Avengers writer and director Joe Russo talks about making another Extraction film for Netflix. "I think there were preliminary conversations prior to release," Russo told Collider. "Everyone was very happy with the movie and very excited about it. There was good energy going into the release. And certainly the release cemented it. But yeah, it had been a conversation that’s been going on for a little over a month." Whether […]
Americans all over the United States are being encouraged to telecommute if possible and practice social distancing, which means extra time spent at home. With bars, restaurants, gyms and theaters closing rapidly in an effort to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, more people are looking for ways to entertain themselves, which means an uptick in the demand for new content on streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video. Now streamers are competing […]
By Deadline After launching two Oscar Best Picture nominees in The Irishman and Marriage Story, Netflix is re-stocking its star-driven prestige film arsenal with a big one. Netflix has acquired all rights to the untitled Leonard Bernstein film that Bradley Cooper will direct, star in and produce from the script he co-wrote with Oscar-winning Spotlight scribe Josh Singer. The project exits Paramount, which set the film as a priority project in May 2018. Amblin remains firmly part of the drama that spans over […]
Marvel announced it is folding its television devision into the whole of Marvel Studios. While the MCU is strong, many Marvel TV series just got cancelled. The entire Netflix Defenders universe – Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and The Punisher – is done. Freeform’s Cloak and Dagger is cancelled and Hulu’s Runaways is ending in its third season. So is ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. after its seventh. There will still be Marvel series on television. Disney+ will stream Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision. Hulu is still developing […]
Did you know that almost every James Bond movie is on Netflix? You'd be forgiven if you didn't; Netflix sometimes makes it hard to find what's available to stream, and the service quietly added the bulk of the film franchise to its platform in recent months (with the exception of the three most recent films starring Daniel Craig as 007 and 1983's Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery). That's 21 Bond movies to […]
Netflix gave "Roma" its most robust theatrical release so far. But it could have grossed as much as $20 million. “Roma” won three top Oscars for Netflix. Though falling short of the elusive Best Picture, those recognitions were the first for a film that received its primary distribution from a streaming platform. It also confirmed that these films can be top Oscar competitors, and further mainstreamed the idea that a movie […]
Netflix took to Twitter to make an indirect response to Steven Spielberg’s crusade to block Netflix as a future contender during the Oscars. The streaming giant didn’t name Spielberg directly in its tweet, but considering his views on Netflix films and the Academy Awards, it seems like the statement is associated with the director’s thoughts about their participation as contenders in award season. “We love cinema,” the official Netflix Twitter account wrote. […]
As the war between moviegoing and the streaming revolution continues, Hollywood veteran Steven Spielberg has chosen to fight for the former's high-art supremacy. According to Variety, Spielberg took his swipe at the streaming revolution while accepting the Filmmaker Award at the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) awards in Los Angeles, saying "there’s nothing like going to a big dark" cinema. "I hope all of us really continue to believe that the greatest […]
Between the Coen brothers‘ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Alfonso Cuarón‘s Roma, Netflix has become a bit of a director’s playground these days. But that doesn’t mean you’re always stuck watching these films on a laptop screen. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) With Roma already in the middle of a theatrical run, THR reports that the streaming service’s next high-profile original film, Martin Scorsese‘s The Irishman, is also due for a big-screen run before it hits Netflix. That is, […]
