Netflix announces that it has extended its movie deal with Adam Sandler his Happy Madison Productions. Under the deal, Sandler will make four more original films in the future for the streamer.  “Whether you know him as Sandman, the Water Boy, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Nick Spitz or simply Adam, one thing...
Priyanka Chopra is looking to lock down her next role.  Chopra is in final negotiations to join the fourth film in the Matrix saga. She’ll join the previously announced Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Neil Patrick Harris.  According to Variety, the cast for the forthcoming installment of the...
It’s another movie turned musical, turned movie again. Matilda is getting adapted for the screen again, this time as a feature film version of the hit musical.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, which was first to report the news, Sony Pictures and Netflix are partnering on a film adaptation that will...
First a film, then a musical and now a musical film! The hit teen drama Mean Girls is being turned into a movie. Multiple outlets confirm that Tina Fey’s Mean Girls Broadway musical is heading to the big screen. Fey wrote and starred in the original 2004 film, also penned...
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG) is a character trope in films and TV series with real-world repercussions. In case you are not familiar with the term, an MPDG is a girl who does not pursue their own happiness and instead helps the male protagonist to embrace the adventures...
The lineup of musical acts at the 2020 Oscars has finally been unveiled.  The list of performers for this year’s ceremony was announced in a statement on Thursday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and it includes Elton John who will sing “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”...
Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions inks a multi-year nonexclusive deal with Netflix. Deadline was first to report that the production company, which produces the Christina Applegate-led dark comedy Dead to Me, has teamed with the streaming giant, signing a three-year first-look TV deal.  "We're thrilled to continue to...
The iconic fawn is getting a live-action remake.  Multiple outlets report that a remake for Bambi is officially in the works from Captain Marvel and Chaos Walking writers.  Screenwriters Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Lindsey Beer will pen the screenplay for the remake of the classic 1942 animated feature. Depth of Field’s Chris...
The streaming giant has acquired the rights to Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein film. The film, which has yet to be titled, is about the marriage between Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre. Cooper and Josh Singer, the Oscar-winning writer of Spotlight co-wrote the film and Cooper will star, direct, and...
When the Golden Globes nominations were announced at the end of 2019, Netflix celebrated 34 nominations across a host of categories. They were sure to dominate the event and when Ricky Gervais gave his opening speech at the ceremony, he joked that they may as well skip the whole...