club The Eddy, where he manages the house band fronted by lead singer and on-again-off-again girlfriend Maja (Joanna Kulig). As Elliot learns that his business partner Farid (Tahar Rahim) may be involved in some questionable practices at the club, secrets begin to come to light that have also been concealed from Farid’s wife Amira (Leïla Bekhti).

“When Elliot’s troubled teenage daughter Julie (Amandla Stenberg) suddenly arrives in Paris to live with him, his personal and professional worlds quickly start to unravel as he confronts his past, fighting to save the club and protect those closest to him.

“Interspersed with dynamic and uplifting performances, The Eddy conveys the power of music to heal, unite and turn chaos into beauty. The series was brought to the screen through a collaboration between Alan Poul, Damien Chazelle, BAFTA Award winner Jack Thorne (National Treasure) and six-time Grammy Award winner Glen Ballard, who wrote the songs and established The Eddy’s band which is composed of real-life musicians Randy Kerber, Ludovic Louis, Lada Obradovic, Jowee Omicil and Damian Nueva Cortes.”

Speaking to Vogue, Chazelle said of his inspiration behind the show: “There’s this mix in Paris. You get one glimpse of a Haussmann-era apartment building and you’re thrown into the iconography of plastic Paris. But then right next to it there’s a graffiti-sprayed wall that looks more like Eastern Europe, and down another corner suddenly you feel like you’re in North Africa. I wanted to do a show that sits on the edge of that ring road about the relationship with those outside and those inside.”

The Eddy is released on Netflix on May 8.