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News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Netflix leads Emmy nominations for the first time
July 13, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix is leading the nominations for the 2018 Emmys for the first time. HBO has held the most-nominated crown for 17 years in a row, but this year, Netflix has overtaken the cable network and knocked it off the top … Read More
BBC orders suffragette and WWII VR movies
July 12, 2018 | David FarnorThe BBC’s virtual reality arm is extending into new territory this year, as it orders two new experiences based around the suffragettes and WWII.
Smashing barriers with your voice in VR The first experience, Make Noise, empowers viewers to … Read More
Trailer: Michael Peña stars in Netflix’s Extinction
July 12, 2018 | David FarnorMichael Peña is taking the lead in Netflix’s new sci-fi thriller, Extinction, and a trailer gives us a first proper look at him in action.
The film, which started out at Universal, was pulled from its schedule at the … Read More
Puerta 7: Netflix kicks off new soccer drama in Argentina
July 12, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix is returning to Argentina to kick off a new soccer crime drama, Puerta 7.
Netflix’s third Argentine original series is created by Martin Zimmerman (Ozark, Narcos), written by Patricio Vega (Los Simuladores) and produced by local powerhouse production company … Read More
Sky Cinema to release Amazon’s Life Itself in the UK
July 12, 2018 | David FarnorDan Fogelman’s new film Life Itself will be released by Sky Cinema in the UK.
Amazon Studios’ latest original project, the movie is a multi-generational love story, with characters’ lives intersecting over several decades in New York and the Spanish … Read More
Netflix inks multi-year deal with Jason Bateman’s Aggregate
July 11, 2018 | David FarnorJason Bateman’s production company has inked a first-look, multi-year deal across film and television.
The deal cements their creative relationship, following Bateman’s role as Michael Bluth in Arrested Development and the renewal of Bateman’s series, Ozark, for a second season. … Read More
Netflix unveils spooky trailer for Indian horror Ghoul
July 10, 2018 | David FarnorYou can fight the demons of this world but what about the ones that aren’t? That’s the intriguing hook behind Ghoul, Netflix’s new horror series.
The three-part show is from the makers of Insidious and Get Out, but it’s far … Read More
Who Is America? Sacha Baron Cohen returns to Channel 4 with secret undercover US series
July 10, 2018 | David FarnorImagine if Sacha Baron Cohen had been undercover secretly filming a new show for a year. That’s how the trailer begins for the comedian’s return to TV, and it’s one that immediately gets your attention – the creator of Borat … Read More
First look: The Deuce to return for Season 2 this September
July 10, 2018 | David FarnorHBO’s The Deuce will return this September for Season 2, HBO has confirmed.
Written by David Simon (The Wire), the period drama charts the rise of the porn industry in 1970s America, with Maggie Gyllenhaal starring as Eileen “Candy” Merrell, … Read More
Watch: Orange Is the New Black Season 6 trailer
July 9, 2018 | David Farnor“This isn’t home. This is not home.” That’s the sound of the ladies of Litchfield getting used to their new surroundings in the first trailer for Orange Is the New Black Sason 6.
It’s a whole new world for … Read More