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News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Netflix expands partnership with Jorge Gutierrez
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Netflix is expanding its partnership with Jorge Gutierrez and his production company Mexopolis for original content.
Gutierrez is the director of The Book of Life and also the creator and director of upcoming Netflix animated series Maya and the … Read More
Sky boosts kids’ line-up with DreamWorks Animation series
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Sky is boosting its kids’ TV line-up through a new deal with DreamWorks Animation.
The partnership with NBCUniversal will bring a wave of familiar franchise characters to Sky TV screens, including new and original spin-off shows based on DreamWorks’ feature … Read More
Euphoria returns for two special episodes
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
HBO’s Euphoria will return for two special episodes, to make up for the delay in the second season.
“HBO’s remarkably engaging teen drama is an intense, shocking, uplifting and spellbinding experience,” we wrote in our review of Season 1, which … Read More
Snoopy, Charlie Brown and friends land at Apple TV+ in expanded partnership
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Apple TV+ is becoming the official home for Snoopy, Charlie Brown and friends, thanks to a new deal with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions.
Bringing together new original series and specials, along with iconic beloved specials, the … Read More
First look: Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
This week gives us a first look at one of the most anticipated TV series in the works at Amazon Prime Video: Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad.
Based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling novel The Underground Railroad, which … Read More
Netflix cancels Away after one season
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Netflix has cancelled Away after one season.
From Executive Producer Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights), the space drama celebrates the incredible advancements humans can achieve and the personal costs they face along the way. Hilary Swank stars as American astronaut … Read More
Dominic West lined up for The Crown Season 5 and 6
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
Dominic West is being lined up to inherit the role of Prince Charles in The Crown.
The royal drama, which charts the life and reign of Her Maj, has been a hit for the streaming giant, picking up awards and … Read More
Watch: First trailer for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
“A-one, a-two, you know what to do…” That’s the sound of Netflix counting in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a new adaptation of August Wilson’s play.
The film follows Ma Rainey, the “Mother of the Blues”, who makes a record in … Read More
Watch: New trailer for The Mandalorian Season 2
October 20, 2020 | Staff Reporter
It’s only a matter of days now until The Mandalorian is back on our screens, and with things kept closely under wraps by Disney+, a new trailer gives us our best taste yet of what’s to come in Season 2.
The West Wing and One Tree Hill arrive on All 4
October 19, 2020 | Staff Reporter
There’s no UK date or streaming home for The West Wing reunion, but Channel 4 just announced the next best thing: that all of Aaron Sorkin’s political drama is heading to All 4 this month.
Sorkin’s show takes us behind … Read More
