Netflix's content boss listed 5 big upcoming Netflix originals you should be excited for

But with new Netflix originals cropping up every week, which are worth your time to watch? One way to find out is to simply ask Netflix's content boss, Ted Sarandos.

At the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York last week, Sarandos was asked to list a few big Netflix releases that subscribers should get excited for in the next year.

Sarandos listed five originals to keep an eye out for. The first one to come out will be "Bright" starring Will Smith (December 22), which Sarandos described as Netflix's "first big original film" and a studio-level theatrical tentpole.

"Bright" is a cop thriller set in a world that's similar to ours in time period but contains fantasy creatures like orcs and elves.

Here are the five Netflix originals Sarandos said you should be excited for in 2018:

"Bright" — December 22, 2017

The film is directed by David Ayers ("Suicide Squad"), and its script was written by Max Landis ("Chronicle").

The budget for "Bright" has been reported to be $90 million.

"Altered Carbon" — February 2, 2018

"Altered Carbon" is a Netflix original TV adaptation of Richard acclaimed 2oo2 sci-fi novel, "Carbon." The series is set to premiere its first 10-episode season in February.

As Entertainment Weekly notes, "Carbon" takes place 300 years in the future, where

Miguel Sapochnik, who won an Emmy for directing the "Game of Thrones" episode "Battle of the Bastards" in 2016.

Netflix released a cryptic teaser trailer for the show last week.

"Lost In Space" (Reboot) — May 2018

In 2016, Netflix ordered a 10-episode, modernized reboot of the cult-classic CBS series, "Lost In Space" — a comedy-drama which followed the exploits of the Robinson family as they dealt with being stranded on an alien planet.

In January, one of the remake's stars, Toby Stephens, described the Netflix show as "

"Maniac" — 2018

In 2018, Netflix will release a ten-episode season of the anticipated dark-comedy series "Maniac."

"Maniac" stars Jonah Hill and Emma Stone as two patients in a mental institution, and the series reportedly "

"The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" — 2019

Netflix's upcoming series "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" is a prequel to the 1982 children's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal," which was directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz, of "The Muppets" fame.

The series will reportedly feature "state-of-the-art" animatronic creatures that were created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the special effects company Henson founded in 1979.

According to Deadline, the series will have a ten-episode first season that takes place decades before the original film.

It is executive produced and directed by Louis Leterrier ("Now You See Me").