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Later this year Kid Cudi's Entergalactic will debut on Netflix. The animated series is a passion project of Cudi's and was devised alongside Black-ish creator Kenya Barris.

After speculation among gamers that a Dragon Age series was in the works at Netflix, the streamer has confirmed Dragon Age: Absolution, an animated series based on the popular Bioware video game franchise, will premiere in December. We’re also getting a first look at the series in the trailer above. Netflix and Bioware announced the series Friday during the streamer’s Geeked Week event.

A small group of freelance post-production coordinators in New York have voted unanimously to join the Communications Workers of America in NLRB-supervised elections at eight separate companies, including Apple Studios, Netflix Productions, Universal Television, CBS Studios, Showtime, HBO, Turner and Disney Pictures.

K.J. Yossman In the run up to Annecy festival, Netflix has unveiled a powerful slate of talent-driven animated films and series, including “That Christmas” based on BAFTA winner Richard Curtis’s children’s books, and “Ember,” Sergio Pablos’ follow-up to the Oscar-nominated “Klaus.” Netflix’s roster of animated features also boasts the musical “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” which features songs by Leslie Bricusse; an untitled animated film by Steve Box, the Oscar-winning “Wallace & Gromit” alumni.

Netflix has released the first trailer for Entergalactic, an upcoming animated series co-created by Kid Cudi.First announced in 2019, the show will feature songs from Cudi’s forthcoming album of the same name. Conceived in collaboration with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, Entergalactic will follow two young musicians as they balance love and success in New York City.

K.J. Yossman Some of the U.K.’s biggest TV and streaming stars are set to appear at the 2022 Edinburgh TV Festival.

Stranger Things 4 Vol. 1 logged 335.01M hours viewed in its first full week of release to shoot up to #3 on Netflix’s all-time list for English-language series with 621.80m hours viewed in just 10 days. With only Bridgerton Season 2 (656M) and Bridgerton S1 (625M) ahead of it on the list, which measures viewership in a season’s first 28 days on the service, Stranger Things is set to climb to the #1 spot in the next few days.

Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke are hard at work on the set of their new film Leave the World Behind.

Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke are getting to work on their new Netflix thriller.

Six actors will join the Straw Hats on the Going Merry as Netflix expands the cast of its upcoming One Piece live-action series. Joining the series, based on the beloved manga from author Eiichiro Oda, are Langley Kirkwood, Celeste Loots, Alexander Maniatis, Craig Fairbrass, Steven Ward and Chioma Umeala. They will appear opposite stars Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson and Taz Skylar, who will take on the primary Straw Hats.

Neil Patrick Harris just sold his Harlem home for a record-setting price.

The Inevitable Foundation, a non-profit funding and mentoring mid-career disabled screenwriters, has set Sam Dunnewold and Anton Ray as its Screenwriting Fellows for Spring 2022.

Wilson Chapman editorOne week ahead of the highly anticipated return of “Stranger Things,” Netflix has dropped the first 8 minutes of the season in a sneak peek, as well as announcing the episode counts for Season 4’s upcoming two parts. Watch the first 8 minutes below:The first volume will consist of the bulk of the season, with seven of the nine episodes releasing May 27. The remaining two episodes will be released on July 1 as Volume 2 of the season.The episodes are significantly longer than in previous seasons of the show, with most running at 75 minutes and Episode 7 running for 98 minutes.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMatt Shakman has come onboard the live-action Godzilla series at Apple from Legendary Television, Variety has learned exclusively.The show was ordered at Apple back in January. Shakman will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer on the series. The untitled series continues the story of the Legendary Monsterverse established in films like “Kong: Skull Island” and 2014’s “Godzilla.”Shakman most recently directed all of the Disney+ Marvel series “WandaVision” in addition to executive producing.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “She-Ra” live-action series in development at Amazon has brought on Nicole Kassell to direct, Variety has learned exclusively.Variety previously reported that the show was in early development at the streamer in September 2021. Kassell will direct and executive produce the pilot episode should it go forward.

Billie Eilish is among the guests to join David Letterman for the third season of his Netflix talk show, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”.

It's quickly gained something of a cult following with thousands of viewers tuning-in to watch the trials and tribulations of the powerful and posh Bridgerton family of Regency era England in Bridgeton on Netflix - but some of the keenest fans are set to be disappointed when the series strays from its popular original storylines in the next season.