Arsenio Hall is getting back into the late-night game. Temporarily.
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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterCarmen and Juni Cortez, welcome to Netflix.The streamer has closed a deal to reboot “Spy Kids,” the early 2000s action-adventure franchise about a family of super-secret agents. Skydance Media had recently optioned the rights to “Spy Kids” with the intention to reimagine the franchise for today’s audiences, but the film has newly landed at Netflix.
The still-untitled movie will premiere on a yet-to-be-determined date.Spyglass Media owns the “Spy Kids” franchise and remains on board. Robert Rodriguez, who created the original series, has returned for the upcoming reboot, which he will write and direct.
Plot details have not been revealed, but the next generation of “Spy Kids” will revolve around the activities of a multicultural family. The original “Spy Kids” movie centered on Carmen and Juni Cortez (Alexa PenaVega and Daryl Sabara), two young kids unaware that their parents (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino) work for the Organization of Super Spies.
Eventually, the Cortez children join the family business of espionage. Casting for the upcoming reboot has not been announced.The first film was popular among younger and older audiences alike, grossing $147 million at the global box office in 2001.
Arsenio Hall is getting back into the late-night game. Temporarily.
There’s more Netflix news this week and this time, 2 more shows have been renewed at the streamer.
EXCLUSIVE: J. Miles Dale, Oscar-winning producer of The Shape of Water and nominee Nightmare Alley, has formed a creative partnership with Netflix. Dale will produce feature films under a multi-year first-look deal via his Demilo Films banner. Dale’s currently an executive producer and co-showrunner on the Netflix series Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities and he is also executive producer on the Netflix series Sex/Life.
You should know the gist of “Love, Death & Robots” an adult animated anthology horror streaming television series on Netflix. The story goes something like this: for years, David Fincher wanted to remake the adult animated anthology movie “Heavy Metal,” based on the adult-oriented sci-fi fantasy magazine, and he wanted Tim Miller, a VFX artist who went on to direct his own films like “Deadpool” and “Terminator: Dark Fate” to work on it (Miller and Fincher go way back and he designed the title sequences of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”).
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterIt should come as no surprise that cost is the main reason given for why someone will likely cancel a streaming service subscription — but what might be surprising is what those consumers feel is actually a fair price for Netflix, Disney+ and more platforms.According to Fandom’s second annual State of Streaming report, which was released on Tuesday by the mega-fan platform, 61% of those surveyed believe their streaming subs are too expensive and value the average streamer at $7.46 monthly.Here are the “average prices” consumers want to pay for top SVODs, per the Fandom study, in descending order: Netflix ($10.60), HBO Max ($9.30), Disney+ ($9.20), Hulu ($8.60), Amazon Prime Video ($8.60), Apple TV+ ($6.9), Paramount+ ($6.8) and Peacock ($5.5). The same report also revealed that 62% of surveyed consumers think “genre is the key differentiator” between streaming platforms, “with Disney+ being acknowledged as the genre-leader to date.”“I always look at originals and the way that they market originals is really the key to not only capturing audience, but keeping audience,” Anthony Iaffaldano, Fandom’s vice president of insights, told Variety.
Anatomy of a Scandal, the brand-new drama about class, gender and more, has proved a big hit with Netflix fans since it was released to the platform on Good Friday (15 April).
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has tapped actress Helena Bonham Carter to narrate a blue-chip natural history series about the secret world of baby animals in the wild.
Netflix tonight announced that it has renewed its animated series Big Mouth for a seventh season, and will bring back its spinoff Human Resources for a second. The former series will be back with new episodes later this year.
Wilson Chapman editor“Big Mouth” and “Human Resources” still have some growing up to do. The Netflix animated comedies have been renewed for additional seasons, the streamer announced Monday.“Big Mouth” has been renewed through Season 7, with Season 6 premiering later this year. Freshman show “Human Resources” has also been renewed for a second season.
Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill) and Farrah Mackenzie (United States of Al) have signed on for roles in Sam Esmail’s Netflix film Leave the World Behind, Deadline can confirm. They join a cast that also includes Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold, as previously announced.
Tom Ellis and Lucy Liu are set to star in a new show at Netflix!
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNetflix has ordered an adult animated series based on the card game “Exploding Kittens,” starring “Lucifer” star Tom Ellis and Lucy Liu. A new mobile game adaptation, “Exploding Kittens – The Game,” is being co-developed and will launch via the streamer in May, well ahead of the TV show’s planned 2023 debut.The show, which is executive produced by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, follows the eternal conflict between Heaven and Hell as it reaches epic proportions when both God and the Devil are sent to Earth – in the bodies of chunky house cats.Along with Ellis and Liu, “Exploding Kittens” stars Abraham Lim (“Clickbait,” “The Boys”), Ally Maki (“Wrecked,” “Toy Story 4”), Mark Proksch (“What We Do In The Shadows,” “Better Call Saul”) and Sasheer Zamata (“Woke,” “Home Economics”).
Netflix has ordered an animated series and a mobile game based on the Exploding Kittens card game – the first time that the streamer will launch a videogame and a series from the same franchise.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s Group Effort Initiative has partnered with Netflix on a new initiative that will expand underrepresented communities’ access to below-the-line career opportunities. Participants will secure access to on-set production training, as well as job placements this year on multiple Netflix productions throughout the United States and Canada.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRyan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s company Group Effort Initiative is working with Netflix to hire people from underrepresented communities in film and television production jobs.The partnership, which focuses on below-the-line career opportunities, aims to create training and entry-level job options for marginalized communities in the U.S. and Canada.
Frank Langella has been fired from the Netflix series "The Fall of the House of Usher" following the completion of a sexual misconduct investigation, Fox News Digital can confirm. Langella, 84, was the subject of the completed investigation, production sources told Deadline.TMZ reported earlier this week that Langella, who starred as Roderick Usher in the series, had been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior on set. Frank Langella has been fired from the Netflix show "The Fall of the House of Usher." The actor allegedly made an inappropriate joke that was sexual in nature, according to the outlet. Langella also touched a female co-star's leg at some point during filming and brought attention to the moment by saying, "Did you like that?" production sources told TMZ.
Deadline.An investigation was undertaken and it was discovered that “The Box” star behaved inappropriately on set.The eight-episode drama is about halfway through production and scenes Langella already filmed will be reshot.While Langella was not scheduled to film this week, shooting the series will go on with scenes not involving his character until a new actor has been given the job. The outlet reported that Langella was accused of making ungentlemanly comments to a female co-star.TMZ reported that he also touched the leg of a female co-star and reportedly said something like, “Did you like that?”The series also stars Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Carl Lumbly and Mark Hamill.The Post has reached out to Langella’s reps and Netflix for comment.The story is based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe and is created by the “Haunting of Hill House” filmmaker Mike Flanagan and produced by his company Intrepid Pictures.Flanagan announced the project last December in a series of tweets.