The November streaming slump finally ended during the week of Thanksgiving, as audiences in the U.S. had some extra time to catch up on film and TV.
05.12.2023 - 20:19 / deadline.com
There was no changing of the guard for Netflix‘s Top 10 this week.
After making the streamer’s biggest animated film debut ever, Adam Sandler’s Leo stayed atop the English-language film list from November 27 to December 3 with another 23.6M views. That made it the most-viewed title on the service for the second consecutive week.
Same thing goes for the TV side of things, where Squid Game: The Challenge remained the top series of the week despite the audience dropping dramatically. The reality competition series mustered 11.4M views, also boosting Squid Game to No. 7 on the Non-English TV list with 1.5M views.
Elsewhere in film, Family Switch debuted at No. 2 with 22.2M views, while holiday films including Best.Christmas.Ever! and Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch continued to dominate the remainder of the list. David Fincher’s The Killer spent its fourth week on the list at No. 7 with 3.6M views, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie debuted at No. 9 with 3.1M views.
Meanwhile, the TV list also saw a new entrant at No. 2 with 7.4M views. No. 3 was also a new offering, with Obliterated managing 7M views.
Part 1 of the sixth and final season of The Crown came in fourth place with 3.9M views while Season 5 of Virgin Riverlanded in sixth place with 2.7M views. Shawn Levy’s limited series All The Light We Cannot See spent its fifth week on the list at No. 8 with 2M views.
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The November streaming slump finally ended during the week of Thanksgiving, as audiences in the U.S. had some extra time to catch up on film and TV.
Cuckoo (above) from filmmaker Tilman Singer and Johan Renck’s Spaceman with Adam Sandler, a Netflix film for which a trailer just dropped.The seven films are as follows.Cuckooby Tilman Singer | with Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csókás, Jan Bluthardt Germany 2024Berlinale Special Gala | World premiereDostoevskij (Dostoevsky)by Damiano & Fabio D’Innocenzo | with Filippo Timi, Gabriel Montesi, Carlotta Gamba, Federico Vanni Italy 2024Berlinale Special | World premiere | SeriesSasquatch Sunsetby David & Nathan Zellner | with Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Nathan Zellner, Christophe Zajac-Denek USA 2024Berlinale Special | International premiereSeven Veilsby Atom Egoyan | with Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Ambur Braid, Michael Kupfer-Radecky Canada 2023Berlinale Special Gala | International premiereSpacemanby Johan Renck | with Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini, Paul Dano USA 2024Berlinale Special Gala | World premiereTreasureby Julia von Heinz | with Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, Zbigniew Zamachowski Germany / France 2024Berlinale Special Gala | World premiereWu Suo Zhu (Abiding Nowhere)by Tsai Ming-liangTaiwan / USA 2024Berlinale Special | World premiere | Documentary FormArtistic Director Carlo Chatrian announced seven films in all for next year’s festival with the remaining line-up due in mid-January.“It is with special pleasure and pride that we welcome back directors who have presented their work at the festival in the past. Berlinale Special will be home for new films by Julia von Heinz (Treasure) and Tilman Singer (Cuckoo), both with projects involving American stars, for the irreverent comedy by the Zellner brothers (Sasquatch Sunset) and the dark
see my happier list for those), to find them, I had to sift through piles and piles of dirt.Here are some of the films released in 2023 that had me typing “bars nearby” into Google Maps afterwards.The power of Christ compelled me to give this film one star. There have been bad “Exorcist” sequels before — “II” is right up there with the worst movies ever — but I held out hope for this one because “Believer” was directed by David Gordon Green, who expertly revitalized the “Halloween” franchise. Big mistake.
The Berlinale has announced the first seven productions, including one series, to be invited to the Berlinale Specials strand of its 74th edition running February 15 to 25, 2024.
Maestro producer, Kristie Macosko Krieger, has spoken out about the backlash she received surrounding the casting of Carey Mulligan.The biopic, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper as the composer, Leonard Bernstein, received a three-star review from NME.It largely centres around Bernstein’s relationship with his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein, who is played by Mulligan.Around the time of its release on Netflix last month, viewers have been critical of Mulligan’s casting in the role of the famous Chilean-American actress, when she herself is British.Speaking recently with GamesRadar+, Krieger shared that Mulligan’s casting was approved by Bernstein’s family. “She got the approval of the family and that for us, we were doing it right,” she revealed.She continued: “It was Bradley [Cooper]’s idea to cast her and we agreed.
