‘Squid Game’ star Park Hae-soo to lead new Netflix disaster film ‘Great Flood’

Manori Ravindran International EditorSalma Hayek and Annie Murphy are in talks to star in the new season of “Black Mirror,” Variety can reveal.The dystopian Netflix series is slowly assembling a star-studded roster of talent for its long-awaited Season 6, with Hayek and Murphy the latest actors set to join the cast.Variety previously revealed that the new season has signed Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton and Anjana Vasan. Elsewhere, Deadline reported that Rory Culkin, who was most recently seen in FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven,” is also joining the show.Hayek recently wrapped on Angelina Jolie’s new movie “Without Blood,” which has been filming in Italy, and stars in Steven Soderbergh’s forthcoming “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” She also starred in Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” and Marvel’s “Eternals.” A Hayek-produced series on the death of Argentina’s Eva Perón, titled “Santa Evita,” aired on Disney’s Star last month.

Stranger Things actor Joe Keery has discussed the panicked reaction to ‘Protect Steve’ billboards used to promote the show’s fourth season.Ahead of season four’s final two episodes, released in July, Netflix debuted a number of billboards emblazoned with the words ‘Protect Steve’ surrounded by roots related to the overgrowth in the Upside Down.The marketing ploy caused many fans to fear for the safety of Keery’s character Steve Harrington in the final two episodes, something which amuses the actor today.“That was some very funny Netflix marketing,” laughs Keery to NME. “It’s pretty funny because they just freaked everybody out, but they knew how it ended!“It was like: ‘why are they saying this?’ Why are they doing this to everyone!”AT ALL COSTS!!! pic.twitter.com/qabjmpy0y1— Netflix (@netflix) June 29, 2022The actor however missed most of the anguish due to his absence from social media.

NME can exclusively share the trailer for Netflix film I Used To Be Famous, starring Ed Skrein (Game Of Thrones, Deadpool) as a struggling musician.Directed by Eddie Sternberg in his debut feature, the synopsis for the new music drama reads: “Vince (Ed Skrein) used to be in the hottest boy band around. Now he’s alone and desperate.

Apple TV+ is heading to Philadelphia for its next crime series.

Teresa Ruiz is preparing for the release of her new Netflix show ‘Mo’ and we couldn’t be more excited! The talented actress, who recently starred alongside Mark Wahlberg in ‘Father Stu,’ has embarked on a new project. Created and produced by Mohammed “Mo” Amer and Ramy Youssef, joining forces with A24.The upcoming comedy series is set to be released on the streaming platform August 24, and is based on Amer’s experiences as a Palestinian refugee growing up in Texas.Teresa will play the role of Mo’s girlfriend Maria, and actress Farah Bsieso will play Mo’s mother, Yusra Najjar.

SAG-AFTRA’s national board has voted overwhelmingly to approve a new three-year contract with Netflix. The contract now goes to the guild’s membership for ratification.

Pallavi Sharda and Suraj Sharma are hitting the red carpet!

Jenna Coleman. The new Netflix series is the latest endeavour in Jenna's vastly successful career. The actress first rose to fame starring on Emmerdale as Jasmine Thomas, before moving on to appear in Waterloo Road.

As competition like HBO Max seemingly is going through a major change in the coming weeks, it appears that Netflix is still moving full steam ahead, even if the streamer is cutting jobs and supposedly cutting costs.

Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower has announced that he’s releasing a new song called ‘I Am’ next week.The actor and musician portrays the sinister villain Vecna in the fourth season of the hit Netflix show. As Kerrang! notes, he was previously the frontman of the London punk band Counterfeit before launching a career as a solo artist.During a recent interview on The Tonight Show…, host Jimmy Fallon put it to Bower that he has a new track coming out next Friday (August 12).

Stranger Things added a few more tens of millions of hours viewed to its Season 4 tally this past week.The final viewership for the new season (Vol.1 and Vol.2 combined) is 1.352B hours in the first 28 days of release. That is the most for any English-language series on Netflix and more than twice the hours viewed logged by the second most popular season of an English-language series on the streamer, Bridgerton 2 (656M).

Squid Game was previously the most popular Netflix TV show ever, but many believed Stranger Things‘ fourth season could beat the Korean language thriller to become number 1.

Production on Netflix’s “Old Guard 2” was disrupted on Monday after a fire broke out at Cinecittà Studios in Italy. The flames erupted Monday afternoon, in an area of the studio with a renaissance-era Florence set.

Fire broke out at Italy’s historic Cinecittà Studios on Monday afternoon (August 1), destroying part of an old set depicting Renaissance Florence, which was in the process of being dismantled, and disrupted Netflix film Old Guard 2.  

Netflix have developed a real-life Squid Game multiplayer game that will launch in the US and UK this September.On August 1, Variety reported that the two companies have collaborated on a game inspired by the hit South Korean drama. The upcoming in-person game will allow two to six players to compete in a series of challenges featured in Squid Game, including ‘Red Light, Green Light’, ‘Glass Bridge’, and the titular ‘Squid Game’.Immersive Gamebox will use motion-sensing and touchscreen technology in digital smart rooms to recreate the experience of being in the games.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIs this a green light — or red light?Interactive gaming company Immersive Gamebox, under a pact with Netflix, has developed an in-person “Squid Game” multiplayer game that will let groups of 2-6 people compete in a series of challenges inspired by the hit Netflix series, including Red Light, Green Light; Marbles; and the “Squid Game” itself. Every time you lose a challenge, you lose a virtual life — and each time you win, you earn virtual money in a piggy bank.Immersive Gamebox’s “Squid Game” experience is set to launch Sept. 21, at nine U.S.