Netflix Making Movie About Grandma Who Accidentally Invited a Stranger to Thanksgiving Dinner (EXCLUSIVE)

Netflix has boarded the upcoming Arabic-language version of hit movie property Perfect Strangers, which becomes the streamer’s first Arabic-language Original movie.

Mattel Films is developing a live-action family drama titled “Christmas Balloon,” based on a real-life story involving Mattel toys, the company announced Thursday.Gabriela Revilla-Lugo (“A Million Little Things”) will write the original screenplay.“Christmas Balloon” centers on a young girl, Dáyami, living in a Mexican border town who tries to send her Christmas list to Santa tied to a balloon.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorEven Procter & Gamble, one of the world’s biggest advertisers, can’t run commercials on Netflix. So the company has hit upon an alternative: it has joined with Netflix to create commercials.As the streaming giant gets set to launch the second season of “The Witcher” this week, P&G’s Old Spice will debut a commercial that gives the series’ characters the chance to consider whether deodorant might cure some of their ills.

Netflix is making an aggressive play for new subscribers in India by significantly lowering the cost of its subscription plans in the country.

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is turning up the heat — and Ken Jeong is getting hot under the collar.In this exclusive sneak peek from Wednesday's Group B finals, The Queen of Hearts is giving a bonus clue to Jeong and his fellow panelists — Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger and Jenny McCarthy.The clue is a red T-shirt with the word «Wrestle» written across the front.

season 5 star Alina is ready for her love story to play out onscreen. ET's Melicia Johnson spoke with the 27-year-old Saint Petersburg, Russia, native about her unique romance with 28-year-old Caleb from Chandler, Arizona, and also how she feels about being the first little person to be featured in the hit franchise.Alina and Caleb first connected when they were 15 years old on social media but lost touch for 13 years.

Archie Panjabi is about to shake things up on the third season of, which debuts on TNT in January. Ahead of its 2022 winter premiere, ET has the exclusive first look at the upcoming episodes, which executive producer and showrunner Christoph Schrewe says is all about “hope.”  “Seven years ago, the world ended.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSean Baker likes to turn his camera on the people and places Hollywood usually ignores.In films like “Tangerine,” the story of a transgender sex worker that was shot with an iPhone, and “The Florida Project,” a look at an unemployed single mother and her young daughter who live in a rundown motel in the shadow of Walt Disney World, Baker has made a career of dramatizing lives lived on the economic margins.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCrooked Media hired Crystal Ponzio-Busto, an eight-year veteran of Netflix, to lead marketing for the podcasting and media company.As Crooked’s SVP of marketing, Ponzio-Busto will oversee marketing and communications strategy for the brand, working to broaden its reach in podcasting, digital content and ecommerce and helping to launch Crooked’s upcoming TV and film projects.Most recently, Ponzio-Busto was director of films marketing at Netflix, where she developed

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAntoine Fuqua has entered a new creative partnership with Netflix, focusing on feature and documentary films.The multi-project agreement comes on the heels of the streaming premiere of “The Guilty,” for which star Jake Gyllenhaal is currently making awards rounds.

Variety reported.Dench, now 64, was trying to get in touch with her grandson when instead she accidentally got through to Hinton, a high school senior at the time, now 22, who joked, “You not my grandma. Can I still get a plate tho?” As the matriarch is wont to do, she replied, “Of course you can.

Netflix is turning a viral Thanksgiving story into an upcoming holiday movie.

Addie Morfoot ContributorNetflix has bolstered its slate of Oscar short hopefuls with the acquisition of “Three Songs for Benazir.”Directed by Gulistan and Elizabeth Mirzaei, the 22-minute docu tells the story of Shaista, a young man who is a refugee living in modern-day Afghanistan.

Netflix said it has fulfilled a pledge to move two percent of its cash holdings, around $100 million, into Black-led banks and financial institutions, a plan it first announced in late June of 2020, and announced how the funds have been distributed.

new movie!Here’s our guide to the best new movies to watch with your family this Thanksgiving weekend!Encanto is the latest release from Walt Disney Animation. As the only person in her family without any special abilities, Mirabel Madrigal must try to save her household’s magic after she learns that it’s in danger.Encanto stars Stephanie Beatriz, John Leguizamo, María Cecilia Botero, and Diane Guerrero as well as features original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian producer Domenico Procacci, after shepherding more than 100 movies and several TV series, including Netflix’s upcoming Elena Ferrante adaptation “The Lying Life of Adults,” via his Fandango shingle, is debuting as a director with six-part documentary series “The Team.” Variety speaks to Procacci exclusively about what prompted him to go behind the camera for what he says is just a one-off experience as a director, and debuts the English-language

Scott Disick is spending time with a former girlfriend.