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Netflix and Shonda Rhimes Extend Creative Partnership

After the global record-breaking success of Bridgerton, Netflix and prolific producer Shonda Rhimes are extending their creative content relationship. A new pact expands the current deal with Rhimes, her company Shondaland as well as her long-standing producing partner Betsy Beers. The newly expanded partnership will give Netflix and Shondaland Media the opportunity to exclusively produce,…

Berlanti/Schechter Films Ink First Look Deal with Netflix

Berlanti/Schechter Films, a production company founded by Emmy and Golden Globe nominated writer, director, and producer Greg Berlanti and his producing partner Sarah Schechter, have inked a first look deal for feature films exclusively at Netflix. The partnership expands Berlanti’s relationship with Netflix, where he executive produced the series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and You,…

Netflix Options Rights to Ivy & Bean Book Series

Netflix has optioned the rights to Annie Barrows’ New York Times bestselling book series Ivy & Bean and will adapt into one-hour family films. Elissa Down (Feel the Beat, The Honor List) is set to direct, Ivy & Bean reunites Netflix with Down after she directed the hit dance-comedy film Feel the Beat starring Sofia…

Hard Cell in Production for Netflix

Hard Cell, a six-part series is in production now and will launch on Netflix in 2022, written and directed by Catherine Tate set in a women’s prison. Tate plays multiple characters as a documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley capturing the penal system at its brutal humorous best. “We cannot wait…

Amblin & Netflix Announce Partnership

Amblin Partners, the film and television studio led by Steven Spielberg, and Netflix have announced a partnership that will cover multiple new feature films per year. “At Amblin, storytelling will forever be at the center of everything we do, and from the minute Ted and I started discussing a partnership, it was abundantly clear that…

The Upshaws Renewed for Second Season

Netflix’s acclaimed comedy series The Upshaws has been renewed for a second season. The new season will feature 16 half-hour episodes, an increase from 10 in the first season. “We are so excited we get to bring this amazing show back for a second season. And thankful that Netflix saw and felt all the love…

New Cast for Young Wallander Season 2 Announced

Young Wallander will be back with a new case on Netflix in 2022. Several new cast members have been announced, including ‘Tomiwa Edun and Lisa Hammond. Adam Pålsson (Moscow Noir, Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves) will return as Kurt Wallander, alongside Leanne Best (Black Mirror), Ellise Chappell (Poldark) and Yasen Atour (The Witcher: Season…

Dirty Lines Starts Production

Production for the Dutch Original Netflix series Dirty Lines started in Amsterdam. The series is made in collaboration with Fiction Valley and inspired by Fred Saueressig’s book 06-Cowboys about the rise of the telephone sex lines in the late 1980s. The series is created by Pieter Bart Korthuis and directed together with Tomas Kaan and…

Emily in Paris Season 2 Begins Production

Netflix is excited to announce that Season 2 of Emily in Paris begins production in Paris, St. Tropez and other locations in France. The first season of the comedy, which stars Lily Collins and hails from creator, writer and executive producer Darren Star (Younger, Sex and the City), captivated members around the world. During a…