Netflix has emerged winner in a fierce bidding war that will see Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington reunite for the first time since 1993’s The Pelican Brief. The streaming giant has landed Leave the World Behind, an upcoming novel by Rumaan Alam, with Sam Esmail, the creator of Mr. Robot and Homecoming, set to write the adaptation and direct it. …

Hollywood’s most beloved acts, Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans are set to star opposite each other in a developing Netflix spy thriller ‘The Gray Man’. Revealed as the most expensive budget film ($200 million) yet-to-be commissioned by the streaming service, the story follows Gosling as an ex-CIA operative-turned-killer for hire duel Court Gentry pursued by his former colleague Evans. The Russo …

A little while now, Netflix has stayed connected to Africa by throwing in reliable cash for the development of African original films to stream on the platform. Nigerian creatives have by far benefited from this initiative with multiple deals going their way. The South African film industry with all of its glory has also stamped on the global audience Netflix …

Bozoma Saint John has been named the chief marketing officer at Netflix, exiting her current CMO post at Endeavor, a position she has held since 2018. Saint John will take over for Jackie Lee-Joe, the former BBC Studios CMO who was tapped to lead marketing at Netflix in July 2019. Lee-Joe had been filling a role previously held by Kelly …

It was in 2018 when Netflix made its first African film right of ownership with Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’. Ever since then the collaboration between the streaming platform and the African film dynasty has enveloped a new era of headline where African narratives are branded ‘Netflix Original’. First was the South African thriller ‘Queen Sono’ followed by the teen drama series …

The first half of the year has seen a great wealth of Nollywood classics as both a year ago releases and old productions score a streaming placement on Netflix. The influx of Nollywood titles on the platform has admirably ballooned global attention for African cinemas. Big deals are dropping for film executives and in effect drawing international audience to the …

Nigerian film executive, Mo Abudu has scored a multi-title deal with Netflix. Under her production outfit EbonyLife TV, Abudu will bring to the streaming platform an adaptation of the novel ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ by Lola Shoneyin and the play by Wole Soyinka ”Death and the King’s Horseman’. The former will be developed into a series, while …

Adam Sandler is set to star in the Netflix film Hustle, with We the Animals director Jeremiah Zagar on board to helm and NBA superstar LeBron James set to produce. In the drama, Sandler will play an American basketball scout who is unjustly fired after discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player abroad. He then decides to bring the player to the U.S. …

To the entire fan army of Reese Witherspoon, the Oscar winning actress is making a comeback to film after producing and acting in television for over three years. The ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ actress is producing and starring in two romantic/comedy films ‘Your Place or Mine’ and ‘The Cactus’ via her production banner Hello Sunshine for Netflix. ‘Your Place or Mine’ …

Netflix will debut its newest African Original series, Blood & Water, globally on May 20. Blood & Water follows the exploits of 16-year-old Puleng Khumalo, as she engineers her transfer to the prestigious Parkhurst College, to investigate the cold case of the abducted-at-birth older sister she’s never met. Netflix has released some first look photos. Blood & Water is directed …