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Colin Farrell to Star in Edward Berger’s ‘The Ballad of a Small Player’ for Netflix
Colin Farrell continues to keep busy, with the Oscar-nominated actor set to star in Edward Berger’s next feature for Netflix. Farrell will play the lead in The Ballad of a Small Player, which is based on author Lawrence Osborne’s 2014 novel of the same name. Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) will helm the […]
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Hope for ‘Heels’? Canceled Wrestling Drama Licensed to Netflix (Exclusive)
Heels might be headed back to the ring. The drama, which was unceremoniously canceled along with a couple more series as Starz cleaned house in September, has been licensed to Netflix by Lionsgate Worldwide Television Distribution. With the acquisition, Netflix will have nonexclusive rights to the two-season, 16-episode library of the wrestling drama starring Stephen […]
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Adrian Schiller, Star of ‘The Last Kingdom,’ Dies at 60
Adrian Schiller, the British actor who starred as Lord Aethelhelm in the Netflix drama series The Last Kingdom, has died. He was 60. Schiller died on April 3 of unspecified causes, his agent, Amanda Evans at Scott Marshall Partners in the U.K., confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. “It is with the heaviest and saddest hearts […]
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Netflix Film Division Undergoes Genre-Based Reorg (Exclusive)
Netflix’s film division is getting a reorg under new head Dan Lin. Several sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the features division at the streaming service will now be split up by genre — such as sci-fi, rom-com and faith-based. While Lin officially started his Netflix tenure April 1, sources note that the reorg has […]
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Streaming Profit Report: A Year Spent Chasing Netflix
Several years into Hollywood giants’ streaming pushes, they still find themselves confronted with that famous Jerry Maguire line from Wall Street: “Show me the money!” In the case of streaming, “the money” means profits. With Netflix having been crowned by some observers as the king of streaming, Hollywood CEOs have focused on making their streaming […]
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John Mulaney Sets Six-Night Live Comedy Event at Netflix
John Mulaney is back, and going live. Netflix announced Monday that the comic will be rolling out his latest twist on the traditional comedy special with a multi-night streaming event, which he’s titled John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. The six episodes will unspool live on Netflix over as many nights during the service’s Netflix Is a […]
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‘Bridgerton’ Star Nicola Coughlan Has a Stipulation in Her Contract for PG Cut of Season 3 for Her Parents
Nicola Coughlan is revealing one stipulation in her Bridgerton contract that is actually more for her parents. The actress, who plays Penelope Featherington in the hit Netflix period drama, shared in a recent interview with SiriusXM Hits 1, via The Independent, that she demanded the show provide an alternate cut of season three with less nudity to show […]
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The ‘3 Body Problem’ Scene That’s Become a Political Lightning Rod
In physics, the three-body problem is ugly. When you have one or two objects exerting gravity on a body, it moves in a predictable pattern. Add a third and its chaos. In 2024, the three-body problem in media is that every piece of art has a creator, a consumer and politics. So when Netflix’s sci-fi […]
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Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove Struggle With Wedding Prep in Netflix’s ‘Mother of the Bride’ Trailer
When it comes to last-minute wedding plans going haywire, the exploits of Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove in the first trailer for Netflix’s romantic comedy Mother of the Bride just might take the cake. Mark Waters’ movie debuts on the streamer May 9 and also stars Benjamin Bratt, Chad Michael Murray, Rachael Harris and Sean […]
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Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Changes Showrunners Again
Avatar: The Last Airbender is heading into its second season with its third showrunner at the helm. Showrunner Albert Kim, who replaced creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, is also exiting the Netflix live-action series. Co-executive producer Christine Boylan and exec producer Jabbar Raisani — both of whom were hired by Kim — will […]
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‘Scoop’ Review: Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell Find Nothing New in the BBC’s Infamous Prince Andrew Interview
Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes and Romola Garai round out a posh cast for Philip Martin's drama about journalism, privilege and sexual exploitation.
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‘Ripley’ Review: Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning in Netflix’s Moody Fresh Take on Patricia Highsmith
Steven Zaillian wrote and directed the eight-episode adaptation, an Italy-set black-and-white thriller about the eponymous grifter turned sociopath.
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