Victoria Justice (Afterlife of the Party, California King, Victorious) and Adam Demos (Sex/Life, Falling Inn Love) are set to star in an untitled Romantic Comedy for Netflix directed by Stuart McDonald (Summer Heights High, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and written by Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy (Love, Guaranteed, Falling Inn Love). The film is about how a…
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Sydney Freeland to Direct Rez Ball
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Sydney Freeland (Drunktown’s Finest, Deidra & Laney Rob a Train, Reservation Dogs) is set to direct the coming-of-age sports drama Rez Ball about Native American basketball produced by Wise Entertainment and The SpringHill Company is heading to Netflix. Inspired by Michael Powell’s critically acclaimed nonfiction sports novel Canyon Dreams, as well as the groundbreaking New…
Maggie Gyllenhaal makes feature film directorial debut with The Lost Daughter
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Academy Award nominated actor Maggie Gyllenhaal make her feature film directorial debut adapting best-selling author Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novel The Lost Daughter, staring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, and Paul Mescal. “I’m thrilled to be working with Netflix again. They have supported so much of the work I am most proud of, and this…
Kerry Washington to Produce Adaption of Diane Cardwell’s Memoir
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Kerry Washington is set to star In and will produce the feature film adaptation Of Diane Cardwell’s memoir Rockaway for Netflix. The film is a co-production with Liza Chasin’s 3dot Productions, Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street, and Aevitas Entertainment. Washington also stars in the upcoming Netflix film The School For Good And Evil. Published by Houghton…
Sweet Tooth Renewed for Second Season
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Netflix has renewed Sweet Tooth for a second season, consisting of 8 1-hour episodes. Season 1 of Sweet Tooth premiered June 4, 2021; 60-million-member households chose to watch it in its first four weeks. Sweet Tooth is based on the DC comic book series by Jeff Lemire. Jim Mickle will serve as Executive Producer, Writer,…
Yes Day Sequel Coming as Part of Netflix and Jennifer Garner Deal
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Netflix and Jennifer Garner will continue to work together through a new partnership across multiple new films for Garner to star in and produce. This builds on Netflix’s relationship with Garner who starred in and produced YES DAY, a family comedy also starring Edgar Ramirez and Jenna Ortega. The film was seen by 62 million…
I Believe in A Thing Called Love Coming to Netflix
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Yulin Kuang will adapt the feature film I Believe In A Thing Called Love based on Maurene Goo’s YA novel of the same name, Byung-hun Lee is attached to star. Maurene Goo is the author of several acclaimed and award-winning young adult novels, including Somewhere Only We Know and The Way You Make Me Feel.…
Netflix Starts Filming Anna K
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Netflix has announced the start of filming of the first Russian drama series Anna K. The series will feature a Russian cast including previously announced leading actress Svetlana Khodchenkova, Fedor Bondarchuk, Yuliya Aleksandrova, Yuriy Kutsenko, Yuriy Borisov, and others. “We are extremely honored to start working on the first Russian Netflix series. It’s thrilling to…
Netflix and Universal Announce Animated Film Licensing Deal
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Netflix and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) have announced a multi-year, exclusive licensing deal in the U.S. for animated feature films. The Netflix window will begin after a 4 month Peacock window. This new agreement builds upon Netflix’s pre-existing Illumination output deal with Universal to now include DreamWorks Animation. Tentpoles such as Minions: The Rise…
Netflix Announces CoComelon and Little Baby Bum Series
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Netflix and Moonbug Entertainment Ltd. have announced all-new animated preschool series and specials based on the beloved characters CoComelon and Little Baby Bum set to debut worldwide on Netflix starting in 2022. Netflix and Moonbug will produce new specials, nursery rhyme compilations (4 x 60 min) and three seasons (24 x 7-min episodes) of CoComelon…