Netflix has picked up a second season of “Alexa & Katie,” the coming of age story about two best friends eagerly anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. The logline: Despite the fact that Alexa (Paris Berelc) is undergoing cancer treatment, her outgoing personality and enthusiasm for life never falter, especially with her […]
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Netflix has announced it will adapt Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler’s upcoming young adult graphic novel “Cursed” into a 10-episode series. The logline: “Cursed” is a reimagining of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. […]
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Netflix has greenlit sitcom revival “One Day at a Time” for a third season, with an order for 13 new half-hour episodes. A re-imagining of the iconic Norman Lear sitcom, “One Day at a Time” follows three generations of a Cuban-American family sometimes-reluctantly co-habitating and navigating the ups and downs of life. A newly-single mom (Justina Machado) […]
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Netflix has announced second season renewals for a quintet of five non-scripted series: “Dope,” “Drug Lords,” “Nailed It!,” “Queer Eye” and “The Toys That Made Us.” “These series are indicative of what we’re trying to accomplish for Netflix unscripted: working with world-class producers to create the best unscripted shows on television,” said Bela Bajaria, Vice […]
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Netflix are proud to announce a season-long collaboration culminating in an original docuseries of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, to be screened in early 2019. According to the press release, this Netflix original series will be the first to truly immerse the audience inside the cockpits, the paddock and the lives of the […]
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Netflix will be the exclusive streamer for the upcoming third season of science fiction drama “Travelers.” The first two seasons had aired on Showcase in Canada before streaming on Netflix. Series star Eric McCormack, who will direct the Season 3 premiere, made the announcement on Twitter. “Before I was Will Truman again, I was a Traveler,” […]
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Netflix is morphing animated Italian franchise “Winx Club” into a live action adult series, where six girls — Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Aisha and Tecna — will take the form of real teenagers as they learn to control their powers while attending a magic boarding school. The new series is produced by Italian animation studio […]
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Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of a new talk show “Norm Macdonald Has a Show.” The logline: It’s a talk show with Norm Macdonald as host, along with his trusty sidekick, Adam Eget, and one celebrity guest for each episode. The show will deliver unexpected conversation, jokes and a behind-the-scenes look at Norm’s world. “Norm Macdonald […]
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Netflix has greenlit science fiction anthology drama “Black Mirror” for a fifth season, with an unconfirmed number of new episodes. Debuting on December 4, 2011, “Black Mirror” taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each episode exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia leading to an unforgettable – and sometimes unsettling – conclusion. Without […]