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Netflix, which quietly opened a studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn last month, wants to set up shop in New Jersey as well and said Tuesday it plans to bid for a site at the Fort Monmouth military base. The state is taking bids over a 90-day period through Jan. 12 to develop the century old, 89-acre location that was closed…

Corporations that report more than $1 billion in profits would have to pay at least 15% in tax under a proposal that could end up in the Build Back Better Act, the cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s agenda. The backers of the proposal, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME)…

Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine and Jet Black have finally entered Netflix’s orbit with the official trailer for the streamer’s Cowboy Bebop series. The clip, unveiled during a Netflix livestream event on Tuesday, sees John Cho’s Spike Spiegel reconnect with an old acquaintance. Similar to the original series, Spike…

The rise and fall of American financier and convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff is the subject of a new docuseries ordered by Netflix. The as-yet untitled series hails from Paradise Lost and Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes director Joe Berlinger and RadicalMedia in association with Berlinger’s Third…

Netflix kicks off the holidays in earnest in November, with over a dozen festive movies, specials and shows, a list of which is organized below alphabetically by date. For a deeper dive on the 42(!) original films the streamer plans to release in the final months of this year, see Deadline’s trailer-laden story <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/08/netflix-dates-fall-movies-whopping-42-movies-coming-leonardo-dicaprio-dwayne-johnson-gal-gadot-jennifer-lawrence-benedict-cumberbatch-1234819895/"…

EXCLUSIVE: Multi-award winning I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum creator Michaela Coel has signed with UTA in the U.S. The agency will represent the multi-hyphenate in all areas. In the UK, she will continue to be represented by Conor McCaughan and Michael Duff. Coel was previously with CAA but the writer and…

Netflix, Tribeca Studios and Gold House have teamed up to launch the Future Gold Film Fellowship, a program designed to elevate experienced directors from the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The three directors selected for the program by Tribeca Studios and a panel of industry leaders— including Aneesh…

Sally Wainwright’s BBC1 hit police thriller Happy Valley is to return for a third and final season after six years off air, with AMC boarding as co-producer for AMC+ and Gentleman Jack indie Lookout Point taking over production from Red Production Company. Filming will begin early next year in West Yorkshire on the…

Italy has submitted Paolo Sorrentino's Venice Grand Jury Prize winner The Hand of God to represent the country for the Oscars' International Feature Film category. The selection marks a natural continuation on the lauded title's trajectory. After debuting on the Lido, it went on to play at the Telluride and London…

After nearly three weeks of controversy, Netflix’s firing and suspensions of trans staff, and protests on the streets of Hollywood over remarks centered on the trans and LGBTQ+ communities by Dave Chappelle in his special The Closer, the comedian is finally responding significantly — and it’s a mixed bag, to put it…

S&P has upgraded Netflix to investment grade, admiring the streamer's financial profile as it continues to lead the market in an increasingly competitive OTT landscape. The ratings agency said Monday it sees the company remaining the dominant player and it took its senior unsecured debt rating from BB+ to BBB blue…

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Ghanimé (Helix) and Kai Bradbury (Motherland: Fort Salem) have joined the Season 4 cast of Netflix’s hit romance drama Virgin River as series regulars, opposite Alexandra Breckinridge, Martin Henderson and Tim Matheson. Virgin River was developed by Sue Tenney, based on the bestselling book series by…