Audiences are still flocking to Netflix‘s new apocalyptic thriller Leave the World Behind.
Netflix film, Spaceman, has just been released.The movie, which will star Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan is set to premiere on March 1, and is directed by Chernobyl’s Johan Renck.The sci-fi movie has been adapted from Jaroslav Kalfař’s 2017 novel, Spaceman Of Bohemia, and is being produced by Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin, along with many others.The story involves an astronaut named Jakub, played by Sandler, who is trying to regain the affection of his wife, Lenka, played by Mulligan, after spending six months on a solitary mission to the edge of the solar system.When he realises this might be more difficult than planned, he seeks romantic tips from a mysterious alien creature named Hanuš, who is voiced by Paul Dano.Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin and Isabella Rossellini also star in the film.Spaceman will mark the next installment for Sandler on the streaming service, following his hugely successful film, You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah, which received a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes upon its release back in August.The film will see Sandler playing a weightier role opposite Oscar nominee Mulligan, who recently starred in Maestro, a biopic about composer, Leonard Bernstein (played by Bradley Cooper) which aired on Netflix earlier this month.Spaceman is set for release on March 1 2024.Earlier this year, the Netflix animated film Leo, led by Sandler and his longtime collaborator, Robert Smigel, gained more 34.6million views in its first week on the streaming platform.The movie received praise for its humour, soundtrack and handling of sensitive topics.
The first look at Spaceman, Adam Sandler‘s upcoming dramatic film, has been revealed.
Netflix on Tuesday morning unveiled the first teaser trailer for its Adam Sandler-led sci-fi drama Spaceman, directed by Chernobyl Emmy winner Johan Renck, also announcing that the pic is slated to debut on the platform on March 1st, 2024.
Jaden Thompson Adam Sandler might receive marriage counseling from an unexpected source in his next film. Netflix has unveiled a first look for Johan Renck’s upcoming sci-fi drama “Spaceman,” starring Sandler, Carey Mulligan and Paul Dano. The film is set to debut on the streamer on March 1.
Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor You wouldn’t expect an animated film about a talking iguana to draw equal inspiration from Andy Kaufman and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but that just might help explain the wide appeal of Netflix’s smash hit “Leo.” It also makes perfect sense when you consider the creative minds behind Adam Sandler-led project, which includes his longtime collaborator and comedy’s not-so-secret weapon, Robert Smigel. Though perhaps best known to audiences for his work as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the foul-mouthed canine puppet who began life on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” where Smigel was the first head writer.
So the rumors from earlier this year are true: Noah Baumbach is returning to Netflix for his next film. But the rumor mill got the leads of the film wrong or at least one-half of them.
George Clooney and Adam Sandler are teaming up for a movie!
George Clooney and Adam Sandler will team up in a new Noah Baumbach movie for Netflix that’s still untitled, Variety has confirmed. Baumbach co-wrote the script with actor Emily Mortimer, who also created the series “Doll and Em.” Baumbach is producing with Amy Pascal and David Heyman. Under his exclusive deal with Netflix, Baumbach has already made “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),” in which Sandler also starred, as well as the best picture nominee “Marriage Story,” with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, and “White Noise,” adapted from the Don DeLillo novel and starring Drive and Greta Gerwig.
EXCLUSIVE: George Clooney and Adam Sandler are set to star in a new untitled pic from Netflix that Noah Baumbach is directing. Baumbach also co-wrote the script with Emily Mortimer. Baumbach, Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing.
Addie Morfoot Contributor “SmartLess” began as a passion project during the pandemic and quickly turned into a multimillion-dollar empire for Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes. The high-profile trio launched the “SmartLess” podcast, which features their banter with fellow comedians and celebrities, in July 2020, little envisioning how big a media franchise it would become.
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EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of a huge week for their Adam Sandler-led Netflix animated feature Leo, co-directed with Robert Smigel, David Wachtenheim and Robert Marianetti have signed with Independent Artist Group for representation.
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Adam Sandler has returned with his latest project Leo, an adorable animation which follows the life of a school's pet lizard.