Netflix Signals Expansion Into Video Games With New Executive Hire

Anna Gross, the film executive behind such acclaimed titles as Tootsie and The NeverEnding Story, died on July 23 at her home in Twentynine Palms, CA, following a long battle with cancer. She was 68.

Liars have shared a new single, ‘From What The Never Was’, alongside a cinematic film clip celebrating yesteryear’s iconic sci-fi movies.The third and final single to be lifted from new album ‘The Apple Drop’ ahead of its release next Friday August 6 via Mute, ‘From What The Never Was’ follows the electronica-styled ‘Sekwar’ and grungy, guitar-driven ‘Big Appetite’.

Olympics were greeted by a few familiar notes Friday night.Those video game songs that get stuck in your head.An orchestral medley of songs from iconic Japanese video games served as the soundtrack for the parade of countries at the opening ceremony.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla New York Times bestselling political conspiracy thriller “The Night Agent” will get the silver screen treatment by Netflix. The streamer has greenlit the series for a book-to-TV adaptation, tapping creator Shawn Ryan (“The Shield,” “S.W.A.T.”) to executive produce.

EXCLUSIVE: A pandemic read has led to a series order at Netflix. The streamer has greenlighted The Night Agent, a political conspiracy thriller series created by Shawn Ryan based on author Matthew Quirk’s 2019 New York Times bestseller. Seth Gordon is set to direct the first episode of the series, which comes from Sony Pictures Television Studios where Ryan and Gordon are under overall deals.

EXCLUSIVE: Sabrina Spellman lives on—sort of—in the new Archie Comics and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa series The Occult World of Sabrina which will pick up where Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina left off in its series finale cliffhanger. Sabrina may have welcomed death, but someone close to her is plotting to bring her back.

Netflix has something exciting in the works for gaming lovers!

Netflix has given its first real hints about its push into video games.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOak View Group — the venue-development, advisory, and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industries founded by Irving Azoff and Tim Lieweke — has announced a long-term partnership with Ticketmaster, the Live Nation-owned largest ticketing company in the world, covering six of OVG’s new arenas.

Shakira is back with a brand-new summer anthem!

Netflix has flirted with the idea of gaming before, but with Google and Amazon firmly into the business now with their streaming services Google Stadia and Amazon Luna, Netflix is making moves and hiring people to make proper inroads into the industry, with plans in motion to develop games at the company.

Netflix's vice president of game development, confirmed Thursday, comes as the company seeks to sustain the momentum it gathered last year when people turned to the video streaming service to get through lockdowns imposed during the pandemic.Netflix wound up adding 37 million worldwide subscribers last year, by far the largest annual gain in its history.

A significant expansion of California’s film and TV production tax credit is scheduled to come to a floor vote on Thursday before the state Assembly and Senate.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's post-working royal life has involved signing a deal with Netflix. The New York Times reported in September 2020 that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex founded a production company (later confirmed to be Archewell Productions) and signed a multiyear deal with the steaming service, which will pay them to make documentaries, docu-series, feature films, scripted shows and children’s programming.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentLess than 10 years ago, a typical Friday night for powerhouse fashion executive Julia Haart consisted of making Shabbos dinner for her husband and family in the ultra-Orthodox community of Monsey in upstate New York.

Netflix will reportedly offer video games through its subscription service in the near future.According to a new Bloomberg report, the streaming giant has allegedly hired former Electronic Arts (EA) and Facebook executive Mike Verdu as its vice president of game development.

Jessica Alba celebrates a win during the AT&T 5G Immersive Event on Wednesday night (July 14) in New York City.

Jessica Alba starts filming the thriller Trigger Warning for Netflix in New Mexico this fall, starring and executive producing her first feature film in a few years. She told Deadline she’ll be flying back to Los Angeles twice a week in large part to tend to Honest Co., a business she founded a decade ago, took public in May and that now has a market cap of $1.26 billion. Alba is chief creative director.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNetflix has ordered a six-part anthology “Blackout,” to be produced by the Obamas’ Higher Ground banner and Temple Hill.The project is designed to will tell six different stories of Black teenagers who find love during a power outage in New York City. Each installment will be penned by a different writer.