#Netflix Executive Tells Karlovy Vary Panel Why Homegrown Fare Is “Crucial”: “Czechs Love Local Content”

#Netflix Executive Tells Karlovy Vary Panel Why Homegrown Fare Is “Crucial”: “Czechs Love Local Content”

Opportunities for film and TV series production in the Czech Republic and broader Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the competition between Netflix and other sector players, were in the spotlight on the first day of the Eastern Promises Industry Days program of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Sunday. “Czechs love local…

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#Colleen Ballinger Accused Of Racism & Inappropriate Behavior On Set Of Netflix Show Haters Back Off In New Bombshell Report!

#Colleen Ballinger Accused Of Racism & Inappropriate Behavior On Set Of Netflix Show Haters Back Off In New Bombshell Report!

[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] More accusations have come out about Colleen Ballinger’s inappropriate behavior. For those who don’t know, the 36-year-old YouTube creator is best known for portraying Miranda Sings. After gaining success on social media, she took her character to Netflix to star in a series called Haters Back Off. It ran for two…

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#Indie Producers Join Forces for German-Language Drama Fund

#Indie Producers Join Forces for German-Language Drama Fund

Six independent production companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are pooling their resources to set up a joint development and co-production group to help bankroll high-end drama series and feature films. Germany’s Claussen + Putz, producers of Netflix series Biohackers and hit children’s film The Little Witch; Hamburg-based Wüste Film (Head-On, Alma & Oskar); Austria’s…

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#‘The Perfect Find’ Review: Gabrielle Union and Gina Torres Anchor Messy Netflix Rom-Com

#‘The Perfect Find’ Review: Gabrielle Union and Gina Torres Anchor Messy Netflix Rom-Com

Boldness defines Numa Perrier’s soapy romantic comedy The Perfect Find. Characters make unbelievable decisions in the name of love. Grand proclamations are yelled from across parks and outside apartment buildings. Everyone’s dressed in the most maximalist attire: Loud prints, geometrically striking jewelry, intense hairstyles. It all seems rather unbelievable until you remember the ridiculousness is…

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#How Dual Roles in ‘Queen Charlotte,’ ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ and More Mirror the Past As Well As the Present

#How Dual Roles in ‘Queen Charlotte,’ ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ and More Mirror the Past As Well As the Present

I knew I’d been sucked into Netflix’s Queen Charlotte when 21-year-old star India Amarteifio offers her first onscreen sneer. Playing the young version of Bridgerton‘s capricious royal (Golda Rosheuvel) in this prequel series, the actress showcases plenty of theatrical rebellion by smashing busts and monologuing about all the ways her corsetry could kill her. She’s…

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#J.A. Bayona Re-Teams with Oscar-Winning Composer Michael Giacchino on ‘Society of the Snow’

#J.A. Bayona Re-Teams with Oscar-Winning Composer Michael Giacchino on ‘Society of the Snow’

Spanish director J.A. Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage) is re-teaming with his Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom composer Michael Giacchino for his new project, La sociedad de la nieve (Society of the Snow). Netflix, which is producing the Spanish-language survival thriller, confirmed the news Tuesday. Society of the Snow aims to retell the story of the…

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#Annie Murphy and ‘Black Mirror’ Director on “Joan Is Awful’s” Feminist Themes and “Spookily Timely” AI Story

#Annie Murphy and ‘Black Mirror’ Director on “Joan Is Awful’s” Feminist Themes and “Spookily Timely” AI Story

[This story contains spoilers from Black Mirror’s season six episode “Joan Is Awful.”] A day before Black Mirror‘s sixth season debuted on Netflix, actresses Annie Murphy and Salma Hayek made a surprise appearance during the inaugural live taping of I Like to Watch at Netflix’s Paris Theater in Manhattan. With drag queens and I Like…

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#Netflix’s New Releases Coming in June 2023

#Netflix’s New Releases Coming in June 2023

The Gabrielle Union-starring rom-com The Perfect Find and new seasons of deceptive baking sensation Is It Cake? and The Witcher, marking the beginning of the end of Henry Cavill’s starring run, are some of the much-anticipated titles still set to come to Netflix this month. In The Perfect Find, Union plays a fashion editor who,…

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