Netflix Looking To Get In The Live Sports Game; Streamer Quietly Bidding On Leagues, Rights

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. World Cup fever has gripped Deadline Towers and while our U.S. colleagues gobble up their turkey with all the trimmings, we’ve got plenty to round up in the world of international TV and film.

Could anticipation be any higher for Noah Baumbach‘s “White Noise“? Critics loved his last film, 2019’s “Marriage Story,” which racked up six nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture. But is Baumbach over his head adapting Don Delillo‘s 1985 novel? Critical generally like it, but now audiences get to have their say, as the film hits select theaters before its exclusive Netflix premiere.

Here’s something for You fans to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day. The split fourth season of Netflix’s serial killer thriller is premiering one day earlier than expected. Netflix announced today that the first half of the season now will debut on Thursday, February 9 and Part 2 will premiere one month later, on Thursday, March 9.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Lewis’ fortunate timing has seemingly paid off.

are coming to the streamer soon, but we also have to say goodbye to some favorites. Medieval fantasy series Merlin (which lowkey got me through quarantine 1.0) is among the exitees, as is Eyes Wide Shut, an anonymous secret sex society Christmas movie you have to see to believe.

Could anticipation be any higher for Noah Baumbach‘s “White Noise“? Critics loved his last film, 2019’s “Marriage Story,” which racked up six nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture. But is Baumbach over his head adapting Don Delillo‘s 1985 novel? Critical generally like it, but now audiences get to have their say, as the film hits select theaters before its exclusive Netflix premiere.

The bidding for film and TV rights is shaping up to be wild and wooly on an unwritten book about the stunning collapse of FTX cryptocurrency exchange titan Sam Bankman-Fried.

Calling all ghosts and ghouls! The Wednesday premiere was a fashionably frightening affair.

The extensive ties between UFC parent Endeavor Group Holdings and Disney mean the media company is likely to be “open to a renewal conversation sooner rather than later,” in the assessment of Endeavor president Mark Shapiro.

Weighing in. The Love Is Blind women fervently defended pal Zanab Jaffrey after she accused her ex-fiancé, Cole Barnett, of body-shaming during the season 3 reunion — and they are not backing down.

The Oscar prospects for Fire of Love, The Territory, and All That Breathes got a significant boost today with the announcement of the nominations for the 16th Annual Cinema Eye Honors.

Is it getting hot in here or is it just us?!

As Love Is Blind fans are still reeling from the finale and reunion special, Zanab Jaffrey got candid about her complicated relationship with Cole Barnett — and how he affected how she felt about herself.

Even though it appears that “Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners” isn’t getting a Season 2, Netflix is keen to keep its video game adaptations coming. For its latest franchise, the studio is hoping that bringing “Gears of War” to life will do the trick.  According to THR, Netflix has scored the rights to adapt the “Gears of War” video game franchise into a new multimedia behemoth.

Following months of negotiations, Netflix has landed the rights to popular XBox video game Gears of War. The streamer will partner with The Coalition, the video game developer behind the series, and work with them to not only develop a feature film adaptation but also an animated series.