Posts Tagged ‘netflix’
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Netflix Announces Next Original Series
The fifth original series produced and distributed by Netflix will be a prison-set dramedy called Orange Is the New Black. All 13 episodes will be available to watch beginning on July 11. The show chronicles a woman (Taylor Schilling) whose relationship with a drug runner (Laura Prepon) gets her sentenced to a year in prison. It also stars Jason Biggs, Kate Mulgrew, Taryn Manning, and Natasha Lyonne and comes from Jenji Kohan who previously created the Showtime dramedy Weeds. Orange...
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Hemlock Grove Releases on Netflix
The latest in original programming for the instant streaming service at Netflix arrived today with Hemlock Grove. The horror series is executive produced by Eli Roth and stars Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, and Bill Skarsgard. When 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock’s peculiar inhabitants – or killer creatures – could be suspects. All 13 one-hour episodes are available to view immediately. In the shadows of a rusted Pennsylvania steel town, the mangled bod...
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The Fourth Season of Arrested Development Arrives on May 26
The long-anticipated continuation of Arrested Development will arrive though Netflix on May 26. Exclusive to the Netflix instant streaming service the fourth season of Arrested Development includes 15 episodes - all of which will be made available to watch on that day. Given that the show lands on Memorial Day weekend it'll provide more opportunity for the most dedicated of fans to run though them all before heading back to work. When first announced in October 2011 the plan was for 9 or ...
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House of Cards Now Available on Netflix
The Netflix original series House of Cards has just been released and can be viewed through the Instant Video service. All 13 episodes of the first season have been posted and can be watched immediately - each episode cost over $3 million to produce. House of Cards stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright and is directed by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Benjamin Button, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo). A remake of the 1990 BBC miniseries but shifting to the American political landscape, Spac...
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Details on Nearing Return of Arrested Development
Netflix has announced that the new season of Arrested Development which is planned to precede a movie will be out this this May. Though not official yet the exact release date is believed to be May 4. The now 14 episode season - which originally was expected to just be 10 episodes - will be Netflix Streaming exclusive with all episodes available to be watched immediately. With how Netflix dominates internet traffic accounting for 33% at any given time the day that Arrested Development ar...
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30 for 30 Films All Now Available Through Netflix Streaming
ESPN and Netflix today announced that the award-winning 30 for 30 series of documentaries are now available to watch through Netflix streaming service. ESPN Films presents an unprecedented documentary series in celebration of ESPN's 30th anniversary, by engaging some of today's finest storytellers to create films centered on the last 30 years in sports. Some of Hollywood’s finest directors and producers such as Peter Berg, Barry Levinson, John Singleton, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze and Frank Ma...
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Netflix Considering Picking Up The River and Terra Nova
As Netflix continues to expand their streaming service content they've become a potential landing spot for network series that get canceled to live on. Until now, potential opportunities discussed such as bringing on The Event for a second season haven't materialized. The one exception - and it was an especially unique case - was getting the new season of Arrested Development in 2013. Two new possibilities have recently arisen however which look to have more some level of optimism behind the...
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Netflix Strikes Agreement with Weinstein Co.
Netflix announced today they will be adding content to their streaming service from The Weinstein Company thanks to a new multi-year agreement. Coming to Netflix Instant exclusively will be one of the favorites to win Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday The Artist. It will debut on Netflix before airing on any cable channel. There will also be other films coming to the service from TWC including Undefeated which is nominated for Best Documentary. This is another big move for Netflix as ...
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Netflix Takes Two More Hits to Disc Plan Value
It's been a roller coaster ride on the Netflix front for the past several months as the company has seemed to produce bad news followed by good and then bad again. This time around, after announcing their first original programming set to debut next month, comes two pieces of discouraging news. The first is that HBO is no longer supplying the company with discounted discs for their programs. This is an issue because HBO's DVDs and Blu-rays are typically very pricey. Without a discount it ...
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Netflix Launches First Original Series Next Month
2011 was a rough year for Netflix with the company's stock price being cut in half due to numerous blunders and the ups and downs that come with relying on making agreements with content partners. One way to get around that though is by providing their own original content. Exclusive series such as House of Cards and the return of Arrested Development are coming down the pipeline. The first original series though to hit is Lilyhammer. All eight episodes of Lilyhammer will be available ...
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