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Naruna Costa & Seu Jorge Cast in Netflix Original Series Brotherhood

Netflix announced today the cast of its original series, Brotherhood. The dramatic thriller, featuring eight episodes in its first season, stars Naruna Costa (The Way He Looks) as the hardworking lawyer Cristina Ferreira, and Seu Jorge (Abe, City of God, The Life Acquatic of Steve Zissou) as Edson, her estranged older brother. Award winning actress…

Netflix to Adapt American Son

Netflix is set to start filming American Son, based on the 2018 play from playwright Christopher Demos-Brown. The story centers on interracial parents who reunite in a Florida police station to search for answers about their missing teenage son. Award-winning cast Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee will reprise their roles in…

Netflix New Years Countdown

If you are one of the 74% of parents letting their kids stay up a little later this one special night of the year, let the ball drop whenever you want with new characters from animated series like Pinky Malinky, Super Monsters, Boss Baby and Motown Magic. But it’s not just young kids and their…

See You Yesterday Coming to Netflix in 2019

Netflix and Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Inc to release the time travel drama See You Yesterday. Based on the award-winning short film, the feature centers on two Brooklyn teenage science prodigies, Claudette “C.J.” Walker and Sebastian J. Thomas, who build make-shift time machines to save C.J.’s brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully…

Netflix Announces Young Wallander Series

Netflix today announced Young Wallander, a new original series based on Henning Mankell’s best-selling Kurt Wallander novels. In an original new story set in contemporary Sweden, Young Wallander sees Henning Mankell’s iconic detective Kurt Wallander investigate his gripping first case. The story focuses on the formative experiences – professional and personal – faced by Kurt…

Netflix Announces Animated Roald Dahl Universe Deal

Netflix and The Roald Dahl Story Company jointly announced today that Netflix is extending the Roald Dahl universe of stories for global family audiences with an exclusive new slate of original animated event series, based on the books from the acclaimed and award-winning author’s best-selling library, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG,…

Escape from Hat to be Produced by Netflix

Netflix have announced that it will produce the animated feature film, Escape from Hat, from two-time Academy Award nominated director Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda, The Little Prince) together with writer Adam Kline (Artemis Fowl, The Clockwork War). Production will commence this month in New York. Escape from Hat joins Netflix’s growing slate of original…

Netflix Orders World War II Series The Liberator

Netflix has ordered World War II drama series The Liberator, which tells the riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War: the battlefield odyssey of maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe.…