Franchise Fever! Netflix Lands U.S. Rights To ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ From STX & Studiocanal

Borderlands developer Gearbox Software is apparently working on a new video game franchise, according to publisher Take-Two Interactive.The publisher’s president Karl Slatoff revealed details about the new franchise during an earnings call on May 18.

Square Enix, the publisher of the recently released co-op third-person shooter game Outriders, has expressed optimism over the game’s launch despite its less-than-stellar critical reception.Jon Brooke, the co-head at Square Enix External Studios, revealed in a recent update that the game has attracted over 3.5million unique players since launch. It also clocked in an average playtime of about 30 hours, according to internal company data.

Andy Cohen is dishing on the possibility of having a lesbian in the Real Housewives franchise.

CBS has just unveiled a new clip about its upcoming series “FBI: International”, the third series in the franchise that includes the original “FBI” and its spin-off, “FBI: Most Wanted”.

Back in October, it was reported that Tim Burton was set to reboot “The Addams Family” for a new generation with a new Netflix live-action TV series. Months later, it was revealed by the streaming platform that the series would be a coming-of-age story focused on the life of Wednesday Addams.

Universal’s F9 put the pedal to the metal in its Korea bow with $3.4M (3.9M won) on day one today. That’s the best opening day ever for the Fast & Furious franchise in the market, as well as the top opening of all films in Korea since the pandemic began — even coming in ahead of last summer’s smash Peninsula which had a 2.9M won debut.

After almost 45 years in the business, Dick Wolf has nothing to prove. He has television’s longest-running primetime live-action series with Law & Order: SVU. He is behind more successful broadcast drama franchises than anyone with Law & Order, Chicago and FBI. Yet, he has found another gear with a slew of new series orders over the past year, and he now hit a new milestone — a Dick Wolf franchise lineup on three consecutive nights across two broadcast networks.

LOS ANGELES -- CBS is reviving its hit “CSI: Crime Investigation” brand with a series that brings original cast members William Petersen and Jorja Fox back home.“CSI: Vegas” will debut this fall alongside the network’s expansion of its “NCIS” and "FBI” drama franchises, CBS said Wednesday in unveiling its 2021-22 schedule for advertisers and media.“NCIS: Hawai’i,” starring Vanessa Lachey, will be paired Monday night with “NCIS,” entering its 19th season with star Mark Harmon.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeCBS is feasting on franchises this fall, unveiling a lineup with three new hour-longs — all extensions of popular Eye drama brands — and one new comedy.

Starzplay is partnering with Studiocanal, Europe’s leading film-TV production-distribution-sales company, on Starzplay’s first French co-production, the series “All Those Things We Never Said.”Adapting the bestselling novel of the same title by Marc Levy, France’s most-read living author, the comedy-drama series is commissioned by Starzplay and Studiocanal parent, Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group — Europe’s second-biggest pay TV/SVOD operator.Written by Levy, who will also showrun, the 10-part

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSnap’s newest original series is comedy “Everything’s Fine,” a very personal (and very funny) exploration of what it’s like to have bipolar disorder.Series creator and writer Hannah Klein based “Everything’s Fine” on her experiences after she received a bipolar diagnosis a few years ago, and she said music plays a central role in the story.

A “Bridgerton” spinoff limited series based on the origins of Queen Charlotte has been ordered at Netflix. Per Netflix, “While the series will center on the rise and love life of a young Queen Charlotte, it will also tell the stories of young Violet Bridgerton and Lady Danbury.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Mexican filmmaker Yulene Olaizola’s fifth feature, “Tragic Jungle” (“Selva Tragica”), which snagged two awards at the 77th Venice Festival, debuts June 9 on Netflix.Loosely inspired by the novel “Caribal: El Infierno Verde” by Mexican novelist-diplomat Rafael Bernal, “Tragic Jungle” is set in 1920 on the border between Mexico and Belize.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix’s adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic anti-war novel “All Quiet On The Western Front” continues production near Prague, having commenced in March.Directed by Edward Berger (“Patrick Melrose”), the film details a young German soldier’s terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during WWI.The cast includes Daniel Brühl, Devid Striesow and Andreas Döhler, and joining them are Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus and Edin

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has been finalized on 1899, the major European Netflix series from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar.

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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has landed Sharp, an action script set in the world of expert knife fighting by José Padilha & Nicolette Noble that Padilha will direct. Stampede Ventures will produce. Deal is in the seven-figure range.

EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role in the Oscar-winning Judas and the Black Messiah, Dominique Fishback has found her next role in one of Hollywood’s biggest franchises. Sources tell Deadline that Fishback is in final negotiations to co-star with Anthony Ramos in a Transformers movie for Paramount, eOne and Hasbro that has Steven Caple Jr. is directing. The film is bowing on June 24, 2022

Halston is one of them. In a new limited series project for Netflix, creator Ryan Murphy will tell the story of the late great fashion designer, but his decision to cast Ewan McGregor in the lead role is turning heads and raising eyebrows for a very major reason.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix will open a Nordics office in Stockholm, Sweden, that will serve as the hub for the region, in the second half of 2021. The streamer will also have a small team of employees based at a satellite office in Copenhagen, Denmark.Announcing this in a blog on Thursday, Lina Brouneus, Netflix director of acquisitions and co-productions, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, wrote: “Netflix has always felt at home in the Nordics.