The Raid’s Iko Uwais will lead a martial arts series for Netflix

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. … >

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Disenchantment: first teaser for Matt Groening’s Netflix animated series

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 … >

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Netflix is planning to set up a base in London

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. … >

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Minecraft is becoming a Netflix series, and Stranger Things is becoming game

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 … >

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Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan announce new Netflix show

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 … >

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Netflix announces new Gillian Anderson series, Sex Education

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 … >

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Netflix has plans for over 400 more originals this year

Netflix continues to be one of the biggest spenders – if not the biggest spender – when it comes to new TV shows at the moment. And the latest from its chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, suggests that there’s a lot more money to come. It reckons it’ll be spending some $8bn on material this … >

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