Production on Netflix’s television adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s novel is set to start this spring in Massachusetts. Based on the novel by New York Times bestselling beach read queen Elin Hilderbrand, the six-episode whodunit was created by Jenna Lamia (Good Girls, No Tomorrow, Awkward) and is a product of Netflix’s overall deal with 21 Laps — the production […]
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The smash hit novel They Both Die at the End is officially headed to Netflix — with the help of superstar musician, actor, and wrestler Bad Bunny. According to a new report from The Wrap, Bad Bunny (a.k.a. Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) will be among the executive producers of a series adaptation of Adam Silvera’s […]
Following the end of the COP27 negotiations, Global Shield, the new insurance scheme for climate-vulnerable countries, is the talk of the town. The scheme is backed by both the V20, an alliance of climate-vulnerable nations, and the industrialized G7. Designed to funnel aid to vulnerable countries in the wake of climate-related disasters, recipient nations can […]
Roald Dahl’s timeless classic Matilda gets an energetic cinematic update with a new movie musical that debuted on Netflix this week. Directed by Matthew Warchus — this is his first film since 2014’s similarly uplifting Pride — and featuring music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, the new Matilda retains the novel’s warm melancholy without unnecessarily […]
It begins with Don Cheadle’s lecturer delivering a treatise on the cultural importance of the car crash in American cinema. Sadly, this verbose, smug and fatally charmless 80s drama is something of a car crash too. Adam Driver sports a beer gut to play Jack Gladney, an unconvincing middle-aged professor in Hitler Studies. Greta Gerwig […]
‘THE ARCHIES’ WRAPS PRODUCTION Production has wrapped up on “The Archies,” a Netflix coming-of-age, live action musical set in 1960s India, based on the teenagers of Riverdale and the popular comic book series of the same title. Directed by Zoya Akhtar (“Gully Boy”), the film stars the offspring of many of Bollywood’s current superstars. These […]
The Netflix series’ colorful style might have a more international appeal, but it distances itself from the dark, gritty tones of its source material. When it comes to adapting existing source material, Netflix’s track record isn’t exactly spotless — especially when it comes to anime. One only needs to look at 2017’s Death Note live-action […]
Kojima Productions is working with LA-based Hammerstone Studios to develop a movie adaptation of Death Stranding. The 2019 action game already provides quite a cinematic experience with lengthy cut scenes and dramatic expositions, which is probably part of the reason why they aren’t directly adapting its story into film. According to Variety, the movie will […]
A feature film adaptation of Death Stranding from Kojima Productions and Barbarian’s Hammerstone Studios has been announced. Deadline was first to report. The announcement comes just one week after veteran game designer Hideo Kojima unveiled a sequel to the divisive title at The Game Awards. Reportedly, the film will “introduce new elements and characters” within […]
In another boost to its growing Japanese content slate, Netflix has greenlit a live-action movie adaptation of the classic Japanese manga City Hunter. Japanese leading man Ryohei Suzuki (Tokyo MER, Segodon) has signed on to star in the iconic role of Ryo Saeba, with filmmaker Yuichi Sato (Kisaragi, Strawberry Nights and The End of the […]