Netflix joins gaming market by hiring ex-EA and Facebook executive

Manori Ravindran International EditorA whole lotta love is heading to the Venice Film Festival, which has just added the forthcoming Led Zeppelin feature documentary to its lineup.Bernard MacMahon’s “Becoming Led Zeppelin,” which was recently completed, will screen out of competition.More to come.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorNetflix will require actors and those who come in close proximity to them to be vaccinated against COVID-19, in accordance with Hollywood’s new Return-to-Work protocols.The mandate, which is the first broad production vaccination requirement to be announced by a Hollywood studio, will affect the casts and “Zone A” crew — those who come in close contact with actors — for all of the streamer’s U.S.

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Naman Ramachandran Seasoned drama producer Helen Gregory (“Gangs of London”) is joining See-Saw Films in the newly created position of creative director from Sept. 1, reporting into joint MDs Emile Sherman and Iain Canning.Based in London and working closely with the MDs and COO Simon Gillis, Gregory will be responsible for steering the creative strategy of the company and the development of their growing television slate.

Netflix execs drilled down on the streamer’s newest push, games, calling it a part of the service just like any other from kids’ fare to unscripted to local language. “It’s not a separate product. We are a one-product company,” said co-CEO Ted Sarandos.

Netflix has set the premiere date for and released the first teaser of its “Brand New Cherry Flavor” TV series.Based on Todd Grimson’s 1996 novel of the same name, the series tells the story of filmmaker who heads to Hollywood in the early ‘90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge – and kittens. “Brand New Cherry Flavor” will launch Friday, Aug.

Netflix has hired former Facebook and Electronic Arts exec Mike Verdu to bolster its move into gaming. He joins as VP of Game Development, Deadline has confirmed.

EXCLUSIVE: VFX powerhouse Framestore has hired Cruella and Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil VFX Supervisor Damien Stumpf.

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Huguley (The Walking Dead, 12 Years a Slave) has joined the cast of Daniel Adams’ The Walk.

After playing her iconic character Harley Quinn back to back, Margot Robbie recently announced she’s ready to take a break from playing Harley Quinn. The actress famously essayed the iconic role in Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.

Margot Robbie has admitted that she doesn’t have any plans to play Harley Quinn again after The Suicide Squad.The actress is due to reprise her role as the DC villain in the new James Gunn film, having previously portrayed her in 2016’s Suicide Squad and 2020’s Birds of Prey.However, Robbie has admitted that she needs a break from the role, and that she is in the dark on when she will return.“It was kind of back-to-back filming Birds… and filming this, so I was kind of like, oof, I need a break

Australian actress Margot Robbie is a superfan of popular dating on an island reality show, Love Island—and has revealed her favorite contestant on the newest season. The Harley Quinn star has also admitted her love for the show on other occasions.

Margot Robbie announced she’s taking a break from playing Harley Quinn for a bit after back-to-back production playing the iconic DC character in Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.

For DCEU fans, there's no actress who could have played Harley Quinn better than Margot Robbie. The actress has essayed the role of the DC supervillain in three films including Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, and the upcoming The Suicide Squad.

If you try to follow the continuity of the DCEU, from “Man of Steel” through the Snyder Cut and into the upcoming “The Suicide Squad,” you might have questions. But that’s okay! The DCEU isn’t the MCU and continuity doesn’t mean nearly as much to the filmmakers, as long as the story is good.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has become the first studio to hire The WonderWorks mobile nursery, which will be in use on Gareth Evans’ crime drama film “Havoc” when it shoots in Wales this summer.

Super Mario 64, a sub-40-minute completion of Dragon Age: Inquisition, and an incredibly unlikely speedrun of Nintendogs.The event also featured completions of Dark Souls 3 and Super Metroid in lightning-fast times.The event featured a mixture of new and old games with 153 runs in all, 218 prizes given out, 22,621 donors, and 40,329 donations in all.

EXCLUSIVE: Francesca Noel has joined the cast of the indie feature Pools. She joins Odessa A’zion, Michael Vlamis, Tyler Alvarez and Ariel Winter.