In less than a week after the announcement of a new slate of projects heading to Netflix, Michelle Obama with the exclusion of her husband Barrack has disclosed her solo project ‘Waffles + Mochi’, set to premiere on the streaming platform come March 16. The show is expected to take children on an adventure from around the world finding new …

Lady Whistledown has a lot of exposé to do, as the period drama ‘Bridgerton’ has been renewed for a second season on Netflix. Based on a series of novels by Julia Quinn, the first season of the show is on course to be seen by 63 million households in its first month of release. ‘Bridgerton’ marks the first project from …

As theatres got muted in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, highly curated streaming platform Netflix remained committed to its promise of finding and promoting talent on the African continent.  Major films and shows from Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana were added to the plethora of streaming African titles, along with original contents that were produced by some of …

Netflix has offered a place for African billionaire and telecom mogul Strive Masiyiwa on its board of directors. “We are delighted to welcome Strive to the Netflix board,” Netflix co-founder, chairman and co-CEO Reed Hastings said in a statement. “His entrepreneurship and vision in building businesses across Africa and beyond will bring valuable insights and experience to our board as …

Global streaming giant Netflix has partnered with the Realness Institute to create an Episodic Content Development Lab for writers in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria. The South Africa-based non-profit organization, which focuses on supporting the development of African content and its creators, said on Thursday that it would open submissions for the lab at the end of November. “The opportunity …

Netflix has won rights to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first scripted TV series. The streamer outbid several other outlets for a global spy adventure series from Skydance Television and creator Nick Santora. The untitled show will center on a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter (Monica Barbaro). The Terminator star and former California governor is also an executive producer of the show, which would …

Vanessa Hudgens is really Switch-ing it up this holiday season. The actress, who starred last year in the Netflix Christmas movie, The Princess Switch as both Duchess Margaret and Princess Stacy, is returning to royalty with The Princess Switch: Switched Again. But the sequel, which debuts Nov. 19, triples the intrigue as Hudgens not only reprises the roles of Duchess …

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex work for Netflix now. The royal couple has inked an exclusive multi-year deal with the streaming service to make documentaries, feature films, scripted television shows and Children’s series. In a released joint statement, the couple disclosed about the deal, “Our lives, both independent of each other and as a couple, have allowed us to …

Yvonne Nelson is now available on Netflix. The actress turned film executive has added her 2019 produced film ‘Fix Us’ to the moving vehicle of African titles streaming on Netflix. Telling a story about three young ladies chasing equal goals in the movie industry, ‘Fix Us’ easily translates into the everyday life concerns of celebrities that want more than what …

Netflix is setting up a prequel world for ‘The Witcher’. The developing six-part limited series will go by the title ‘Blood Origin’. ‘Blood Origin’ will detail the origins of the very first Witcher, and the events that lead to the pivotal “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one. It dates back …