Netflix has acquired the global rights (excluding China) to Enola Holmes from Legendary Entertainment. The film is based on Nancy Springer’s Edgar Award-nominated book series, The Enola Holmes Mysteries, and stars Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown, who also takes a producer credit on the project along with her sister. The cast also boasts Sam […]
Disney+ subscribers can now sing along to classic Disney songs with star-studded performances in the ABC television special The Disney Family Singalong. Now available on the service in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, the one-hour television special is hosted by Ryan Seacrest and celebrates family, music and the love of all […]
With Netflix about to unveil its all-important quarterly results amid expectations that the ongoing pandemic will boost subscriptions, analyst firm Futuresource Consulting has reflected on 2019 as being Netflix’s best ever year for net subscriber additions (net adds), highlighting countries which are showing significant momentum as well as looking at factors that may see a […]
As previously reported, Disney’s adaptation of Artemis Fowl, the first in a series of fantasy novels by Eoin Colfer, is set to forego a cinema release and debut straight on the Disney+ streaming platform. Disney has now confirmed that the movie will stream exclusively on the SVoD platform from June 12th. From director Kenneth Branagh, […]
This Star Wars Day (May 4th) Disney+ will honour the global Star Wars fan community with new original content joining the service’s collection of Star Wars movies and shows. What started as a fan-generated grassroots holiday, Star Wars Day has become a full-fledged celebration of the Star Wars saga embraced by the entire galaxy. This […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has announced a multi-year deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros. The deal enables StarzPlay to bring new and exclusive content franchises to the platform as well as expand existing ones for its one million plus subscribers across MENA and Pakistan. As part of the deal, StarzPlay will expand the world of […]
beIN has announced a deal with film distributors so that it can provide the latest movies straight to subscribers across the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) before they are seen in cinemas. With cinemas closed across the region due to the coronavirus pandemic, this new collaboration has been launched so that new movies can […]
Netflix has signed a first-look deal for live-action and animated series with BOOM! Studios, the publisher behind best-selling Eisner Award-winning comic book franchises, including Lumberjanes, Something is Killing the Children, Once & Future, and Mouse Guard. BOOM! Studios CEO and Founder Ross Richie and President of Development Stephen Christy will Executive Produce all shows developed […]
Is it okay to write about anything except Covid-19 just now? I think so; the only useful thing to say is good luck to us all. Actually, it is a little bit relevant to Quibi. Many have commented that they are unlucky to go live while we’re in lockdown and entertainment on the move isn’t […]
Netflix docu-series Tiger King pulled in 34.3 million unique viewers in the US during its first 10 days on the platform from March 20th to 29th, according to Nielsen. The performance surpassed the benchmark set by the second-season premiere of Netflix series Stranger Things, which drew 31.2 million unique viewers. Focused on the colourful lifestyles […]