‘The Last Kingdom’ Producers Reflect on ‘An End of an Era’ as Netflix Series Wraps

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s Group Effort Initiative has partnered with Netflix on a new initiative that will expand underrepresented communities’ access to below-the-line career opportunities. Participants will secure access to on-set production training, as well as job placements this year on multiple Netflix productions throughout the United States and Canada.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRyan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s company Group Effort Initiative is working with Netflix to hire people from underrepresented communities in film and television production jobs.The partnership, which focuses on below-the-line career opportunities, aims to create training and entry-level job options for marginalized communities in the U.S. and Canada.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterIone Skye has joined the upcoming Netflix series “Beef” in a guest starring role, Variety has learned exclusively.The 10-episode dramedy series will be led by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong. It follows two people who find themselves involved in a road rage incident that begins to consume every thought and action of their lives.Netflix would not comment on the details of Skye’s character, but sources say she is a mysterious woman whose mere presence haunts one of the lead characters.Along with Yeun, Wong, and Skye, the cast for the series also includes Young Mazino, Joseph Lee, David Choe, and Patti Yasutake, while Maria Bello, Ashley Park, Justin H.

Bel Powley (The Morning Show) has been tapped as the lead and Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) and Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) as the co-leads in Disney+’s A Small Light, a National Geographic limited series that tells the remarkable story of a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis for more than two years and then preserved Anne’s diary. The project comes from Grey’s Anatomy alums Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Susanna Fogel, ABC Signature and Keshet Studios.

Netflix announced on Monday it has ordered “Glamorous,” starring Miss Benny of “Love, Victor”, to series. Jordon Nardino of “Star Trek: Discovery,” “Quantico,” and “Smash,” will produce alongside Two Shakes Entertainment’s Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow will produce for CBS Studios.The 10-episode series will tell the story of Marco Mejia, a young gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul Madolyn Addison. It’s Marco’s first chance to figure out what he wants out of life, who he actually is, and what it really means for him to be queer.Miss Benny’s previous roles include Casey on “Fuller House,” and Dee in “American Horror Stories: Drive-In.” Casting is now underway for the Madolyn Addison character.

A Business Proposal has retained its position atop Netflix’s Global Top 10 list of most-watched non-English shows as the series draws to a close.According to data from the streaming service, A Business Proposal logged 32.5 million hours viewed for the week of March 28 to April 3. This marks the show’s third consecutive week atop the charts, after topping the list a week before with 30.9 million hours viewed.Notably, these numbers do not reflect the viewership for the show’s last two episodes—which aired on April 4 and 5, respectively.

Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of the smash hit Netflix series Squid Game, is opening up about his next project!

Netflix has released the first on-set photo of Season 3 of its widely popular series The Witcher (see below).

Channing Tatum is ready for ! On Thursday, ET spoke to the 41-year-old actor at a London screening of his latest flick, , and he promised fans that the upcoming third installment in the will be «wild.»«We’re gonna go big. I mean truly, we're not gonna leave anything on the bench. We're taking it out, we're putting it on stage, it's gonna be wild,» he teased.

The new film The Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, is now in theaters and fans likely want to know if they should stick around for a post-credits scene after the movie.

Diane Garrett Ambitious in scope and storytelling, “Pachinko” seems tailor-made for today’s international streaming wars. It arrives March 25 on Apple TV Plus with a literary pedigree and “Minari” Oscar winner Yuh-jung Youn in a starring role.

Channing Tatum makes an appearance on The Ellen Show to promote his new movie The Lost City.

Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher were both Hollywood veterans when they were elected as co-presidents of the Producers Guild of America in June 2018. But while both had overseen big studios, films and television shows, nothing could have prepared them for what they’d encounter in their four years Iin office with the PGA, including the #MeToo revolution, the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic.“We didn’t know each other when this shotgun marriage was formed,” Berman said.

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are currently co-starring in “The Lost City”, and while this is their first project together the actors actually have some history pre-dating the movie, involving their children.

Netflix’s Viking drama series The Last Kingdom is a big hit!

U2 may be getting its own television series from Bad Robot.

Róisín Murphy will make her dramatic acting debut in Netflix series Half Bad.Based on the book trilogy by Sally Green, Half Bad is an eight-part series which follows 16-year-old Nathan, the illegitimate son of the world’s most feared witch.The singer-songwriter will play powerful witch Mercury in the TV adaptation, which is written and executive produced by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji). The project is produced by The Imaginarium, the production company co-founded by Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish.Leading the cast is Jay Lycurgo (Titans, I May Destroy You) as Nathan, Nadia Parkes (Domina) as Annalise and Emilien Vekemans (Transferts) as Gabriel.Other cast members include Isobel Jesper Jones, Paul Ready, David Gyasi, Karen Connell, Kerry Fox, Fehinti Balogun, Misha Butler and Liz White.Speaking about the show, Barton said: “It’s been a complete joy getting the chance to adapt and expand the world of Half Bad.