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Is Wednesday the start of a Netflix Addams Family franchise?

The streamer is mulling a spinoff from Wednesday starring Uncle Fester.  With the smash hit Wednesday on their hands, it’s natural that Netflix would consider expanding its world. This appears to be confirmed by a recent Bloomberg newsletter which suggests the streamer is entering its “franchise era” and looking to “establish a pipeline of Addams … >

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The Tourist Series Two – BBC release trailer

Jamie Dornan’s amnesiac thriller returns on New Year’s Day 2024.  Updated 18/12/23: The BBC have now revealed the Series Two trailer. Ahead of the show’s much anticipated return, and following Jamie Dornan’s appearance on Graham Norton’s sofa with Imelda Staunton, Jack Lowden and Ncuti Gatwa, there’s now a trailer for The Tourist Series Two. The … >

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Bundling — the trend to watch in 2024?

The streamers want to improve revenues, cut churn and attract customers — even if it means working with the competition, bundling just might be the answer Streamers are raising prices, household budgets are ever stretched and there are too many options in the market. Remember when you were a kid, buying sweets at the cinema … >

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Wednesday Season 2 filming will shift to Ireland

In the wake of the SAG-AFTRA strike resolution, Netflix’s monster hit Addams Family series is understandably a priority for the streamer.  Despite being available for a year, Wednesday‘s popularity endures and the show maintains its number 1 spot atop Netflix’s Top 10 list for its most popular English-language series. That’s thanks to an impressive 252 … >

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Dead Boy Detectives

Dead Boy Detectives – first teaser trailer for new Gaiman series

Set in universe of The Sandman, the show follows a pair of spiritual sleuths.  Netflix have dropped the first teaser for Dead Boy Detectives, a series based on the DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. The comedy-drama follows a pair of young sleuths, Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine. Choosing not to … >

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Netflix announce Terminator: The Anime Series

Fans of homicidal metal robots from the future rejoice!  As part of their Geeked Week, Netflix have announced a new anime series set in the world of Terminator. It comes from the Japanese animation studio Production IG (Ghost in the Shell) and producers Skydance. Here’s the synopsis for Terminator: The Anime Series: 2022: A future war … >

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Netflix announces Geeked Week ’23

The annual Geeked Week ’23 event promises news about many of their upcoming shows.  Now in its third year, Netflix’s “Geeked Week” is slated to run between 6th and 12th November, 2023. It promises a cluster of news, first-looks and behind-the-scenes information on their so-called geek content of series, films, animation and games. We’d argue … >

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Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy finds a new home with Netflix

The Star Trek kid’s animation, dropped by Paramount+, will come to the rival streamer. Back in June there was upset as the streamer Paramount+ opted to ditch Star Trek: Prodigy. Despite previously positioning itself as the home of Star Trek, the streamer unceremoniously dropped the animation, along with other shows, in a cost-cutting measure as … >

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