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‘Homeland’ Reunion: Claire Danes to Star in Netflix Drama From Howard Gordon

Four years after Showtime’s award-winning Homeland ended its eight-season run, star Claire Danes and creator Howard Gordon are reuniting at Netflix. The streaming giant has handed out a straight-to-series order for The Beast in Me, a limited series starring Danes and from showrunner Gordon. Created by Gabe Rotter, Netflix says the mystery thriller revolves around […]

Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy Race to Invent the Pop-Tart in Netflix’s ‘Unfrosted’ Trailer

The race to change the breakfast game with the invention of the Pop-Tart is heating up in the trailer for Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix comedy Unfrosted. Seinfeld marks his directorial feature debut with the film that hits the streaming service May 3. Seinfeld stars alongside Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan and Amy Schumer in the movie that […]

Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell on Why Netflix Prince Andrew Film ‘Scoop’ Is a “Nailbiter”

Netflix is debuting its Prince Andrew film Scoop on April 5, with Rufus Sewell starring as the royal, Gillian Anderson as the BBC host whose interview got the prince in trouble and Billie Piper as a booker-producer on the news show. The stars came together in London on Wednesday for the world premiere of the movie […]

Cannes Launches Remake Market for Film Adaptations

Cannes is getting into the remake business. The Cannes film market, the Marché du Film, is launching a one-day event focused entirely on remakes and local-language adaptations of existing titles. Together with the CNC, the French national film board, and with support from Spain’s Institute of Cinematography & Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), Italy’s Directorate General for […]

Vincent Cassel Is a DJ in Decline in French Netflix Film From Music Video Director So Me (First-Look Image)

Vincent Cassel plays an aging EDM DJ in the upcoming comedy thriller from French music video director So Me, aka Bertrand de Langeron. Artistic director of the Ed Banger label and known for his music videos for Justice, Kanye West, MGMT, and Kid Cudi, So Me is making his feature film debut with the still-untilted […]

Hannah Waddingham, ‘Happy Valley,’ Bella Ramsey Among Winners of Royal Television Society Awards

Hannah Waddingham, Bella Ramsey, drama series Happy Valley and Squid Game: The Challenge were among the winners at the 2024 Royal Television Society program awards. The RTS unveiled the honorees in London on Tuesday evening. The Sixth Commandment won the most awards with three, including for best limited series and best supporting actor Éanna Hardwicke. […]

India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza Join New ‘Fear Street’ Movie at Netflix

The new blood-soaked Fear Street movie in the works at Netflix has unveiled its first castmembers. Fear Street: Prom Queen will be led by India Fowler, Suzanna Son, Fina Strazza, David Iacono and Ella Rubin. Chris Klein, Lili Taylor and Katherine Waterston round out the ensemble cast of Matt Palmer’s genre film. Palmer and Donald McLeary are adapting the […]

‘3 Body Problem’ Was Delayed for Months to Add One Scene That Made It Better

Netflix’s 3 Body Problem was actually finished and ready to be released on the streamer in mid-2023. But showrunners David Benioff, Dan Weiss and Alexander Woo realized their sci-fi epic adaptation of Liu Cixin’s acclaimed novels was missing something: Their first episode quickly plunged viewers into a mystery surrounding the suicides of top scientists and […]

BBC Boss Outlines Goals: “Pursue Truth, Back British Storytelling, Bring People Together”

The BBC needs more partnerships with media, entertainment and technology giants, such as one with the Walt Disney Co. for sci-fi hit show Doctor Who, and change how it does business further in a competitive and polarized world. That was the message of Tim Davie, the director general of the U.K. public broadcaster, in a […]

U.K. Scripted Content Orders — Including From Streamers — Drop Sharply. BBC Holds Steady

Scripted TV content commissions — including for dramas, sci-fi, crime and thriller programming — dropped 18 percent in the U.K. in 2023, a report from research firm Ampere Analysis has found. “Major U.K. broadcasters cut spend and most global SVODs trimmed investment in international content,” but U.K. public service broadcaster BBC held steady, according to the […]

‘3 Body Problem’ Creators Say Season 2 Will Be Even Better. Will They Get One?

The reactions to Netflix’s sci-fi epic 3 Body Problem are, if anything, inconsistent. The reviews from top critics are all over the place, from lavish praise to disses and everything in between. Viewers are similarly split, with some fans of Liu Cixin’s novel criticizing the series for its bold adaptive choices, and many others saying […]

Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ Draws Fire in China, Praise From U.S. Conservatives

Netflix’s acclaimed new sci-fi epic 3 Body Problem is getting some heated reactions from viewers in China, while its opening scene is drawing praise among some conservatives in the United States. The big budget adaptation of Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award-winning 2008 novel tells the story of humanity preparing for an alien invasion. The show’s opening […]