Netflix UK will not be changing its commissioning course when the streamer stops reporting quarterly subs numbers, according to its programing chief. Anne Mensah, who oversees a huge slate featuring the likes of Baby Reindeer and The Gentlemen, said “there is no secret” for producers when they pitch to Netflix, and that this will remain
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Mila Kunis is shutting down the possibility of returning to That ’90s Show Season 2, including Ashton Kutcher. In a new interview, the actress revealed that she and Kutcher would not be reprising their That ’70s Show characters when the sequel series returns to Netflix. “No,” Kunis told ET when asked if she and her
Netflix has boarded BBC Three’s upcoming YA adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder starring Wednesday’s Emma Myers. The streamer has taken rights in the U.S. and the majority of territories bar the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. The series is in post-production and will air later this year. Adapted by Red
The female star of Baby Reindeer says she felt a sense of responsibility for her co-star Richard Gadd, who wrote the Netflix drama about a stalker and her victim, based on his own real-life experience of being targeted. In the series which has topped the Netflix charts on both sides of the Atlantic since its
EXCLUSIVE: Meta Golding (Rabbit Hole) has been tapped for a key recurring role in Ransom Canyon, Netflix‘s new romantic drama series, starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly. Created, written and executive produced by April Blair based on Jodi Thomas’ book series, Ransom Canyon is a romance-fueled family drama and contemporary western saga that charts the intersecting lives of
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) had some tough competition in its debut week on Disney+. The film landed on the streamer March 14 and racked up 677M minutes in its first few days on the platform, according to Nielsen. That placed it at No. 8 overall on Nielsen’s streaming list for the week
Netflix has dropped the trailer for upcoming Indian series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, showcasing the private exchanges of courtesans amid sweeping scenes of revolution in British-ruled India. Marked as a tentpole for the streamer on its India content slate and set to premiere on May 1, Heeramandi tells the story of Mallikajaan (played by Manisha
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s dramatization of the BBC’s bombshell Prince Andrew interview is proving to be one of the streamer’s most discussed debuts in some time, but one person has largely kept her silence. Emily Maitlis was sat opposite the Duke of York for that fateful exchange in 2019, winning plaudits and prizes for her piercing, methodical
Netflix has revealed the cast of Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black, a new series coming to the streamer that’s the result of a previously announced creative partnership. The pact calls for Perry will write, direct, and produce feature films and series under a multi-year first-look deal. Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black follows two women leading very different
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC was victorious in a bidding war with Netflix for Dear England amid fears for the future of British storytelling on television. Deadline hears that Left Bank Pictures and Dear England writer James Graham wanted the stage play to be adapted on the BBC, despite a more lucrative offer from Netflix. The four-part
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s hit conspiracy thriller The Night Agent has added three for guest roles in Season 2: Marwan Kenzari (Black Adam), Elise Kibler (The Sunlit Night), and Dikran Tulaine (The Blacklist). Kenzari plays Reza, a decorated soldier court marshalled for another man’s crime, who’s been given the opportunity to be a night agent. Fiercely intelligent,
Judd Apatow is commenting on the trend of streamers licensing content from rival studios. It was recently announced that Warner Bros. Discovery struck a deal to license Sex and the City to Netflix. Apatow is now looking ahead at the implications that these types of deals might have in the industry in the years ahead.
