EXCLUSIVE: Chris Sussman, Netflix’s Director of UK Scripted Series, is leaving the streamer, Deadline has learned.
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Sidse Babett Knudsen, star of returning Danish political TV drama Borgen, has rejected the idea that the series may continue past its brand new fourth season, set to debut in the US and UK on Netflix on June 2.
While its creator Adam Price, who wrote the hit previous three seasons as well as the forthcoming return, remains ambivalent, telling The Times of London, “Never say never” when asked about the prospect of carrying on, its female star remains emphatic. “No way. Birgitte is done.”
‘Birgitte’ is the politician at the centre of Borgen, a subtitled drama about Danish coalition politics that became an unlikely hit following its debut in 2012. Nine years have elapsed since the third season aired, but Price and his team were seduced by the lure of Netflix and the fourth season was announced back in 2020.
While the first season aired before Denmark welcomed its first real-life female PM, this time around will see the show once again proving prescient, this time exploring a fictional conflict between Denmark and Russia after oil is found in Greenland.
There is once again a female Prime Minister in charge, a younger version for whom Birgitte finds herself working. But Birgitte no longer finds herself torn between work and family life, because her character is now divorced and her children grown up.
The huge global success of the first three seasons gave Knudsen an international breakthrough, including roles in Westworld, A Hologram for the King and playing a lesbian dominatrix in Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy.
Another international star to enjoy his breakthrough on the show is Pilou Asbaek, who has since appeared as Euron Greyjoy in Game of Thrones and is in the cast for the forthcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
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EXCLUSIVE: Chris Sussman, Netflix’s Director of UK Scripted Series, is leaving the streamer, Deadline has learned.
In the beloved NBC sitcom “Seinfeld,” Jerry Seinfeld often displayed his genuine obsession with breakfast food. A rotating collection of cereals can be seen in almost every episode in Jerry’s kitchen set, and his character is constantly seen eating cereal throughout the day.
Mo’Nique has settled her discrimination lawsuit against Netflix.
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Squid Game is becoming reality.
Squid Game, which tapped into our societal dystopia and became ever, has gotten the green light for a second season. In a letter to fans, show creator Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed that “a whole new round is coming,” before tossing out some breadcrumbs for what the next installment may entail.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“It took 12 years to bring the first season of Squid Game to life last year,” Hwang began.
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Borgen, the Danish political drama series from the makers of The Killing that's centered around a fictional female prime minister of Denmark, Birgitte Nyborg.While not technically a crime drama, Borgen season 4 cements itself firmly in the Scandi-noir category through its amped up characterization of lead character Nyborg (depicted by Sidse Babett Knudsen), whose ruthless tactics step up in this season. There's also political journalist Katrine Fønsmark, played by Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, who will stop at nothing to dish the dirt of the political going-ons. Since its release earlier this month on , the show has been getting stellar reviews on social media.
Ramin Setoodeh Executive EditorTo many fans of “Sex and the City,” Kim Cattrall was the definition of glamorous. So perhaps it’s only fitting that her next TV project will be “Glamorous,” a Netflix series in which Cattrall will be starring as a makeup mogul.“Glamorous,” which had originally been ordered as a pilot at The CW in 2019, tells the story of Marco Mejia (played by actor, singer and YouTuber Miss Benny), a gender non-conforming queer person who goes to work for Cattrall’s cosmetics queen Madolyn Addison.
Bollywood star Ranveer Singh is heading into the harsh forests of Serbia with adventurer Bear Grylls in an interactive special for Netflix India.
Sasha Urban editorFans of fairytale origins got a first look at the stars of “The School for Good And Evil” on Tuesday, after a teaser was debuted during Netflix’s Geeked Week event. Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso star as Agatha and Sophie, respectively, two best friends who are kidnapped and placed in the School for Good and Evil and must find their way back home.“Did you ever wonder where every great fairytale begins?,” Charlize Theron, who plays Lady Lesso, asks in the teaser.
It looks like Doc Antle is facing more legal troubles!
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Silverman has joined the ensemble of the upcoming Netflix Leonard Bernstein pic Maestro, which has Bradley Cooper directing and starring as the iconic composer. If a deal closes, Bomer joins Carey Mulligan, who will play Bernstein’s wife Felicia as well as Matt Bomer and Maya Hawke. Pic will be produced by Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg,, Kristie Macosko Krieger and Fred Berner and Amy Durning. Sources say Silverman will play Bernstein’s sister in the film.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAntoni Porowski, the resident foodie on Netflix’s hit show “Queer Eye,” is taking his culinary talents to another reality series for the streamer.In his first big swing outside of “Queer Eye,” Porowski will host and executive produce Netflix’s newest cooking competition series, “Easy-Bake Battle.” It already completed filming and will be released in the fall. (Worry not, reality TV fans.
EXCLUSIVE: Aurora Perrineau (Prodigal Son) has been cast as a lead in Netflix’s upcoming show Kaos from creator-writer Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World).
“Stranger Things” Season 4 Volume 1 is finally debuting on Netflix. The season is unlike any other, and not just in terms of length. The scope of Season 4 is immense, and the story sprawls from Hawkins to Russia to California, where Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and the Byers relocated after the events of Season 3.
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