Netflix has had a wobble with its shareholders, with a 14% drop in share value occurring after the iconic streaming service failed to match its growth targets with regards to new subscribers signing up.
The streaming giant Netflix has announced a new feature named ‘Smart Downloads’, which aims to take a bit of the faff out of taking your favourite content on the go. “Now, when you finish watching a downloaded episode, Smart Downloads will delete it, and then automatically download the next episode”, a statement from Netflix explained. … >
Ricky Gervais’ After Life, an upcoming series that the British comedy star is heading up for Netflix, has added more famous faces to its cast. Digital Spy is reporting that comedians Roisin Conaty (who proved her acting chops in GameFace) and Joe Wilkinson (Him & Her) have both signed up for roles in After Life, as have actors Ashley Jensen … >
The Raid‘s Iko Uwais will star in a new martial arts series for Netflix, which is going by the title Wu Assassins. As well as appearing in the two Raid movies, Uwais has also had roles in Beyond Skyline and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This will be his first TV role, and it looks set to be a great platform for his skills. … >
Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, is bringing a brand new animated series to Netflix. It’s called Disenchantment, and it takes place in a fantasy version of the past. Riffing on the fact that Groening has now set one show each in the present, the future and the past, here’s the first Disenchantment teaser trailer to whet your … >
Reports suggest that Netflix is planning to set up a base of operations in London, with a new facility intended to create more content for the European market. Diego Bunuel, who used to work as head of documentaries for the French premium cable channel Canal+, is said to be heading up this new Netflix base. … >
Netflix’s reality hit Queer Eye returned this past weekend for another batch of episodes, with the Fab Five reuniting just in time for Pride Month with more makeovers, home improvements, avocado recipes and light therapy for the wayward and sartorially-challenged.
The pop culture streams are being crossed, as Minecraft gets a series on Netflix and Stranger Things gets a video game adaptation. Both projects are collaborations between Netflix and Telltale Games, the company that has made choice-based games based around The Walking Dead, Game Of Thrones, Batman and Guardians Of The Galaxy in recent years. In a statement to TechRadar, Netflix said this about … >
Netflix has just announced The Fix, a new unscripted comedy show featuring Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan. Of course, these talented comedians have been hosting Your Face Or Mine together – showing off loads of chemistry – on Comedy Central for the last few years. Variety’s report describes Netflix’s The Fix as “the first comedy show in the world … >
With Fox opting not to press ahead with more episodes of The X-Files, Gillian Anderson has quickly announced a new project: the iconic actress will star in Sex Education for Netflix, an upcoming dramedy about a sex therapist. Anderson’s sex therapist will be on the main characters, and her-onscreen son (played by Asa Butterfield) will be another. The … >