THE GET DOWN Trailer: "It's About Music, Man"

Here's the brand new full trailer for Baz Luhrmann's new Netflix series The Get Down. The show made headlines last year when it cast Will Smith's son Jaden, but I didn't notice him in this trailer; since I think he's a terrible actor, I'm really hoping he'll have nothing more than a cameo in an episode or two. Thankfully, however, it does look to have the potential for a bunch of breakout performances from young, up-and-coming actors, and — as you'd expect from a Luhrmann production — a stylish visual flair. What do you think? Are you going to tune in to this one?

The Get Down hits Netflix on August 12th.

The Get Down focuses on 1970s New York — broken down and beaten up, violent, cash strapped — dying. Consigned to rubble, a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them — except each other, armed only with verbal games, improvised dance steps, some magic markers and spray cans. From Bronx tenements, to the SoHo art scene; from CBGB to Studio 54 and even the glass towers of the just-built World Trade Center, The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco — as told through the lives and music of the South Bronx kids who changed the city and the world…forever.

"The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy gave birth to a new art form. Set in New York in 1977, this music-driven drama series chronicles the rise of hip-hop and the last days of disco -- told through the lives, music, art and dance of the South Bronx kids who would change the world forever.

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