Here’s the lowdown on Netflix’s new series 1899

Fans of mind-bending German series Dark are eager to find out more about the new series from creative duo and husband-and-wife team Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, who have devised a whole new universe. Netflix drama 1899 follows the crew and passengers on board the ship the Kerberos, which goes off-course after receiving a mysterious distress signal from fellow vessel the Prometheus which has been missing for four months until now. Viewers can expect things to get fairly creepy and twisty from this point on as nothing is what it seems.  Netflix will be dropping 1899 globally on Thursday, November 17 from 8am, but the time it lands in your region will vary depending on your geographical location. The streaming platform is headquartered in California, which is in the Pacific Standard Time (PST) zone and as such, all Netflix originals are dropped at midnight PST.If you’re on the East Coast of America, this means 1899 will be hitting your Netflix account from 3am Eastern Standard Time. Audiences in Germany and others in Continental Europe can catch 1899 from 9am Central European Time on the day of release. READ MORE: Here’s our review for new Netflix series 1899 from the makers of Dark Andreas Pietschmann as Captain Eyk in 1899 (Image: NETFLIX) Emily Beecham stars in 1899 (Image: NETFLIX) 1899 has a large international cast (Image: NETFLIX) The Boy in 1899 (Image: NETFLIX)There are eight episodes in 1899 and all of them will be landing on Netflix in one go, so you can either binge-watch or savour the show depending on your viewing habits. 1899s has a large international cast and is very much a multi-lingual show, speaking about the decision behind his, Friese said: ‘Being true to the cultures and the languages was really important, we never wanted to have characters from different countries but everyone speaks English.’We wanted to explore this heart of Europe, where everyone comes from somewhere else and speaks a different language, and language defines so much of your culture and your behavior.’She went on to say about the international and collaborative feel to the show: ‘We felt that with the past years of Europe being on the decline, we wanted to give a counterpoint to Brexit, and to nationalism rising in different countries, to go back to that idea of Europe and Europeans working and creating together.’You will need a Netflix subscription to watch the show with viewers also available to download episodes and watch offline at a more convenient time depending which package you’ve opted for.Netflix UK’s cheapest subscription tier is called Basic with Adverts and is priced at £4.99 monthly, but you can only watch content on one device at one time. Additionally, some content will be limited but you will have access to all the mobile games on the platform. The second tier is Basic at £6.99 per month and is again only one device to watch content at one time without adverts interrupting your viewing. DON’T MISS…I’m A Celebrity chaos as banner demands Hancock ‘get out of here’ [VIEWER REACTION]Prince William and Kate ‘upset’ with Mike Tindall’s I’m A Celeb stint [UPDATE]Bruno Tonioli cries as Len Goodman shares Dancing with the Stars exit [VIDEO]