Netflix has dropped a new teaser trailer for “Squid Game” Season 2. The trailer was revealed at the European comic-con Lucca Comics & Games. Series stars Lee Jung-jae and Wi Ha-jun appeared onstage, as did series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk. In the trailer, Seong Gi-hun, a.k.a Player 456 (Lee), has reentered the Squid Game after winning […]

Martha Stewart has seen her new Netflix documentary, “Martha,” and she’s not entirely a fan of the finished product. Directed by R.J. Cutler, whose recent biographical docs include “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry” and “Elton John: Never Too Late,” the Stewart documentary features intimate interviews with her as she opens up her personal […]

Two years after the release of the Netflix documentary expose “White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch,” the retail company’s former CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested last week on international sex trafficking charges for crimes that occurred while he was running the clothing retailer from 1992 to 2014. The 88-minute film, directed […]

When Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts Tour opened in Palm Springs last February, Variety wrote, “It’s a rock ‘n’ roll show, by the way — maybe the best rock tour we’ll get all year, even if the season is young.” Now that a concert film is arriving to commemorate the recently wrapped tour, and the chance for […]

Despite market challenges in TV and film production, the six biggest global content companies — led by Disney — are projected to increase spending in aggregate by 9% in 2024, to a record $126 billion. That estimate comes from a new report by U.K.-based research firm Ampere Analysis. The spending across the six companies — […]

Nicolle Pangis, a former CEO of the cable-ad-sales entity Ampersand, will join Netflix as its new vice president of advertising, a role that has not been easy to navigate at the streaming giant as it seeks to make dollars from Madison Avenue a bigger part of its overall business plan. More to come…

Netflix is looking to install a single exec to oversee its corporate communications and policy teams — and with that decision, chief communications officer Rachel Whetstone and VP of public policy Dean Garfield are leaving the company. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos announced the departures of Whetstone and Garfield to staff in a memo Tuesday. “For nearly […]

Netflix has noticed its viewers are in the mood for romance this fall and it is catering to that demographic with the release of its next two “Netflix Stories” mobile games: one based on wedding-murder mystery “The Perfect Couple” and the other a holiday-themed title featuring the characters from “Virgin River.” “Netflix Stories: A Virgin […]

A group of prominent Swiss production companies has joined forces and founded a new outfit called Swiss Studios AG in Zurich. The groundbreaking move was prompted by the so-called “Lex Netflix,” the Swiss law that forces streamers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to re-invest 4% of their local revenues in Swiss film and […]

TRAILERS Netflix has released the trailer for its comedy series “A Man on the Inside.” The series stars “The Good Place” actor Ted Danson and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” alum Mary Elizabeth Ellis as a father- daughter duo. The series was created by Mike Schur and is based on the 2020 documentary feature “The […]

There’s so much to watch on Netflix that it’s not always easy to figure out what’s new and what’s interesting. As holiday programming ramps up, movies like “Hot Frosty,” “A Holiday Engagement” and “The Christmas Trap” are hoping to put viewers in a festive mood. And for “Outer Banks” fans, Poguelandia returns on Nov. 7. […]

Netflix just added a way for you to watch that carriage scene from “Bridgerton” over and over and over again — and share it with your friends — without breaking a sweat. Launching on Netflix’s iOS app Monday with Android to follow, Moments is a new mobile feature that lets members save, rewatch and share their […]

The streaming platforms of European broadcasters are outgunning the global streamers when it comes to depth of content, research agency Glance reported in Cannes during TV market Mipcom this week. “Everyone is a streamer, even the broadcasters,” Frédéric Vaulpré, senior VP at Glance, told Variety in a café in the Riviera resort, referring to a […]

Netflix has come under fire from several human rights groups over its non-renewal of 19 films that were part of its “Palestinian Stories” collection launched in October of 2021. These films will soon exit the service because the rights acquired by Netflix as part of its licensing deal will end at the end of the […]

The animated series “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix. The news comes roughly two weeks after the series premiered on Oct. 10. The first season consisted of eight episodes. Hayley Atwell provides the voice of Lara Croft. The show received mostly positive reviews from critics upon […]

Three years after pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021 instead of 2020 due to the pandemic), celebrated gymnast Simone Biles returned to the Olympic floor in Paris determined to reclaim her title. In the years between the Olympics, naysayers had criticized the gold medalist for choosing to step back and focus on her […]

Lindsay Lohan is putting the “secret” in “secret santa” in the trailer for her new Netflix Christmas movie. “Our Little Secret” sees Lohan and Ian Harding (“Pretty Little Liars”) play two resentful exes who are forced to spend Christmas under the same roof after discovering that their current partners are siblings. Things are only complicated […]

Is the Netflix Oscar drought finally about to end? The streamer has long been chasing the elusive Academy Award for best picture. After a series of near misses, 2024 might just be the year the streaming giant claims the coveted prize — thanks to Jacques Audiard’s critically lauded crime musical “Emilia Pérez.” The Spanish-language drama […]

A sneak preview of the “Squid Game” Season 2 is among the series set to be in the spotlight as Netflix unveils the return of its fall/winter awards campaign event “The Fall Edit: An FYSee Showcase” next month. This year’s gathering will take place over two weekends (Nov. 2-3 and Nov. 10) at Netflix’s Tudum […]