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Brand New Cherry Flavor

American horror drama streaming television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ106623535 ↗
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Brand New Cherry Flavor is an American horror drama television miniseries created by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion, based on the novel of the same name by Todd Grimson. The cast includes Rosa Salazar, Catherine Keener, Eric Lange, Manny Jacinto, and Jeff Ward. The series premiered on Netflix on August 14, 2021.

Lisa, a young filmmaker, arrives in 1990s Hollywood to meet a well-connected film producer who has been impressed by her short horror film. Lisa signs a contract with the producer based on his promise that she can direct, but after rebuffing his sexual advances she is dropped from the film. Feeling powerless, she makes a deal with a witch to help her on a quest for revenge.

Cast and characters

Main

Rosa Salazar as Lisa Nova

Catherine Keener as Boro/Jennifer Nathans

Eric Lange as Lou Burke

Jeff Ward as Roy Hardaway

Recurring

Manny Jacinto as Chris/Code

Hannah Levien as Christine Woods

Siena Werber as Mary Gray/Boro

Daniel Doheny as Jonathan Burke

Darcy Laurie as Ralph

Sean Owen Roberts as James

Guest stars

Leland Orser as Mike Nathans

Patrick Fischler as Alvin Sender

Gabriel LaBelle as Tim Nathans

Episodes

Production

On November 15, 2019, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for an 8-episode series. The miniseries was created, written and executive produced by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion. Arkasha Stevenson directed the first episode. Production companies involved with the series consists of Eat the Cat and Universal Content Productions.

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