‘Ozark’ Reups With Part 2 Of Season 4, Reclaiming Nielsen Streaming Crown; ‘Grace And Frankie’, ‘Moon Knight’ Also Draw Crowds

EXCLUSIVE: After being courted by every major agency in town, Squid Game creator, writer/director, and executive producer Hwang Dong-hyuk, , along with his producing partner Kim Ji-yeon, also an executive producer on the series, have signed with CAA.

Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) and Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) have joined the cast of Netflix and Skydance’s anticipated comic book sequel, The Old Guard 2. They’re set to star alongside returning cast members Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Candy, the limited series rolled out by Hulu in a Monday-to-Friday, one-episode-a-day pattern, pulled in 577 million minutes of streaming to finish sixth on Nielsen’s weekly chart for May 9 to 15.

Netflix has picked up a second season of Inside Job, the adult animated conspiracy theory comedy series from Gravity Falls writer Shion Takeuchi and creator Alex Hirsch. The renewal was announced Wednesday on Day 3 of Netflix’s Geeked Week. It comes ahead of the launch of Season 1, Part 2, with a premiere date TBA.

Ozark creator Chris Mundy joined cast members in speculating on fan theories surrounding the show Netflix drama’s final moments – as well as discussing the idea of a movie.The discussion took place as part of the show’s FYC event in Los Angeles on Sunday (June 5). US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel moderated and interviewed Mundy, as well as leading actors Jason Bateman and Julia Garner, editor Cindy Mollo, production designer David Bomba, music supervisor Gabe Hilfer, and cinematographer Shawn Kim.Asked about the theory that Jonah (Skylar Gaertner), the son of Marty and Wendy Byrde (Jason Bateman and Laura Linney), destroyed some crucial incriminating evidence, Mundy said he thought the ending was “pretty unambiguous”, adding: “I think he shot Mel [the cop], and Mel is dead.

Netflix just dropped the new teaser-trailer for “Manifest” season 4.

Selome Hailu “Stranger Things” Season 4 and “Obi-Wan Kenobi” are currently the leading titles on their respective streamers, and both debuted on May 27. With “Stranger Things” maintaining its status as one of Netflix’s most popular original properties, and “Obi-Wan Kenobi” marking the latest expansion of the “Star Wars” franchise, their premieres created what Nielsen called “the most anticipated weekend ever in streaming” — and Netflix came out on top.Netflix reported that Part 1 of the fourth season of “Stranger Things” had the company’s biggest premiere weekend ever for an English-language series, garnering 287 million hours viewed globally.

The newest batch of episodes of Stranger Things, which arrived on Netflix the same day that Obi-Wan Kenobi premiered on Disney+, powered the show to 5.1 billion minutes of U.S. streaming in its first three days, according to Nielsen.

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The climactic half of Ozark‘s final season propelled the drama to a dominant win on Nielsen’s weekly streaming chart for May 2 to 8.

“Ozark” most certainly went out with a bang.The concluding Netflix drama landed the top spot on Nielsen’s Top 10 list, for the week of May 2-8.According to Nielsen, “Ozark” netted over 3 billion minutes viewed, an increase of 29% from the week prior, which is when the final episode run debuted on Netflix. Two-thirds of the show’s viewers were in the 35-64 age range.

Stranger Things has been unveiled.The first part of the soundtrack accompanies the first volume of season four, which was released onto Netflix yesterday (May 27). The second volume of the season, and the second part of the soundtrack, will arrive on July 1.The first part of the collection features tracks from artists including Kate Bush, Journey, Talking Heads and The Cramps.‘The Complete Stranger Things: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, Season 4’ (including Volume I and Volume II) will be available to buy on CD and cassette from September 9 and can be pre-ordered here.

After months of speculation, it’s finally official: the original cast of “That ’70s Show” will be returning to reprise their characters in the upcoming Netflix spin-off, “That ’90s Show” — and Tommy Chong will be among them.

Streaming giant Netflix have inadvertently revealed that the next series of The Crown will feature the meeting of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at St Andrew's University. An advert has been placed on their website calling for an aspiring actress to play Kate Middleton during this pivotal stage of her life.The ad states that candidates will need to have a "strong physical resemblance" to the teenage princess and also includes three photographs of the duchess at that time including one of her from 2004 wearing riding boots with a tweed coat draped over her shoulder. Casting director Robert Sterne requires wannabes to send in a selfie along with a short video of them talking about something that they "love".

Just the beginning! One month after finding success on Netflix, Heartstopper received a two-season renewal which will continue to focus on Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson’s (Kit Connor) blossoming romance.

Wilson Chapman editorOne week ahead of the highly anticipated return of “Stranger Things,” Netflix has dropped the first 8 minutes of the season in a sneak peek, as well as announcing the episode counts for Season 4’s upcoming two parts. Watch the first 8 minutes below:The first volume will consist of the bulk of the season, with seven of the nine episodes releasing May 27. The remaining two episodes will be released on July 1 as Volume 2 of the season.The episodes are significantly longer than in previous seasons of the show, with most running at 75 minutes and Episode 7 running for 98 minutes.

Netflix has released the first eight minutes of the first episode of the upcoming fourth season of Stranger Things. You can watch it above.

Isla Fisher (Wolf Like Me) and Greg Kinnear (Shining Vale) will topline the family comedy The Present, from director Christian Ditter (How to Be Single), which has entered production in Los Angeles.

Visual effects and animation firm DNEG has extended its deal with Netflix through 2025.