K.J. Yossman Award-winning actor and producer Gillian Anderson has signed a first-look deal with Netflix via her production company Fiddlehead Productions.
09.03.2022 - 19:37 / deadline.com
Vikings: Valhalla has swung its sword to the top of Netflix’s weekly ratings chart as the streamer has revealed how its 24-episode order will be split up.
The first eight episodes of the Jeb Stuart-created series launched on February 25 and were watched for 113M hours by subscribers. This put it at the top of Netflix’s Top 10 English-language series in the U.S. as well as in 90 countries – moving Inventing Anna into second place. Across its first nine days, it has totaled 194M hours watched.
The streamer revealed that the second chapter of eight episodes has wrapped in County Wicklow, Ireland and is expected to air in 2023. Production on the third chapter of eight episodes will begin later this spring.
Stuart remains showrunner and exec producer for the second and third chapters with Sam Corlett, who plays Leif Eriksson, Frida Gustavsson as Freydis Eriksdotter and Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson reprising their roles.
The series, which is produced by MGM Television and is a sequel series to the History Channel original, chronicles the heroic adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived.
As tensions between the Vikings and the English royals reach a bloody breaking point and as the Vikings themselves clash over their conflicting Christian and pagan beliefs, these three Vikings begin an epic journey that will take them across oceans and through battlefields, from Kattegat to England and beyond, as they fight for survival and glory.
Stuart exec produces alongside Morgan O’Sullivan, Vikings creator Michael Hirst, Sheila Hockin, Steve Stark, James Flynn, John Weber, Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer, and Paul Buccieri, who previously ran A+E Studios.
Stuart thanked the fans for watching. “The numbers have been mind-boggling
K.J. Yossman Award-winning actor and producer Gillian Anderson has signed a first-look deal with Netflix via her production company Fiddlehead Productions.
Naman Ramachandran Daily TV show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and Sharon Osbourne’s “The Talk” are among the launch programs on Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV channel. “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” the new global show fronted by the former “Good Morning Britain” presenter and controversial media figure known for his frank views on Meghan Markle, will go to air for the first time on April 25 with the U.K.
Bridgerton is the regency love story that took Netflix by storm in 2021.
A Business Proposal has topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 list of the most-watched non-English shows.According to data from the streaming service, A Business Proposal logged 23.4million hours viewed for the week of March 14 to 20, a noted increase from the 15.9million hours from the week prior. In addition, the show is also the seventh most-watched series for the week across all categories.This week’s list of the most-watched non-English shows also features five other K-drama series, including Zombie apocalypse series All Of Us Are Dead, which is currently the third most popular non-English Netflix original ever.
Sweet dreams are made in a house like this, for Annie Lennox .
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U2 may be getting its own television series from Bad Robot.
A new show about U2 is in development at Netflix!
Netflix is in early development on a scripted series inspired by the rock band U2, sources close to the project confirmed to Deadline. It hails from J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions, and Warner Bros. TV, where Bad Robot is under a deal. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) is attached to pen the series.
Top Boy took the streaming world by storm when it made its triumphant return in 2019 – six years after its first incarnation was cancelled by Channel 4. Indeed, at one point, the gritty drama was the number one most-watched show on Netflix in the UK.
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Edward Enninful, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, has confirmed his recent marriage to editor and creative director Alec Maxwell. The wedding, which took place at Longleat House in Wiltshire, featured an A-list guest-list that included Rihanna, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Victoria Beckham, Karlie Kloss, Diane von Furstenberg and Munroe Bergdorf. “Three weeks ago, before the world turned on its head again, I was lucky enough to experience the greatest personal joy I have ever known,” he wrote on Instagram on Wednesday.
Whether it is the cost of heating, food, fuel, or many other goods and services, it seems that the cost of living is going to get more and more expensive in the upcoming months.
Vikings: Valhalla is officially returning for seasons two and three on Netflix!
Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has named ten emerging talents from across the Indian film, gaming and television industries that will participate in the 2022 edition of its BAFTA Breakthrough India initiative supported by Netflix.The 2022 contingent includes writer-director Ajitpal Singh (“Tabbar,” “Fire in the Mountain”); composer Alokananda Dasgupta (“Sacred Games”), writer-director Arati Kadav (“Cargo”), producer Mathivanan Rajendran (“Nirvana Inn”), writer-director Leena Manimekalai (“Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale”), game director Nakul Verma (“In My Shadow”), writer-director Prateek Vats (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), writer Shubham (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”) and performer Sumukhi Suresh (“Pushpavalli”). The talents were selected by a jury consisting of BAFTA-winning composer A.R.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently confirmed that State Pension payments will increase by 3.1% in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from April 11, 2022.