Disney is stacking plenty of chips on its planned rival to Netflix, that it’s revealed it’s now set to launch next year. Whilst it currently has the DisneyLife platform in the UK, whereby people can pay a monthly subscription to stream family-friendly movies and shows, it sounds like bigger plans are afoot. Disney has already … >
Netflix has released information as to what’s going to be added to its streaming service in the UK next month. And fans of Monty Python in particular are going to be pleased. It’s now been confirmed that on February 15th 2018, the following are all coming to Netflix UK… Monty Python and the Holy Grail … >
It currently has one of the biggest chequebooks in the world of television production – but it turns out that Netflix has spent some $39m as well on ‘content’ that we’re not going to see. In an earnings call discussing its end of year results, Netflix’s chief financial officer, David Wells, admitted that the firm … >
Based on a cult novel by Caleb Carr, new Netflix drama The Alienist will be debuting later in the spring, as heralded by a shiny new trailer.
The reviews were hostile, but for Netflix’s $90m Will Smith movie Bright, the watching figures were high. It’s apparently the highest viewed new Netflix-backed movie on the streaming service in its first week, and the star power of Will Smith and Joel Edgerton didn’t hurt in that regards. Nor did a hefty marketing budget. The … >
This is an interesting, though perhaps ultimately inconsequential, one. Netflix has revealed that it’s been using subscriber data to personalise feeds, with artwork for series and films changed to fit with user’s behaviour.
UPDATE: Well that story developed quickly. Netflix has indeed added all ten seasons of Friends to its UK and Ireland streaming service. They’re all available right now… We’ll be there for you. All episodes of #Friends, now streaming. pic.twitter.com/utAoC0oE4y — Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) January 1, 2018 Earlier… Comfortably one of the most popular American … >
Once upon a time, Dodgeball director Rawson Marshall Thurber was working on a live action movie based on the once-hugely-popular Choose Your Own Adventure books. That eventually hit the skids, with Thurber making films such as We’re The Millers and the upcoming Skyscraper instead. However, it looks as if Netflix has picked up the Choose … >
It’s been as good as a done deal for a while, but now we have absolute confirmation that Netflix will air an updated Riverdale-esque Sabrina the Teenage Witch spin-off.
Part-overseen by the director of films such as Seven and Zodiac, Mr David Fincher, Mindhunter has been an acclaimed hit for Netflix since it launched a month or two back. Created by Joe Penhall, and starring Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv and Hannah Gross, the crime drama is now set to return. Netflix has … >