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Jessica Alba to headline Netflix action thriller Trigger Warning

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If 6 Underground, Triple Frontier, Spenser Confidential and Extraction are anything to go by, it’s clear that Netflix loves using its mountains of cash to make action movies, and now they’re adding another to that growing section of the navigation menu by announcing a brand new action-thriller to be headlined by Jessica Alba. Variety reports […]

Comic book adaptation Sweet Tooth receives series order from Netflix

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Netflix has ordered a series pick-up of the comic book adaptation Sweet Tooth, a drama based on characters created by Jeff Lemire for the DC Comics Vertigo label. According to Deadline, the streaming service has ordered eight, one-hour episodes after the project failed to go anywhere after a pilot order by Hulu in 2018. The […]

The Haunting of Hill House creator adapting The Midnight Club for Netflix

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Mike Flanagan, the creator of The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and director of Doctor Sleep, is set to adapt Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel The Midnight Club as a Netflix series. According to Variety, Mike Flanagan will serve as co-creator on The Midnight Club series alongside Leah Fong (Once Upon a Time). Both Flanagan and […]

Louis Leterrier in talks to direct Netflix’s Bright 2

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The upcoming sequel to the David Ayer-directed Netflix’s Bright is reportedly eyeing Louis Leterrier to helm the project with both Will Smith and Joel Edgerton returning as the mismatched crime-fighting partners. According to Deadline, Leterrier is in talks to take over directing responsibilities from David Ayer for the sequel to Bright. Ayer will still serve as producer […]

Stranger Things star says fourth season will be the scariest one yet

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Due to the ongoing global health crisis, Netflix has paused production on all television and film projects including the fourth season of the popular sci-fi series Stranger Things. Although very little is known about the next season, beyond the return of fan-favourite character Jim Hopper (David Harbour) who appears to be trapped in a Russian […]

Extraction 2 already in the works, Joe Russo confirmed to return to write the script

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Netflix’s Extraction only debuted little over a week ago but is on track to become Netflix’s biggest ever original film launch, and so it will come as little surprise to learn that the Chris Hemsworth-led action feature is already receiving a sequel with screenwriter and co-producer Joe Russo confirmed to return to pen the script. […]

Movie Review – Extraction (2020)

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Extraction, 2020. Directed by Sam Hargrave. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Priyanshu Painyuli, Pankaj Tripathi and David Harbour. SYNOPSIS: A mercenary is tasked with rescuing the son of a drug lord from the clutches of a rival criminal kingpin. There are a lot of eyes on the Russo Brothers at the […]

Neil Gaiman gives an update on Netflix’s The Sandman adaptation

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With film and TV productions having shut down or be delayed in the last few weeks, it should come as no surprise another series has added to the long list of halted productions. Author Neil Gaiman has revealed Netflix’s series adaptation of his Vertigo comic series The Sandman has been delayed due to the ongoing […]