Netflix Just Added 1 of the Best Sci-Fi Shows of the Last 10 Years

Netflix Still Wants to Be ‘Aggressive’ with Film Acquisitions Out of Festivals

In the two years since Dan Lin was named the film chief at Netflix, he has greenlit 88 films — and counting — and the streamer this year is on pace to release seven movies a month, including four different event films each year, like Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia,” which is on the way this Thanksgiving. That’s a lot of movies, and with Netflix increasingly looking to build out content with its own library of stuff made in-house, it begs the question wh…

Netflix Just Added 1 of the Best Sci-Fi Shows of the Last 10 Years

In 2015, The Man in the High Castle was one of the first original series on Prime Video. As of this week, it’s got a new streaming home on Netflix. The show is based on the 1962 sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick, the writer whose work inspired Blade Runner and other hits. This series is set in an alternate timeline where the German and Japanese forces defeated the United States during World War II and carved up America in its wake. Now, Watch With …

Netflix Executives Say They Don't Ask Filmmakers To Restate The Plot

Netflix execs are pretty adamant that they don’t ask their creators to dumb down the plot of a film or series for inattentive viewers. “There is no such principle,” Netflix film chief Dan Lin told reporters Wednesday. The comments come a few days after a bit at the Oscars with Conan O’Brien and Sterling K. Brown that suggested streamers often make filmmakers repeat information because viewers likely are on their phones. In the sketch, the pa…

UBC prof’s The Golden Mean set to become Netflix series Alexander

Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney to helm new series about relationship between Aristotle and a young Alexander the Great

Zach Galifianakis to Host Netflix Show About Gardening

Zach Galifianakis is going from between two ferns to surrounded by carrots, radishes, corn and a whole bunch of other plants. The comedian and “Hangover” star is hosting a series for Netflix about gardening, aptly titled “This Is a Gardening Show.” The series debuts on the streamer on Earth Day (April 22) with six 15-20 […]