Netflix Archive

Netflix is a couple of hours away from releasing its latest quarterly earnings data. And other than strikes by Hollywood writers and actors spurred at least partially by the business model it pioneered, major questions include the impact of account-sharing restrictions and ads.

A new planned adaption of Masters of the Universe is dead in the water at Netflix, according to Variety. But Mattel is going to be shopping it around in the hopes that this weekend’s Barbie gets some buyers interested at another studio.

Two out of the big three Hollywood labor unions are on strike, citing streaming and AI as major issues, and actors are starting to picket offices for companies like Warner Bros., Netflix, and Amazon. This screengrab from CNBC captures the initial reaction of Wall Street.

Enjoyed this Bloomberg story about the possibility that we are all old and tired, sick of seeing each other’s bad posts, and hoping to touch grass:

Remember 65, the Sam Raimi-produced sci-fi thriller from writer / directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods about a man and a young girl whose space ship crashes on a dinosaur-infested planet that seems a lot like Earth during the Cretaceous Period? The one starring Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt? It’s streaming on Netflix now.

It’s called, fittingly, Magenta Green Screen, and it can “produce realistic visual effects for film and television in real time,” according to New Scientist. Check it out in action in this short video.

The spooky teen adventure game Oxenfree — which is now under the Netflix umbrella — is getting a sequel called Lost Signals on July 12th. But given that the original came out years ago, you’ve probably forgotten what actually happened on Edwards Island — which is likely why Netflix put out this handy recap.