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What Is The Future For Netflix Theatrical Releases And Which Movies Will Get The “Cuaron Treatment”? Alfonso Cuaron’s acclaimed dramaRomais doing more than shaking up the Oscar race, it’s potentially shaking upNetflix’sentire approach to exclusive theatrical releases. After making a hard stance on day-and-date releases, Netflix finally conceded this year by granting its Oscar darlingRomaa three-week theatrical release ahead of its streaming debut, alongside two other Oscar contenders,The Ballad of Buster ScruggsandBird Box....

Working At Netflix Doesn’t Sound Very Fun, According To Employees If you thought working at Netflix might be fun, hip and lighthearted, think again! A new interview with over 70 current and former employees reveals that the corporate culture inside the streaming giant is an absolute nightmare, where firings are abundant. Maybe you should apply for a job at Hulu instead. While I wish their film selection were better, and that their original TV shows had fewer episodes, I am by no means anti-Netflix....

‘76 Days’ Review: This Documentary About The Early Days Of COVID-19 Is The Most Frightening Movie Of The Year [TIFF 2020] Forget anything in the genre-centric Midnight Madness slate: the documentary76 Daysis the horror film of TIFF 2020. Tracing the COVID-19 outbreak in a Wuhan medical facility for the duration of that city’s lockdown, it manages in a concise and remarkable way to illustrate not only the ravages of this new virus but how its effects continue to resonate no matter the political forces looking to downplay its risks....

‘Ally McBeal’ Revival In The Works With Calista Flockhart Being Eyed To Return Of all the shows clamoring for a reboot,Ally McBealmight not be the first one to come to mind. But ready your dancing (baby) shoes, because anAlly McBealrevival is what you’re going to get. TV Linereports that anAlly McBeallimited series revival is in the early stages of development, with leading ladyCalista Flockhartbeing eyed to reprise the title role of the lawyer with the infamously short miniskirts....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Villains The Black Order May Be Thanos' Children By the timeAvengers: Infinity Warrolls into theaters, Thanos, the Big Bad of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will have been sitting around on his space throne and getting nothing accomplished for six whole years. And from the sound of things, he may not havetoomuch to do in the next movie. Mainly because he has a group of henchmen who will be doing the dirty work for him....

‘Blade Runner 2’ Officially Sets A 2018 Release Date; All Of Your Theories To Become Lost In Time, Like Tears In Rain It’s happening. After years of false starts and years of film fans shrugging it off as something would never actually get off the ground, the sequel toBlade Runneris officially set to begin filming this year for a 2018 release date.Harrison Fordis back. Original directorRidley Scottis an executive producer. There’s a press release and everything....

‘Bob’s Burgers’ Creator Talks The Challenges Of Making The Show And The Movie At The Same Time Not only was there supposed to be aBob’s Burgersmovie on the big screen earlier this year, but there was a musical short film that would have also been released in theaters too. But unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic ruined all those plans. Thankfully, theBob’s Burgersmovie is still slated to arrive in theaters, and the silver lining is that the pandemic has given them ample to to really polish the final cut....

‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live-Action Series Coming To Netflix With Original Creator On Board In their never-ending quest to smother us all in original series, Netflix has given a 10-episode order to aCowboy Beboplive-action series, adapted from the much-loved Japanese anime series. The first episode will be written byThor: The Dark WorldandThor: RagnarokwriterChristopher Yost, withShinichiro Watanabe, director of the original anime, on board as a consultant. Netflix wants it all, folks. Their original programming strives to appeal to all different kinds of viewers – action fans, comedy fans, fans of Joel Edgerton wearing Orc make-up....

‘Just Cause’ Movie Adaptation Being Written By ‘John Wick’ Writer Derek Kolstad If you threw some comic books, a couple third-person shooter video games, and some B-list action films from the 1980s into a special Movie Blender™, you’d probably end up with theJohn Wickmovies. Then again, depending on the specific content of those ingredients, you might instead end up with the destruction-heavy adventure storyJust Cause. So it’s no surprise, then, thatJohn Wicktrilogy writerDerek Kolstadhas been hired to write the script for aJust Causemovie based on those games....

‘Lord Of The Rings: Gollum’ Video Game Is A Prequel Set Before ‘The Hobbit’ From what we can tell, Amazon’s upcomingThe Lord of the Ringsprequel television showwill be sethundreds of years before the hobbit Smeagol discovered Sauron’s One Ring and began his tragic transformation into the miserable creature known as Gollum, but that character is about to get the spotlight in a new Gollum video game. German video game developer Daedalic Entertainment announced a new game calledThe Lord of the Rings: Gollum, which will be a prequel set years before Gollum loses his precious to Bilbo Baggins in a dark cave....

‘Narcos’ Season 2 Trailer: Pablo Escobar Is A Little More Wanted Than Usual One time I made a joke about having never met a single person in real life who has actually watched Netflix’s crime seriesNarcosand I instantly regretted it.Narcosfans immediately began to emerge from the woodwork to let me know how much they enjoy the show and how I should give it a chance and so on and so forth....

‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ Trailer: What Lies Beyond The Forbidden Forest? After two movies that blended live-action and animation, Sony Pictures Animation is takingThe Smurfsin an entirely different direction with a new fully computer animated adventure, featuring a completely different voice cast, and a mystery for the blue guys (and one girl) to solve. Smurfs: The Lost Villagefollows Smurfette and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty as they defy Papa Smurf’s rules, head into the Forbidden Forest, and attempt to find a rumored lost village full of…well, we don’t know, but they have eyes just like the Smurfs, so I guess that’s a good sign?...

‘The Chickening’: A New Twist On A Classic Tale Of Horror At the Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin, Texas, short films often play before the films. BeforeAnders Thomas Jensen’sMen & Chicken, the audience was treated toThe Chickening, directed byNick DenBoerandDavy Force. The short film was met with a huge applause, almost stealing the spotlight from the feature that followed. Have you ever wanted to see a reimagining ofThe Shiningstarring a whole bunch of chickens and an older, wisecracking Danny?...