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Avatar: The Last Airbender creators leave Netflix live-action adaptation over creative differences

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Avatar: The Last Airbender is often hailed as one of the most beloved and successful animated series of the past 20 years, enough so that it received renewed popularity when it was added to Netflix earlier this summer. Netflix, however, is currently in development of a live-action adaptation of the series and were working with […]

The Witcher resumes production on season 2

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After stopping production earlier this year due to the health crisis, it looks like The Witcher has resumed production for its second season in the UK a little earlier than expected. Back in July Netflix had announced The Witcher would begin filming again on August 17th, but social media posts from showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich and series director Stephen […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia saga to culminate with Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans feature film

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Coinciding with the release of the third chapter Wizards, Netflix has announced that DreamWorks and Guillermo del Toro’s animated Tales of Arcadia saga is set to culminate next year with the feature-length movie Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans. “Team Trollhunters committed, about a decade ago, to try and push the boundaries of 3D CGI animation […]

The Umbrella Academy showrunner hopes the series doesn’t get ahead of the graphic novels

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The showrunner for Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, Steve Blackman, hopes the series will never get ahead of the Dark Horse series of comics books from writer Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Ba. In a recent interview with ComicBook, Blackman explained that due to his close relationship with the creators and consistent updates with the direction […]

The Umbrella Academy showrunner addresses criticism surrounding Luther and Allison’s relationship

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The showrunner for Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, Steve Blackman, has addressed criticism surrounding the series regarding the relationship between two members of the Hargreeves family. In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Blackman discussed the controversy surrounding the unusual connection between Luther (Tom Hopper) and Allison Hargreeves (Emmy Raver-Lampman) by confirming they are not biologically […]

Amy Adams to re-team with Adam McKay for Kings of America miniseries

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Amy Adams will re-team with her Vice director Adam McKay in the Netflix miniseries Kings of America. Adams will also executive produce the series alongside McKay and Stacy O’Neil through their company Bond Group Entertainment. Kings of America follows “the stories of three powerful women whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the world’s largest company: a Walmart heiress, […]

Netflix releases trailer for heist comedy The Sleepover

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Netflix has released a trailer for its upcoming adventure comedy The Sleepover. Directed by Trish Sie (Pitch Perfect 3) and starring Sadie Stanley (Kim Possible), Maxwell Simkins (The Book of Henry), Malin Akerman (Watchmen) and Joe Manganiello (True Blood), the film follows a pair of siblings and their friends having their sleepover interrupted when their parents, […]

Pokemon Detective Pikachu director to helm Beyond Good & Evil movie for Netflix

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Having steered Pokemon Detective Pikachu to a $433 million global box office haul, director Rob Letterman is returning to the world of video games for his next project, having signed on to helm a Beyond Good & Evil movie for Netflix. Published by Ubisoft and first released on Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Gamecube back in […]

John Wick creator developing Splinter Cell anime series

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While it seems we’re no closer towards that long-planned Tom Hardy feature film adaptation, it seems that Sam Fisher will be heading to the screen soon as Netflix and Ubisoft have teamed up to produce an anime series based upon the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell video game franchise. As reported by Variety, John Wick creator […]