Welcome again to a different recap of the week that was for Netflix information – similar to final week, a lot of particular person present and film information. We’ll additionally cowl some odds and ends and canopy our rumor of the week.
Monday, March eighth
- Deadline reported (final Friday however missed from our last news roundup) that Netflix had acquired the worldwide rights to a brand new Christian Bale thriller The Pale Blue Eye spending $55 million to amass the flick.
- Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy) will probably be featured because the headline actor for a brand new film from Blumhouse coming to Netflix referred to as This Beast.
Tuesday, March ninth
- Netflix scooped quite a few award nominations on the Baftas together with British productions His Home and The Dig getting nods.
- LeSean Thomas’s subsequent Netflix undertaking was revealed within the form of Yasuke.
Wednesday, March 10th
- Particular was re-canceled for a second season and will probably be each longer in episodes and episode size.
- Netflix introduced three untitled function movies from Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan.
- The producers of Ma Rainey’s Black Backside are engaged on a brand new Netflix undertaking referred to as The Piano Lesson.
Congratulations to our American Cinema Editors Awards Nominees! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/sW5lqZbFjp
— Netflix Queue (@netflixqueue) March 11, 2021
- Docu-soaps Promoting Sundown and Bling Empire had been renewed for brand spanking new seasons.
- A brand new YA collection First Kill was introduced starring Imani Lewis. Right here’s what you possibly can anticipate: “When it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette to make her first kill so she will take her place amongst a robust vampire household, she units her sights on a brand new lady on the town named Calliope However a lot to Juliette’s shock, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a household of celebrated slayers. Each discover that the opposite received’t be really easy to kill and, sadly, approach too straightforward to fall for.
FIRST KILL, a brand new collection written and government produced by Felicia D. Henderson (Moesha, Sister Sister, Empire, Soul Meals), is coming to Netflix and starring our endlessly fave Imani Lewis! pic.twitter.com/XFppVWa5R2
— Sturdy Black Lead (@strongblacklead) March 10, 2021
by way of Every day Mail pic.twitter.com/ICC0cJSVH3
— What’s on Netflix (@whatonnetflix) March 11, 2021
Thursday, March 11th
- A viral Tweet displaying a brand new “check” that Netflix is performing may counsel {that a} clampdown of sharing accounts past your family (which is said within the phrases of service of Netflix however not closely enforced) is on the horizon.
O no. Netflix doing the purge?!? pic.twitter.com/XXlHtfgfsy
— chante most (@DOP3Sweet) March 9, 2021
- Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father has been renewed for season 5 and can air later in 2021.
- We received phrase that Netflix’s The Irregulars can be returning for a second season and is because of start filming later this yr.
- Firefly Lane takes the highest spot within the Nielsen top 10 Unique collection for the US, The Sinner for the acquired titles, and Battle Canine for films all of that are on Netflix.
- A number of Netflix movies and TV series received nominated for the American Cinema Editors Awards.
Friday, March 12th
- Alex and David Pastor will probably be adapting Netflix’s smash hit film Fowl Field over for Spanish audiences on Netflix.
Fowl Field goes to be getting a Spanish film spinoff with Alex and David Pastor writing and directing. pic.twitter.com/OzOzwgDLpo
— What’s on Netflix (@whatonnetflix) March 12, 2021
- EDENS ZERO, the brand new anime from the legendary creator behind Fairy Story will probably be coming to Netflix (believed worldwide) later in 2021.
- Dev Patel’s first directorial debut within the type of action-thriller Monkey Man was bought to Netflix globally.
Odds & Ends
- In France this week, 100 writers and administrators penned a letter on upcoming reform that they argue would profit the likes of streamers over the cinema trade. (h/t Saqib Shah on Twitter)
- A survey reported by Cord Cutters News reveals 30% of viewers would join a brand new streaming service simply to look at older exhibits. This considerably aligns with our latest (and really unscientific) Twitter ballot asking what individuals watching primarily on Netflix.
What do you primarily watch on Netflix these days?
— What’s on Netflix (@whatonnetflix) March 9, 2021
Rumor of the week
Pinch of salt time on rumors that we’ve heard (this concept is totally stolen from TheDisinsider – sorry guys!). This could possibly be nicely and actually false or true. Time will inform.
Cobra Kai has rapidly grow to be one in every of Netflix’s greatest hits and we’re listening to the present could possibly be getting a by-product within the type of a Mr. Miyagi prequel collection of types. Once more, nothing official on this one simply one thing we’ve heard *could* be within the pipeline.