Netflix European Executives Reveal Local-First Approach at Series Mania: ‘We’re Not Adjusting Anything to the American Way of Doing Things’

It says the show falsely suggested that the former female world champion never played competitive chess with men, and states that Gaprindashvili, now 80, competed against dozens of top male players, beating 28 of them.The suit focuses on a specific scene in the season finale where a commentator name-checks Gaprindashvili while narrating a match between protagonist Beth Harmon and fictional Russian Grandmaster Viktor Laev at the Moscow Invitational tournament.“Elizabeth Harmon’s not at all an

Netflix for $5million over a line in The Queen’s Gambit.In the show’s finale, a line compares the accomplishments of fictional chess player Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) to Gaprindashvili – stating she’s never played chess against men.A character remarks: “Elizabeth Harmon’s not at all an important player by their standards. The only unusual thing about her, really, is her sex.

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s flagship film event, the San Sebastian Film Festival, gets underway tonight. Ahead of the fest, Deadline sat down with Netflix’s two top content executives in Spain to hear about the streamer’s strategy in the key European market, which has the unique advantage of also being a content bridge into the company’s Latin American activities.

Ryan Murphy, exec producer of TV hits ranging from “Glee” to “American Horror Story” to “Pose”, has a new show in the works that promises to bring fresh frights to the small screen.

Clairo has announced details of her UK and European tour which will take place early next year.The US artist will play in support of her July album ‘Sling’, which was the follow-up to her 2019 debut album ‘Immunity’.The eight-date tour includes five gigs in the UK, beginning in Bristol on January 10 at the O2 Academy.

Ted Melfi is adapting the novel “The Underworld” for Netflix, the filmmaker told TheWrap during an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival. He will also direct the feature.The novel was published in 1997 by Don DeLillo and follows Nick Shay, a waste management executive who grew up in the Bronx, and features numerous subplots in American history from the second half of the 20th century.It was nominated for the National Book Award and shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize.

Netflix’s half-hour Latinx dramedy Gentefied is returning for Season 2 on Nov. 10.

Ethan Shanfeld Netflix announced that Season 2 of “Gentefied” will premiere on Nov. 10.The American Ferrera-produced Latinx dramedy series follows three cousins who unite to keep their grandfather’s popular taco shop open amid rising gentrification in their Boyle Heights neighborhood.Starring Joaquín Cosío, J.J.

Jennifer Hudson reckons the tale of how she went full circle from singing Aretha Franklin’s Share Your Love With Me in her first American Idol audition to being handpicked by the Queen of Soul herself to star in a Franklin biopic is “a story only God could write.

Clayton Davis The streaming platforms are gearing up for another attempt to win the Academy’s affections. Though a streamer has yet to win the big best picture prize, Netflix has assembled a strong slate this year, at least judging by the reception at the Telluride Film Festival.

Netflix has confirmed that the entire 180-episode library of Seinfeld will be coming to the platform in October 2021.The New York-based sitcom, which was co-created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, has never been available on a single service globally until now.Netflix broke the news via a suitably meta video announcement on social media.“This fall, get ready for 2021’s hottest new show,” begins the trailer, before crediting “rising stars” David and Seinfeld.All 180 episodes of Seinfeld hit

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Netflix has revealed that filming is underway on its first major Russian drama series, Anna K.

Manifest has been revived for a fourth and final season on Netflix, the streaming giant has confirmed.The supernatural drama, starring Melissa Roxburgh and Josh Dallas, was cancelled by NBC following its third season in June.The first two seasons however proved popular on Netflix in the US, topping Nielsen’s weekly streaming chart, sparking renewal talks between NBC and Netflix with Warner Bros.