SAN SEBASTIAN — Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired international sales rights to “Time of Silence and Destruction,” a bio-doc feature about Luis Martín-Santos who, along with great friend Juan Benet, revolutionized the Spanish novel, as James Joyce and William Faulkner had achieved decades before outside Spain. Martin-Santos’ “Tiempo de Silencio” (1962) and Benet’s “Volverás a Región” (1967) not […]

Despite Max hiking prices for its ad-free plans in July, the streamer is now offering a 7-day free trial through Prime Video. In order to access the free trial, you’ll have to sign up for an Amazon Prime account (which also offers a 30-day free trial). If you already have a Prime account, you can […]

The Max “Pretty Little Liars” series has been canceled after two seasons, Variety has confirmed. The series originally debuted on the streamer in 2022, with the first season subtitled “Original Sin.” The second season, subtitled “Summer School,” aired between May and June 2024. “While Max will not be moving forward with a third season of […]

The challenge in talking about Jamie XX’s brilliant new album “In Waves” is trying to describe what “kind” of music it is. As the main songwriter and producer in the British trio the XX, he was the driving force behind one of the great hopes of alternative music in the late ‘00s. But as that […]

It’s good to be the king. Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, sits atop an industry-leading paid subscriber count of nearly 280 million worldwide. This week, Sarandos spoke at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York and previewed Netflix’s latest gigantic data dump on Thursday — its biannual “Engagement Report” showing views and total viewing […]

On the set of “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Joaquin Phoenix stayed in full makeup even when the cast was workshopping a scene. That left one unsuspecting parent in full panic mode. “Joaquin suggested, as a joke, that we FaceTime my mum and scare her,” recalls Harry Lawtey, whoplays Harvey Dent, the courtroom nemesis of the […]

Gaming consoles are dead. Long live gaming consoles! For more than two decades, it’s been a regular topic of conversation: When might gaming consoles, the dedicated hardware that has been the core of the gaming biz, become obsolete — and be replaced by general-purpose platforms like PCs and smartphones? The debate has been stoked by […]

Socially-conservative Japan seems to be in no rush to follow its neighbors in East Asia and roll out the pink carpet to the LGBTQ community or recognize same-sex marriages. But where the Japanese entertainment industry is slowly heading, courts and municipal authorities are following. The untroubled July arrival of the country’s first same-sex dating reality […]

“Territory,” Netflix’s Down Under answer to “Yellowstone,” has unveiled a trailer ahead of its online premiere on Oct. 24. The series, previously known as “Desert King,” is headed by Anna Torv, star of “Mindhunter” and “The Newsreader,” and Michael Dorman (“For All Mankind,” “Patriot”). The show is created by Timothy Lee (“Mystery Road,” “Bump”) and […]

The long-gestating “Magic: The Gathering” animated series at Netflix is moving forward with a new showrunner. Terry Matalas is now set as the series’ showrunner, as revealed during Netflix’s annual Geeked Week event. The new take on the series is now in production. The show is produced in partnership with Hasbro Entertainment and Wizards of […]

Netflix revealed a behind-the-scenes first look on Thursday of Season 2 of “The Sandman,” the ongoing adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s DC graphic novel series, as part of the streamer’s Geeked Week promotional efforts. The season will involve the “Season of Mists” storyline from the comics, in which Lucifer (Gwendoline Christie) abdicates control of Hell and […]

Zack Snyder revealed a first look at Netflix’s upcoming video game set in the world of his “Rebel Moon” film franchise during the streamer’s “Geeked Week” event in Atlanta Thursday. Titled “Blood Line: A Rebel Moon Game,” the upcoming mobile offering is described as an “online co-operative action game takes on the role of a […]

Liev Schreiber is Sam Fisher. Netflix has released a first-look teaser at its anime adaptation of “Splinter Cell,” which confirms that the actor will be voicing Tom Clancy’s iconic stealth specialist in the upcoming series adaptation of Ubisoft’s action video game franchise. A title was also unveiled: “Splinter Cell: Deathwatch.” “Darkness is a good thing,” […]

After the success of director Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” movie reboot in 2022, Warner Bros. and DC Studios produced a spinoff series surrounding the villain The Penguin that serves as a bridge to the sequel. If you want to watch it online, “The Penguin” airs on HBO and streams on Max starting on Thursday, Sept. […]

Are there millions of people hate-watching movies on Netflix? Two of the streaming giant’s original films, sci-fi feature “Atlas,” starring Jennifer Lopez, and romantic comedy “Mother of the Bride,” starring Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove, garnered notably poor reviews and audience-rating scores. But both were among the most popular films on Netflix in the first […]

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is an ominous retelling of the infamous crime. Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the second in their “Monster” anthology for Netflix follows brothers Lyle (an incredible Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (an outstanding Cooper Koch). Having endured emotional, physical and sexual abuse — the series argues — […]

Netflix’s original shows and movies typically dominate the streamer’s most-viewed content rankings. But it still serves up hundreds of millions of hours of content licensed from third parties, as shown by Netflix’s massive data dump for viewing covering the first half of 2024. Not surprisingly, kids content continues to fare well — extremely well. No. […]

Joanna Scanlan and Tamsin Greig have been confirmed to star in Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama “Riot Women.” “Riot Women” is the new drama from “Happy Valley” creator Wainwright, about a group of middle-aged women who decide to enter a talent contest by forming a punk-rock band. After writing their first song, however, they realize […]

Netflix saw a British invasion in the first six months of the year — with four of its 10 biggest shows globally in the first half of 2024 coming from the U.K.: “Fool Me Once,” the Emmy-winning “Baby Reindeer,” “The Gentlemen” and “One Day.” In addition, Shonda Rhimes’ U.K.-set “Bridgerton” Season 3 was the No. […]