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Streaming giants continue Sundance deals, despite Berlin’s brick wall
February 18, 2016 | David FarnorSundance may be a distant memory, but Netflix and Amazon continue to snap up films from the festival.
Netflix has bought the worldwide SVOD rights to White Girl, starring Dana Brody off Homeland. Morgan Saylor plays the titular college … Read More
Netflix reveals first clip of The Characters
February 17, 2016 | David FarnorFrom Judd Apatow’s Love to the second season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix continues to expand its line-up of original comedy series. One of the most intriguing, though, is The Characters, a show that gives eight up-and-coming comedians an episode … Read More
The Beatles come to Netflix with original kids’ series, Beat Bugs
February 11, 2016 | David FarnorFirst iTunes, then Spotify. Now, The Beatles are coming to Netflix, as part of a new kids’ series, Beat Bugs.
The Netflix original, which is produced by A Storytelling Company (Grace), Thunderbird and Beyond Screen Production, will feature original characters … Read More
Netflix nabs international rights to Hitler satire Look Who’s Back
February 9, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has nabbed the international rights to Hitler satire Look Who’s Back.
The film was released in Germany last year, where it took around $22 million at the box office. Now, the streaming giant has swooped in to get the … Read More
Netflix releases trailer for The Characters
February 9, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has released the trailer for new comedy series The Characters.
The streaming giant has made a concerted effort to establish itself as the go-to VOD site for comedy, with a range of exclusive stand-up specials (including, now, Brits Jimmy … Read More
Trailer: Netflix to serve up documentary Cooked in March
February 8, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has released a trailer for its new original documentary series, Cooked.
If that doesn’t like Making a Murderer, that’s because it isn’t. But far from a major shift in direction for the streaming site’s non-fiction arm, this new … Read More
Trailer: My Beautiful Broken Brain gets March Netflix release
February 7, 2016 | David FarnorNetflix has unveiled the trailer for documentary My Beautiful Broken Brain, which is released in March.
The VOD giant has snapped up the rights to the documentary, which is exec-produced by David Lynch and follows the story of Lotje’s Sodderland’s … Read More
Netflix’s Brahman Naman deal completes Sundance VOD shopping spree
February 1, 2016 | David FarnorComing-of-age flick Brahman Naman, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, will be released on Netflix worldwide later this year.
Set in Bangalore in the 1980s and directed by Q, the Indian comedy follows the exploits of Naman, a high-school … Read More
Netflix storms Screen Actors Guild awards as diversity wins
January 31, 2016 | David FarnorLeonardo DiCaprio won for The Revenant. Brie Larson won for Room. But if that sounds like the Academy Awards, don’t be fooled: the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards were nothing like them. If the awards season is under fire for … Read More
Frankie Boyle joins Netflix stand-up comedy line-up
January 28, 2016 | David FarnorFrankie Boyle has reportedly joined the growing line of comedians recording stand-up specials for Netflix.
The streaming giant has raced to establish itself as a hub for comedy on-demand, with a host of American comedians recording their shows for the … Read More