Netflix has ordered eight episodes of a new (and untitled) anthology series created by Dolly Parton, who will song as singer/songwriter, executive producer and will also appear in the series. Each episode will be based on a song by Parton. Said Dolly Parton in a statement: “As a songwriter, I have always enjoyed telling stories […]
Netflix has renewed its first Danish original series “The Rain” for a second season. Debuting on May 4, “The Rain” is set years after a terrible virus carried by the rain wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia. After two Danish siblings, Simone and Rasmus, emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants […]
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have entered into a multi-year agreement to produce films and series with Netflix under their Higher Ground Productions banner, which could include scripted series, non-scripted series, documentaries and features. “One of the simple joys of our time in public service was getting to meet so many fascinating people from […]
Netflix has picked up dramedy “Santa Clarita Diet” for a third season, with an order for 10 new episodes for 2019. In “Santa Clarita Diet,” Joel (Timothy Olyphant) and Sheila (Drew Barrymore) are husband and wife realtors leading vaguely discontented lives in the L.A. suburb of Santa Clarita with their teenaged daughter Abby (Liv Hewson), until […]
Netflix has announced that sitcom “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” starring Ellie Kemper, will conclude with its upcoming fourth season. This final season of will launch in two parts. The first, consisting of six episodes, will be available May 30, with the remaining seven episodes premiering at a later date. Netflix and producer Universal Television are reportedly in […]
Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television announced a “Fast & Furious” animated series, the first series in an expansion of their ongoing multi-year deal for original animated kids and family programming. The logline: Teenager Tony Toretto follows in the footsteps of his cousin Dom when he and his friends are recruited by a government agency to infiltrate […]
Netflix has given a 10-episode order to a new horror-themed drama called “The Order,” which follows a college freshman named Jack Morton who joins a fabled secret society, The Order, where he is thrust into a world of magic, monsters and intrigue. As Jack goes deeper, he uncovers dark family secrets and an underground battle […]
Netflix has given a straight-to-series 10 episode order to a series adaptation of the “V-Wars” book series written by Jonathan Maberry. The vampire-themed drama will feature former “The Vampire Diaries” star Ian Somerhalder as Dr. Luther Swann, who enters a world of horror when a mysterious disease transforms his best friend, Michael Fayne, into a murderous […]
Netflix has greenlit a third season of Marvel’s “Jessica Jones” Debuting on November 15, 2015, Krysten Ritter plays Jessica Jones, a private investigator with superhuman strength. At her side is her best friend and adoptive sister Patsy (Rachael Taylor) and at her door is the powerful attorney Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) who sometimes hires her services. The second […]
