Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land, First Man) is wading into the world of the miniseries with The Eddy, a French musical drama scheduled to arrive on May 8th on Netflix. The first trailer for the show was released Tuesday. The series stars André Holland (Moonlight) as Elliott Udo, a once-renowned jazz …
Read More »Hear Bryce Dessner's Premiere of 'Pope Francis' Song From Netflix's 'The Two Popes'
Bryce Dessner of the National unveils the new acoustic ballad, “Pope Francis,” premiering via Rolling Stone. The song appears in the upcoming Netflix film, The Two Popes. Dessner scored the soundtrack, which is available for preorder and will be released on December 6th via Milan Records. The contemplative song was …
Read More »'Stranger Things' Renewed for Season 4
Stranger Things has been renewed for a fourth season — Netflix announced on Monday — as part of a multi-year film and television deal with co-creators and showrunners the Duffer Brothers. The news came with a short teaser video featuring the tagline, “We’re not in Hawkins anymore.” “The Duffer Brothers …
Read More »The Long Journey of 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'
Once upon a time, Jim Henson found himself stranded in the middle of a snowstorm. To pass the time, the Muppet Show creator began to dream up an elaborate story of mystics, monsters, and two different races — a vulturelike aristocracy called the Skeksis and a kindhearted, elfin people known …
Read More »'American Factory' Review: How an East-West Labor Experiment Went South
It was going to save Moraine, Ohio — that was the plan. The small town outside of Dayton had revolved around a General Motors plant the way a planet orbits around a sun. Then the factory closed two days before Christmas in 2008, the community took a major hit and …
Read More »Leslie Jones Announces Netflix Stand-Up Comedy Special
Comedian andSaturday Night Live cast member Leslie Jones will get her own Netflix stand-up comedy special. The hour-long special will premiere on Netflix in 2020. Jones announced the news onJimmy Kimmel Live!Thursday night. “Y’all get to see what I really do: I am a stand up comic. It’s fun to …
Read More »Tiffany Haddish Hosting Netflix Stand-Up Comedy Series 'They Ready'
Tiffany Haddish will showcase six of her favorite comedians in Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, a series of half-hour Netflix stand-up specials. The Girls Trip star will host and executive produce the program, which launches August 13th. They Ready spotlights comics who share a personal history with Haddish: Chaunté Wayans …
Read More »Sturgill Simpson Announces New Album, Anime Film 'Sound & Fury'
Sturgill Simpson announced his new album Sound & Fury Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con, where the country singer also previewed the LP’s Netflix-bound companion anime film. The album is Simpson’s first since his 2016 LP A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, which won the Grammy for Best Country Album along with …
Read More »'I Am Mother' Review: Dystopic Sci-Fi With a Maternal Twist
There’s a long, absolutely delightful history of demented robots and dangerously self-aware A.I. in science fiction, and for a while, it’s hard to tell where I Am Mother‘s title character belongs in the Bad ‘Bot pantheon. It’s tough to pinpoint why, exactly, you don’t trust Mother, an angular android with …
Read More »Jon M. Chu, Nattawut Poonpiriya, Netflix Team for Thai Cave Rescue Project
Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu, Thai filmmaker Nattawut Poonpiriya (Bad Genius) and Netflix, along with SK Global Entertainment (Crazy Rich Asians) have teamed for a forthcoming project about the rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave. The harrowing events and ultimately uplifting outcome that took …
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