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EXCLUSIVE: Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming superhero pic We Can Be Heroes has justed added a flood of talent to their robust ensemble. Christian Slater (Mr. Robot, The Wife), YaYa Gosselin (FBI Most Wanted, The Purge), Akira Akbar (Captain Marvel, This Is Us) and Pedro Pascal (Narcos, Wonder Woman 1984) are set for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Priyanka Chopra Jonas will star in Netflix kid superhero feature We Can Be Heroes, a new IP which is being written, directed and produced by Alita: Battle Angel and Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez.  The under-the-radar project will see alien invaders kidnap Earth’s superheroes, meaning a group of…

In April 1989, the lives of five young men of color were irrevocably and horrifically changed. Wrongly accused of raping a white female jogger, they were first arbitrarily rounded up by police simply for being in the area, then pushed into false confessions that would ultimately land them a collective name that…

We’re heading toward the last roundup for Netflix’s The Ranch, whose fourth and final season now has a premiere date. Billed as Part 7, the first half of the 20-episode farewell season will begin streaming September 13. Set in present day on a Colorado ranch outside Denver, the show follows Colt's (Ashton Kutcher)…

Bill Bellamy (Def Comedy Jam, Insecure) has joined the cast of Madam CJ Walker, a four-part limited series starring and executive produced by Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and executive produced by LeBron James. It’s slated for premiere in 2020. Written by Janine Sherman Barrois, Elle Johnson and Nicole Jefferson…

While it remains the dominant force in streaming, Netflix has seen its market share erode slightly in a trend that is likely to continue, research firm eMarketer predicts. In a new forecast issued Wednesday, the firm said Netflix’s U.S. viewership is currently 55.3% of the population, or 182.5 million people. The…

Demi Lovato is teaming up with Will Ferrell for a bit of music and comedy. The singer and actress has joined the cast of Ferrell’s Netflix comedy film Eurovision, inspired by the real-life global singing competition, the streamer announced Tuesday. Lovato will play Katiana, one of the best and most angelic singers in…

EXCLUSIVE There have been a handful of exits of Netflix executives from different areas related to kids and family programming, I have learned. I hear the layoffs took place over the past two to three weeks. Five people were impacted. The list includes Jenna Boyd, Director, Kids & Family Original Series; Jill Stewart…

The Walking Dead actress Christian Serratos is in talks to play Selena Quintanilla, the Queen of Tejano music, in Netflix’s upcoming scripted series about the iconic Mexican-American pop star, sources tell Deadline. Announced last December, Selena: The Series is dubbed as "the official story of Tejano music legend…

Dallas Jackson, best known as writer-director-producer of Blumhouse’s urban slasher Thriller (2018), begins filming his sophomore project this week in Winnipeg as production begins on Welcome to Sudden Death for Universal 1440 and Netflix. Netflix has scheduled the film for a June 2020 release. Michael Jai White (Black…

As he set out to develop Special, a short-form series that eventually wound up at Netflix, creator/star Ryan O'Connell was faced with a seemingly impossible task, encapsulated within a simple question: How does one sell a show centered on a gay, disabled lead? Based on a memoir by O'Connell, who began his career as a…

Netflix has greenlighted The Upshaws, a multi-camera family comedy series starring and executive produced by actor-comedians Wanda Sykes (Wanda Sykes: Not Normal) and Mike Epps (Dolemite Is My Name, Only One Mike). Sykes also will co-showrun with Regina Hicks (The L Word, Generations Q, Central Park, Insecure). The Ups…