Netflix drops first trailer for Louis Theroux's Inside The Manosphere documentary - and viewers instantly gasp 'this is going to be a hard watch!'
Netflix has dropped the first teaser for Louis Thereoux's upcoming documentary Inside The Manosphere - with viewers predicting it'll be a 'hard watch'.Louis, 55, travels to New York, Miami and Marbella to meet influencers and content creators involved in The Manosphere.This refers to an online network - including forums, websites and blogs - that promote anti-feminist beliefs, masculinity and misogyny.The film's synopsis reads: 'The 90-minute film explores how key figures, including Harrison Sullivan (AKA HS Tikky Tokky), Myron Gaines, Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy (AKA Sneako), Justin Waller and Ed Matthews, are helping to reshape young men's ideas about masculinity and fuelling a resurgent global men's rights movement.'Louis immerses himself in their ecosystem, encountering prominent figures within the movement, each presenting their own interpretations of traditional gender roles and values.'He becomes familiar with some of their language, including terms such as 'red-pilling', and examines the appeal of these ideas and attitudes, as well as the perspectives of the women in their lives who appear to support them.' Netflix dropped the first teaser for Louis Thereoux's upcoming documentary Inside The Manosphere The 90-minute film sees Louis meet with prominent figures of the Manosophere - including Harrison Sullivan - aka HS Tikky Tokky (pictured) Louis also meets with other content creators within the Manosphere, including Myron Gaines (pictured)One clip shows Sneako querying who Louis is and asking: 'Oh s**t is he going to do a hit piece on me?'He adds: 'There was a funny moment where he said, "what do you think Sneako’s message is?"'Louis is then shown reacting to this comment, as he says: 'Do I sound like that? A little bit.'Writing online, one person penned: 'This will be a hard watch with these idiots. Looking forward to it.'Another commented: 'Oh this is going to go so hard.' Writing online, Netflix viewers shared their reactions to the teaser trailerA third queried: 'Will there be any new Louis Theroux docs on the BBC or has he gone to Netflix now then?'A fourth said: 'Louis on Netflix?! that’s awesome!' Furthermore, Inside The Manosphere is set to drop on Netflix on March 11.Back in September 2025, it was first reported that Louis was set to front an 'Adolescence-style' documentary for Netflix.Netflix's Adolescence, which was created by and starred Stephen Graham, centres on 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), who is accused of murdering a schoolgirl with Stephen playing the boy's father. Louis Theroux's Inside The Manosphere drops on Netflix on March 11 Meanwhile, Louis also meets with Justin Waller (pictured) during his first feature-length documentary for Netflix
The acclaimed drama won several awards, including Primetime Emmys for both Stephen and Owen. It reached 24.3million views in just the first four days of its release - and has been praised for highlighting the online radicalisation of young men and boys. A source told The Sun at the time: 'Louis is famous for starting out on the BBC with his Weird Weekends show and has stayed with them ever since.'Even though he started making shows for other channels and streamers, he never fronted them - that was reserved for the Beeb.'He did two celebrity interview series for them in 2022 and 2023, but ended that after just two series to focus on other projects.'
