“Remarkably Bright Creatures” is a new mystery drama feature, directed by Olivia Newman, adapting the novel by Shelby Van Pelt, featuring a giant octopus (that scientists believe is an intelligent, extra terrestrial life form), starring Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney, Joan Chen, Kathy Baker, Beth Grant, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Laura Harrisand Alfred Molina, streaming May 8, 2026 on Netflix:
“…an widow working night shifts at a local aquarium…
“…to cope with her son’s decades-old disappearance…
“…forms a unique bond with ‘Marcellus’, a brilliant, giant Pacific octopus who solves the mystery of her son's death…”