Catching up on Netflix’s GeekedWeek with some trailers we missed. Next up is “The Brothers Sun,” a new series starring Michelle Yeoh.
04.11.2023 - 00:51 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has laid off a handful of executives in its drama and overall deals divisions.
Deadline understands that the streamer has made a small number of cuts including Alex Sapot and Pete Corona.
Sapot has been with the company for over seven years and was director, original series. She was behind overall deals including with Kalinda Vazquez, who was on Star Trek: Discovery and Fear The Walking Dead and DMZ creator Roberto Patino. She previously worked out of London and was one of those responsible for commissioning Sex Education and The End Of The F***ing World.
Pete Corona was Director of Drama Series and was with the company for over five years. He also helped champion Afro Latino and Indigenous Latino filmmakers at the streamer and previously worked at Marvel.
It marks the latest round of cuts at the streamer, which is still in the midst of an actors strike that has crippled its 2024 plans, particularly for returning shows like Stranger Things.
Last May, the company laid off around 150 execs, across film and TV. It followed this up last June with an additional 300 layoffs, which were mostly in the U.S. but also included international employees.
In September 2022, Netflix also laid off around 30 employees in its animation division following a restructure of that team.
More recently, last month, the company also restructured its business affairs and legal team with a handful of senior lawyers including Bryony Gagan leaving their positions.
Netflix is far from alone in making layoffs this year, the dual strikes and tough media marketplace have seen companies including Amazon, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, ESPN, Paramount, Conde Nast, Spotify, Fifth Season, Vice, Lionsgate and Roku all make cuts.
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Catching up on Netflix’s GeekedWeek with some trailers we missed. Next up is “The Brothers Sun,” a new series starring Michelle Yeoh.
Netflix subscribes have had a mixed reaction after the streaming service renewed a popular series for a seventh season. Variety Magazine reported on Tuesday (November 21) that Black Mirror would be returning for another series, after its sixth season aired earlier this year.
Do you have a pesky ghost haunting you? Has a demon stolen your core memories? You may want to ring the “Dead Boy Detectives,” the newest supernatural YA Netflix series. OK, we’re catching up from Netflix’s Geeked Week and some of the trailers we missed during the deluge of content.
Netflix is reportedly bringing back its hit sci-fi and dystopian series Black Mirror back for a seventh season.According to a report from Variety, the acclaimed series has been renewed for a seventh season, though Netflix has yet to confirm the news. According to Variety‘s report, the seventh season will begin production later this year.At the time of publishing, no cast members have been attached to the supposed upcoming season of Black Mirror, though it is believed that series creator Charlie Brooker will return o executive produce alongside Annabel Jones and Jessica Rhoades.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Lee Sung Jin, the creator of the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Beef,” has signed a multi-year overall deal with the streamer. The deal covers both film and television projects that Lee (also known as Sonny Lee) may develop. As is customary with such announcements, financial terms were not disclosed.
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After 2023’s earlier surprise comedic family gem, You Are Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah, Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison productions does it again for Netflix, this time in the delightful and remarkably wise CGI animated feature, Leo. It is a charmer for kids and their parents who get a few lessons here along the way as well.
EXCLUSIVE: Lee Sung Jin (aka Sonny Lee), creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed series Beef, has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix that will extend across scripted series and feature film.
EXCLUSIVE: UnPrisoned, the Onix Collective dramedy starring and executive produced by Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, has been renewed for a second season on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
David Beckham did ‘come clean’ over the Rebecca Loos scandal in his Netflix documentary, according to director Fisher Stevens. The ex England footballer, 48, made no direct reference to the alleged affair and did not admit to any guilt in the hit four-part series - though he did speak about the ‘horrible’ fallout that made him feel ‘sick every day’. His former assistant Rebecca, 46, has since come out to accuse the dad-of-four of making her 'look like a liar' by skirting around the subject.
Peter Hook & The Light have announced a huge 2024 world tour that will see the band play the ‘Substance’ albums from Joy Division and New Order in full – find dates and ticket information below.The New Order and Joy Division co-founder will be touring with his band from May next year, spanning New Zealand, Australia, North America, the UK and Ireland.The tour will open at the Opera House in Wellington, New Zealand on May 16, followed by eight more dates across New Zealand and Australia. From August 31, they’ll continue with a North American run that starts at History in Toronto, Canada.
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William Earl Netflix film chief Scott Stuber once ran Universal Studios – today he sometimes feels like the operator of “the AMC 6000” given the volume of movies that Netflix produces and acquires. From Greta Gerwig’s plans for Narnia adaptations to wooing Denzel Washington and Steven Spielberg, Stuber shared Netflix’s vision of film’s future in a wide-ranging Q&A with Variety executive editor Brent Lang that was held Nov. 8 as part of Variety’s Business Managers Elite Breakfast presented by City National Bank.
Kyle Richards shared more insight into those romance rumors between Mauricio Umansky and Emma Slater.
Bill Burr has taken over Netflix for the second week in a row.
AFM will get picked up. But given the climate in Hollywood, many projects won’t officially hit the market until February at the European Film Market in Berlin.
He's one of the most famous boxers on the planet, so it comes as no surprise that Tyson Fury is worth millions. The 35 year old has amassed an impressive fortune thanks to his boxing career and numerous business ventures away from the ring, including Netflix deals, books and energy drinks. Tyson's bank balance is only set to increase too, with his upcoming fight on 28 October against Francis Ngannou said to be earning him millions.The boxer has claimed he landed the "biggest boxing deal ever", telling SunSport that "big money" is involved in the upcoming fight.
Netflix film “Pain Hustlers,” released Friday and starring Emily Blunt, Chris Evans and Catherine O’Hara.. Blunt plays Liza Drake, a blue-collar single mom who just lost her job and is trying to make ends meet.
EXCLUSIVE: The budget cuts that came with Superman & Lois‘ and All American: Homecoming‘s renewals at the CW are also impacting the series’ writers rooms, which are undergoing downsizing. Superman & Lois is going from eight writers to five for the upcoming fourth season, Homecoming — from nine to seven for Season 3. There are no changes in the writers room sizes of the other two CW returning original scripted series, flagships All American and Walker.