Stranger Things are working on a new Netflix series with Gemma Chan.Production company 21 Laps has optioned Pim Wangtechawat’s forthcoming debut novel The Moon Represents My Heart to make a limited series.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eternals star Gemma Chan is set to both executive produce and act in the project, telling the story of a British-Chinese family who can secretly time travel.Chan will next be starring in Olivia Wilde’s new film Don’t Worry Darling, and has an executive producer credit on an upcoming biopic about Anna May Wong.Stranger Things returned to Netflix today (July 1) for the second part of season four.The complete official soundtrack was also released on Spotify, with additions from the second part including Metallica‘s ‘Master Of Puppets’, Siouxsie And The Banshees‘ ‘Spellbound’, James Taylor‘s ‘Fire And Rain’ and Rick Derringer’s ‘Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo (Single Version)’.Other artists on the soundtrack include The Beach Boys, Talking Heads, KISS, The Cramps and Dead Or Alive.A CD edition is set to arrive on September 9 ahead of a special 2LP 12″ vinyl pressing of the album being released on November 4. Both versions are available to pre-order from here.Kate Bush recently broke three Guinness World Records with ‘Running Up That Hill’ after the 1985 classic featured prominently in Stranger Things 4.The song – which appears on Bush’s fifth studio album, ‘Hounds Of Love’ – reached Number One on the UK singles chart earlier this month (June 17) almost 37 years on from its initial release.
Netflix Canada Commissioners: “We Won’t Come Here And Upend The Market” – Banff
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Netflix’s top commissioners in Canada have said “the last thing we want to do is come here and upend the market.”
Speaking at Banff, Danielle Woodrow, who sits under Head of Scripted Series Peter Friedlander, said the team is “looking locally at budget norms as our guideposts.”
The team will, however, be flexible with spend in order to “support [an idea’s] creative vision.”
The commissioners were responding to concerns at Banff that Netflix’s increased content spend in the nation will lead to inflation that will impact local broadcasters.
Friedlander was promoted under Head of Global TV Bela Bajaria last year to oversee scripted in both the U.S. and Canada, as the streamer expands footprint in the territory, and Woodrow and fellow commissioner Tara Woodbury have spent the past year travelling the length and breadth of the country, meeting producers.
They are now in negotiations over a number of projects and are open to co-licenses such as YA series Fakes, which is co-produced with CBC Gem.
Woodbury said indies must have produced shows “somewhere near the [proposed] budget” in order to get greenlit and the streamer’s rights position will “depend on the producer’s level of experience and the package.”
Alongside Friedlander, the pair set out their stall for drama and comedy.
On the former, they are taking a three-pronged approach: heartwarming or romance such as Virgin River, mystery and thriller, and “genre shows with a big ‘what if?’ question.”
Woodbury said the team is also thinking about how YA could work, or a “show set in Montreal that is steamy or sexy.”
In terms of comedy, Woodrow asked for “best-in-class lean-back,” citing Emily in Paris as an example.
The trio repeatedly stressed their commitment to local producers and
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