Nicolas Winding Refn On Saddling Up Netflix Noir Series ‘Copenhagen Cowboy’ & How “Theatrical Will Always Exist” But Hollywood System Is “Falling Apart” – Crew Call Podcast

Meghan Markle's former best friend Jessica Mulroney has broken her silence following the couple's controversial Netflix documentary.

The Love Island launch show was left in crisis after 50mph winds descended on the South African villa.

Netflix Animation had a strong slate of projects last year, including “The Sea Beast,” the criminally underseen “Wendell & Wild,” and “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.” So what animated projects hit the streamer this year? One of the first is “My Dad The Bounty Hunter,” a family adventure that spans the galaxy. READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2023 The upcoming follows a couple of siblings who sneak their way into their dad’s latest work trip, only to realize he’s a space bounty hunter in hot pursuit of a fugitive.

Another year, another massive slate of brand-new content on Netflix. So what does the streamer have in store for its subscribers this year? On the YA front, one of Netflix’s biggest showcases for 2023 is “Lockwood & Co.,” based on Jonathan Shroud‘s hit book series from the 2010s.

Cannes Palme d’Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first series for Netflix, The Makanai: Cooking For The Maiko House, is based on a best-selling manga about two young girls who move to Kyoto to start their training as ‘maiko’ or apprentice geisha. 

42 has made a big name hire. Former Netflix and Tiger Aspect Productions exec Ben Cavey is joining as Head of Comedy and Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: In a very competitive situation, with five streamers/networks bidding, Netflix has nabbed a series adaptation of Adam Silvera’s No. 1 New York Times bestselling YA novel They Both Die at the End, I have learned. The project, which hails from Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen, Yellowjackets executive producer Drew Comins and studio eOne as well as music superstar Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known professionally as Bad Bunny, has received a significant, script-to-series commitment, I hear. It marks Van Dusen’s return to Netflix where he created and served as executive producer/showrunner on the first two seasons of Shondaland’s hit period drama Bridgerton, each of them ranking as Netflix’s most popular English-language TV series at the time of their launch.

In terms of acquisitions, you’d have a strong argument to say that Netflix’s biggest gain over the years was with the TV series, “You.” After being canceled on Lifetime, Netflix swooped in and brought it back for Season 2.

A new year means a new barrage of television shows requiring instant viewing. While we’ve polished off all of our end-of-year lists for 2022, Hollywood refuses to slow down with both returns of highly anticipated series as well as welcomed new shows to dig into. Rian Johnson makes his return to television with Natasha Lyonne as his star, while filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn also takes another stab at a miniseries with his latest, “Copenhagen Cowboy.” Fan favorite shows such as “Servant” and “Hunters” arrive for their final seasons while Hirokazu Kore-eda makes his television debut through an original Netflix series.

Are movies back to their pre-pandemic popularity? Box office juggernauts like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way Of Water” may indicate that’s the case, but 2022 was still a challenging year for the film industry. Overall, the grosses for films remain lower than they did before COVID-19.

Obviously Prince William isn’t wild about how everything went down surrounding the new Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan. But is Princess Catherine taking it more personally??

Charlie Cox is sharing some details about Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s upcoming revival series on Disney+, revealing that the shoot will take up most of the coming year.

EXCLUSIVE: After spending years taking subscribers behind bars at dangerous prisons, Netflix is applying the same formula to special forces.

Harry & Meghan was not nearly as spicy as many fans had hoped, and in fact retread much of the that the couple had already spoken about publicly. However, according to the , Prince Harry's forthcoming memoir, , will be “more inflammatory" than the docuseries. According to the outlet, the book will cover Prince Harry's upbringing, and Buckingham Palace is "bracing itself for what he might have to say about his .” Harry will also give two promotional interviews ahead of the January 10 release of Spare, the first with ITV's Tom Bradby and the second with CNN's Anderson Cooper. Buckingham Palace has not provided an official statement following Harry & Meghan, but sources close to the royals say that is paranoid and that there is “there is no trust left” when it comes to Harry and Meghan, per , and are worried about what is coming in Harry's memoir.

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

EXCLUSIVE: Silence has been golden for Tamara Lawrance who, paired with Wakanda Forever’s Letitia Wright in The Silent Twins, won the best joint lead performance trophy at the recent BIFA awards. 

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.