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Netflix appoints new Fuller House showrunners
March 13, 2018 | David FarnorSteve Baldikoski and Bryan Behar have been named the new showrunners for Netflix’s Fuller House.
The rebooted sitcom has been a popular hit for the streaming giant, tapping into American nostalgia for the original show. With a fourth season in … Read More
Top documentaries on Netflix UK
March 13, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix is great at a number of things, but it’s arguably best at documentaries. Non-fiction films and series alike have been snapped up in huge volumes by the streaming giant, with acquisitions finding wide audiences and its original productions finding … Read More
Why Annihilation being released on Netflix isn’t the end of the world
March 12, 2018 | David FarnorReports of the death of ambitious, original cinema have been greatly exaggerated. Alex Garland’s Annihilation is the latest to prove it, and it does so in breathtaking, brain-swirling style.
The sci-fi horror, which stars Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Gina … Read More
Jeremy Clarkson dismisses The Grand Tour cancellation claims
March 12, 2018 | David FarnorJeremy Clarkson has dismissed claims that Amazon Prime Video has cancelled The Grand Tour.
The motoring series, which is hosted by Clarkson and his former Top Gear colleagues Richard Hammond and James May, is one of Amazon’s biggest original shows, … Read More
Trailer: Netflix wrestling drama First Match premieres at SXSW
March 12, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix may have taken its time to snap up titles from this year’s Sundance, but it is firmly ahead of the game for SXSW this month. Hot on the heels of acquiring Daryl Hannah’s Paradox, the streaming giant has unleashed … Read More
McMafia leads record-breaking start to 2018 for BBC iPlayer
March 12, 2018 | David FarnorCrime drama McMafia has made digital audiences an offer they couldn’t refuse, as the show leads a record-breaking start to the year for BBC iPlayer.
The first episode of the James Norton-starring drama was streamed 3.4 million times on the … Read More
Netflix signs deal with Deadpool’s Rob Liefeld for Extreme Universe
March 11, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix has signed a deal with Deadpool’s Rob Liefeld for the rights to the Extreme Universe graphic novels.
Liefeld found success with his subversive superhero Deadpool, a character he co-created with Fabian Nicieza. Following the recent Ryan Reynolds movie, that … Read More
Stranger Things creators accused of verbal abuse
March 11, 2018 | David FarnorStranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer have been accused of verbal abuse by a female crew member. The allegations of verbal harassment on set were made on International Womens Day (Thursday 8th March), when Peyton Brown, a grip handler … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 10th March 2018
March 10, 2018 | David FarnorMUBI dedicates the whole of March and April to an epic season celebrating women behind the camera, from the avant-garde’s queen Maya Deren to Hollywood’s Kathryn Bigelow and the inimitable Agnès Varda. Crucial, necessary, remarkable voices, both established and up-and-coming, … Read More
Netflix boots up full trailer for Game Over Man!
March 10, 2018 | David FarnorSome are made heroes. Others are maids. That’s literally the case in Netflix’s new action flick, Game Over, Man!, which takes Die Hard and gives it the comedy treatment.
From the creators of Workaholics, the movie stars Adam Devine, Anders … Read More