UPDATE with details from a Moody’s report. Netflix said it is planning to raise $2 billion from an offering of bonds (mostly in euros and U.S. dollars) to qualified institutional buyers.

The debt raised by the offering will be used for “general corporate purposes,” including content production, acquisition and developm…

Ahead of Netflix’s quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, new figures from a Wall Street analyst show it smashed all records in the third quarter by releasing 676 hours of original programming, up 50% from the second quarter.

Cowen & Co. analyst John Blackledge delivered the eye-catching stat as part of his monthly surv…

Patrick Somerville knows about expanding the edge of the TV frontier. The novelist and screenwriter wrote for HBO's The Leftovers, which began by exploring the aftermath of a Rapture-like event and soon evolved into a multi-faceted meditation on relationships and human nature.

Similar to that show, Maniac (whose…

The first-look trailer for the upcoming Netflix miniseries Maniac has been released (or maybe escaped) in advance of its Sept. 21 debut, along with its key art.

The show is based on the Norwegian television series of the same name by Hakon Bast Mossige and Espen PA Lervaaq, is written by Patrick Somerville, directed by…

Netflix announced today a premiere date for the limited series Maniac during TCA Summer Press Tour. The dark comedy starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill will be released on the streaming service Sept. 21. You can watch a teaser trailer below.

Set in a world somewhat like our own and similar to our time, Maniac tells the…

Paramount Television has signed an overall deal with writer-producer Patrick Somerville, creator of the studio’s high-profile new Netflix dark comedy series Maniac, starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill and directed by Cary Fukunaga.

Under the two-year pact, Somerville will develop new TV and digital projects exclusively …

Oscar winner Sally Field is set to recur opposite Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in the high-profile 10-episode Netflix series Maniac.

Maniac, written by Patrick Somerville based on the 2014 Norwegian series, revolves around the fantasy worlds of Hill and Stone's characters. Filming is underway on the Paramount…

Girls‘ alumna Jemima Kirke is set to recur opposite Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in the high-profile 10-episode Netflix series Maniac. Character details are being kept under wraps.

Maniac, written by Patrick Somerville based on the 2014 Norwegian series, revolves around the fantasy worlds of Hill and Stone's characters…

Sonoya Mizuno is set as a series regular and Julia Garner will recur opposite Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in the high-profile 10-episode Netflix series Maniac. Character details for both are being kept under wraps.

Filming recently began on the Paramount TV/Anonymous Content dark comedy in New York City, with Cary Fukuna…

Coming off a three-season stint as the lead of HBO’s praised drama series The Leftovers, Justin Theroux has been tapped to co-star opposite Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in the high-profile 10-episode Netflix series Maniac. 

Filming just started on the Paramount TV/Anonymous Content dark comedy in New York City, with Cary …

Maniac, Netflix’s high-profile series starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, is heading into production. Filming of the Paramount TV/Anonymous Content show will begin on August 15 in New York City, with principal photography expected to wrap just before Thanksgiving.

Cary Fukunaga is set to direct the entire 10-episode…

Leftovers writer-producer Patrick Somerville has been tapped to write Maniac, the high-profile upcoming Netflix half-hour series starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill and directed by Cary Fukunaga. The project, based on the the 2014 Norwegian series, hails from Paramount TV and Anonymous Content and has a 10-episode…