Despite Growing Threats, Netflix Remains On Course in Asia, Says Report

The Cure bassist Simon Gallup says he’s left the band “with a slightly heavy heart,” writing that he’s “fed up of betrayal.”Gallup joined the band in 1979 following a stint playing in Robert Smith‘s side-project Cult Hero. After leaving the band in 1982, he rejoined in 1984, and is The Cure’s second longest-serving member behind Smith.“With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure!” Gallup wrote in a public post on his personal Facebook account last night (August 14).

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Adobe have named the winners of their first-ever short film contest, The Great Untold, who will get to bring their pitched shorts to life and receive grants of $10,000, along with access to Adobe experts and tools, and continued mentorship on their projects.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAsian regional streaming platform Viu has overtaken Netflix in raw subscription terms in Southeast Asia, to rank second among SVOD platforms in the region behind Disney Plus.The findings for the second quarter of the year were published in Southeast Asia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics: A Definitive Study from research firm Media Partners Asia.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has scooped up global rights to the Alloy Entertainment Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum-directed romance feature Purple Hearts which will begin shooting in California later this summer with Nicholas Galitzine and Sofia Carson starring.

Out for America 2021 report finds that LGBTQ people hold just 0.19% of elected positions in the United States, despite making up at least 5.6% of the U.S. adult population.

Naman Ramachandran Current streaming market leader Disney Plus Hotstar will continue its sway over India with 46 million subscribers by the end of December, according to a report by leading research firm Media Partners Asia.The streamer currently has approximately 34 million subscribers.The report, titled “The Future of India’s Online Video Market,” notes that together, Disney Plus Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video India and Netflix account for an 80% market share of subscribers and revenues in

The Daily Beast in an interview published Tuesday. “Rupert Murdoch should be taken out and shot.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorNetflix will require actors and those who come in close proximity to them to be vaccinated against COVID-19, in accordance with Hollywood’s new Return-to-Work protocols.The mandate, which is the first broad production vaccination requirement to be announced by a Hollywood studio, will affect the casts and “Zone A” crew — those who come in close contact with actors — for all of the streamer’s U.S.

ABC Signature Executive Director, Comedy Development Amanda Barclay is leaving the Disney TV studio to join Netflix as Director in the streamer’s Original Series, Comedy team led by Tracey Pakosta. She replaces Robert Prinz, Director of Original Series, Comedy, who is leaving the company.

EXCLUSIVE: Union dues paid by SAG-AFTRA members were down $14 million over the past year of the pandemic but were significantly higher than union leaders expected, according to the union’s latest financial report obtained by Deadline.

Twilight is huge…again!

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (showrunner, writer and producer for Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”) titled “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #9.”Set to release Oct. 13, the collaboration between Aguirre-Sacasa and original comic series artist Robert Hack, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #9” will return to the series’ satanic horror roots and continue the “Witch War” storyline, with both Spellmans – one from Hell and one from Earth – pitted against each other.

A.D. Amorosi Despite being sued by Jay-Z and despite a court order placing limits on what he’s allowed to sell, Damon Dash did what he said he was going to do during an interview with Variety: He’s officially started an auction for his third of Roc-A-Fella Inc.

Netflix has set the premiere date for and released the first teaser of its “Brand New Cherry Flavor” TV series.Based on Todd Grimson’s 1996 novel of the same name, the series tells the story of filmmaker who heads to Hollywood in the early ‘90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge – and kittens. “Brand New Cherry Flavor” will launch Friday, Aug.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry could be in “financial trouble” despite their Netflix and Spotify deals, a royal expert has claimed.The newsworthy royals have been in the limelight consistently since the pair announced they were stepping back from their senior duties in the Firm in February last year. Now, royal commentator Daniela Elser has warned that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could find themselves out of pocket if their lucrative deals don’t pay off.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorEugenio Derbez will star in Netflix’s “Lotería,” a family adventure film inspired by the iconic Lotería Don Clemente card game.The movie will be directed by Emmy nominee James Bobin (“Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” “Alice Through the Looking Glass” and “The Muppets”) with a script by Roberto Orci (“Transformers,” “Star Trek,” “Mission Impossible III” and “Cowboys  & Aliens”) and J.R.

Sarah Ferguson is continuing to stick by her ex-husband Prince Andrew.

Nicolas Cage has revealed that he won’t be playing the role of convicted felon Joe Exotic as Amazon has reportedly shelved the “Tiger King” drama series. Amazon felt the series had become “past tense”, since “it took such a long time for them to come together,” the 57-year-old actor, an Oscar winner whose performances have been translated to thousands of memes, told Variety.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has become the first studio to hire The WonderWorks mobile nursery, which will be in use on Gareth Evans’ crime drama film “Havoc” when it shoots in Wales this summer.

Michael Rapaport is speaking his mind about who should be the next host of The Bachelor.