‘Cliff Beasts 6’ Turns Out an Early April Fools Prank, What Was the Clip About? Check Details on ‘The Bubble’ Coming on Netflix for Answers

Published 03/05/2022, 2:00 PM EST

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On March 2nd, 2022, Netflix released a teaser trailer of Cliff Beasts 6: Battle for Everest via Twitter. Since then, fans have been wondering where the previous five movies were. With a cast that includes Karen Gillan, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Iris Apatow, Pedro Pascal, David Duchovny, Maria Bakalova, Guz Khan and Fred Armisen, there’s no way any of us would have missed the franchise. So, our best bet is that this is prank or a marketing strategy from the Netflix to promote David Apatow’s The Bubble. Are we right? Let’s find out.

Cliff Beasts 6: Battle for Everest and its connection with The Bubble

Based on the shoddy trailer, the film follows a team reunited to after five years to fight the cliff beast ravaging the Earth. The film is the 6th addition to the franchise that follows a team of scientists and adventurers that fight beasts to protect the world.

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Undoubtedly, such a franchise would create ripples in the movie industry and yet none of us know of the first five movies in the franchise. Well, that’s because there are no other five films of Cliff Beasts. Cliff Beasts 6 by Judd Apatow is a movie shot within his upcoming feature on Netflix, The Bubble. Moreover, it was an early April Fools prank that Netflix pulled on its subscribers.

No, this isn’t a conjuncture from us, but a confirmed news from one of the cast members of The Bubble.

Karen Gillian confirmed it’s prank!

Karen Gillan recently tweeted a poster of The Bubble and captioned the tweet as, “Time to come clean… Cliff Beasts 6 was an (early) April fools’ day prank. BUT! We did make a real movie called THE BUBBLE, and it’s about some actors trying (failing) to make a movie during the pandemic (Cliff Beasts 6). April 1st on.”

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When is Cliff Beast 6: Battle for Everest coming on Netflix?

With the trailer, the platform officially announced that the film, The Bubble, is coming to the platform on April 1st, 2022. The Netflix feature develops around actors who travel to a closed film set in England to film a dinosaur-themed blockbuster action movie, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. But, things take a turn for the worse when the restrictions get to the crew members, who wish to get out.

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According to the clip, things get pretty bonkers during the fictional production of Cliff Beasts 6 with the onset of pandemic-induced restrictions. The Bubble will be one of the first films on Netflix that addresses the pandemic and its safety measures. And from the trailer, it seems kind of hilarious. We are perfectly ready for this film and its light-hearted approach towards the pandemic. What about you? Are you excited for the film? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Alivia Paul

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Alivia Paul is an author at Netflix Junkie. Having completed her bachelor’s in English Literature and Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication, Alivia, a passionate writer, looks to combine her penmanship with her love for different content in different languages on different platforms, to deliver engaging content to her readers. Some of her favorite shows are Lucifer, You, Sweet Tooth, Crash Landing On You, and Sex and The City.

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