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Nellie Andreeva and Anthony D’Alessandro contributed to this report.

Where do great movies come from? When Netflix started creating its own shows a decade ago, Ted Sarandos and his colleagues put that question to select creatives around town. It was a smart exercise – but most respondents insisted there was no answer.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Stranger Things” universe is expanding at Netflix, with the Duffer Brothers lining up multiple projects within the world they created for the series.Under their overall deal with Netflix, the Duffers — Matt and Ross — have established the production company Upside Down Pictures, bringing on Hilary Leavitt to run the company.Among the new projects they have in development, the Duffers are officially working on a “Stranger Things” spinoff series, though exact plot details remain under wraps. The show will be based on an original idea by the Duffers with Upside Down Pictures and 21 Laps producing.

July 1“Stranger Things 4:” Volume 2 (Netflix Series)“A Call to Spy”“Big Daddy”“Blue Jasmine”“Boogie Nights”“Catch Me If You Can”“Deliverance”“Falls Around Her”“Final Score”“GoodFellas”“I Am Legend”“Insidious”“LOL”“Mean Girls”“Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous”“Natural Born Killers”“Old School”“Police Academy”“Semi-Pro”“Seven”“Snatch”“The Dark Knight Rises”“The Dirty Dozen”“The Pursuit of Happyness”“The Talented Mr. Ripley”“The Terminal”“Vampires”“Wyatt Earp”“Zero Dark Thirty”July 3“Blair Witch” (2016)July 4“Leave No Trace”July 6“Control Z:” Season 3 (Netflix Series)“Girl in the Picture” (Netflix Documentary)“Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between” (Netflix Film)“King of Stonks” (Netflix Series)“Uncle from Another World” (Netflix Anime)July 7“The Flash:” Season 8“Karma’s World:” Season 3 (Netflix Family)“VINLAND SAGA:” Season 1July 8“Boo, Bitch” (Netflix Series)“Capitani:” Season 2 (Netflix Series)“Dangerous Liaisons” (Netflix Film)“How To Build a Sex Room” (Netflix Series)“Incantation” (Netflix Film)“Jewel” (Netflix Film)“The Longest Night” (Netflix Series)“Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls” (Netflix Film)“The Sea Beast” (Netflix Film)July 10“12 Strong”July 11“For Jojo” (Netflix Film)“Valley of the Dead” (Netflix Film)July 12“Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks” (Netflix Comedy)“How to Change Your Mind” (Netflix Documentary)“My Daughter’s Killer” (Netflix Documentary)July 13“Big Timber:” Season 2 (Netflix Series)“D.B.

Cameron Diaz is officially back in action in “Back In Action.” After retiring from Hollywood in 2013, the actress returns to star in a new Netflix action-comedy with Jamie Foxx. The duo also worked together on 1999’s “Any Given Sunday” and the 2014 “Annie” remake.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have hired Handmaid’s tale director Liz Garbus to produce their upcoming Netflix documentary, according to reports. In 2020, the Sussexes signed a multi-million-pound deal with Netflix, six months after the couple dramatically stepped back from royal duties, and settled down in Los Angeles from where they will launch their new Hollywood career.

It has now been officially confirmed that Netflix will soon be introducing adverts onto its service following an increase in subscription costs.

Richard Gere caused a sexual awakening in Anderson Cooper.

The Supreme Court‘s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade set back 50 years of federal abortion rights, but some companies are taking a stand in the meantime.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix has made no secret that it would rely on third-party partners to roll into the ad-supported VOD space. Now word has emerged that Google and NBCUniversal are the top contenders to potentially land a coveted deal with the streamer to sell and serve ads for Netflix’s lower-cost plan with ads.Google and Comcast’s NBCU are both pursuing an exclusive pact with Netflix for the forthcoming ad-supported streaming package, the Wall Street Journal reported this week, citing anonymous sources.

The Kyle Richards family empire is expanding across reality TV!

Ted Sarandos confirmed today that Netflix is speaking to multiple potential partners to help it introduce ads to its platform.

Delegates at Cannes Lions were stopped from entering the advertising festival this morning after Greenpeace activists staged an anti-fossil fuels protest on top of the Palais des Festival — the latest of several guerrilla stunts to disrupt the event.

The Closer. He then went on to say that the place should be named the Theater for Artistic Freedom and Expression. When TMZ subsequently caught up with Anthony Anderson after the event, the black-ish alum shared positive thoughts and commended the decision: Dave Chappelle’s The Closer hit streaming back in October and, shortly after its release, celebrities and LGBTQ+ organizations like GLAAD spoke out in opposition of it.

Netflix has a message for Hollywood: We’re not broke.In the wake of a massive stock slide triggered by a subscriber dip during the first quarter, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, head of global film Scott Stuber and head of global television Bela Bajaria have launched a charm offensive, stressing to top creators and agents that they will continue to spend aggressively to make and market movies and shows. In calls and in-person meetings, sources say they have positioned the April stock drop as a setback, reassured filmmakers and showrunners that they remain well-capitalized and informed them that they don’t believe the answer to their current predicament is to stop competing for buzzy content.

EXCLUSIVE: Departing Netflix Director Of UK Scripted Chris Sussman is in talks to exec produce the fourth season of Apple TV+ comedy Trying, Deadline can reveal.

The legend of D.B. Cooper is such that even Marvel Studios played off the enigma of this mysterious thief, in their “Loki” series.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is hoping to solve the legend of D.B. Cooper, the mystery man who hijacked a Northwest Airlines passenger jet in November 1971 and escaped with $200,000, never to be seen again.

Known for her long career of acting prowess, Emma Thompson now appears to have proven herself once again. Netflix’s first teaser trailer for the upcoming “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” features ominous narration from Thompson, who plays the infamous headmistress, Miss Trunchbull.