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Netflix renews Frontier for third season

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Netflix has announced the renewal of Frontier for a third season. The series stars Jason Momoa (Justice League) as Declan Harp, a half-Irish, half-native American outlaw fighting against the North American fur trade in the 1700s. The series comes from Robb and Peter Blackie and is a Netflix original in association with Discovery Canada. Frontier also stars Landon Liboiron (Hemlock […]

Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy rounds out its cast of dysfunctional superheroes

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A couple weeks after Netflix cast Ellen Page (Flatliners) in the lead role of The Umbrella Academy adaptation, the streaming service has now rounded out its cast of dysfunctional superheroes in the Hargreeve family. Joining Page in the series are Tom Hopper (Black Sails) as Luther, Emmy Raver-Lampman (Broadway’s Hamilton) as Allison, David Castañeda (Soldado) as […]

Netflix secures rights to Maika Monroe and Gary Oldman sci-fi Tau

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Netflix have acquired the distribution rights to Federico D’Alessandro’s Tau, which judging by the synopsis below sounds like Home Alone meets Room, by way of Ex-Machina. Starring It Follows and The Guest’s Maika Monroe, the sci-fi thriller will also feature Ed Skrein (Deadpool) and Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour). Tau follows a once street-smart grifter, Julia (Monroe) […]

Netflix may develop House of Cards spin-off in wake of cancellation

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After the news that Netflix is cancelling its hit series House of Cards following the accusations of Kevin Spacey’s sexual abuse against Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp, there is now word from Variety the streaming service could develop a spin-off of the series. Netflix and producer Media Rights Capital are discussing several ideas for the potential spin-off. One of […]

New posters for The Punisher promise the truth must be taken

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After yesterday’s reveal of the motion posters, Netflix has now released two new posters for The Punisher. Each offers a look at Frank Castle in and out of his Punisher gear, promising the truth must be taken. The release date for the Marvel series, which stars Jon Bernthal reprising his role as Punisher, is still unknown, […]

Which series will be the next big Netflix hit?

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Samuel Brace on which series might be the next big hit for Netflix… Netflix has got pretty good at this original series thing. Over the past number of years the streaming service has cranked out some truly tremendous TV series that are exclusive to their platform, helping to revolutionise the TV landscape in the process. […]

Jonathan Pryce to star as Pope Francis in Netflix’s The Pope

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Netflix has acquired a new feature film along with some star talent. Deadline has revealed that Jonathan Pryce has been cast as the current Pope Francis in the feature film The Pope. The film will be directed by City of God’s Fernando Meirelles from a script by Anthony McCarten, who will adapt the script from his stage […]

Netflix doesn’t consider Amazon as competition

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Netflix doesn’t consider Amazon as a rival company, according to CCO Ted Sarandos. Netflix and Amazon are two of the biggest players in the TV and movie streaming space, both making great strides in recent years to develop their own original content. One could think that they were rivals in some sense, considering Netflix and […]