‘Conan The Barbarian’ Series in Development at Netflix

Netflix‘s Song Exploder is set to feature Nine Inch Nails, The Killers and Dua Lipa.The show, based on the hit podcast of the same name, which sees musicians break down the process of writing their most famous songs, launched this month with Alicia Keys, R.E.M.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterChris Nee and her production company Laughing Wild are best known for creating all-inclusive children’s programming such as Doc McStuffins and Vampirina in bringing more representation to Netflix.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorCBS All Access has set the voice cast for The Harper House, its upcoming adult animated comedy series from China, IL creator Brad Neely, Katie Krentz (Star Trek: Lower Decks), CBS Television Studios and 219 Productions.Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and newcomer Ryan Flynn (Stupidface) will star as the Harper family, with VyVy Nguyen (Young Sheldon), Lance Krall (Fameless), Roberta Colindrez (Vida),

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: MTV Documentary Films has acquired North American rights to 76 Days, a raw and emotional look at the struggles of the people of Wuhan, China, in the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak. Directed by New York filmmaker Hao Wu (People’s Republic of Desire) and China-based journalists, Weixi Chen and “Anonymous,” 76 DAYS made its world premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIQIYI’s drama series “The Bad Kids” has landed a slot on Japanese pay-TV platform Wowow, a first for a contemporary, mainland Chinese show. It is expected to play out from early 2021.Where many Chinese dramas run for between 40 and 80 episodes, “The Bad Kids” comprises 12 50-minute episodes, structred as a suspense series that tells the story of three youngsters in a small coastal town.

Paris Hilton held a protest in Utah on Friday to call for the closure of the Provo Canyon School, the boarding school where she says she was abused as a teen. Hilton organized the protest in a park near Provo Canyon School, along with several hundred others who shared stories of abuse they say they suffered there or at similar schools for troubled youth.

Rebecca Davis editorRepublican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee on Wednesday slammed Netflix for defending its decision to greenlight a high-profile adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin’s “Three-Body Problem” novels despite his “execrable views” on China’s treatment of its mostly Muslim Uyghur population.Netflix announced early last month that it had commissioned “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B.

As North America's box office crumples, China's theatrical film business is back in an enormous way. A collection of high-profile local films released in China over the past week to coincide with the country's National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday period, which lasts eight days.

Rebecca Davis editorWith U.S. studio tentpoles dropping out of the theatrical calendar, Chinese blockbusters may find a rare opportunity to gain some traction abroad.

Peter White Television EditorPresident Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground Productions is getting into the kids’ TV business with an animated preschool series from Doc McStuffins creator Chris Nee and Netflix.The streamer has ordered 40, 12-minute episodes of Ada Twist, Scientist, which is based on the book series by author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts.The series, which will launch in 2021, follows Ada Twist, a young Black scientist who will explore

the so-called emotional growth school she attended in 1999 — shut down in a new video posted to her YouTube channel on Monday.“I was abused at Provo Canyon School,” says Hilton, clad in a sharp white blazer in front of a matching bright background. She added that she plans to “put all my effort into reforming the industry.”Her call to shut down the school comes after the documentary “This is Paris” aired on YouTube.

The ’80s classic “Conan the Barbarian” is getting the reboot treatment.

Also Read: 'The Crown' Season 4 Reveals First Look at Emma Corrin's Princess Diana, Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher (Photos)Deadline first reported the news about the TV series.More to come…

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has put in development an epic live-action series based on Conan, the iconic sword-and-sorcery character created by writer Robert E. Howard, I have learned.I hear the project, from Fredrik Malmberg and Mark Wheeler’s Pathfinder Media, is the first in a deal between Netflix and Conan Properties International, owned by Malmberg’s Cabinet Entertainment.

After years of delays and false starts, it appears that Netflix is finally going to be able to bring the highly-anticipated “Sandman” series to life. And the streaming service has already found the actor that will lead the series that is based on one of the most acclaimed comic book series of all time.

Mariah Carey is delving into her relationship, and subsequent divorce from Nick Cannon in her new memoir “The Meaning of Mariah Carey.”

The Sun reported that the couple was developing a “tasteful” docuseries for the streaming service — where they recently signed a production deal — that would follow them for three months and give a “glimpse into their lives.” According to The Sun, a source said that the show would mostly “be about their philanthropy rather than what they get up to behind closed doors.”An individual with knowledge of the situation tells TheWrap that report is inaccurate and that while the Duke and Duchess of

Nene Leakes is not holding back in a new series of tweets directed at Andy Cohen and Wendy Williams.