Blockbuster looks set to find itself consigned to the annals of history at the hands of Netflix for a second time, as the streamer has cancelled the new Randall Park-headlined workplace comedy after a single season. Created by showrunner Vanessa Ramos, Blockbuster saw Park as Timmy Y0on, who runs the last Blockbuster Video in America. […]
The Halcyon Days of the Video Store Experience
Tom Jolliffe casts his mind back to the era of video stores – a rite of passage for people growing up in the 80’s and 90’s… During my early years the infrequent but welcome visits to the local video shop brought with them, a huge wave of excitement. Perhaps second only to a cinema outing, […]
Netflix revives Blockbuster with trailer for workplace comedy series
Netflix has released the first trailer and a poster for the workplace comedy series Blockbuster which follows manager Timmy and his employees as they fight to keep the last Blockbuster Video in the US afloat. The series features a cast that includes Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Olga Merediz, Kamaia Fairburn J.B. Smoove, Madeleine Arthur, and […]
Netflix revives Blockbuster with first look at new workplace comedy series
Having been one of the major factors in the demise of the video store chain (and video stores in general), Netflix is rather cheekily reviving Blockbuster for a new workplace comedy series centring on the last Blockbuster in the United States. Check out the first look images for the series, which features a cast that […]
Melissa Fumero joins Randall Park in Netflix’s Blockbuster
Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Melissa Fumero has joined Randall Park (WandaVision) in Netflix’s upcoming comedy series Blockbuster, a workplace comedy about the last Blockbuster Video store still remaining open in the world of streaming and on-demand rentals. Blockbuster is “a 10-episode ensemble comedy that takes place in the last Blockbuster Video store in America. It explores what it […]
