Netflix has greenlit CG animated series titled “Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles,” which will be based on Stan Sakai’s long-running Usagi Yojimbo comic books. The logline: The comedy-action series will tell the story of teenage Rabbit Samurai Yuichi, descendant of the great warrior Miyamoto Usagi, on his epic quest to become a true samurai. But he isn’t alone! […]
Netflix has greenlit a feature film focused on Jessica Watson, who, in 2009, became the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. The film will be adapted and directed by Sarah Spillane and produced by Debra Martin Chase and Sunstar Entertainment Spillane and Cathy Randall will write the feature, with Shahen Mekertichian […]
Upcoming Darren Star romantic comedy “Emily in Paris,” starring Lily Collins (“The Last Tycoon”) has shifted from Paramount Network to Netflix and will debut this fall. Created by Darren Star (“Younger,” “Sex and the City”), the series follows Collins’ Emily, an ambitious marketing executive who moves to Paris for an unexpected job opportunity. “Tasked with […]
In a surprise announcement, Netflix has greenlit royal-themed drama “The Crown” for a sixth season. The original plan was to conclude after five seasons. “As we started to discuss the storylines for series five, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go […]
Netflix has greenlit drama “The Last Kingdom” for a fifth season, with an order for 10 new episodes. Based on “The Saxon Stories” novels by Bernard Cornwell, the series follows the adventures of Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexander Dreymon), a warrior born a Saxon but raised as a Dane, in ninth and tenth century England. Uhtred […]
Netflix has greenlit Pharrell Williams docuseries “Voices of Fire,” which will follow the singer’s uncle, Bishop Ezekiel Williams, a well-respected musical genius in the area of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The unscripted series will center around the town, as it builds one of the world’s most inspiring gospel choirs. The logline: The bishop and his core […]
Dark comedy “Dead To Me,” starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardinelli, has been renewed for a third — and final — season by Netflix. The news comes approximately two months since the release of its 10-episode second season. Ten new episodes are expected, bringing the series total to 30. Netflix also announced that it has […]
Netflix has announced a third season renewal for Emmy-winning Chuck Lorre comedy “The Kominsky Method,” with an unconfirmed number of new episodes for what is now its final season. Sixteen episodes were production in the first two seasons. The series follows Douglas as Sandy Kominsky, an aging former actor-turned-acting coach and his agent and friend […]
Netflix has greenlit Mindy Kaling’s coming-of-age “Never I Have I Ever” for a second season, with an expected 10 new episodes to mirror the first season. The series follows the complicated life of a modern-day first-generation Indian-American teenage girl named Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), an overachieving high school sophomore who has a short fuse that gets […]