Following Showtime‘s decision not to proceed with a new season of Uncoupled after Netflix‘s cancellation, the series’ cast is breaking their silence. Jai Rodriguez, who played Jonathan #2, took to social media to share his thoughts about the show getting canceled for good. “Welp, guess I’m not going to NYC in May to shoot,” Rodriguez
We’re back again, Insiders. Jesse Whittock with you this week, as Netflix showcased its latest wares, Hong Kong welcomed the entertainment world and Argentinian film was plunged into crisis. Here we go. Sign up to the newsletter here. Slates Of The Nations Netflix struts: At times, the past year has felt like a succession of bad
Midseason is the new fall. As Hollywood and the broader industry continue to recover from the debilitating dual actors and writers strikes, the 2024 television landscape is coming into focus. All of the broadcast networks have set return dates for most of their shows, with the postponed Emmy Awards now set for January 15 and no
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains some details of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, set for an eight-episode launch on the streamer on March 21. “Why should I get bent out of shape about what the world might look like 400 years from now,” flippantly says physics research assistant Saul Durand (Jovan Adepo) in Netflix’s 3 Body
The Brothers Sun star Justin Chien has spoken out following Netflix‘s decision not to proceed with a second season of the action comedy-drama. In an Instagram story, Chien reposted Deadline’s story that broke the news of the cancellation and reactions from the series’ casting director Jenny Jue and Kode Abdo, along with his own message
Netflix is no longer going forward with adaptations of the book series Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan. First announced in September 2020, the planned series used author the books of author Riordan, who is also behind Percy Jackson and the Olympians (currently being adapted into a Disney+ series) and Magnus Chase and the Gods of
The auditions for Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender (which premiered today on the streamer) were very cloak and dagger. Netflix went to great lengths to keep the auditions secret – including writing fake scenes set in a bank. That caused some confusion even for the auditoners. And for Ken Leung, who wasn’t familiar with the
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has assembled the cast around Ted Danson in comedy series A Classic Spy, created and executive produced by Mike Schur. Danson will be joined in the project (fka Untitled Mike Schur/Ted Danson comedy series) by Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Stephanie Beatriz (Twisted Metal, Encanto), Lilah Richcreek Estrada (Chicago Med),
With Apple and Amazon Studios embracing theatrical distribution to enhance their content on streaming, is Netflix far behind? Despite the streamer dipping its toes in the water with a $15 million-grossing limited release of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery during Thanksgiving 2022, and a hot title in the July 3 release of Eddie Murphy’s
Kiawentiio is teasing the live-action Netflix adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender and is revealing some key changes to Sokka. When adapting the animated series into live-action, the writers chose to remove the “sexist” elements of the character portrayed by Ian Ousley. “There’s more weight with realism in every way,” Ousley said in an interview
EXCLUSIVE: In her third promotion in a little over three years, Netflix‘s Head of Drama Jinny Howe is further expanding her oversight to all of the streamer’s drama areas, adding Spectacle + Event, current series and shows coming out of Netflix’s roster of overall deals to her purview. The elevation is part of an executive
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos took a victory lap on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call about the company’s acquisition of exclusive rights to Monday Night Raw and other WWE programming. “If I could raise a single eyebrow at a time, I would lean into the camera with a single eyebrow and do my best Dwayne,” he
It’s been a dramatic month for Denmark’s royal family, with Queen Margrethe announcing her abdication in favour of her elder son, the new King Frederik. The former monarch stood down from the Danish throne after 52 years, making the announcement in a surprise address to the nation live on television. Now The Guardian reports that
Screen bodies around the world are uniting in an unprecedented attempt to get governments to take action on streamer regulation. Twenty influential screen production organizations have issued a statement demanding lawmakers protect producers and local content. The joint statement (read it in full below) from production bodies from Canada, Australasia, Europe and Latin America lays
Netflix is set to go into production on a new R.L. Stine film based on his Fear Street series. The next movie will be based on The Prom Queen. “Movie News: I can finally announce that a new Fear Street movie is about to go into production for Netflix. It’s based on my Fear Street
Clare Foy is satisfied that her battle over pay for The Crown has paid off for other female actors. The British star of the first two series of the Netflix big-budget drama was famously enraged on the discovery that, despite holding the crown of the title in her lead role of a young Elizabeth II,
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix drama exec Roberto Stopello has exited his Mexico City-based role with the company, but will continue to collaborate with the streamer on scripted fare, Deadline has learned. Stopello was VP of Series in Latin America at Netflix. He has now left and Deadline understands he plans to move back to the U.S. for
Like mistletoe and candy canes, Kevin Spacey has arrived with his annual Christmas message in the character of Frank Underwood, the character he played on the Netflix drama House of Cards. This time, Tucker Carlson is playing along, doing a semi-serious interview at first, then breaking the wall and asking Spacey/Underwood about his future plans
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