Netflix and chill out: Here’s what’s new to watch this weekend

streaming service keeps the hits coming and we’re very excited about its latest announcement.If like us, you binge-watched The Stranger based on Harlan Coben’s best-selling book and Safe the TV show the author created, then you’ll be delighted to learn that another of his books is being adapted into a Netflix series.Stay Close, which was a number-one New York Times bestseller is set to be just as gripping as the other two hit series.The new thriller will see Nicola Shindler, Harlan Coben, Danny

If being scared completely out of your wits isn’t your thing (read, if you’re a coward like us) then tune into Hubie Halloween.The dark comedy sees do-gooder Hubie (Adam Sandler) hellbent on making sure that everyone in his town has a responsible Halloween but not this year.

90s have been having a bit of a resurgence of late. Those of us lucky enough to have experienced the decade at the time may have spent the last 20 years trying to shake off the memories of its fashion and popular culture.But love it or loathe it, cool kids these days can't get enough of it.

Jeremy Strong is joining the cast.

Jessica Jones and Breaking Bad actor Krysten Ritter is reportedly set to star as the villain in a new Netflix film, Night Books.Directed by David Yarovesky (Brightburn) and adapted from JA White’s horror-fantasy kids book, the story follows Alex (Winslow Fegley), the film’s young protagonist obsessed with paranormal tales.After being captured by a witch in New York – played by Ritter, according to Deadline – Alex is introduced to fellow captive Yasmin and forced to tell a new scary story every

Jessica Jones and Breaking Bad actress Krysten Ritter has snagged a role in Netflix movie Night Books.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNetflix has paused shooting on “The Harder They Fall” after a member of the production tested positive for COVID-19, Variety has confirmed.The Western, which stars Idris Elba and Regina King, was roughly five weeks into shooting in New Mexico. No members of the primary cast tested positive, according to an insider.

Grand Army looks like a game-changer. The show presents itself as a powerful, nuanced depiction of adolescents in present-day New York City: traumatized, tired, yet stubbornly immune to despair.

Ming Peiffer tweeting that she and two other writers of color formerly on the show “quit due to racist exploitation and abuse.” Netflix has not commented on the issue.)Although set in New York City, much of “Grand Army” was filmed in Toronto. “It was wild,” said Cappiello.

Ava DuVernay is re-teaming with Netflix for an adaptation of New York Times bestsellerCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents. DuVernay, who worked with the streamer on both her Oscar-nominated documentary The 13th andEmmy winning series When They See Us, will writer, direct and produce the feature version of Isabel Wilkerson's novel.

Jay-Z and his team of attorneys are once again stepping in to aid in the defense of demonstrators who were arrested while protesting the shooting death of Alvin Cole.The 17-year-old was shot by police in Wisconsin on February 2.

Authorities in Wauwatosa, Wis., arrested protesters Sunday night they accused of disobeying the city’s 7 p.m. curfew that has been in place after several nights of unrest, a report said.

Alvin Cole.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAnna Winger’s “Unorthodox,” based on Deborah Feldman’s 2012 memoir about a young woman leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in New York to start life anew in Berlin, was not intrinsically designed to be an international darling.The mandate of Netflix’s German television group, says co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos, is simply to “make great TV” for the subscription streaming service’s German audience.

Legendary comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin discussed the historic snubbing of comedies at the Oscars. The two comedians got together for an hour-long virtual discussion about their careers as part of the New Yorker Festival Wednesday night, where the duo mentioned how Netflix has helped comedians gain a little recognition in the movie industry.

Last year, Adam Sandler gave arguably the best performance of his career in one of the best films of 2020, Josh and Benny Safdie’s mile-a-minute instant classic, “Uncut Gems.” As Howard Ratner, the ill-fated, lethally optimistic scumbag protagonist of that masterwork of New York City grime, Sandler didn’t exactly reinvent himself; he merely amplified and twisted some of his more recognizable screen tics – his oafishness, his uproarious manic outbursts, and his pronounced sense of Judaism, just

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorMank, David Fincher’s movie about Oscar winning Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his tumultuous development of the Orson Welles’ classic, will hit Netflix on Dec.

Netflix will be bringing a lot of joy to audiences this December with the movie musical The Prom, based on the Broadway show of the same name.

Hubie Halloween. The newest direct-to-Netflix Adam Sandler picture is very much a return to form after his awards season turn in the edgy, New York gambling epic Uncut Gems.