Netflix rejects criticism of ‘Game Of Thrones’ bosses’ new TV show

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Strong is negotiating to co-star in Maestro, the Bradley Cooper-directed drama on composer Leonard Bernstein for Netflix.

Jessica Jones and Breaking Bad actor Krysten Ritter is reportedly set to star as the villain in a new Netflix film, Night Books.Directed by David Yarovesky (Brightburn) and adapted from JA White’s horror-fantasy kids book, the story follows Alex (Winslow Fegley), the film’s young protagonist obsessed with paranormal tales.After being captured by a witch in New York – played by Ritter, according to Deadline – Alex is introduced to fellow captive Yasmin and forced to tell a new scary story every

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Former The Last Ship star Travis Van Winkle and NCIS: New Orleans alumna Shalita Grant are set as series regulars opposite Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti on the upcoming third season of Netflix series You.Developed by Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti, You is based on Caroline Kepnes’ bestselling books You and Hidden Bodies.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix has handed a series order to First Kill, a YA vampire series based on the short story by New York Times bestselling author Victoria “V. E.” Schwab, with American Horror Story and Scream Queens star Emma Roberts set to produce via her Belletrist Productions.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix has handed a series order to First Kill, a YA vampire series based on the short story by New York Times bestselling author Victoria “V. E.” Schwab, with American Horror Story and Scream Queens star Emma Roberts set to star and produce via her Belletrist Productions.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe entertainment industry has turned its focus on Albany, N.Y., over the last week, as it escalates the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow movie theaters to reopen.Inside the Capitol, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy has also been rallying support for the industry.

Ava DuVernay is re-teaming with Netflix for an adaptation of New York Times bestsellerCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents. DuVernay, who worked with the streamer on both her Oscar-nominated documentary The 13th andEmmy winning series When They See Us, will writer, direct and produce the feature version of Isabel Wilkerson's novel.

The New York Times is reportedly dealing with internal “furor” and “heated objections” following a bizarre series of events that resulted in unionized members of the paper demanding that their own Guild delete a message that criticized a recently published column that condemned a project published by the paper.   The Times is known for having many young, liberal staffers that regularly air grievances on social media. The latest infighting at the Gray Lady began last week when opinion columnist

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAnna Sorokin, the fake heiress who swindled the high society elite of Manhattan, has been granted parole.The rights to her story were acquired by Netflix, with Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes attached.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAnna Winger’s “Unorthodox,” based on Deborah Feldman’s 2012 memoir about a young woman leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in New York to start life anew in Berlin, was not intrinsically designed to be an international darling.The mandate of Netflix’s German television group, says co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos, is simply to “make great TV” for the subscription streaming service’s German audience.

Legendary comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin discussed the historic snubbing of comedies at the Oscars. The two comedians got together for an hour-long virtual discussion about their careers as part of the New Yorker Festival Wednesday night, where the duo mentioned how Netflix has helped comedians gain a little recognition in the movie industry.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorJerry Seinfeld gave a shout out to Netflix for helping shift perceptions of comedians — and their paydays — as he and Steve Martin trash talked the genre-snubbing Oscars.“I think for a long time, and actually until Netflix, comedians were just not as important, not as valuable, not considered major artists or real artists.

Hubie Halloween. The newest direct-to-Netflix Adam Sandler picture is very much a return to form after his awards season turn in the edgy, New York gambling epic Uncut Gems.

Millie Bobby Brown was so close to never acting again after a MAJOR let-down!

Lily Collins has lots of reasons to celebrate right now. Not only has the British actor become engaged to boyfriend Charlie McDowell (the writer-director proposed while the pair were holidaying in New Mexico), but her hotly-anticipated new TV series launches on October 2.

Lily Collins has lots of reasons to celebrate right now. Not only has the British actor become engaged to boyfriend Charlie McDowell (the writer-director proposed while the pair were holidaying in New Mexico), but her hotly-anticipated new TV series launches on October 2.

Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett have been cast in Spiderhead at Netflix, an adaptation of the dystopian short story Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders. Set in the near future, the story follows two young convicts in a facility run by a visionary who experiments on inmates with drugs that alter their emotions.

published an open letter to Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos asking him to “seriously reconsider” adapting Cixin’s series.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaChris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett will lend their combined star wattage to Netflix’s “Spiderhead,” Variety has confirmed.The film is an adaptation of a George Saunders short story that first ran in The New Yorker and was later included in the author’s book, “Tenth of December.” It unfolds in the near future and follows two convicts who are housed in a facility run by a doctor who experiments on inmates with powerful drugs that alter

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge in Florida agreed Thursday to transfer ex-prosecutor Linda Fairstein’s defamation lawsuit against Netflix to New York, finding that is a more appropriate venue for the case involving a TV series about the Central Park Five.Fairstein filed the suit in March, alleging that she was wrongfully depicted in “When They See Us” as a racist prosecutor who orchestrated the railroading of five innocent teenagers.