Former Netflix Exec Nicole Norwood Joins TriStar Television As SVP Development

EXCLUSIVE: Fangoria Studios has hired Amir Moini as its first Chief Marketing Officer.

Who had Amazon supplyingone of Netflix’s biggest original series on their 2022 bingo card?

Netflix has opted not to renew new comedy series Blockbuster for a second season.

Netflix’s On My Block spinoff Freeridge is set to premiere on February 2.

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking with Isidoor Roebers and Lea Fels, partners at Dutch doc producer Scenery, a joint venture with Banijay Benelux that has served up artistic but commercial unscripted projects for everyone from local public broadcaster NPO to Netflix and Prime Video.

Mo Amer took inspiration from his own life for his Netflix comedy series Mo, co-created by Ramy Youssef, which follows a Palestinian refugee seeking asylum and U.S. citizenship in Houston. The series premiered in August on the streamer and quickly received acclaim for being one of the first American TV series to feature a Palestinian-American refugee protagonist. It also scored a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Series Under 40 Minutes.

The royal drama continues. Meghan Markle’s former friend Jessica Mulroney shared a cryptic quote after she didn’t appear in volume 1 of the Sussex’s tell-all docuseries, Meghan & Harry.

Emma Myers (Wednesday) and Brady Noon (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers) have signed on to star alongside Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms in the body-swap comedy Family Leave, which McG is directing for Netflix.

Netflix has commissioned Korean webtoon adaptation Doona!, to be directed by Crash Landing On You director Lee Jung-hyo, while revealing new figures on the global consumption of Korean content in 2022. 

Writer and stand-up comedian Mo Amer was the latest Hollywood name to pass through Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea film festival Wednesday where he discussed his varied career as part of the festival’s ‘In Conversation’ series and the potential of a second season of his well-received Netflix comedy Mo.

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has now crossed 1B hours viewed in its first 60 days on Netflix, becoming just the third series to do so after Squid Game and Stranger Things 4.

Hallmark Media has named Kelly Garrett as Vice President of Development. Garrett reports to Samantha DiPippo, senior vice president, development, and will be based in Studio City.

The woman who was president of Harry and Meghan's company has announced she's stepped down from her post.

Netflix has released its trailer and key art for The Witcher: Blood Originat the CCXP event in Brazil, also revealing that Joey Bateywill star as Jaskier in the four-part series. It will bow on Sunday, December 25.

Netflix has confirmed production of documentary, Yellow Door: Looking For Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film (working title), delving into the story behind Parasite director Bong Joon Ho’s first short film, which was seen by just ten people. 

Five years ago, Robert De Niro made his first foray into TV acting with HBO‘s “The Wizard Of Lies,” about businessman fraudster Bernie Madoff. Now, Deadline reports (via Variety) that the two-time Oscar winner has a new TV role in the works over at Netflix, a project that De Niro will also executive produce.