Netflix Boards Thai Supernatural Thriller ‘Ghost Lab’ In Deal With Local Producer GDH

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.

A year ago, theaters across the world were shut down due to the COVID pandemic. Now, as theaters begin to reopen and in the US, large cinema chains hope the summer will be a time of rebounding, it appears that one major theater company is willing to team up with Netflix to help make that happen with the new film, “Army of the Dead.” For those unaware, for years now, Netflix has tried to get theater chains to showcase the company’s original films.

Filming is underway in Czech Republic, near Prague, on Netflix’s WWI feature All Quiet On The Western Front.

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.

The Wonder, based on the book of the same name by Emma Donoghue.As shared by The Hollywood Reporter, Pugh will play the lead role of Lib Wright, an English nurse who, in 1859, travels to a small Irish village where she witnesses an 11-year-old girl live for months without food.As the girl, named Anna O’Donnell, begins to attract attention from the media and tourists, she and Wright, as Donoghue describes on her website, “transform each other’s lives”, telling the story of “a psychological

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The global market for theatrical releases continues to wax and wane due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a frustrating time for moviegoers everywhere, albeit a lucrative one for streaming platforms, notably Netflix.

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.

A representative for The Crown has strongly denied reports that producers are having difficulty finding anyone to play controversial royal Prince Andrew for the fifth and sixth seasons of the hit Netflix drama.

Earlier in the year, Netflix promised a barrage of movies coming in 2021. Well, they weren’t kidding and today, have unveiled a big summer slate of 30 movies coming every week this summer.

Antonio Ferme editorMove over Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda has a new starring role.Netflix has released the first trailer for “Vivo,” a colorful, animated musical with original songs written by Miranda.The musical adventure follows a kinkajou (a rainforest “honey bear”) named Vivo, voiced by Miranda. Vivo spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively Havana square with his beloved owner Andrés.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefStreaming giant Netflix has picked up worldwide rights to “Ghost Lab,” a supernatural thriller about experiments that cross the boundaries between life and death. Production was by GDH 559, the Thai studio behind the “Bad Genius” hit film and the Netflix adapted series of the same name.“Ghost Lab” is directed by Goff” Paween Purijitpanya (“Body,” “4BIA,” “Phobia 2”).

READ MORE: When is Shadow and Bone: The Afterparty out on Netflix?Starring in the titular role of Halston is actor Ewan McGregor who is also working as an executive producer on the series. Some of his most wellknown films include Trainspotting, the Star Wars franchise and Moulin Rouge.

Antonio Ferme editorNetflix released a trailer for “The Upshaws,” which premieres on May 12.Created by Regina Hicks and Wanda Sykes, the series follows the head of a Black working-class family in Indianapolis struggling to step up and take care of his family without a blueprint for success.The series stars Mike Epps, Wanda Sykes, Kim Fields, Page Kennedy, Diamond Lyons, Khali Spraggins, Jermelle Simon, Gabrielle Dennis and Journey Christine. Hicks and Sykes serve as executive producers

Terry George, the Oscar-winning writer-director whose work includes Hotel Rwanda and In the Name of the Father, will turn his creative hand to a real-life tale of death and deceit in early 20th century Egypt. George is teaming with Egyptian writer Marian Naoum to co-write the serial killer series The Alexandria Killings for Yalla Yalla, the Arabic content joint-venture between Dubai-based distributor Front Row Film Entertainment and sales and finance banner Rocket Science.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix and Working Title have started production on “The Swimmers,” directed by “My Brother the Devil” helmer Sally El Hosaini.The film tells the true story of swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini’s journey as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.In 2015, after their house was destroyed in the Syrian Civil War, the Mardini sisters decided to flee the country.